College football season has begun. No, not officially, but for fans, the mayhem has started. Do you know how I know it has begun? Because the hell bent, troll headed, irrational, mudslinger fans have come out – in droves – or, in this case, flocks.
Credit: Jake Locker.
On Tuesday, in front of ESPN cameras, the superstar quarterback of the Washington Huskies declared that it was the Oregon State Beavers – not the Ducks – that will be the team to beat in the Pac-10 conference race this year. And just as easy as it was for those words to tumble out of his mouth, Oregon fans from all over the place found themselves in instant uproar.
For our entertainment, I went ahead and pulled a few “fan comments” off of oregonlive.com’s report of the story, and put them in my own categories:
The “I’m just saying something to say something” comment: Considering UW-inless has gone 9-28 under Locker, I would say that he lacks credibility. Everyone knows that the Ducks are the cream of the crop and the team to beat in the Pac-10 this year.
Does lacking credibility include 5,000-plus yards in three years of play (one in which he was injured for most of the season)? Does he lack credibility being rated the second best quarterback in the 2010 draft, one in which he chose not to enter, and ranked first already in 2011?
Jake Locker is a man who has taken beating after beating behind the helm of a virtually worthless offense/team, and has not only been able to earn his own credibility from players and coaches, but “wowed” journalists, who rate players for a living – and he does it all without winning games.
If there’s one person who can win a Heisman trophy with a losing team, it’s Jake Locker. I know it. You know it. Everyone knows it. Throw the “credibility” card out of the deck.
The “I’m too smart to really get involved in this argument, so I’m going to go after their damn sheep some more” comment: Locker’s just covering his (expletive) for when it becomes quite evident that he isn’t the Second Coming. Or the Rodents and Puppies have become buddies-with-benefits since the sheep-per-capita dropped in Corvallis.
I just wanted to include this because although it has no backing with factual proof, it deserves recognition for its witty response, further proving that we Beavers will never shake the sheep incident. That one’s a fact.
The “Blame it on the injury” comment: Jake must still be feeling the effects of that cheap shot at OS a couple years ago.
Well, this one is completely aimed in the wrong direction, but it makes a valuable point.
First of all, it wasn’t a cheap shot. Look at the video. For those who actually played tackle football, OSU’s Al Afalava delivered what any coach would call a “form tackle.” There’s nothing dirty about it. Afalava pursued, Locker ducked, and out went the lights. Unfortunate, but not cheap.
And second, wouldn’t that hit give Locker perfect reason to throw the Beavers under the bus when it came to picking the Pac-10 favorite? It’s like, “You guys took multiple games away from me and my college career. There’s no way I’m giving you any credit.”
But he didn’t trash OSU, and you know why? Because the man knows football.
The “No matter what, I’m going to try and punch them in the jaw with another Masoli dig” comment: The Ducks have lost their thug quarterback and some of his thug teammates, but will reload with more thugs so they will be in the hunt.
That’s just one of many examples of people posting things on a thread about Jake Locker’s comments that have nothing to do with Jake Locker’s comments. And most of these comments were targeted right at ex-Duck, Masoli. I hate to say it, but that’s all Beaver fans really have for leverage these days.
The “I’m going to say what everyone else won’t” comment: As a Beaver fan I want to thank Locker for the prediction … but it is pretty clear that he made that statement knowing it would anger Duck fans … and by reading these posts, it is quite clear he did just that. You guys took his bait – hook, line, and sinker.
This person hit the story right in the kisser. Although it’s hard to admit, it is very possible that Locker tactically called OSU the favorite for the sole reason of ruffling some little Duck feathers – and boy, did he pull it off.
The “Now I get it” comment: Who would have thought a Husky’s comments would make Duckies so defensive? A dog barks, and a tail feather shrinks.
Locker is a veteran. He knows exactly how to handle the media, and he knows that getting a pompous defending champion like Oregon all riled up may just work to his advantage when the two teams clash. Or, in the alternative, his prediction might just put fuel on the green and gold (and sometimes black) fire – we will see.
The “I hate my job, so I just got drunk at work” comment (unedited): silly little Duck fans obviously smoking to much weid. Go back to the fun little ones, Oldschool is waiting for you
I don’t even know what to say. I’m just going to go ahead and assume 6-year-old Tommy got hold of Daddy’s laptop.
We’ve merely learned two things from these reactions: A) Oregon fans are not as thick-skinned as we thought. And B) Oregon State people really hate Jeremiah Masoli.
Let the mud fly.