JJ, here.

While Josh is on his way to the Super Bowl, he wanted me to post this in response to some of the comments that were made to an earlier post (Josh Wilcox: ‘08, Recruiting, JStew & The Pit Crew).

Before I do, I want to thank Josh for being a part of Duck Sports News.  Josh and I have known each other for a long time.  When I thought about offering Josh the opportunity to contribute to our blog, I honestly didn’t know what we would get.  What I did know is that Josh has a unique familiarity with Oregon football and athletics that makes him more than qualified to offer his opinion on Oregon sports.  Playing in the 1995 Rose Bowl alone, qualified him in my book.

[JJ note: If anyone else from that team wants to contribute to Duck Sports News (Danny? Bobby?), we would more than welcome it.  Actually, if you are a former Oregon athlete, we would like to hear from you.  Who knows Oregon sports better than you?]

I also knew that we would be getting the opinion from a hard-nosed football player with a different take on things.  And in typical football, and Josh, fashion, after getting hit, he wants to hit back.

Here’s Josh.

Seems I have ruffled some feathers on some of my subjects but you know I never knew I was a sports writer.  No matter your opinion of me, if you know me or not, I was asked by some friends due to my involvement in the past with Oregon Athletics to write a blog.  Its fun and I can add my twisted sense of humor to it, but do not consider me a sports writer.  I am a Duck fan through and through and am lucky to do this.  So lets get a couple of things straight.

1. I am not questioning Freedom of Speech or any of that.  I just think the excuse we used not to take away signs was just bogus.  Not a knock on the AD he is doing an outstanding job, not a knock on anything else, but the excuse was just lame.

2. I would really like to thank some of you for pointing out that I need “writing and skills”  Again I am not writer, in fact my favorite book(s) are pop-up’s.

3. The Pit Crew is made up of many great fans and it won’t happen again I am sure.  I just hope this helps some Duck fans realize there are lines to sportsmanship and we crossed it.

4. I have not played basketball since High School so I really don’t think I am the right guy to write about the Oregon Basketball team and its woes.  I only wrote about the crowd due to the fact I have been there before.

5. I would take as many 5 star recruits you can with heart and talent.  Your right the coaches at USC do get them to play well together.  That is why they have won national championships.  All I am saying is that if you purely go off a star rating on how good a player is supposed to be you are judging on the wrong things.  Some 5 Star recruits are just that, like Stewart.  But the harsh reality is no matter what star you are it takes more than your high school ranking to play in the PAC-10.  Our Coaches have done a great job of getting character guys and continue to do so, but at the end of the year no one cares how many high school yards you had, or what star you were, it was how did you help your team to a bowl game?

Thanks to all of you for allowing me to have fun doing “Wilcox over the Middle” and providing feedback.  So while most of you in Eugene continue to thaw out I am headed down to Phoenix for a couple days of Super Bowl parties and fun.  And since this is the sport where I have a little more knowledge, my pick is New England.  But, honestly, if it is not Oregon Football, who cares?

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