Yeah, it has piss poor built in moderation. No nuance to any bans, etc. I’m afraid to ban this guy because his IP is linked to four other accounts that likely get banned with him, for example. I’m not sure how it’s happening, and WP doesn’t have any tools to further investigate it. My guess is they all hit the same cell tower at times.
NB…Angry would have to search the universe in order to find the answer to the question you posed. Hell, for all we know, Douchelips is in some nut house under supervision but gains access to the internet in order not to lose contact with the outside world. After all, the guy has multiple user ids to fit nicely with his multiple personality disorder and obsession.
Great job by the WBB spanking the Ducks today. Ducks WBB in a freefall now. Beavs 7-1 in past 8 games. I wouldn’t want to play the beavers in the pac 12 tourney as they are such a different team with TVO on the floor and they did it today with TJ on the bench for much of the game due to foul trouble.. Great weekend for the Beavs men’s sweeping, women’s disposing of the schmucks and beavers baseball 4 game sweep of GCU. Looks like the pendulum is really swinging in favor of the mighty beavers. WBB #1 in the country in 3 point FG % and I bet you Mark Campbell is not a happy camper now with OSU bringing in blue chip players which is something he said they couldn’t do. What a chump!
Correction 6-1 vs 7-1. If you haven’t been to a beavers WBB at Gill, I highly recommend it after things,get back to normal. It’s worth every dollar and I’m getting season tix next year. The scenery is always a bonus too but first and foremost the ladies are highly skilled at their craft and fun to watch. I see more Pac 12 titles in their future with some nice runs in NCAA tourney and maybe this year too
Yep, since TVO joined the team, the season had done a complete 360…she is averaging 11.6 PPG and 23 min per game and has played in 8 games. She is shooting 48% from the field. Think Pivec but with a much higher offensive ceiling. TVO is a good rebounded too but nothing like pivec was at least at this point in her 8 game career. I think she will be one of the top 10 beaver players when she’s finished at OSU.
Huh, the beavers stated out 3-5 and now 9-6….how is that being right back to where we started? The beavers dominated UCLA and the ducks both away games. This team doesn’t resemble the team that started the season and that’s due in large part to TVO joining the team and taking much of the ball handling pressure off of Aleah. That’s helped Aleah regain her shooting touch.. This team could be very dangerous in the pac12 tourney and the NCAA tourney.
GWH, my apologies as your comment went completely over my head as far as “so we’re right back where we started” not realizing that I indeed meant 180 not 360 degrees. I’m dealing with Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction and it’s a bitch. I’m avoiding taking any drugs for it bc I don’t like taking that crap. So, I’m often distracted by this SI syndrome…the only thing I can compare it to is like having plantar fasciitis but instead of your feet, it’s in my hips and lower back. I’ve had it since December or so and it’s no freaking fun. Doing PT, lots of walking, etc., trying to get things fixed in time for golf season. That said, please forgive my oversight…..maybe I’ve got a cognitive dysfunction on top of the SI joint crap. If anyone has had SI Joint Dysfunction and you were able to get rid of it, I’d certainly like to know how and how long it took. I just purchased an SI Joint belt to stabilize the joint so it can heal. I guess time will tell. Go Beavers!
GWH, my apologies as your comment went completely over my head as far as “so we’re right back where we started” not realizing that I indeed meant 180 not 360 degrees. I’m dealing with Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction and it’s a bitch. I’m avoiding taking any drugs for it bc I don’t like taking that crap. So, I’m often distracted by this SI syndrome…the only thing I can compare it to is like having plantar fasciitis but instead of your feet, it’s in my hips and lower back. I’ve had it since December or so and it’s no freaking fun. Doing PT, lots of walking, etc., trying to get things fixed in time for golf season. That said, please forgive my oversight…..maybe I’ve got a cognitive dysfunction on top of the SI joint crap. If anyone has had SI Joint Dysfunction and you were able to get rid of it, I’d certainly like to know how and how long it took. I just purchased an SI Joint belt to stabilize the joint so it can heal. I guess time will tell. Go Beavers!
Baseball with a good start. Stats tend to bear out positive trends.
Outside of casey and valero, guys are walking just as much as striking out. Means they are having good at bats and not expanding the strike zone.
Hitting wise, doing well. Slugging over 500.
Pitching is going well too. Team whip is just over 1.
K to bb is 2 to 1.
Concerns would be casey’s k rate. As long as he keeps hitting homers, it’s not that big of a deal but home runs are harder to come by in the cold pnw weather. Ober has 10 ks too but makes up for it with 9 walks.
Abel and frisch are having issues with hpb. Need to get that down quick.
Salgado looks legit with his fastball and a wipeout 12-6 curve ball. Of the few highlights I’ve seen, if he can bury that in 2 strike counts, it’s unhittable.
With the weather change, scoring should become tougher. Can the team grind out those kinds of close games? Schedule is favorable for the next month.
Will defense (already not bad) get better by moving to artificial turf?
One thing sure, no matter the playing surface, those HBP numbers are disturbing.
Listened to an interview with both Kevin Abel and pitching coach Dorman. Both talked about how they are going to be aggressively pitching inside. Went on to say that they obviously want to get the HBP numbers down but it’s not going to scare them from trying to jam batters.
Obviously don’t like the HBP but personally love the mentality
Swammii isn’t the only one shaking his head about the ucks WBB ranking. From ESPN: The Ducks’ inclusion in the top 16 was the most confusing decision of the reveal. For every other team on the list, there seemed a strong emphasis on quality wins. …Oregon’s No. 8 NET rating — and not much else — seems to be impressing the committee.
…the Ducks — who entered the weekend having lost three of their last four games — didn’t seem to have the credentials to be considered one of the country’s best 16 teams.
The Ducks are 0-6 vs. teams in the top-20 (I think) and 4-7 vs. teams in the top 50 compared to OSU is 4-5 vs teams in the top 50. Even more importantly, they’ve been in a free fall for the past four weeks or so. Certainly, not an impressive performance over the last part of the season. I think the Ducks have tons of talent, but they haven’t figured out who their go-to players are and who are the role players. Like I said before the season, only 1 ball and too many stars. I expect we will see some Duck players in the transfer portal after the end of the season. I wouldn’t count them out just yet, but the way they are playing it appears they are on life support gasping for air. Meanwhile, Rueck and his team seems to have figured things out and hopefully that trend continues throughout the post season. Regardless of how this season ends for the Beavers, I’m excited for the prospects in the immediate future, and I think we’ll see them have a few more Pac-12 titles under their belt too with some deep runs in the NCAA Tourney.
Worked on security tonight, but I’m not yet done. So if you notice anything strange let me know, and if you get blocked email me.
Looking into ditching WordPress for a platform with better security since I don’t have time to babysit nitwits.
Do you espn without subscribing? Finance advice without a membership? Local news without the subscription? I’m certain you do, because we all do. Hypocrite
Weird argument.
I use ESPN+ and you use ESPN+, so I have earned the right to bitch at Angry for asking for donations to keep the light on at Angrybeavs, a site I dont pay anything to use.
Side note for beavergopher: Will the gophers soften up Ohio State in week 1 before TOSU welcomes nike for week 2? Pretty sure Fresno State won’t wear out nike ahead of that game.
OL seems to be taking a hit lately with 2 upper classmen depth guys deciding to focus on their careers rather than return to play football. Bush and Monibon have both recently chosen to end their football careers early. I know Bush was still a walk-on while Montibon I’m not sure about. It’s a tough sell to ask walkons to keep coming back year after year and pay to play football, especially when they contribute more than some of the scholarship guys. Could see similar defections along the DL if Smith doesn’t convert guys to scholarship.
Bush was a walk on? Surprised by that since he played in all games last year.
4 years as a walk on is rough. Asking for a 5th would be kind of cruel. Both are out of state guys too, so the tuition is very high.
Any idea where the scholarship count is? I think the Beavs are in a good spot to take a larger class for 2022 vs others who may be squeezed by pandemic seniors.
Yeah, it pretty crappy they couldnt find a scholarship for the guy last year, considering an upper classmen converted to scholarship doesnt count against your cap. He came to OSU for engineering from out of state and the old staff said if he came in as a PWO they would find a scholarship for him. Then GAs meltdown happened and he was basically stuck hoping for a scholarship to eventually come.
I think Smith did occasionally split up open scholarship money to assist with costs for some walkons, so there was a little assistance. But those things change from quarter to quarter and dont cover much.
