ALL ABOARD THE RECRUITING FAILBOAT
by Orson on Jul 21, 2008 12:07 PM EDT
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PrintTotal number of verbals for Washington thus far for 2009? Hint: it's the same number as the total number of successful accountants who are also flesh-eating lycanthropes!!!! Wait, we know one of those. Howard Felber. Great dude. We'll just cut to the chase and use the scientific notation: 3.429 X 10 to the power of exactly jack and shit.
By comparison, Miami, the program Washington upended in historical fashion on two occasions in the past fifteen years, has nine verbals. Not to worry, Husky fans: rival Arkansas State doesn't have any as of yet, either. So you've got that going for you. [/spackler'd]
(HT: Bill.)
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The good news? Ty is now a three handicap.
/obligatory
by GamecockTony on Jul 21, 2008 12:15 PM EDT reply actions
Ah here we go again. The molder of men showing his true prowess in becoming unbelievably disinterested in the program he is heading by year three.
I can’t wait to hear the pearl of wisdom Ty will bestow upon all of us to explain this. His platitudes are golden. There is no coach on the planet who can say less with more obscure references than Ty.
by Atlantadomer on Jul 21, 2008 12:16 PM EDT reply actions
Um, i think you might need to brush up on those math skilz, lawya:
3.429 X 10^0 = 3.429
or, alternatively
(3.429 X 10)^0 = 1
by Berdingo on Jul 21, 2008 12:19 PM EDT reply actions
If only he’d hired The Orgeron this post would not be necessary. They’d have those 3.429 verbals. And, I’d like to see what a 0.429 recruit looks like.
Coach O, we miss you. Come back to CFB soon.
by yoyofutbawl on Jul 21, 2008 12:24 PM EDT reply actions
by Geaux Irish on Jul 21, 2008 12:25 PM EDT reply actions
clearly, the most important aspect of this post was getting the math right.
/people completely focusing on the wrong thing
by AllWhoYonder on Jul 21, 2008 12:31 PM EDT reply actions
At tOSU they have 25+ verbals. Andy Geiger was wise to hire Tressel over Ty in 2001*. I wonder what our record would be under the molder of men, and whether I would have been alive to see it thru.
- He was never under consideration then, now or evah
by Crabapple Buck on Jul 21, 2008 12:33 PM EDT reply actions
Ty can cure cancer with just a prayer and hitting the perfect 6-iron shot.
He is a miricle from God.
by St Jude on Jul 21, 2008 12:33 PM EDT reply actions
Clearly you all are racists for criticizing this man.
by Domer Guy on Jul 21, 2008 12:38 PM EDT reply actions
Domer Guy,
I’m not voting for Obama either. My racism knows no bounds.
by Biggus Rickus on Jul 21, 2008 12:40 PM EDT reply actions
25+ verbals? That ain’t shit, aight.
My process has netted – no shit, we really use nets – 427 verbals in spite of the fact we’ll only have room for 25 actual recruits next year.
by Nick Satan on Jul 21, 2008 12:41 PM EDT reply actions
I thought anything x 0 was 0. Meaning 10^0, which is 10 × 0, would in fact = 0.
by Hooker of Horns on Jul 21, 2008 12:58 PM EDT reply actions
If the verbals are any guide, Ty does. The OBC has 10 verbals.
by hobeg8r on Jul 21, 2008 1:11 PM EDT reply actions
Once I saw that there were 16 comments on here, I knew it was already too late to criticize Orson’s math gaffe.
Nice save though, Daniel @ 4.
by PW on Jul 21, 2008 1:20 PM EDT reply actions
It’s obvious, isn’t it? Nick Saban stole them all.
by Doug on Jul 21, 2008 1:22 PM EDT reply actions
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They both find the time to do a DiGiorno commercial, so I’d call it a wash
by WarCardinals on Jul 21, 2008 1:30 PM EDT reply actions
Daniel, not questioning the math of x ^ 0 —> 1, more along the lines of that TW doesn’t even have 1 recruit.
by Geaux Irish on Jul 21, 2008 1:50 PM EDT reply actions
I just looked at USC’s verbals. I think I am going to throw up.
by meatybob on Jul 21, 2008 1:55 PM EDT reply actions
more time, more bullets.
oh, another Seattle Times paparazzi trash article couldn’t hurt either.
by fife in the bay on Jul 21, 2008 2:04 PM EDT reply actions
Of course, this complete failure to recruit for the 2009 freshman class will really only come home to roost in 2012 when that “class” will be in their third year and Washington is starting freshman and sophomores at critical positions because they have no juniors. But the college football world will not appreciate the essence of the long fused timebomb that this really is because that would actually require more than the most superficial of analysis.
by J in SD on Jul 21, 2008 2:08 PM EDT reply actions
@ J in SD
they’re starting freshman and sophs right now. so i guess uw will be used to it?
i see what youre saying though
by fife in the bay on Jul 21, 2008 2:19 PM EDT reply actions
God help all Husky fans. This was a very proud program at one time that used to punch USC and Miami in the mouth.
by J in SD on Jul 21, 2008 2:51 PM EDT reply actions
Re: mathematical impotence: we plead English major.
by Orson Swindle on Jul 21, 2008 3:29 PM EDT reply actions
The capsules link on the rivals page says it best:
“Washington has no recruits”
by Berdingo on Jul 21, 2008 3:38 PM EDT reply actions
BTW, Orson, if you can plead English Major on math questions, can I plead Engineer on all english/grammar mistakes? It only seems fair….
by Berdingo on Jul 21, 2008 3:39 PM EDT reply actions
Damn, you mean all the good golf jokes AND the pizza commercial jokes have been taken? Oh well, guess that’s what I get for being a racist that wanted Ty fired right?
by NDEddieMac on Jul 21, 2008 4:15 PM EDT reply actions
“I thought anything x 0 was 0. Meaning 10^0, which is 10 × 0, would in fact = 0.”
10^0 can’t be expressed as 10×0.
Consider 10^2/10^2. When you divide two figures like that with like bases, you subtract the bottom exponent from the top – which gives you 10^(2-2), or simply 10^0. 10^2/10^2 = 1, so it follows that 10^0 = 1 as well.
by Rob on Jul 21, 2008 5:28 PM EDT reply actions
When Orson started this blog, he was told that there would be no math.
And consequently, when Ty took over the UW gig, he was told there would be no recruiting, just cloning of Jake Locker. Who wants to go to Washington? Bunch of snow, rain and hippies. Only thing good from UW is the UW team from the early 90’s with them speedsters.
by Mr. Pelican Pants on Jul 21, 2008 6:07 PM EDT reply actions
That is the UW team from NCAA 2009, the 91 huskies
by Mr. Pelican Pants on Jul 21, 2008 6:07 PM EDT reply actions
You are assuming of course, that “exactly jack and shit” equals zero. Not so fast my friend. “Exactly jack and shit” is a mathmatical number all its own, and in fact 10^ “exactly jack and shit” equals zero. Look it up.
by skinnyphatman on Jul 21, 2008 6:12 PM EDT reply actions
Pelican @ 33:
Not to get all meteorological on your ass (there is too much nerdery in these comments already), but there isn’t much snow in Seattle. Rain on the other hand, yessir.
/rant from northwest-born non-hippie
by Domer Guy on Jul 21, 2008 7:02 PM EDT reply actions
yo 10^0 =1…don’t give the huskies that much credit.
by eers2snow on Jul 21, 2008 9:34 PM EDT reply actions
It’s been too long without football when, despite my blinding hatred for old Ty, my first impulse was to correct the exponent.
by George on Jul 21, 2008 10:53 PM EDT reply actions
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