warning, football content ahead

i will say this with as much dignity as possible;

I LOST A BET! WAHHHHHAAAAAHHHAHAHAHAHAAAAHHH!!!!

my beloved oregon ducks, you know, the team that is ranked (er, was ranked) 6th in the nation, lost to the unranked (er, were unranked) oklahoma sooners last night in the holiday bowl. much different scenario than when the ducks beat the longhorns five years ago in the same game. five years ago, i was there, because i needed to see the ducks win eleven games in one season for the first time. this time, i was content to watch from the comfort of the in-laws living room. last time, a ten point deficit against an equal team was nearly laughable, as we had joey harrington, the come-back kid. this time, a ten point deficit was heart stopping, as we have kellen clemens on the sideline in crutches, and a pansy coach who won't make a solid quarterback decision (dennis dixon will be phenomenal when he starts using his head and stops panicking, brady leaf needs to panick a bit more and not be so cooool in crunch situations). last time, the ducks showed up for sixty minutes of football, this time they showed up for ten minutes or so.

here is what i wanted. i wanted the ducks to prove the BCS (not the BSC) wrong. i wanted them to prove that they should have gotten a BCS (not BSC) bid. instead, they went in and lost to an unranked team. that being said, i acknowledge that it was only a few short years ago that OU was in the national championship game, i'll let BSC (not BCS) tell you how that one came out. i also acknowledge that OU is a powerhouse. and unfortunately, UO is not. they are just now garnering the respect that at team who has gone to bowl games 13 of the past 16 years deserves.

at any rate... it was a knucklebiter to be sure. no, not in the sense that the michigan/nebraska alamo bowl was a knucklebiter the night before was, but a knucklebiter nonetheless. never mind that the ducks never should have gotten themselves ten points behind. never mind that tim day barely played. never mind that brady leaf threw an interception to call the game to a screeching halt. never mind that haloti ngata hurt himself (a fluke of the game that will probably cement his decision to go pro early). never mind that it is impossible to strike an offense against an eight man blitz when there are somehow nine other guys in behind them. i swear, it was like stepford sooners. they were everywhere. i blame this loss on only one thing.

the freaking unranked sooners were the better football team last night. congratulations to them.

i can't wait for the rematch in the fall. bring it on.

(no drawing today... BSC (not BCS) will be providing me a sooner logo to display on my blog for the next two weeks, that will be cartoon enough, don't you all agree?)

arrivederci, rebecca marie