I get it if the player never actually contributes, but if you’re playing them in every game you’ve gotta take care of them.
Anybody heard from NuclearBeav lately?
I used to know his twitter account but cant seem to find it.
Hopefully everything is ok and he’s just taking a break from posting
I’ll wait a bit to see if he responds here. I found his old twitter name via search function but it no longer links to an account.
Also know he was pretty annoyed with the turd poster on here, so maybe he just took a break to get away from that noise.
I was wondering how the women would respond after losing five straight games earlier in the season. All the more evidence that Rueck is the right guy to lead the program.
I expect at least one win in the tourney; Sweet Sixteen would be great.
Before this winning streak, he said wins were coming and he was right. They were missing two parts and one was the addition of TOV and the other was lighting a fire under Goforth to be more aggressive….someone lit that fire and I’m guessing it was Rueck. Of course Rueck is the right guy for the job….that’s never been a question in my mind.
just read where the Schmucks landed….get this an offensive lineman JC kid…6’9″ and 360 freaking lbs. This guy must eat like a horse and crap like an elephant.
Angry, I can’t wait until you start using the new platform that has enhanced security instead of WordPress. That should help keep out those trolls that are unwanted here and you know who I mean. Thanks for all of your hard work and providing a platform for Beaver fans. The fact you’re attempting to keep it from being infected with a Schmuck virus is a very worthwhile effort.
Swammi,
At least attempt to comment without referencing the Ducks or their followers who may or may not be harassing you. Otherwise you are simply instigating a fight that you claim to never want. The guy was insufferable but you aren’t much better since you bring him and the ducks up nearly every post.
It is possible to be an OSU fan without deriding the rival at every opportunity, you should try it.
In order for trash-talking to be effective, you must be sparing and poignant rather than constant and repugnant…
I am responding to Angry’s comment about changing the platforms to provide more security so that keeps out unwanted Ducks. Don’t tell me what to post or what not to post as you are not the owner of this blog in case you didn’t know. If you don’t like my comments, downvote them as I’m sure you have and feel free not read them.. that’s your prerogative otherwise STHU and I’ll post whatever I like as long as I’m a paying contributor to this blog and it doesn’t offend Angry. If it bothers you, tough shit….get over it.
Oh, and BTW, he’s already proven that he will engage in his level of fool schmuckery regardless of whether i directly or indirectly comment to his constant line of BS regarding everything Beavers. Therefore, your logic or lack of it, doesn’t apply to this guy. In other words, I could go completely silent and he would still be here posting his garbage and stirring the pot. It doesn’t make any difference of what I post or don’t post. If you think it does, your lack of logic applies.
yeah, he wouldn’t if I left? Sure thing. I’ve gone silent before by not commenting only to read his ranting with other Beaver fans on this blog and those are the facts. That said, why would I suddenly vacate a blog that I pay to contribute to? As Angry stated, the guy is a douche as witnessed by his multiple bans and multiple user names. Yet, I’m still here with the same user name and never been banned. I wonder why?
DD, I’m always open to advice so long as it’s accurate and makes sense, but his comment, “The guy was insufferable but you aren’t much better since you bring him and the ducks up nearly every post,” is just a serious over-exaggeration. The majority, and I’ll say at least 95% of my comments, are not directed toward this guy or the Ducks when he’s not in this blog. Virtually the only time I comment, is when this guy shows up in Angry’s blog and starts his BS. I reference the Ducks upon occasion bc I actually attended UofO back in the day for two years and found out how much I dislike Nike and Nike U. and most of their entitled Duck fans. Again, he’d show up whether or not I post comments or not bc he’s already proven that on several occasions so just another unfounded claim by OhioBeav. All said, OB has the option to downvote my comments and not read them if my comments irritate him. So OB is off the mark on his comments and logic….but thanks for your comments DD.
Swammi,
It wasn’t intended as an attack on you, just hopeful to see less of the antiduck nonsense. I can appreciate the 2 yr background and didn’t mean to ruffle your feathers in that regard, I just seem to relate all of the recent debate back and forth between you and the other guy as equally provocative from each one of you.
If you think my comment was way out of line and off base, so be it. But I thought I could speak my mind as freely as you can without it seeming to become a personal vendetta or something. Ease up fella. Just trying to help bring some focus to the discussions rather than duck bashing…I admit to bashing uo periodically but not as a common theme for my comments I hope.
Then I will leave. To suggest that not responding and he’ll go away is just not true. Like I said previously, I’ve gone dark and not responded and that solved nothing. I’m done, you all can have a love fest with a complete a-hole. Enjoy as I’m pulling the plug.
We have always been able to bash the Quacks. It’s part of what we do. Angry has consistently throughout his website career lambasted Oregon, especially pretenders like Cristobal or Taggart. They have a huge advantage, they can be poked and prodded. Beavsblow can go fuck himself.
It’s the fact that he consistently does it to provoke one individual that ends up ruining threads instead of doing it occasionally at the fanbase in general. That and then he writes a short essay and does mental gymnastics to convince himself he isn’t doing what he clearly is. The dude is in his head and we have to deal with the consequences. I think it’s pretty clear from the downvotes that just about everyone is over it.
Yep, that’s very true and there has been many back and forths with jack back in the day that weren’t pleasant either. Well, it doesn’t matter as I’m done. Have a good one to one of the few remaining fans on this blog.
It works for me. Good riddance to a guy that in the past made jokes and fun of a child being sexually molested, OSU players being injured and hating on the beavers. Thank you Angry….
I just read where Kevn Abel was selected Pac12 Pitcher of the Week. Not a bad start for Abel after not pitching for almost two years. It appears as though he’s returned back to his 2018 form leading the Beavers to a National Championship. I remember going to a Sunday game, the final of a 3 game set with Stanford, and watching his stuff sitting behind home plate and he was unhittable. He was virtually unhittable but was pulled in the 5th or 6th with the Beavers leading and the bullpen collapsed and lost I think 9-8. Leading up to that game, there was a question mark about whether or not the Beavers had a quality Sunday starter. I recall making the comment that he would in fact be the #3 for the remainder of the season and would be a future star. It turned out to be true and here we are 3 years later with a resurrected Abel. He’s only going to get better as the season progresses and the Beavers may be the surprise team in the Pac-12 Conference. Go Beavers!
Changes might be coming because people can’t behave.
Might have to resort to everyone logging in to comment. I don’t like that, but that way I can easily track and ban. Problem right now has a lot to do with allowing (the freedom) to post using whatever name and email. It’s great, but people are abusing it.
I recommend people register an account in case I have to enact this.
I drafted and scheduled a thread to go up Friday for the baseball series. I don’t have a great feeling about that series. I think we have a rubber game Sunday.
Who knows. Logic says they sweep… Beavs strengths include a top notch ace, quality starters with a deep and dynamic bullpen. Above average defense. Above average and experienced lineup with some power and speed mixed in. Dukart, Claunch, Armstrong, Jones, Casey, McMahan, Gretler, etc. have multiple years in program. History shows good college hitters usually begin to blossom after freshman year. Even Rutchman, Grenier, Gretler, and Larnich struggled at the plate as freshman. The current class is talented. Obviously not at same level as 2015-2018 group but this is the year I’d expect a significant jump in production… and we’re seeing it. It’s not a fluke. BYU will need play an extraordinary game or have Beavs play a sloppy game or have a pitching meltdown to win a game. That said, it’s baseball so anything is possible in a 3 game series but over course of season, this team should win a lot of games.
I don’t know, they split 2-2 with Texas state and lost 3 of 4 to Texas. They gave up 56 runs in 8 games so that shouldn’t scare a lot of beaver fans. Tried to find team stats for them but couldn’t locate them…At 3-5, I don’t think they’re too much of a threat if the beaver play like they did in Arizona but baseball is unpredictable so you never know. However, I expect the beaver to take care of business vs a 3-5 team at Goss Stadium.
Rubber game Sunday?
This series runs Thursday through Saturday, live streamed by The School
Thread should be changed to go up before the 5:35pm start on Thursday. EDIT: Thread has now been changed to post Thursday
You go into PayPal and cancel. Should be self-explanatory.
