OSU Joke of the Day

An OSU football player was almost killed in a tragic horseback riding accident. He fell from the horse and was nearly trampled to death. Thank God the manager of the Walmart came out and unplugged it in time!

OSU Joke of the Day

Q : What does the average OSU player get on his SAT?
A : Drool

OSU Joke of the Day

Q : What do you get when you gather 32 Oregon State fans in a room?
A : A full set of teeth!

OSU Joke of the Day

Since civil war week is upon it's time to bring back the ever popular OSU joke of the day. Here is today's joke.

Q : Why do OSU football players go to the movie theater in groups of 18 or more?
A : The sign says 17 and under are not admitted.

Week 12 Pac 10 Rankings

1. Oregon- Jeremiah Masoli is the man.

2. Oregon State- For the second year in a row the Beavers will head into the Civil War with a Rose Bowl on the line. For the second year in a row they'll come up short in the Civil War.

3. Cal- The have quietly turned around their season after a horrendous start.

4. Arizona- Normally fans wait until they have the game won before they rush the field.

5. Stanford- The Cardinal will have the honor of putting the final nail in Charlie Weis's coffin.

6. USC- I think we can safely say that the Trojans will not be in a BCS game.

7. UCLA- As bad as the Bruins are, they are now bowl eligible.

8. ASU- The last time ASU won a game was October 17, the next time they'll win a game will be in September 2010.

9. Washington- The Huskies last won on October 10, that streak will end Saturday.

10. WSU- I have nothing to say.

Week 11 Pac 10 Rankings

1. Oregon- The big worry for the Ducks is whether or not they return home with a healthy starting QB.

2. Stanford- I'm finally on the Cardinal bandwagon. They're good.

3. Arizona- The Cats have never to been to the Rose Bowl. That trend will continue.

4. OSU- The beavers get a virtual bye before playing the ducks. They might want to consider resting the Rodgers brothers so they don't risk injury.

5. USC- If the Pac 10 ends in a six way tie with Oregon, USC, CAL, Stanford, Arizona and OSU the trojans will represent the Pac 10 in the Rose Bowl.

6. Cal- Can the bears beat Stanford? Probably not.

7. ASU- Bad

8. UCLA- Worse

9. Washington- Even worse

10. WSU- The worst

Week 10 Pac Rankings

1. Oregon- A loss on the road to a good Stanford team wasn't enough to knock the Ducks from the top.

2. Arizona- The Wildcats in the Rose Bowl? Probably not.

3. USC- The Trojans have been unimpressive this year. From experience I can tell you that El Paso is nice around New Years.

4. Oregon State- Don't look now, but the Beavers are in the conference race.

5. Stanford- With their win over the Ducks the Cardinal are Bowl eligible. My guess is that they get two more.

6. Cal- Another mediocre year for a Jeff Tedford coached team.

7. ASU- I kind of feel bad for the Sun Devils. It's going to be ugly Saturday night.

8. UCLA- The Bruins finally got a Pac 10 win. They'll get win number two this weekend.

9. Washington- Remember when people thought the Mutts would go bowling.

10. WSU- No comment necessary

Week 9 Pac 10 Rankings

Here are my long awaited Pac 10 rankings for week 9.

1. Oregon- I called y my shot last week and I was right. Oregon beat USC.

2. Arizona- The Wildcats control there own destiny for the Pac 10 title. The problem is that they still have to play Oregon, Cal, and USC

3. USC- Could the Trojans go to El Paso? Probably not. My guess is that they win out and get a BCS bid.

4. Cal- The Bears have quietly gotten back on track after a horrific start. Next up the Beavers.

5. OSU- Beaver nation still thinks they can sneak into the Rose Bowl through the back door. That fantasy will end on Saturday.

6. Stanford- The Cardinal need just one win to become bowl eligible. The problem is they play Oregon, USC, Cal and finish at Notre Dame. They may get that sixth win but it will not come until the last week of the season.

7. ASU- I kind of feel bad for the Sun Devils. This week they face a USC team was embarrassed a week ago and next week they travel to Oregon.

8. Washington- Not long ago people thought the Mutts were a bowl. Looking at their schedule I cannot find three more wins.

9. UCLA- Bad

10. WSU- worse

Week 8 Pac 10 Rankings

1. Oregon- The Ducks will beat the Trojans on Saturday.

2. SUC- Last time the Trojans won a game in the State of Oregon was 2005. The next time they lose in the State of Oregon will have to wait until 2010.

