Yesterday I watched the Oregon Ducks cream the nationally ranked UCLA bruins 30-45. The game was not that close. The Ducks as always have a top-notch PAC 12 football team. I have nothing against them. I am sure that all their players and staff are gentlemen and scholars. I am sure that the Ducks fans were not rude to the Bruin fans that came all the way up for sunny California to bask in the wet sunshine that is Eugene in the fall. And to their credit, I have heard that they no longer have a recruiter in San Quinton. I have also heard that they will soon shut down their similar operation at Attica and Folsom. Since the advent of the transfer portal and now being able to pay their players over the table, they no longer need these offices as they can get this talent by hiring Alabama and the Ohio State University parolees. (Why is it THE Ohio State University??? Is there a fake Ohio State University some where else?? )
My problem with the Ducks is not their players or their fans chanting fuck the Mormons or even that LaGarrette Blount sucker punched a Boise State player after a loss. Blount was immediately suspended for the rest of the season by Chip Kelly, well at least he was suspended until they played my beloved Beavers in the final game of the season. I understand, as the Ducks needed a little more punch in their running game. I okay with that. At least I believe he didn’t stab anybody that day.
No, my problem with the Ducks is their uniforms. In their drubbing of UCLA their uniforms were black and green with a big green “O” the back of their helmets which were also festooned with hot pink feather decals. Their jerseys were numbered with pink numerals which matched the pink cleats on their black shoes. My first thought was “is there and Elton John concert after the game?” Then I noticed all the pink shirts and hoodies in the stands and realized it was national breast cancer awareness month and the Ducks donned these ridiculous outfits to help “stomp out cancer.” So that’s the reason for the pink cleats. Judy told me that mammograms are painful, but pink cleats stomping on boobs is not what I pictured. Being aware of and showing solidarity with breast cancer victims is admirable, but that usually means pink ribbons and writing a check to the American Cancer Society.
I read somewhere that the Ducks have a new uniform for every game. With a hundred plus players on the roster that comes out to $70,000 for every game just for new and often ridiculous looking duds. Over the 13-game season that’s close to $1,000,000. Seems to me that is a lot of money to waste on their egos. So maybe to really show solidarity to breast cancer awareness they should have worn a pink arm band, maybe with pink socks and donated the rest of the money to the cause. Football teams need to have two uniforms, one for home and one for away games. The Ducks have 137 uniform combinations. Now I would never say, “fuck the ducks”, but I found myself wishing that the Bruins had taken those pink cleats off them and shoved them up their collective entitled asses.
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