GreatSwammi is the biggest donor here at $15 per month, and I’m now seeing he did so to gain favor in this battle with his alter-ego. I’m not going to be held hostage by any donation. If acknowledging that you’re part of the problem causes you to take this action, then so be it. I’ve had the patience of a saint with you two, and you’re intent on ruining my site. Don’t blame the other guy. You make comments directed at him out of the blue to egg him on, so clearly you enjoy it. My advice: don’t just step away from AB, but step away from the internet for a while.
Guys, we did get a new $5 donor yesterday (thanks!), but with GS leaving it would be nice to make up the $10 difference. If anyone was on the fence now would be a good time to step up, but don’t expect favoritism. ;)
Done and my apologies if you think my intentions were to ruin your site and “gain favor” whatever that is supposed to mean, but you’re wrong. Like I said, good luck and I’ll leave on my own terms. I’m offering to go and you find the need to throw shade my direction…..good for you…i will take the high road. As far as your advice is concerned…..Lol…you have a running discourse with Angry@Angry so you might want to take some of your own advice. Please delete my account too.
My issues with A@A are relegated to a block of four comments every ten threads or so. Not nearly the same. You had a long rope, and you hung yourself with it.
NB- Its easier for a site like oregon live to control the narrative by shutting down the comments. Politics or sports. Angry puts up with a bunch of crap here but for the most part lets people say what they want. One of the reasons I come here, not to mention good insightful posts on the beavs by many people.
I’m just catching up on all of this. Are Greatswammi and Swammiturd (or whatever he’s called), the same person? I haven’t seen the Duck guy in here in awhile, so I’m not sure what the current feud is about? It looks like someone is doing some crazy down voting, but who cares?
I think Angry has cleared out all of the turd guy’s posts, so you’re not seeing all of it. If youre subscribed for automated push notifications you’d see everything.
And turd is the serial up/down voter.
Unclear if Swammi amd turd are the same dude or just the yin to the other’s yang
In parting I would like to say to NiceBeaver…..i always enjoyed your recruiting takes….onr of the main reasons I visit this site. Keep up the solid work and go beavers!
The interwebs aren’t for some people. Kind of think gs had some kind of psychotic episode when he got trolled and then got obsessed with the ducks and up/down votes.
Q told me it is all Angry. He made up these 2 characters to play off each other in an effort to squeeze another $2 donation out of 3 or for unsuspecting users, so he’ll be pulling an extra $8 per month into his Angrybeavs empire.
Back to Beavs Sports:
WBB plays at 11am today, vs Cal who brings a 1-15 record into the Michelob ULTRA Arena.
Assuming a win for the Good Gals today we have a busy Thursday to look forward to:
WBB, likely again at 11am vs nike……….dare I say third WBB Civil War this season?
And, Baseball at 5:35.
Break away from your responsibilities and concerns for internet trolls, watch the gals on PAC12 and baseball on the livestream produced by OSU. No word on whether or not BIG JIM will be on hand to (gently) guide Jon W.
MBBeavs are playing Utah for a first-round bye tonight, too (assuming USC can take care of business against Stanford). It’s on the road, so they’ll probably lose.
It’s funny Swammi said he didn’t make his (relatively large) monthly recurring donation to gain favor, and then literally an hour after I criticized him as part of the problem, he revokes his donation. I’m glad two people stepped up to cover most of it. We’re still $5 short. But I think having no Swammi and being $5 short is a good trade for us.
Regarding the ignore button, it surely is broken with this new theme. I spoke with the developer, and he is going to give me tips on things to try, and if that doesn’t work, his rate is $75/hr to fix it. I’m not sure how long it would take, but if he could fix it in one hour I think it’s worth it.
Someone else stepped up with a $5 spot, so we’re back to even and no Swammi. Great trade.
So, I did get the ignore function to work just now (I think…try it?), but it seems to mess up where the “reply” is located. It also moves the little “x” to after the date and time rather than next to the name. How big a deal? It bothers me, but I think I’m OCD.
I just tested it on a swammi post further up the page and it maintained the placement of his posts and the following replies and just left the comment blank. Also allows me to unblock him. So seems to work well. I’m on an Android mobile browser-duck duck go
Women’s bball up 39-27 at half against Cal. Last I’ve seen, they are a 10 seed in the tourney as of now. Not even listed as last four in so I’m thinking they must have a solid spot. TVO has 13 points at half. What a weapon off the bench.
71-63, Beavs Gals with an 8 pt win. Looked to be unfocused, Cal won the second half by 4 pts.
FT shooting only 63%.
Gonna have to really step up tomorrow at 11am.
Looking at the box score, rueck kept the rotation pretty tight. Will need to get bigger contributions from the bench to help rest the starters to make a run.
Interesting scenario for mbb. Finish 5th and they play the 4 seed and shorter path to title game. Finish 6th and play the 11th seed. Lesser opponent but tougher path.
Seems like if they finish 5th, they are out in the first round. Finish 6th and they go 1-1.
I guess I’d take them finishing with the higher seed. Given the initial preseason predictions, the season wasn’t a loss. But creates the issue of how good does tinkle need to be to not get fired.
Espn has him listed as on the surprised if there was a change. I’d agree. No extension even if he finishes plus 500 in conference play. He doesn’t have much leverage to leave to another job.
Yeah, the buyout is the real issue for Tinks. He’ll be here next year.
We maaaaaaaaaaaaaaay squeak into the NIT if we can win out in conference play and win one in the tourney. A win over Oregon plus someone like Colorado would give us two more quality wins.
That and way more programs will be a draw for the NIT than the Beavs would. Mid majors that don’t win their conference tourney will get in ahead of the Beavs.
@Bill, wasn’t there talks of him taking another job with a Pac12 school a couple of years ago? I think it was Wazzu or maybe Stanford. Maybe other schools the see the potential with him. I think it’ll take a Riley type situation for him to leave where a school wants him and that’s how we get rid of him.
The solution to men’s basketball is to hire Rueck. It’s been the solution forever, right in front of us, and yet we don’t do it (invalid for all reasons except if he has no interest).
Rueck wouldn’t be interested… I’m certain. But agree he’d be a solid hire. Not sure how his height would impact his ability to recruit. He’d look tiny on the sidelines and road games would be brutal. Can you imagine the asu or duck student section
A lot of coaches are short. I think Pgs are the most common position to become coaches. Kind of like and in football. They generally have to have the highest IQ on the floor. Tinkles big ass hasn’t recruited particularly well.
I know they said kennedy brown is out for the year but it has been 12 months since she tore her ACL. Wonder if she could be a surprise return? No idea if she’s even practicing.
I read last summer that the decision had been made for her to not play until next season. The parents want to be very conservative with her rehab and return.
This game has letdown written all over it. Especially after the recent articles and quotes about the beavers playing well at the right time of the year.
Speaking of Rueck, here’s the coach on the topic of playing the gals from nike tomorrow after the 88-77 win last Sunday in Eugene: “I think there’s always a little bit of chess being played for sure and little adjustments,” Rueck said. “Not a lot of time to make too many changes, of course, since Sunday. But looking at the film there’s a couple things that we can certainly clean up from that game and I think we will.”
Seems there are two things good coaches harp on:
1-it’s about how we play and improve, nothing about the opponent
2-the scoreboard lies, points don’t matter till the final buzzer/whistle/out
I haven’t gotten to watch a lot of games this year, but man, ET makes some really dumb plays. His court awareness with the ball is terrible; he picks up his dribble in some really bad spots.
Winner winner chicken dinner. Guarantees at least 500 conference record.
But of course it tells the same story of the last couple years. If they had won those non conference games earlier in the year, they’d be right in it for a tourney berth. Or solidly an nit spot.
Wsu is ahead of the Beavs in the net rankings because of those bad losses and they have a worse record.
Happy to be wrong. But unfortunately the only way this team is getting into postseason play beyond the PAC-12 tournament is to win the damn thing. I don’t see that happening.
An NIT berth is possible if they can make it to the conference tournament championship game and lose.
I don’t see them beating the Buffs in the first game should that happen.
Exactly, I’ve noticed he sometimes just sort of throws the ball one-handed at the hoop. If he develops an actual jump shot, he can just shot over defenders from 15 feet in.
I’ve reached out to 2 different people close to that whole thing and neither will respond.
Would share with you if anybody was willing to talk, but they just aren’t talking.
Something to consider. Everybody was expecting the NCAA to pass this 1 time transfer waiver rule due to Covid this offseason, but that still hasnt happened.
So underclassmen are less likely right now to enter the portal because there’s no guarantee they won’t be wasting a year of eligibility.
