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Oregon as the University of Phil Knght - JohnR34231 - 01-03-2012
I'm afraid we're the pot calling the kettle black on this one.
Stanford has certainly received its share of Mr. Knght's largesse.
Oregon as the University of Phil Knght - JohnR34231 - 01-03-2012
I'm afraid we're the pot calling the kettle black on this one.
Stanford has certainly received its share of Mr. Knght's largesse.
Oregon as the University of Phil Knght - JohnR34231 - 01-03-2012
I'm afraid we're the pot calling the kettle black on this one.
Stanford has certainly received its share of Mr. Knght's largesse.
Oregon as the University of Phil Knght - JohnR34231 - 01-03-2012
I'm afraid we're the pot calling the kettle black on this one.
Stanford has certainly received its share of Mr. Knght's largesse.
Re: Pots and kettles - Nan3cy - 01-03-2012
Knight has been generous to Stanford (mostly to the Business School), but no one is referring to him as the "owner" of the team, as was seen on an Oregon sign at that ESPN Game Day. Seems to me that building a business school is just a tad different from building a Taj Mahal for the football team.
Re: Pots and kettles - Nan3cy - 01-03-2012
Knight has been generous to Stanford (mostly to the Business School), but no one is referring to him as the "owner" of the team, as was seen on an Oregon sign at that ESPN Game Day. Seems to me that building a business school is just a tad different from building a Taj Mahal for the football team.
Re: Pots and kettles - Nan3cy - 01-03-2012
Knight has been generous to Stanford (mostly to the Business School), but no one is referring to him as the "owner" of the team, as was seen on an Oregon sign at that ESPN Game Day. Seems to me that building a business school is just a tad different from building a Taj Mahal for the football team.
Re: Pots and kettles - Nan3cy - 01-03-2012
Knight has been generous to Stanford (mostly to the Business School), but no one is referring to him as the "owner" of the team, as was seen on an Oregon sign at that ESPN Game Day. Seems to me that building a business school is just a tad different from building a Taj Mahal for the football team.
Re: Pots and kettles - JohnR34231 - 01-03-2012
(01-03-2012, 02:02 PM)Nan3cy link Wrote:Knight has been generous to Stanford (mostly to the Business School), but no one is referring to him as the "owner" of the team, as was seen on an Oregon sign at that ESPN Game Day. Seems to me that building a business school is just a tad different from building a Taj Mahal for the football team.
Frankly, I don't see what is so different about it. We're making fun of the U of Oregon for taking a bunch of Phil Knight's money when that is the exact thing we are doing ourselves.
Re: Pots and kettles - JohnR34231 - 01-03-2012
(01-03-2012, 02:02 PM)Nan3cy link Wrote:Knight has been generous to Stanford (mostly to the Business School), but no one is referring to him as the "owner" of the team, as was seen on an Oregon sign at that ESPN Game Day. Seems to me that building a business school is just a tad different from building a Taj Mahal for the football team.
Frankly, I don't see what is so different about it. We're making fun of the U of Oregon for taking a bunch of Phil Knight's money when that is the exact thing we are doing ourselves.
Re: Pots and kettles - JohnR34231 - 01-03-2012
(01-03-2012, 02:02 PM)Nan3cy link Wrote:Knight has been generous to Stanford (mostly to the Business School), but no one is referring to him as the "owner" of the team, as was seen on an Oregon sign at that ESPN Game Day. Seems to me that building a business school is just a tad different from building a Taj Mahal for the football team.
Frankly, I don't see what is so different about it. We're making fun of the U of Oregon for taking a bunch of Phil Knight's money when that is the exact thing we are doing ourselves.
Re: Pots and kettles - JohnR34231 - 01-03-2012
(01-03-2012, 02:02 PM)Nan3cy link Wrote:Knight has been generous to Stanford (mostly to the Business School), but no one is referring to him as the "owner" of the team, as was seen on an Oregon sign at that ESPN Game Day. Seems to me that building a business school is just a tad different from building a Taj Mahal for the football team.