3. Arizona- Nick Foles is good, it's the rest of the team that I'm not sure about.

4. Oregon State- I know the Rodgers brothers are great players, but the beavers might want to consider giving the ball to someone not named Rodgers from time to time.

5. Cal- Against the two best teams in the conference the Bears scored a total of 6 points. Against the two worst teams they scored a total of 94 points.

6. Stanford- The Cardinal need just one win in their final four games to be bowl eligible. The problem is they have Oregon, USC, Cal and Notre Dame left.

7. ASU- I think it's time for Dennis Erickson to retire.

8. Washington- The Huskies are not back.

9. UCLA- At one point UCLA was 3-0.

10. WSU- Is anyone else tired of seeing that stupid flag at GameDay?

Week 7 Pac 10 Rankings

1. Oregon- Big game against the Mutts before what could be an epic battle with SUC. The Ducks will roll.

2. USC- Last time USC lost to OS in LA the president of United States was Dwight D. Eisenhower. I am officially going on record as saying the next time the Beavers beat SUC in LA, the president will not be Barack Obama.

3. Oregon State- See above

4. Arizona- The Wildcats should cruise against the Bruins.

5. Cal- In their first two conference games they scored a combined 6 points. In the third game they scored 45.

6. ASU- The Sun Devils still riding high from the victory over the mutts travel Palo Alto for an epic battle with Stanford and a possible Hawaii Bowl bid on the line.

7. Stanford- Is it just me or is Toby Gerhart a 12th year senior.

8. Washington- Washington's fight song is titled "Bow Down to Washington". By the end of the day Saturday the mutts will be bowing down to Oregon.

9. UCLA- Maybe one of these years UCLA will catch up to their crosstown rival. Probably not anytime soon.

10. WSU- I think the Pac 10 should just drop the coogs and be the Pac 9.

Week 6 Pac 10 Rankings

1. Oregon- No Masoli, no problem. The Ducks rolled UCLA and now have a much needed bye week.

2. USC- The Trojans have not lost to Notre Dame since 2001. I do not expect that trend to change.

3. Oregon State- The Beavers are a hot team heading into the bye week. The Trojans are next on 10-24.

4. Washington- A fluke victory (it was not an interception, the ball hit the ground!!!) puts the mutts in the number 4 sport.

5. Arizona- Even though it was a bad call on the interception the loss to the Mutts is on the coaches.

6. Cal- In two Pac-10 game the Bears have a total of 6 points. Nice offense Dudwig.

7. Stanford- The Cardinal had me fooled for awhile, their loss against OSU exposed them as frauds.

8. UCLA- The Bruins went from leading 3-0 to trailing 14-3 in about 30 seconds on Saturday.

9. ASU- The Sun Devils will beat the Mutts.

10. WSU- Duh

Week 5 Pac 10 Rankings

1. Oregon- Seriously if there's one more knee injury I'm going to scream.

2. USC- All seems to be right again in LA after the Trojans routed Cal.

3. Stanford- Nerds can play football.

4. Arizona- I still don't think the Wildcats are that good but they earn the four spot this week.

5. Washington- I hate the huskies but they got jobbed by the refs on Saturday.

6. UCLA- Kevin Prince returns this week. It won't help.

7. Oregon State- The Beavers are getting way too much love love for beating ASU.

8. ASU- It doesn't look like the Erickson magic will work this time.

9. Cal- The bears have scored 6 points over the last two weeks. That Andy Ludwig is quite offensive genius.

10. WSU- Paul Wulff is an idiot and I'll leave it at that.

Week 4 Pac 10 Rankings

1. Oregon- Was anybody expecting that they would destroy Cal?

2. USC- The Trojans looked unimpressive against the lowly Cougars.

3. Stanford- I not not completely sold on the Cardinal. So far they have accomplished what most schools in the Pac 10 have done in recent years, a sweep of the Washington schools.

4. ASU- I am not a fan of moral victories but the Sun Devils gave Georgia all they could handle.

5. UCLA- The Bruins are 3-0 but I am not convinced.

6. Cal- I was not the only happy Duck fan when Cal hired Andy Dudwig err Ludwig.

7. Arizona- They did beat Oregon State.

8. Washington- One thing was made clear last weeked. The Huskies are not back.

9. OSU- Congrats on losing back to back home games.

10. WSU- Only at WSU is a 21 point loss considered a moral victory.

Week 3 Pac-10 rankings

1. Cal- The Bears stay at the top will be a short one.

2. Oregon- I saw something that I haven't seen in years from the Ducks, Defense.

3. UCLA- The Bruins are 3-0 but I still don't know what to make of them.

4. Washington- This is the highest that I have had the Huskies ranked in the 3 years that i have been doing these rankings.