Last thing I read on the topic was the NCAA was considering capping the waiver rule for players who entered the portal prior to May2021, but werent going to approve the rule until around August, in an effort to curb the number of players who will actually take advantage of it. So entering the portal before May will be a leap of faith, hoping the NCAA actually follows through. And after May you’d be screwed regardless. Lots of grey area still around this whole covid transfer waiver idea.
TRAP GAME?
Wilner up with a pay piece on football trap games, says this about ASU’s visit to Corvallis in November:
Nov. 20: ASU at Oregon State: What warm-weather team wouldn’t be thrilled about its second consecutive trip to the Pacific Northwest in the middle of November? ASU will coming off a marquee game in Seattle and has the Territorial Cup ahead. Also, the Sun Devils will be returning to the scene of an easy win just 11 months earlier. Urgency won’t be joining them for this trip.
Regarding recruiting or lack there of, Smith seems to have the philosophy of don’t commit unless you get on campus. Recruits aren’t able to visit currently from my understanding. The sales pitch of family, building something, etc seems like an in person visit/weekend with the coaching staff is really crucial to getting players to commit. It’s obviously killing the 2022 class. Now we are seeing high school seniors in some states get granted an extra year. The leftovers the Beavs typically scoop up might not be there.
He managed to bend his own rules for the 2021 class, so I dont know that it would stop him this year. There just arent that many players who are excited about OSU right now. At least in past years there has been some buzz, but this year is totally quiet.
Maybe it’s because I stopped making beavrecruiting photoshop edits this year, haha.
Off topic- has anyone received a cortisone injection for bulged disc before? Got that little procedure coming up in a couple hours and wanted to see what to expect. Sort of a last resort for me as I really do not want to get the surgery if I can avoid
Not for a bulged disc, but for Frozen Shoulder Syndrome. It helped immensely for about six weeks and then the effect wore off. I received three rounds plus physical therapy. Avoided surgery as a result.
I had an epidural I’m not exactly sure if it was cortisone or what. It sucked to get mostly mental tho. They lay u on your stomach and numb it and then use an xray to inject into the disc. It’s weird because you can feel the pressure of it going in but no pain. I’ve had 3 and one time he hit a nerve and my whole body jumped but this isn’t common. It helped tho. Usually lasts for 3-4 months and takes a few days to kick in. Ultimately I had to ended up getting surgery however. You can only get 3 a year or something like that.
Only watched the last few minutes of the 2nd half. Looks like Oregon State is out-talling the ducks with Mitrovic. It’s not pretty basketball, but advantage Beavs up 24-19 at half.
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@Angry, did you figure out the IP issue? I don’t need some douchelips tarnishing my spotless reputation.
No, I’m not sure what’s going on, but I don’t think you’re the same person anymore.
The guy googled “how to get revenge on a wordpress blog when someone isn’t nice to me” and found out wordpress is pretty easy to deface.
Yeah, it has piss poor built in moderation. No nuance to any bans, etc. I’m afraid to ban this guy because his IP is linked to four other accounts that likely get banned with him, for example. I’m not sure how it’s happening, and WP doesn’t have any tools to further investigate it. My guess is they all hit the same cell tower at times.
You should google “how to encourage a douchelips on wordpress to get a life”
There are probably youtube videos on it
NB…Angry would have to search the universe in order to find the answer to the question you posed. Hell, for all we know, Douchelips is in some nut house under supervision but gains access to the internet in order not to lose contact with the outside world. After all, the guy has multiple user ids to fit nicely with his multiple personality disorder and obsession.
Saw I got a shout out in the last one as one of his personalities.
I haven’t commented here in a couple months (been too busy…)
When the cat does it do our avatars show up too? If that’s the case did he hack the registration list and is using our emails?
Seems like a waste of resources to go at a sports blog like this
Do you use a VPN?
Negative
NCAA Women’s Basketball projected top 16 released with brackets.
“The projections factored in games played through Saturday.
“Alamo region: 1. UConn 2. Arizona 3. Georgia 4. Arkansas
Hemisfair region: 1. South Carolina 2. NC State 3. Indiana 4. Oregon
River Walk region: 1. Stanford 2. Baylor 3. Louisville 4. Tennessee
Mercado region: 1. Texas A&M 2. Maryland 3. UCLA 4. Kentucky
The final bracket will be revealed March 15 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2021/02/28/ncaa-released-womens-basketball-top-16-seeds-ahead-ncaa-tournament/6863601002/
WBB should have really improved their seeding with today’s thumping of the schmucks.
Great job by the WBB spanking the Ducks today. Ducks WBB in a freefall now. Beavs 7-1 in past 8 games. I wouldn’t want to play the beavers in the pac 12 tourney as they are such a different team with TVO on the floor and they did it today with TJ on the bench for much of the game due to foul trouble.. Great weekend for the Beavs men’s sweeping, women’s disposing of the schmucks and beavers baseball 4 game sweep of GCU. Looks like the pendulum is really swinging in favor of the mighty beavers. WBB #1 in the country in 3 point FG % and I bet you Mark Campbell is not a happy camper now with OSU bringing in blue chip players which is something he said they couldn’t do. What a chump!
Correction 6-1 vs 7-1. If you haven’t been to a beavers WBB at Gill, I highly recommend it after things,get back to normal. It’s worth every dollar and I’m getting season tix next year. The scenery is always a bonus too but first and foremost the ladies are highly skilled at their craft and fun to watch. I see more Pac 12 titles in their future with some nice runs in NCAA tourney and maybe this year too
Is the FR from Pasco playing?
Great to see the team bringing it together at the right time. They could be dangerous in the tourney, and their confidence has to be growing.
Yes, that is TVO.
Wow, talk about impact. Moves to Corvallis this winter, already influencing regular season games? Sounds like 4 years of goodness.
The amazing thing is TVO only had a very few (2-3?) practices with the team before being put into her first game!
Yep, since TVO joined the team, the season had done a complete 360…she is averaging 11.6 PPG and 23 min per game and has played in 8 games. She is shooting 48% from the field. Think Pivec but with a much higher offensive ceiling. TVO is a good rebounded too but nothing like pivec was at least at this point in her 8 game career. I think she will be one of the top 10 beaver players when she’s finished at OSU.
Soo…we’re right back where we started.
That’s a helluva a bull….
Huh, the beavers stated out 3-5 and now 9-6….how is that being right back to where we started? The beavers dominated UCLA and the ducks both away games. This team doesn’t resemble the team that started the season and that’s due in large part to TVO joining the team and taking much of the ball handling pressure off of Aleah. That’s helped Aleah regain her shooting touch.. This team could be very dangerous in the pac12 tourney and the NCAA tourney.
GWH, my apologies as your comment went completely over my head as far as “so we’re right back where we started” not realizing that I indeed meant 180 not 360 degrees. I’m dealing with Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction and it’s a bitch. I’m avoiding taking any drugs for it bc I don’t like taking that crap. So, I’m often distracted by this SI syndrome…the only thing I can compare it to is like having plantar fasciitis but instead of your feet, it’s in my hips and lower back. I’ve had it since December or so and it’s no freaking fun. Doing PT, lots of walking, etc., trying to get things fixed in time for golf season. That said, please forgive my oversight…..maybe I’ve got a cognitive dysfunction on top of the SI joint crap. If anyone has had SI Joint Dysfunction and you were able to get rid of it, I’d certainly like to know how and how long it took. I just purchased an SI Joint belt to stabilize the joint so it can heal. I guess time will tell. Go Beavers!
GWH is, I think, referring to the comment “…a complete 360…”
Should be “a 180.” A 360 puts them in the same direction….although it could have been an intentional joke…
I think you are correct, GWH know how to navigate, how to use a compass/GPS.
Exactly what I was thinking…
GWH, my apologies as your comment went completely over my head as far as “so we’re right back where we started” not realizing that I indeed meant 180 not 360 degrees. I’m dealing with Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction and it’s a bitch. I’m avoiding taking any drugs for it bc I don’t like taking that crap. So, I’m often distracted by this SI syndrome…the only thing I can compare it to is like having plantar fasciitis but instead of your feet, it’s in my hips and lower back. I’ve had it since December or so and it’s no freaking fun. Doing PT, lots of walking, etc., trying to get things fixed in time for golf season. That said, please forgive my oversight…..maybe I’ve got a cognitive dysfunction on top of the SI joint crap. If anyone has had SI Joint Dysfunction and you were able to get rid of it, I’d certainly like to know how and how long it took. I just purchased an SI Joint belt to stabilize the joint so it can heal. I guess time will tell. Go Beavers!