Frankly, I don't see what is so different about it. We're making fun of the U of Oregon for taking a bunch of Phil Knight's money when that is the exact thing we are doing ourselves.
Re: Positives - fullmetal - 01-03-2012
I'm making fun of the UO football team receiving money specifically for a non-academic endeavor. The business school is arguably a much, much more worthy cause for donations.
Re: Positives - fullmetal - 01-03-2012
I'm making fun of the UO football team receiving money specifically for a non-academic endeavor. The business school is arguably a much, much more worthy cause for donations.
Re: Positives - fullmetal - 01-03-2012
I'm making fun of the UO football team receiving money specifically for a non-academic endeavor. The business school is arguably a much, much more worthy cause for donations.
Re: Positives - fullmetal - 01-03-2012
I'm making fun of the UO football team receiving money specifically for a non-academic endeavor. The business school is arguably a much, much more worthy cause for donations.
Re: Positives - NYC Poke - 01-03-2012
I thought this article summed up the positives for both programs well:
Quote:The two teams, each capping historic runs for program-changing senior classes, gave America precisely the game it expected. Stanford mixed a smashmouth, jumbo-package run game with a flurry of did-he-really-make-that-throw passes from Luck, who finished 27 of 31 for 347 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Oklahoma State, meanwhile, used its no-huddle attack to strike like lightning, averaging 97.4 seconds on five touchdown drives. Receiver Justin Blackmon, who fought an inner thigh infection that limited his practice time and launched at least 1,000 versions of the same joke on Twitter, caught eight passes for 186 yards and three touchdowns.
When the fifth-year seniors on these teams arrived in 2007, the idea of the Cardinal and Cowboys meeting under these circumstances seemed preposterous. Stanford had gone 10-24 the previous three seasons. Oklahoma State had gone 18-18 in the same stretch. But there was reason to believe things would change.
Not coincidentally, 2007 was Jim Harbaugh's first year as Stanford's coach. Harbaugh infused the program with a spirit that the Cardinal could compete with anyone on the field, even if Stanford's rigorous academic standards limited the recruiting pool. Harbaugh left after last season to coach the San Francisco 49ers, but the program he built still clings to his stated desire to win with character and cruelty.
In 2005, Oklahoma State had elevated Mike Gundy to head coach after Les Miles left for LSU. The following year, megabooster T. Boone Pickens made the $165 million -- at the time; the stock market changed the number over the years -- donation that allowed Oklahoma State to spend along with the big boys in the Big 12.
"I've gotten my money's worth," Pickens said before Monday's kickoff. "No question I've done that."
In a better college football environment, these teams wouldn't have played one another Monday. They would have been matched with LSU and Alabama in national semifinals. The fact that Oklahoma State was excluded from the BCS title game in favor of an Alabama-LSU rematch might have been the tipping point that will lead to a college football playoff, even if it is only a four-team arrangement. But that won't happen for at least two years. Monday, the teams had to play a meaningless exhibition that meant everything.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/01/03/fiesta.bowl.oklahoma.state.stanford/index.html#ixzz1iQzzWdrc
I was very impressed with your team, and not just Luck. The final result sucks for you, but you left no doubt that Stanford is among the elite teams in college football, and could beat any other team on any given Saturday.
Re: Positives - NYC Poke - 01-03-2012
I thought this article summed up the positives for both programs well:
Quote:The two teams, each capping historic runs for program-changing senior classes, gave America precisely the game it expected. Stanford mixed a smashmouth, jumbo-package run game with a flurry of did-he-really-make-that-throw passes from Luck, who finished 27 of 31 for 347 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Oklahoma State, meanwhile, used its no-huddle attack to strike like lightning, averaging 97.4 seconds on five touchdown drives. Receiver Justin Blackmon, who fought an inner thigh infection that limited his practice time and launched at least 1,000 versions of the same joke on Twitter, caught eight passes for 186 yards and three touchdowns.
