Jay, here.
While sitting on the north side of Autzen Stadium baking in the sun at the Spring Game, a couple of things occurred to me on Saturday.
“Wow. It’s a really nice day to be watching some football.”
“Justin Roper looks OK.”
“Chris Harper has potential.”
“Spring Games are better at assessing the fans than the players.”
“The University of Oregon’s ‘08 Spirit t-shirts should be that fluorescent yellow/green.”
Other than very general impressions, it’s tough for me to read too much into Spring Practices and Spring Games. Just like everyone, I’ve got questions. But I don’t look real hard for the answers. And the standards for my answers are pretty low, at this point in terms of next season.
Did the team look like they knew what they knew what they were doing? Yes.
Did I have a good time? Sure.
When will my sunburn stop hurting? I better suck it up because it’s going to be a few days.
As far as I’m concerned, I’m good until August.
However, all of this is tempered by one thing: for every good thing someone did Saturday, someone did something wrong. And both of those “someones” play on the same team. Because of that, I’m almost tempted to take the George Costanza approach before the first game: whatever your instinct is, do the exact opposite. Or in my case, whatever my assessment is of the situation, the exact opposite is the case. For example, I was in attendance at that super-secret scrimmage at the Nike facility in Beaverton last August. Going away from that display, I thought the team looked sloppy, undisciplined, and just plain bad. Whoops.
Disregarding my previous advice, I think I was pretty safe in my last thought from the Spring Game:
“I’m going to be hearing LeGarrette Blount’s name a lot in the Fall.”
If I’m hearing Blount’s (pronounced like “blunt”) name a whole bunch starting in August, visitors to Duck Sports News will be seeing his name in the headlines a whole lot more. In anticipation of those headlines, let’s get all of the “blount/blunt” puns (that includes drug and injury references, as well) out of the way now.
Here’s a short list of some of those elements you might have already seen and those you will definitely see in the Fall:
BLOUNT INSTRUMENT…
BLOUNT FORCE…
BLOUNT TRAUMA…
BLOUNT. FORCE. TRAUMA…
BLOUNT INJURY…
BLOUNT: HE’S SMOKIN’!
BLOUNT ROLLS…
LARGE BLOUNT OBJECT…
BLOUNT’S JOINT…
LET ME BE BLOUNT…
Am I missing any? And, please, be blount.
jeff Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
I suggest you remove the “Blount injury” one, and you better be knocking on wood right now. I will have to hunt you down. ;)
Larry Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Jay,
How about “To put it Blount-ly, Ducks win!”
Jay Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Jeff -
Of course I meant that he will put the hurt on someone.
Jay
DSN
underduck Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
How about “Too Blount for Beavs”?
Ricardo Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
How about: “More like bunt than Blount” …..Beavs win again!
Mike Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
-Blount’s on fire
-Blount burns/smokes (opposing defense)
-Blount too hot to handle
-Ducks riding high thanks to Blount
Herb Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Just the Blount facts …
Jay Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Let’s work them all out now.
Jay
DSN
joe Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
snoop: “…if you got a blunt, blaze it. if you got a drink, raise it…”
Bowdown Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
MB high on Blount!
Jay Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Folks, we don’t want to leave any stone unturned for the headline writers. I want to see them all now so we don’t have to see all of the double-entendres and puns during the season.
“Blount Burns On The Grass”
“Blount’s A-Blazin’”
Jay
DSN
Hank Hosfield Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Perfectly Blount
Blount End
Blount Pain
Blount Question
Blount Answer
Heavy Blount Object
Blounted Anger
Blount Response
Blount Argument
Refreshingly Blount
Jay Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
T-Hank-s.
Jay
DSN
Herb Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
This sounds like “Blount News” to me..
Chris C Says:
April 29th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Blount Session “LeGarrette Blount rumbles to 420 yards 5 TD’s in Corvallis decimating the Beaver run defense, obliterating every major rushing record for both schools”
Duck Fans “Twist a Blount” and celebrate the Ducks Conference Title and 2nd consecutive PAC 10 Offensive MVP, LeGarrette Blount.
LeGarrette “Garcia Vega” Blount
“Black -n- Mild” ….thats how players and coaches around the UO athletic facilities describe JuCo transfer RB LeGarrette Blount’s personality and approach to the game.
#9 LeGarrette Blount “You Get Wet?”