Yes, that’s correct.
I just can’t help myself…like if someone says “unthawed” the chicken, I’m right there with the “why did you freeze it again” comment.
OSU ranked #20 in latest D1Baseball Top 25
https://d1baseball.com/top-25/d1baseball-top-25-rankings-arkansas-takes-over-no-1/
Nice.
How does UCLA drop 2 of 3 against U of San Francisco and stay at #8 with a 4-3 record?
I didn’t realize KSU went on to lose their next two against NM and Gonzaga after beating us.
They probably didn’t throw their #1 guy like they did vs OSU.
Baseball with a good start. Stats tend to bear out positive trends.
Outside of casey and valero, guys are walking just as much as striking out. Means they are having good at bats and not expanding the strike zone.
Hitting wise, doing well. Slugging over 500.
Pitching is going well too. Team whip is just over 1.
K to bb is 2 to 1.
Concerns would be casey’s k rate. As long as he keeps hitting homers, it’s not that big of a deal but home runs are harder to come by in the cold pnw weather. Ober has 10 ks too but makes up for it with 9 walks.
Abel and frisch are having issues with hpb. Need to get that down quick.
Salgado looks legit with his fastball and a wipeout 12-6 curve ball. Of the few highlights I’ve seen, if he can bury that in 2 strike counts, it’s unhittable.
With the weather change, scoring should become tougher. Can the team grind out those kinds of close games? Schedule is favorable for the next month.
Seems like this team is built to win lower-scoring games in bad weather. I’d say that bodes well for the next month.
Will defense (already not bad) get better by moving to artificial turf?
One thing sure, no matter the playing surface, those HBP numbers are disturbing.
Yeah the hbp is purely a pitcher issue. Can’t blame anyone other than themselves.
Listened to an interview with both Kevin Abel and pitching coach Dorman. Both talked about how they are going to be aggressively pitching inside. Went on to say that they obviously want to get the HBP numbers down but it’s not going to scare them from trying to jam batters.
Obviously don’t like the HBP but personally love the mentality
Do you have a link to that interview?
Yep. Dorman won’t say it out loud but he could really care less about the hbp stat. Cost of doing business when you pitch inside consistently.
Abel could set a NCAA record for HBP this year if Horton was still coaching at U of Nike.
Check out the latest episode of The Payton Years, the only podcast in existence dedicated solely to Oregon State men’s basketball! This week Sam and Andy celebrate the Bay Area sweep, check out the latest KenPom rankings, plus there’s some disparaging stories about former Beaver Daniel Deane!! Go Beavs!!! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-payton-years/id1536831436#episodeGuid=235659a5-3eed-4f36-9927-eaac604afde7
Swammii isn’t the only one shaking his head about the ucks WBB ranking. From ESPN:
The Ducks’ inclusion in the top 16 was the most confusing decision of the reveal. For every other team on the list, there seemed a strong emphasis on quality wins. …Oregon’s No. 8 NET rating — and not much else — seems to be impressing the committee.
…the Ducks — who entered the weekend having lost three of their last four games — didn’t seem to have the credentials to be considered one of the country’s best 16 teams.
https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/30983279/get-ready-one-most-unpredictable-women-ncaa-tournaments
The Ducks are 0-6 vs. teams in the top-20 (I think) and 4-7 vs. teams in the top 50 compared to OSU is 4-5 vs teams in the top 50. Even more importantly, they’ve been in a free fall for the past four weeks or so. Certainly, not an impressive performance over the last part of the season. I think the Ducks have tons of talent, but they haven’t figured out who their go-to players are and who are the role players. Like I said before the season, only 1 ball and too many stars. I expect we will see some Duck players in the transfer portal after the end of the season. I wouldn’t count them out just yet, but the way they are playing it appears they are on life support gasping for air. Meanwhile, Rueck and his team seems to have figured things out and hopefully that trend continues throughout the post season. Regardless of how this season ends for the Beavers, I’m excited for the prospects in the immediate future, and I think we’ll see them have a few more Pac-12 titles under their belt too with some deep runs in the NCAA Tourney.
Who cares. Wherever they are seeded they have to play another team. If they are good, they will win the game. If they suck then they will lose.
I care about the Beavs. Hope they get in the tourney so I have a reason to watch the women’s tourney.
Don’t tell swammi that.
Maybe the Lady Quacks can salvage their season by pulling a 360 -)
Oh you didn’t just do that. Lol
Worked on security tonight, but I’m not yet done. So if you notice anything strange let me know, and if you get blocked email me.
Looking into ditching WordPress for a platform with better security since I don’t have time to babysit nitwits.
Just cue up the canned message of we’re shutting down if I don’t get more money.
Cue up the “I’m a freeloader and deserve your labor for nothing” sentiment.
Do you espn without subscribing? Finance advice without a membership? Local news without the subscription? I’m certain you do, because we all do. Hypocrite
You really think ESPN runs a free business that charges nobody? You have a lot to learn about economics.
Not what I said, good spin tho. Do you pay for espn+? I bet you don’t.. (you shouldn’t) but I’m sure you’ve used their website.
Weird argument.
I use ESPN+ and you use ESPN+, so I have earned the right to bitch at Angry for asking for donations to keep the light on at Angrybeavs, a site I dont pay anything to use.
Frequenting a website you don’t subscribe to is something that literally everyone does everyday. But he said im a freeloader for it.
FOOTBALL schedule is up, all Saturday games with a bye right in the middle of the schedule, just before a home game vs Utah.
https://osubeavers.com/sports/football/schedule
Side note for beavergopher: Will the gophers soften up Ohio State in week 1 before TOSU welcomes nike for week 2? Pretty sure Fresno State won’t wear out nike ahead of that game.
Asu in the traditional late November date.
And it’ll be a night game for sure
ASU has difficulty beating the Beavers in Corvallis in November. That should be a good opportunity for the Beavers to get a “W.”
For South division matchups, we miss the weakest two teams (UCLA & Arizona). Luck o’ da Beavs.
UCLA could go either way. They were better last year, but haven’t quite broken through under the Chipster yet. Sort of like us.
After a pre-conference sweep, wins over UW, Stanford(!), ASU, and Oregon please…show some progress.
The Purdue game looks intriguing. Minus the Nebraska loss they seemed competitive with the rest of the conference last year.
Funny how ASU has to travel to Corvallis again.
OL seems to be taking a hit lately with 2 upper classmen depth guys deciding to focus on their careers rather than return to play football. Bush and Monibon have both recently chosen to end their football careers early. I know Bush was still a walk-on while Montibon I’m not sure about. It’s a tough sell to ask walkons to keep coming back year after year and pay to play football, especially when they contribute more than some of the scholarship guys. Could see similar defections along the DL if Smith doesn’t convert guys to scholarship.
Bush was a walk on? Surprised by that since he played in all games last year.
4 years as a walk on is rough. Asking for a 5th would be kind of cruel. Both are out of state guys too, so the tuition is very high.
Any idea where the scholarship count is? I think the Beavs are in a good spot to take a larger class for 2022 vs others who may be squeezed by pandemic seniors.
Yeah, it pretty crappy they couldnt find a scholarship for the guy last year, considering an upper classmen converted to scholarship doesnt count against your cap. He came to OSU for engineering from out of state and the old staff said if he came in as a PWO they would find a scholarship for him. Then GAs meltdown happened and he was basically stuck hoping for a scholarship to eventually come.
I think Smith did occasionally split up open scholarship money to assist with costs for some walkons, so there was a little assistance. But those things change from quarter to quarter and dont cover much.
I get it if the player never actually contributes, but if you’re playing them in every game you’ve gotta take care of them.
Anybody heard from NuclearBeav lately?
I used to know his twitter account but cant seem to find it.
Hopefully everything is ok and he’s just taking a break from posting
I have his email if you want to write him. He’s had some health issues so could be that.
I’ll wait a bit to see if he responds here. I found his old twitter name via search function but it no longer links to an account.
Also know he was pretty annoyed with the turd poster on here, so maybe he just took a break to get away from that noise.
I was wondering how the women would respond after losing five straight games earlier in the season. All the more evidence that Rueck is the right guy to lead the program.
I expect at least one win in the tourney; Sweet Sixteen would be great.
