Go Beavs, I guess.
But honestly I am getting so sick of Riley I am close to wishing loses…a win today will be Lucy placing the football, more fools buying in, and years of prolonged pain. Just saying.
I really do want the Beavs to move up the all-time win chart (and hit .500 in my lifetime) so I have to root for them, but it’s tough knowing it means more Riley and his apologists.
The blog format compresses the image a bit, so click on it for full scale laughs.
For those who are young and don’t know this comic:
The characters involved in the gag are Charlie Brown and Lucy van Pelt. Lucy tells Charlie Brown that she will hold a football while he kicks it. Charlie Brown usually refuses to kick it at first, not trusting Lucy. Lucy then says something to persuade Charlie Brown to trust her. Charlie Brown runs up to kick the ball, but at the very last second before he can kick it, Lucy removes the ball and Charlie Brown flies into the air, before falling down and hurting himself. The gag usually ends with Lucy pointing out to Charlie Brown that he should not have trusted her.
Source: here
I’d say this sums up the Riley/fan relationship, wouldn’t you?
I assume we’re not going to discuss basketball here; rather just make fun of CR and how bad the team is.
Game on!
This is just about the worst matchup possible for the Beavs:
So, basically anything offensive strength OSU has is mitigated by ASU’s defense, and visa versa.
The Beavs would have to win this game on the ground, controlling the clock, etc, but they aren’t built to do that. So I expect to see ASU run all over the Beavs; the Beavs to play catchup through the air; Mannion to get picked several times as the throws 50+ balls. The desert isn’t going to help, either.
ASU 45, OSU 20
Of course, since OSU is expected to lose, and there’s nothing on the line, Riley may shine in his role as Mr. Meaningless, bringing the Pollys out from under their rock and further confusing the myopic and unobservant fanbase for another decade.
You can read the article here. I post as “blogbeav” over there. If you comment on O-live, leave a link to AB, as I don’t read or comment much over there anymore.
Moving on…
They don’t mention Bob D by name, but the headline + photo says it all. It would be nice if they had the guts to actually say what they’re implying, though.
They also don’t understand opportunity cost, which you economic types might know is the cost of the option not taken (or next best option). While we’ll never know what that option was, we know it was better than the ones chosen, so there was more damage than is being recognized or acknowledged.
Maybe O-live can write a piece about OSU’s finances, because from what I see, the AD is overstating them. And for obvious reasons. If OSU admits to having money, then the excuses and implications that this is the best we can do would vanish, and those at the top would have to admit and then be held accountable for their incompetence. As long as fans believe OSU is broke, they will excuse the mediocrity and use the perceived destitution as a self-imposed crutch. The AD has every motivation to keep jawboning that message.