FIE-SEMMAY! SPURRIER, LIVE FROM THE SIDELINES.

by Orson on Apr 17, 2007 12:55 PM EDT

You want regional diversity? Well, fine then. Here's a link to Dennis Dixon, Oregon quarterback, demonstrating what is either a spectacular inner peace manifested in a nearly flatlined public face or a symptom of a dire need for a nap. There's some West Coast video content for ya.

As for the other half of the Apple Cup Civil War duo: the big news out of spring practice is that they're testing shoes, bitches. Shoes.

Okay, with that settled we move on to our second Steve Spurrier related entry today. This time, it's Spurrier twitching, mumbling, and calling out incoherent Spurrierese to qb Blake Mitchell as he struggles through the Garnet and Black spring game. Watch as out of years of habit he covers his mouth when calling plays, even with the entire universe listening in on him.

We wish they could do this for every game just so we could listen to Pete Carroll say things like "Excellence!" when USC scores, or to hear Urban Meyer murmuring blood blood blood blood under his breath after a blocked punt.

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The Apple Cup is U Dub vs. Wazzu, I believe.

Oregon’s contest is referred to as the Civil War.

Not that I follow West Coast football or anything.

by Coop on Apr 17, 2007 1:03 PM EDT reply actions

Correct, you beat me to it.

Although we used to call the UO-OSU game the toilet bowl, back in the bad old days.

by Erik on Apr 17, 2007 1:06 PM EDT reply actions

A lot of us still call it that.

by JohnWA on Apr 17, 2007 1:10 PM EDT reply actions

Pete Carroll? The great humanitarian?

by PeteJayhawk on Apr 17, 2007 1:15 PM EDT reply actions

It’s better than hearing Mack Brown yell, “YYEEEEEE-HHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!”

by RedDevilEA on Apr 17, 2007 1:18 PM EDT reply actions

That was beautiful – not a single run in the whole sequence and nobody does passive-aggressive better than the OBC.

by YMB on Apr 17, 2007 1:20 PM EDT reply actions

I think if I ever start a Michigan football blog, it will be entitled SpurrierEnvy

by Y2K on Apr 17, 2007 2:07 PM EDT reply actions

i could listen to him all day. he is above and beyond my favorite college football coach, even after he left UF.

by adam on Apr 17, 2007 2:08 PM EDT reply actions

Oh and Dixon is high as a kite. He’s from Oakland/San Leandro so you know he stays lit.

by MP on Apr 17, 2007 2:36 PM EDT reply actions

look at Spurrier get on 60’s ass. Hells yes.

by Taco Bell Soft Tacos on Apr 17, 2007 5:48 PM EDT reply actions

a) f*cking apple cup…wtf? apples = washington. beer and marijuana = oregon.
b) shame on you as udub and wazzu have only been playing each other since 1900. whereas the civil war has been going on since 1894 – seventh oldest in the country – (wikipedia that, bitches) – making it a more significant rivalry name to know. further, those losers in washington, apart from having worse beer, more serial killers and basically being a californian satellite state are also total newbies to college football making the apple cup insignificant.

c) dixon is high as sh*t because he lives in eugene.

by the mallard of mallards on Apr 17, 2007 8:11 PM EDT reply actions

“Nicely Toasted”?

Worst. Derivation from the word “baked”. Ever.

by RB on Apr 17, 2007 8:35 PM EDT reply actions

I do miss playing that ol’ boy every year. He is the JR Ewing of college football. He’s a villian but you love hating the guy. He makes the season. Fulmer = Cliff Barnes…

They do the arrows around the numbers differently. On the top side of the field the arrows point towards midfield. On the bottom they point towards the endzone. The ones on the top side of the field really threw me off. I kept thinking I know they’re on the 20 going in why does it look that way?!?!?

Threadjack alert level Fuchsia:

Earlier posts suggest an idea for a way to get through the summer. How about an EDSBS rivalry bracket? Iron Bowl = 1 seed.

Resuming normal threadjack alert level.

by Stephen on Apr 17, 2007 10:01 PM EDT reply actions

Steamer Z 5 Semi…

Sounds like a play from Cleveland.

by NewAZTiger on Apr 17, 2007 11:18 PM EDT reply actions

To Mallard – The state of Washington has a national championship (Don James and UW in 1991?). Oregon and OS have a big goose egg.

by David on Apr 18, 2007 9:45 AM EDT reply actions

Ted Bundy was a Husky.

by DC Trojan on Apr 18, 2007 10:25 AM EDT reply actions

“Ted Bundy was a Husky.”

That’s a t-shirt if I’ve ever seen one.

by Continuation T. Arranger on Apr 18, 2007 11:02 AM EDT reply actions

My brother – an Oregon alum – sports his “Ted Bundy was a Husky” shirt even when Oregon isn’t playing U-Dub. That’s bringing the hate.

by DC Trojan on Apr 18, 2007 12:00 PM EDT reply actions

#15

That national championship is an empty acheivement for the following reasons:

a) It was a Co-championship with the University of Miami, meaning you only got half of the title.

b) Miami was voted number 1 in the AP, whereas the Great Unwashed Hordes of Seattle were voted #1 by USA Today. Unless you live at a Marriot, you don’t read that rag so the opinions within mean nothing.

c) That dual national championship directly lead to the Bowl Coalition Championship leading to the Bowl Alliance Championship leading to the BCS Championship. In other words, IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT.

d) Don James ate the souls of 13 puppies in a convaluted deal with Satan to make it all happen. Fact.

…and unrelated to the Half National Championship, but related to irrational hatred and one-up-manship.

e) The aforementioned Washington alumni.

f) The greatest Oregon Alumni – Howard Hessman (that’s DR. Johnny Fever to you). So you know what you can do with your nobel prize winners.

by thistle71 on Apr 18, 2007 1:13 PM EDT reply actions