Before this winning streak, he said wins were coming and he was right. They were missing two parts and one was the addition of TOV and the other was lighting a fire under Goforth to be more aggressive….someone lit that fire and I’m guessing it was Rueck. Of course Rueck is the right guy for the job….that’s never been a question in my mind.
just read where the Schmucks landed….get this an offensive lineman JC kid…6’9″ and 360 freaking lbs. This guy must eat like a horse and crap like an elephant.
Sounds like he eats elephants and takes craps the size of horses…
Line up Champ on him, have him sprint between his legs for a quick sack….
Angry, I can’t wait until you start using the new platform that has enhanced security instead of WordPress. That should help keep out those trolls that are unwanted here and you know who I mean. Thanks for all of your hard work and providing a platform for Beaver fans. The fact you’re attempting to keep it from being infected with a Schmuck virus is a very worthwhile effort.
Swammi,
At least attempt to comment without referencing the Ducks or their followers who may or may not be harassing you. Otherwise you are simply instigating a fight that you claim to never want. The guy was insufferable but you aren’t much better since you bring him and the ducks up nearly every post.
It is possible to be an OSU fan without deriding the rival at every opportunity, you should try it.
In order for trash-talking to be effective, you must be sparing and poignant rather than constant and repugnant…
Go Beavs
I am responding to Angry’s comment about changing the platforms to provide more security so that keeps out unwanted Ducks. Don’t tell me what to post or what not to post as you are not the owner of this blog in case you didn’t know. If you don’t like my comments, downvote them as I’m sure you have and feel free not read them.. that’s your prerogative otherwise STHU and I’ll post whatever I like as long as I’m a paying contributor to this blog and it doesn’t offend Angry. If it bothers you, tough shit….get over it.
I think he’s just offering some Beaverly advice. I doubt he’s offended by your posts.
Oh, and BTW, he’s already proven that he will engage in his level of fool schmuckery regardless of whether i directly or indirectly comment to his constant line of BS regarding everything Beavers. Therefore, your logic or lack of it, doesn’t apply to this guy. In other words, I could go completely silent and he would still be here posting his garbage and stirring the pot. It doesn’t make any difference of what I post or don’t post. If you think it does, your lack of logic applies.
Except for he said he wouldn’t if u left.
yeah, he wouldn’t if I left? Sure thing. I’ve gone silent before by not commenting only to read his ranting with other Beaver fans on this blog and those are the facts. That said, why would I suddenly vacate a blog that I pay to contribute to? As Angry stated, the guy is a douche as witnessed by his multiple bans and multiple user names. Yet, I’m still here with the same user name and never been banned. I wonder why?
Intended for OhioBeav
DD, I’m always open to advice so long as it’s accurate and makes sense, but his comment, “The guy was insufferable but you aren’t much better since you bring him and the ducks up nearly every post,” is just a serious over-exaggeration. The majority, and I’ll say at least 95% of my comments, are not directed toward this guy or the Ducks when he’s not in this blog. Virtually the only time I comment, is when this guy shows up in Angry’s blog and starts his BS. I reference the Ducks upon occasion bc I actually attended UofO back in the day for two years and found out how much I dislike Nike and Nike U. and most of their entitled Duck fans. Again, he’d show up whether or not I post comments or not bc he’s already proven that on several occasions so just another unfounded claim by OhioBeav. All said, OB has the option to downvote my comments and not read them if my comments irritate him. So OB is off the mark on his comments and logic….but thanks for your comments DD.
Swammi,
It wasn’t intended as an attack on you, just hopeful to see less of the antiduck nonsense. I can appreciate the 2 yr background and didn’t mean to ruffle your feathers in that regard, I just seem to relate all of the recent debate back and forth between you and the other guy as equally provocative from each one of you.
If you think my comment was way out of line and off base, so be it. But I thought I could speak my mind as freely as you can without it seeming to become a personal vendetta or something. Ease up fella. Just trying to help bring some focus to the discussions rather than duck bashing…I admit to bashing uo periodically but not as a common theme for my comments I hope.
He’s right, though. If you didn’t give him attention, he’d leave.
Easy, big fella…
On point. Shit is getting old. Missing that ignore button.
Agree it’s getting old.
Then I will leave. To suggest that not responding and he’ll go away is just not true. Like I said previously, I’ve gone dark and not responded and that solved nothing. I’m done, you all can have a love fest with a complete a-hole. Enjoy as I’m pulling the plug.
I’m sure the 124 up votes are completely legit. Lol
I downvoted as a contrarian-nothing more than that.
We have always been able to bash the Quacks. It’s part of what we do. Angry has consistently throughout his website career lambasted Oregon, especially pretenders like Cristobal or Taggart. They have a huge advantage, they can be poked and prodded. Beavsblow can go fuck himself.
It’s the fact that he consistently does it to provoke one individual that ends up ruining threads instead of doing it occasionally at the fanbase in general. That and then he writes a short essay and does mental gymnastics to convince himself he isn’t doing what he clearly is. The dude is in his head and we have to deal with the consequences. I think it’s pretty clear from the downvotes that just about everyone is over it.
Yep, that’s very true and there has been many back and forths with jack back in the day that weren’t pleasant either. Well, it doesn’t matter as I’m done. Have a good one to one of the few remaining fans on this blog.
Sounds like sour grapes.
More security added. Trial and error so I now know he’s not using an overlay network. That leaves a VPN or proxy. Worked on blocking both tonight.
I think there may be a flaw in the new security system.
That would appear to be the case…..
Hence the comment above.
It works for me. Good riddance to a guy that in the past made jokes and fun of a child being sexually molested, OSU players being injured and hating on the beavers. Thank you Angry….
Hi Rev, nice to know you are still around.
Lookin’ forward to your insights as the baseball season progresses.
I just read where Kevn Abel was selected Pac12 Pitcher of the Week. Not a bad start for Abel after not pitching for almost two years. It appears as though he’s returned back to his 2018 form leading the Beavers to a National Championship. I remember going to a Sunday game, the final of a 3 game set with Stanford, and watching his stuff sitting behind home plate and he was unhittable. He was virtually unhittable but was pulled in the 5th or 6th with the Beavers leading and the bullpen collapsed and lost I think 9-8. Leading up to that game, there was a question mark about whether or not the Beavers had a quality Sunday starter. I recall making the comment that he would in fact be the #3 for the remainder of the season and would be a future star. It turned out to be true and here we are 3 years later with a resurrected Abel. He’s only going to get better as the season progresses and the Beavers may be the surprise team in the Pac-12 Conference. Go Beavers!
This ^^^^^^^ the guy definitely is in his head.
Changes might be coming because people can’t behave.
Might have to resort to everyone logging in to comment. I don’t like that, but that way I can easily track and ban. Problem right now has a lot to do with allowing (the freedom) to post using whatever name and email. It’s great, but people are abusing it.
I recommend people register an account in case I have to enact this.
I can see why oregonlive shut down their comment section
Seriously.
Two reasons and they’re both here now.
I drafted and scheduled a thread to go up Friday for the baseball series. I don’t have a great feeling about that series. I think we have a rubber game Sunday.
Who knows. Logic says they sweep… Beavs strengths include a top notch ace, quality starters with a deep and dynamic bullpen. Above average defense. Above average and experienced lineup with some power and speed mixed in. Dukart, Claunch, Armstrong, Jones, Casey, McMahan, Gretler, etc. have multiple years in program. History shows good college hitters usually begin to blossom after freshman year. Even Rutchman, Grenier, Gretler, and Larnich struggled at the plate as freshman. The current class is talented. Obviously not at same level as 2015-2018 group but this is the year I’d expect a significant jump in production… and we’re seeing it. It’s not a fluke. BYU will need play an extraordinary game or have Beavs play a sloppy game or have a pitching meltdown to win a game. That said, it’s baseball so anything is possible in a 3 game series but over course of season, this team should win a lot of games.
I don’t know, they split 2-2 with Texas state and lost 3 of 4 to Texas. They gave up 56 runs in 8 games so that shouldn’t scare a lot of beaver fans. Tried to find team stats for them but couldn’t locate them…At 3-5, I don’t think they’re too much of a threat if the beaver play like they did in Arizona but baseball is unpredictable so you never know. However, I expect the beaver to take care of business vs a 3-5 team at Goss Stadium.
31 down votes in a matter of a few minutes….yes, those must be all legit down votes. Lol
Rubber game Sunday?
