Since moving to the Pacific Northwest, it's been hard to ignore Oregon football. It's a lot like Texas that way. You know, Aggies and Longhorns hard to ignore. Here it's the Oregon U. Ducks and the Oregon State Beavers. The Ducks, with their flashy Nike uniforms, complete with duck wings on the shoulders and mallard green helmets, and push up performing mascot, were (until last night's upset by USC -I heard you cheering from here, Cami) in contention for another trip to the 'natty'. OSU, with their 'rabid beaver' mascot and Halloween color scheme, have a lot of heart and for the last couple of years, the Rodgers brothers from Richmond, TX. Until Jaquizz left for the pros and James was taken out by the knee last year. James is back, but it's definitely been a rebuilding year. Next weekend is The Civil War, when OSU goes up against the big O down in Eugene.
About the big 'O'. Fans like to make the an 'O' with their hands. Well, it turns out that most of them don't quite make a perfect 'O'. It's more like the ASL sign for 'vagina'. Many of the
football players take sign language for their foreign language requirement, 29 members of the current team as a matter of fact. It's a natural choice, as they are used to signals from their coaches and teammates. Once they find out from their professor what the fans are actually 'saying', they refrain from making the 'O'.
“I did the ‘O’ once, and I never did it again,” said LaMichael James, the team’s star running back...
Which makes his teacher, Joanna Larson, very happy.
“I’m so proud of him,” she said. “We’re trying to spread the word to make the ‘O’ more of a rounded shape.”
2 comments:
Great column Fran! Worth of the Boston Globe, certainly the Vancouver Columbian. Wife very sour on politics but a column by Krugman always insightful. She's now sending donations to 'Lightnin' Liz Warren, hoping that little angel can remove Nekkid Little Scottie from the Liberal Lion's seat, restore some sanity to Mass. When Brown said, "Thank God she kept her clothes on," she started quoting that smarmy line to every evangelical Republican woman we meet here in Clark County...and they're thick as thieves in these parts.
p.s. - Uncle Phil (Knight) was so angry at Ducks loss he's requiring every player take a pay cut for rest of season.
Cheers,
Mordecai from Vancouver
Why thank you, mordecai. now that I know you are watching, I'll stay on track better...Waiting to see if we'll be joining you in cd 3 after the redistricting. Then I can start having fun with Jaime H-B in 2012, though I will still be keeping an eye on that scoundrel (not a) Doc Hastings.
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