Yes this is the week Oregon and Oregon State meet in a basketball game in the University of Oregon's new basketball arena, Matt Court at 1 pm Saturday. The first "Civil War" game to be played there. The teams met earlier in the season in Corvallis for their first "Civil War" game of the season and my Oregon Ducks won in an upset.
For a laugh click on the title for a link to Oregonian sports "reporter" Paul Buker's story on the game in today's Oregonian. Is it me, or does Paul Buker sound like a shill for the Beavers? Most "beat" reporters for a team try to maintain some semblance of neutrality, distance and independence but not Buker..... he hates the Ducks and writes like a blogger, like me. I make no pretense of neutrality and am a fan and not a "reporter." I have been reading Buker online for some time and he sounds like a typical Beaver. Jealousy is not an attractive trait and Buker is either jealous that he is not the "beat" reporter for the Ducks or he is a Beaver believer where jealousy of the Ducks comes naturally.
Oregon was picked this year to be the bottom team in the Pac-10 when we brought in a new coach and many of the old players,old coach. Ernie Kent had recruited left. However, new coach, Dana Altman has taken those players that stayed and gotten them to play above their talent with discipline and hard work. Buker has reported that the Beavers hoped this year to get a measure of revenge for football but in the first game between the schools it did not happen. The Ducks had better be prepared because the Beavers at this point are desperate. BTW, Oregon State is coached by Barack Obama's, brother-in-law (yes, Michelle's brother) and he is appears to be a nice guy !
Go Ducks.... beat the Beavers !