This series runs Thursday through Saturday, live streamed by The School
Thread should be changed to go up before the 5:35pm start on Thursday.
EDIT: Thread has now been changed to post Thursday
Oops.
Angry, let me know how I can discontinue my auto payments. I’m paid up through the end of march and then I’m dropping out. The.
You go into PayPal and cancel. Should be self-explanatory.
GreatSwammi is the biggest donor here at $15 per month, and I’m now seeing he did so to gain favor in this battle with his alter-ego. I’m not going to be held hostage by any donation. If acknowledging that you’re part of the problem causes you to take this action, then so be it. I’ve had the patience of a saint with you two, and you’re intent on ruining my site. Don’t blame the other guy. You make comments directed at him out of the blue to egg him on, so clearly you enjoy it. My advice: don’t just step away from AB, but step away from the internet for a while.
Guys, we did get a new $5 donor yesterday (thanks!), but with GS leaving it would be nice to make up the $10 difference. If anyone was on the fence now would be a good time to step up, but don’t expect favoritism. ;)
Thanks. Will do and I appreciate your patience but your comments are way off base. Good luck and go beavers.
Done and my apologies if you think my intentions were to ruin your site and “gain favor” whatever that is supposed to mean, but you’re wrong. Like I said, good luck and I’ll leave on my own terms. I’m offering to go and you find the need to throw shade my direction…..good for you…i will take the high road. As far as your advice is concerned…..Lol…you have a running discourse with Angry@Angry so you might want to take some of your own advice. Please delete my account too.
My issues with A@A are relegated to a block of four comments every ten threads or so. Not nearly the same. You had a long rope, and you hung yourself with it.
^^^^
Very clear and factual, still difficult for some to understand.
How many times do you have to tell us?
Don’t go away mad. Just go away.
NB- Its easier for a site like oregon live to control the narrative by shutting down the comments. Politics or sports. Angry puts up with a bunch of crap here but for the most part lets people say what they want. One of the reasons I come here, not to mention good insightful posts on the beavs by many people.
I know, but it’s funnier to think Greatswammi and Swammiturd’s feud is what caused oregonlive to change their model.
I’m just catching up on all of this. Are Greatswammi and Swammiturd (or whatever he’s called), the same person? I haven’t seen the Duck guy in here in awhile, so I’m not sure what the current feud is about? It looks like someone is doing some crazy down voting, but who cares?
I think Angry has cleared out all of the turd guy’s posts, so you’re not seeing all of it. If youre subscribed for automated push notifications you’d see everything.
And turd is the serial up/down voter.
Unclear if Swammi amd turd are the same dude or just the yin to the other’s yang
Thanks, NB. I thought Swammiturd hadn’t been here lately but sounds like crap going on behind the scenes. Makes sense now.
In parting I would like to say to NiceBeaver…..i always enjoyed your recruiting takes….onr of the main reasons I visit this site. Keep up the solid work and go beavers!
GS is gone.
Today’s off to a shocking start.
I can’t wait to see what drama unfolds on this afternoon’s episode of The Beavs of our Lives
The interwebs aren’t for some people. Kind of think gs had some kind of psychotic episode when he got trolled and then got obsessed with the ducks and up/down votes.
Q told me it is all Angry. He made up these 2 characters to play off each other in an effort to squeeze another $2 donation out of 3 or for unsuspecting users, so he’ll be pulling an extra $8 per month into his Angrybeavs empire.
Q-angry? Time to start a new movement
Looks like I’ll have to increase my post counts.
Can’t we all just get along… credit: Rodney King
Back to Beavs Sports:
WBB plays at 11am today, vs Cal who brings a 1-15 record into the Michelob ULTRA Arena.
Assuming a win for the Good Gals today we have a busy Thursday to look forward to:
WBB, likely again at 11am vs nike……….dare I say third WBB Civil War this season?
And, Baseball at 5:35.
Break away from your responsibilities and concerns for internet trolls, watch the gals on PAC12 and baseball on the livestream produced by OSU. No word on whether or not BIG JIM will be on hand to (gently) guide Jon W.
MBBeavs are playing Utah for a first-round bye tonight, too (assuming USC can take care of business against Stanford). It’s on the road, so they’ll probably lose.
It’s funny Swammi said he didn’t make his (relatively large) monthly recurring donation to gain favor, and then literally an hour after I criticized him as part of the problem, he revokes his donation. I’m glad two people stepped up to cover most of it. We’re still $5 short. But I think having no Swammi and being $5 short is a good trade for us.
Regarding the ignore button, it surely is broken with this new theme. I spoke with the developer, and he is going to give me tips on things to try, and if that doesn’t work, his rate is $75/hr to fix it. I’m not sure how long it would take, but if he could fix it in one hour I think it’s worth it.
Someone else stepped up with a $5 spot, so we’re back to even and no Swammi. Great trade.
So, I did get the ignore function to work just now (I think…try it?), but it seems to mess up where the “reply” is located. It also moves the little “x” to after the date and time rather than next to the name. How big a deal? It bothers me, but I think I’m OCD.
I just tested it on a swammi post further up the page and it maintained the placement of his posts and the following replies and just left the comment blank. Also allows me to unblock him. So seems to work well. I’m on an Android mobile browser-duck duck go
Yes it works, but the location of the “x” and the “reply” both move and are not as tidy. It personally is an eyesore for me. Doesn’t bother you?
It looks totally normal to me. No formatting issues. Just blank placeholder comments for the people i block. I dig it
Looks fine
Nice, we’ve come a full 360.
Women’s bball up 39-27 at half against Cal. Last I’ve seen, they are a 10 seed in the tourney as of now. Not even listed as last four in so I’m thinking they must have a solid spot. TVO has 13 points at half. What a weapon off the bench.
71-63, Beavs Gals with an 8 pt win. Looked to be unfocused, Cal won the second half by 4 pts.
FT shooting only 63%.
Gonna have to really step up tomorrow at 11am.
I didnt watch. Any chance they were just playing conservatively to save some energy for later rounds?
Looking at the box score, rueck kept the rotation pretty tight. Will need to get bigger contributions from the bench to help rest the starters to make a run.
Interesting scenario for mbb. Finish 5th and they play the 4 seed and shorter path to title game. Finish 6th and play the 11th seed. Lesser opponent but tougher path.
Seems like if they finish 5th, they are out in the first round. Finish 6th and they go 1-1.
I guess I’d take them finishing with the higher seed. Given the initial preseason predictions, the season wasn’t a loss. But creates the issue of how good does tinkle need to be to not get fired.
Espn has him listed as on the surprised if there was a change. I’d agree. No extension even if he finishes plus 500 in conference play. He doesn’t have much leverage to leave to another job.
Yeah, the buyout is the real issue for Tinks. He’ll be here next year.
We maaaaaaaaaaaaaaay squeak into the NIT if we can win out in conference play and win one in the tourney. A win over Oregon plus someone like Colorado would give us two more quality wins.
Remember that the NIT is limited to 16 teams this year.
That and way more programs will be a draw for the NIT than the Beavs would. Mid majors that don’t win their conference tourney will get in ahead of the Beavs.
Beavs aren’t getting into the NIT. Getting to the conference tournament title game might only get them on the bubble.
The NIT is going to be a popularity contest this year since it’s been pared down to 16 teams. And the Beavs aren’t popular.
“Due to the reduced field, all 16 teams will be at-large selections, with no automatic qualifiers.”
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/30985941/nit-downsizes-16-teams-hold-entire-tournament-dallas-forth-worth-area
@Bill, wasn’t there talks of him taking another job with a Pac12 school a couple of years ago? I think it was Wazzu or maybe Stanford. Maybe other schools the see the potential with him. I think it’ll take a Riley type situation for him to leave where a school wants him and that’s how we get rid of him.
He interviewed with stanford after making the tourney so he had leverage then.
He’s not a hot commodity now, would have to move back to a smaller school and I don’t think there is a school that is desperate.
I hope that he knows the only way to get an extension is to make the tourney again.
Deal runs to 2023. So two years left to get it done.
Unfortunately no one is going to pull a Nebraska and solve our problem.
The solution to men’s basketball is to hire Rueck. It’s been the solution forever, right in front of us, and yet we don’t do it (invalid for all reasons except if he has no interest).
Agreed. He nake’s more money, stays in Corvallis as part of “OSU Family.” Transition one of his assistants to WBB HC(?).
If it doesn’t work out for some reason, and he has interest, he could likely return to OSU WBB at some point.