5. Stanford- Stanford and Washing will battle it out for first in the Pac 10 on Saturday.

6. ASU- The Sun Devils are 2-0 with victories over powerhouses Idaho State and Louisiana-Monroe.

7. OS- Way to go Beavs. Your biggest Non-Conference home game in years.

8. Arizona- The Mildcats could be in trouble this year.

9. WSU- I kind of feel sorry for the Cougs.

10. SUC- For being the first team for losing to Washington since 11-17-07 the Trojans get the last spot.

Week 2 Pac 10 Rankings

1. SUC- It was a struggle at times but the Trojans got it done against tOSU.
2. Cal- The Bears struggled for a bit but in the end destroyed powerhouse Eastern Washington.
3. UCLA- A nice road win for the Bruins but they face major problems ahead with the loss of their QB.
4. OS- The Beavs needed a late field goal to beat UNLV.
5. Oregon- The Ducks finally got the offense moving, 6 1/2 quarters into the season.
6. ASU- They looked ok in the one game they've played. Of course that was against Idaho State.
7. Arizona- The Mildacats have looked unimpressive so far in two games.
8. Stanford- Nice choke job against Wake Forest.
9. Washington- I thought about giving the Huskies more love for finally winning a game, but it was only Idaho.
10. WSU- The Cougars are terrible.

Week 1 Pac 10 Rankings

1. SUC- Looked good in their opener. Look for the Trojans to roll tOSU on Saturday.

2. Cal- Sorry Beaver fans but the best running back in the Pac 10 Jahvid Best.

3. Stanford- Looked good against WSU, bu I think everybody will look good against the cougs.

4. OS- The Beavs looked ok but they were playing Portland State.

5. ASU- Impressive victory over the mighty Bengals of Idaho State.

6. UCLA- Pretty unimpressive victory against San Diego State.

7. Arizona- Defense looked good but the offense had their struggles.

8. Washington- The Huskies look to be improved but there's no such thing as a moral victory.

9. WSU- I fully expect the Cougs to take their rightful place at the bottom of my rankings next week.

10. Oregon- At least the Punter was good.

2009 Pac 10 Predictions

1. Oregon- Yeah I said it!!!! This is the year that SUC finally gets unseated at the top of the Pac 10 It will happen and it will be the Ducks that end their reign.

2. SUC- Second place will still get them to a BCS Bowl.

3. Cal- A solid but unspectacular year lies ahead for the bears.

4. ASU- A decent year lies ahead for the devils. Vegas is cold in December.

5. OS- Questions on D, at QB and a drop in production from Quizz will lead to a disappointing year for the Beavers.

6. Stanford- The Cardinal will improve and possibly sneak into a Bowl game.

7. UCLA- The Bruins are still a year away.

8. Arizona- The Mildcats will fail to improve upon last years Vegas Bowl victory. It could be the end of the Mike Stoops era.

9. Washington- The dawgs will do better last year. They certainly can't be worse than 0-12.

10. WSU- The Cougs are bad.

So long old friend............

Thursday September 3 will mark the end era in Eugene. The Single A Eugene Emeralds will play their final game in Civic Stadium before moving to the brand new PK Park near Autzen Stadium. Civic was built in 1938 and has been home of Emeralds since 1969. While there might be a little bit of sadness to see the old stadium go it is a move that should have happened years ago in my opinion. Despite my feelings on the stadium itself I do have many memories of the place.

Over the years I have attended many games at Civic. I've seen players who would go on to great major league careers and some who never made out of Eugene. I have many fond memories dating back to my early childhood. My family used to head to the ballpark several times each year. During those games I wander the ballpark trying to get foul balls. After games I would often wander the stadium collecting plastic cups and the mini batting helmets that they served ice cream in. Looking back I can't believe that my mother let me do that.

One of the long standing promotions at Civic was the Prince Puckler's Sunday throw. Each game kids are selected to try to throw a ball through a hole and win free ice cream from Prince Pucklers. Now days they let kids stand something like three feet away and give them a tennis ball to throw. Even if they miss the still get free Ice Cream. When I had the opportunity to do as a kid I had to stand about 20 feet back and throw a real baseball and I got absolutely nothing when I missed.

One of my favorite activities as a kid was trying to get autographs. I remember passing up an opportunity to get an autograph from someone playing for Bellingham Mariners named Ken Griffey JR. My reasoning was that I didn't feel like waiting in line and I didn't think he would ever be as good as his dad, oops. The one Autograph I did wait in line for was from a pitcher was supposed to be the next Nolan Ryan. I waited for 45 minutes and when I finally got it I was the happiest kid in the stadium. When he made it big this was going be worth a lot of money. I think it's safe that Todd Van Popple was not next Nolan Ryan.

The happy memories are great but the bottom line is that the old stadium needs to go. The stadium is in disrepair and it lacks many of the things necessary to be a viable stadium for minor league baseball. The cost to make the stadium viable is just too great and nobody has the money to pay for it.

On Thursday September 3 prior to watching my Ducks play Boise State I will make one final trip to Civic Stadium to watch the Emeralds play. For some it will probably be an emotional day, but not for me.

A look back at my 2008 Pac 10 preseason rankings

Before I publish my annual Pac 10 preseason rankings I thought it would be fun to take a look back at my 2008 preseason ranking. So here they are with the expert analysis that you've come to expect from Dennis' Daily Rant.

1. SUC- The Trojans are just too good
Bingo, Bango, Bongo with the exception of one bad night in Corvallis the Trojans were the class of the Pac 10 in 2008.


2. Oregon- No Costa, No problem! Roper (Maybe Masoli) and the Ducks will shine in 2008.
Again I was right on. The Ducks were 3-0 before Roper got hurt and Masoli took the job over. After a few bumps in the road the Ducks finished strong winning their final four games. Including a 65-38 victory over OS.


3. ASU- Look for a big year out of Judy Carpenter and the Sun Devils but it won't get them any farther than El Paso.
I was wrong.

4. OS(U)- Tough choice on Thursday night. OS(U)-Stanford or Barack Obama's convention speech.
For the record I choe the Beavers over Obama's convention speech and they didn't dissapoint. They help up their of my prediction below.

5. Cal- Another mediocre year for the Bears.
To quote Dennis Green "the Bears are who we thought they were"


6. Arizona- Mike Stoopid and the Mildcats finally go Bowling.
They finished one spot higher than I predicted, but they did go bowling.

7. UCLA- The Bruins will struggle in 2008 but watch out for them in 2009.
They finished one spot lower than I predicted, but again I think I was pretty close on this one. as for the second part of the prediction we'll see.

8. Washington- The Dawgs will improve but not enough to save Ty Willingham's job.
I was wrong they didn't improve, but instead got worse.


9. Stanford- Watch out for my week one upset. Stanford will beat OS(U)
I ranked them way too low, but I was right on with my prediction.

10. WSU- The Cougs will go for perfection in the Pac 10 but might just blow in the Apple Cup.
The Coogs were terrible, but the puppies were worse.


Overall a pretty good effort. We'll see how my 2009 rankings turn out .

I just want my dang sunglasses!!!!!!

This saga of my sunglasses began on a Saturday in June, June 13 to be exact. I walked into Rainbow Optics, a local eye wear store to inquire about a pair of prescription sunglasses. I settled on the Oakley Flak Jackets XLJ's much like the pair above. After crunching the numbers and figuring out how much my insurance would cover I decided to think about.

Two weeks later I went back and placed my order. I settled on a custom design with a green frame and yellow Oakley logos. I was told they would be ready in about ten days. That meant I would receive my sunglasses around July 7. I left the store happy and was looking forward to receiving my sunglasses.

I didn't hear from them in the ten days I was told. I decided to give them two weeks before I called. On Monday July 13 just as I was about to call them my phone rang. Great I thought, my sunglasses were ready! Instead of being told they were ready I was told they were on backorder and it would be another week or two. Backorder? Why did it take two weeks to tell me something they should have told me in two days? I voice my displeasure but decided to be patient and just wait for my sunglasses to get here.

Two weeks passed and I decided to call and see where my sunglasses were. After two phone calls I was told that they would be shipped overnight on August 1, meaning that they would be ready for pickup on Monday August 3. Once again I voiced my displeasure but this time I wasn't so nice about it.

That brings us to today August 4. After not hearing anthything I decided to call again. After two calls I was told they were being made and they would be shipped in 3-5 days. This time I was furious. Not wanting to say something I would later regret I decided to just act pleasanty pissed off. Tomorrow I will call again, not to yell at someone but to cut a deal. I know it's probably unrealistic to expect them to eat eat my entire out of pocket expense of $135 but that's what I'm going to ask for. If they don't counter with something close to that I will walk away entirely and stick them with a pair lenses with my prescription that have allready been made and they will also lose a long time customer.