Rueck wouldn’t be interested… I’m certain. But agree he’d be a solid hire. Not sure how his height would impact his ability to recruit. He’d look tiny on the sidelines and road games would be brutal. Can you imagine the asu or duck student section
How tall is Rueck?
Coach K seems to have overcome his height disparity ok.
A lot of coaches are short. I think Pgs are the most common position to become coaches. Kind of like and in football. They generally have to have the highest IQ on the floor. Tinkles big ass hasn’t recruited particularly well.
I know they said kennedy brown is out for the year but it has been 12 months since she tore her ACL. Wonder if she could be a surprise return? No idea if she’s even practicing.
I read last summer that the decision had been made for her to not play until next season. The parents want to be very conservative with her rehab and return.
Utah is still missing Rylan Jones after a recent shoulder injury. Still think the Beavs find a way to lose, regardless.
(How’s that for optimism?)
Understandable. Given the team and coaching.
Optimism?……….heck, seems like a typical Beav mindset to me.
It’s a road game so, yeah.
This game has letdown written all over it. Especially after the recent articles and quotes about the beavers playing well at the right time of the year.
It’s the beaver way
Speaking of Rueck, here’s the coach on the topic of playing the gals from nike tomorrow after the 88-77 win last Sunday in Eugene:
“I think there’s always a little bit of chess being played for sure and little adjustments,” Rueck said. “Not a lot of time to make too many changes, of course, since Sunday. But looking at the film there’s a couple things that we can certainly clean up from that game and I think we will.”
Seems there are two things good coaches harp on:
1-it’s about how we play and improve, nothing about the opponent
2-the scoreboard lies, points don’t matter till the final buzzer/whistle/out
https://www.gazettetimes.com/sports/beavers-sports/basketball/osu-womens-basketball-beavers-ducks-to-meet-in-tourney-quarters/article_ae82b4a6-d368-5c47-b314-af376666b4f7.html
Oregon State gets their biggest lead of the game, only to turn it over 3 times in a row, as is tradition.
I haven’t gotten to watch a lot of games this year, but man, ET makes some really dumb plays. His court awareness with the ball is terrible; he picks up his dribble in some really bad spots.
“Oregon State looking for three consecutive road conference wins for the first time since 2003.”
Wayne Tinkle breaking records left and right!
Oregon State………Damn Straight!!
He didn’t step up tonight. Fortunately, Gianni Hunt had a game of a lifetime.
It would be nice if he started to break out. With him it seems like sometimes he plays a little out of control and turns it over.
PS. In other good news, I spoke with NuclearBeav today, and he’ll be back for Spring ball.
What’s the injury? Will he be a full participant?
That’s great to hear!!
Missed this earlier. Glad to hear he’ll be back
Winner winner chicken dinner. Guarantees at least 500 conference record.
But of course it tells the same story of the last couple years. If they had won those non conference games earlier in the year, they’d be right in it for a tourney berth. Or solidly an nit spot.
Wsu is ahead of the Beavs in the net rankings because of those bad losses and they have a worse record.
And the Beavs blew that early game against Wazzu when they had an 8 or 9 point 2nd half lead.
How does it feel to get tinkled on 2 games in a row, Whiskey?
“A broken clock is right twice a day”
Happy to be wrong. But unfortunately the only way this team is getting into postseason play beyond the PAC-12 tournament is to win the damn thing. I don’t see that happening.
An NIT berth is possible if they can make it to the conference tournament championship game and lose.
I don’t see them beating the Buffs in the first game should that happen.
Is it fair to say now that Tinkle’s teams’ MO is to win ugly?
Never met a W I didn’t like the looks of…
Weather not looking great for baseball this week. Rain rain rain.
Some all conference honors for Scott’s crew.
https://www.gazettetimes.com/sports/beavers-sports/basketball/pac-12-womens-basketball-goodman-jones-and-goforth-make-all-conference-teams/article_eef1329b-c7f2-5d19-9bb4-2bf80be925c0.html#tracking-source=article-related-bottom
I’ve watched the men for most of the year. From the start, Alatishe just fucks me up with some of the stuff he’s pulled off…
His rebound at the end of the game and assist to Silva were awesome.
He’s a super raw athlete. If he can improve his shooting the sky’s the limit for him.
Exactly, I’ve noticed he sometimes just sort of throws the ball one-handed at the hoop. If he develops an actual jump shot, he can just shot over defenders from 15 feet in.
Have we heard anything on Marquez Beason?
Should be asking you since you were the first to report him transferring. What’s the deal?
I’ve reached out to 2 different people close to that whole thing and neither will respond.
Would share with you if anybody was willing to talk, but they just aren’t talking.
I had asked as recently as 2 days ago. Crickets.
Something to consider. Everybody was expecting the NCAA to pass this 1 time transfer waiver rule due to Covid this offseason, but that still hasnt happened.
So underclassmen are less likely right now to enter the portal because there’s no guarantee they won’t be wasting a year of eligibility.
Last thing I read on the topic was the NCAA was considering capping the waiver rule for players who entered the portal prior to May2021, but werent going to approve the rule until around August, in an effort to curb the number of players who will actually take advantage of it. So entering the portal before May will be a leap of faith, hoping the NCAA actually follows through. And after May you’d be screwed regardless. Lots of grey area still around this whole covid transfer waiver idea.
Cool, thanks. Sounding less likely, like something weird is going on with that entire situation…
Illinois has a new coach. Maybe he just likes the new staff?
TRAP GAME?
Wilner up with a pay piece on football trap games, says this about ASU’s visit to Corvallis in November:
Nov. 20: ASU at Oregon State: What warm-weather team wouldn’t be thrilled about its second consecutive trip to the Pacific Northwest in the middle of November? ASU will coming off a marquee game in Seattle and has the Territorial Cup ahead. Also, the Sun Devils will be returning to the scene of an easy win just 11 months earlier. Urgency won’t be joining them for this trip.
ASU already being overrated? Is it a trap if the team you’re playing is better than you?
Regarding recruiting or lack there of, Smith seems to have the philosophy of don’t commit unless you get on campus. Recruits aren’t able to visit currently from my understanding. The sales pitch of family, building something, etc seems like an in person visit/weekend with the coaching staff is really crucial to getting players to commit. It’s obviously killing the 2022 class. Now we are seeing high school seniors in some states get granted an extra year. The leftovers the Beavs typically scoop up might not be there.
He managed to bend his own rules for the 2021 class, so I dont know that it would stop him this year. There just arent that many players who are excited about OSU right now. At least in past years there has been some buzz, but this year is totally quiet.
Maybe it’s because I stopped making beavrecruiting photoshop edits this year, haha.
Did you @ the players directly with those edits?
Yeah, i used to kill time experimenting with lots of photoshoo stuff in the past, but I got bored with it.
Baseball thread scheduled to go up in a few hours.
Gals scheduled to take on nike in two hours.
So angrybeavs family feud has been cancelled?
“The category is ‘Posters you want permanently banned.'”
Hatfields V McCoy seems to be over. Not sure who won though?
Off topic- has anyone received a cortisone injection for bulged disc before? Got that little procedure coming up in a couple hours and wanted to see what to expect. Sort of a last resort for me as I really do not want to get the surgery if I can avoid
Not for a bulged disc, but for Frozen Shoulder Syndrome. It helped immensely for about six weeks and then the effect wore off. I received three rounds plus physical therapy. Avoided surgery as a result.
I had an epidural I’m not exactly sure if it was cortisone or what. It sucked to get mostly mental tho. They lay u on your stomach and numb it and then use an xray to inject into the disc. It’s weird because you can feel the pressure of it going in but no pain. I’ve had 3 and one time he hit a nerve and my whole body jumped but this isn’t common. It helped tho. Usually lasts for 3-4 months and takes a few days to kick in. Ultimately I had to ended up getting surgery however. You can only get 3 a year or something like that.
Facet Joint nerve impingement injection in December. Worked to perfection.
Paint drying in the WBB game-Beavers shooting less than 10% and down only 3.
When they starting hitting from the outside look out. TVO looks like a senior. Goodman has handles. I hope she comes back.
Only watched the last few minutes of the 2nd half. Looks like Oregon State is out-talling the ducks with Mitrovic. It’s not pretty basketball, but advantage Beavs up 24-19 at half.
Five points in the first quarter, and 31 in third? Crazy.
Half time adjustments