When the fifth-year seniors on these teams arrived in 2007, the idea of the Cardinal and Cowboys meeting under these circumstances seemed preposterous. Stanford had gone 10-24 the previous three seasons. Oklahoma State had gone 18-18 in the same stretch. But there was reason to believe things would change.
Not coincidentally, 2007 was Jim Harbaugh's first year as Stanford's coach. Harbaugh infused the program with a spirit that the Cardinal could compete with anyone on the field, even if Stanford's rigorous academic standards limited the recruiting pool. Harbaugh left after last season to coach the San Francisco 49ers, but the program he built still clings to his stated desire to win with character and cruelty.
In 2005, Oklahoma State had elevated Mike Gundy to head coach after Les Miles left for LSU. The following year, megabooster T. Boone Pickens made the $165 million -- at the time; the stock market changed the number over the years -- donation that allowed Oklahoma State to spend along with the big boys in the Big 12.
"I've gotten my money's worth," Pickens said before Monday's kickoff. "No question I've done that."
In a better college football environment, these teams wouldn't have played one another Monday. They would have been matched with LSU and Alabama in national semifinals. The fact that Oklahoma State was excluded from the BCS title game in favor of an Alabama-LSU rematch might have been the tipping point that will lead to a college football playoff, even if it is only a four-team arrangement. But that won't happen for at least two years. Monday, the teams had to play a meaningless exhibition that meant everything.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/01/03/fiesta.bowl.oklahoma.state.stanford/index.html#ixzz1iQzzWdrc
I was very impressed with your team, and not just Luck. The final result sucks for you, but you left no doubt that Stanford is among the elite teams in college football, and could beat any other team on any given Saturday.
Re: Positives - NYC Poke - 01-03-2012
I thought this article summed up the positives for both programs well:
Quote:The two teams, each capping historic runs for program-changing senior classes, gave America precisely the game it expected. Stanford mixed a smashmouth, jumbo-package run game with a flurry of did-he-really-make-that-throw passes from Luck, who finished 27 of 31 for 347 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Oklahoma State, meanwhile, used its no-huddle attack to strike like lightning, averaging 97.4 seconds on five touchdown drives. Receiver Justin Blackmon, who fought an inner thigh infection that limited his practice time and launched at least 1,000 versions of the same joke on Twitter, caught eight passes for 186 yards and three touchdowns.
When the fifth-year seniors on these teams arrived in 2007, the idea of the Cardinal and Cowboys meeting under these circumstances seemed preposterous. Stanford had gone 10-24 the previous three seasons. Oklahoma State had gone 18-18 in the same stretch. But there was reason to believe things would change.
Not coincidentally, 2007 was Jim Harbaugh's first year as Stanford's coach. Harbaugh infused the program with a spirit that the Cardinal could compete with anyone on the field, even if Stanford's rigorous academic standards limited the recruiting pool. Harbaugh left after last season to coach the San Francisco 49ers, but the program he built still clings to his stated desire to win with character and cruelty.
In 2005, Oklahoma State had elevated Mike Gundy to head coach after Les Miles left for LSU. The following year, megabooster T. Boone Pickens made the $165 million -- at the time; the stock market changed the number over the years -- donation that allowed Oklahoma State to spend along with the big boys in the Big 12.
"I've gotten my money's worth," Pickens said before Monday's kickoff. "No question I've done that."
In a better college football environment, these teams wouldn't have played one another Monday. They would have been matched with LSU and Alabama in national semifinals. The fact that Oklahoma State was excluded from the BCS title game in favor of an Alabama-LSU rematch might have been the tipping point that will lead to a college football playoff, even if it is only a four-team arrangement. But that won't happen for at least two years. Monday, the teams had to play a meaningless exhibition that meant everything.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/01/03/fiesta.bowl.oklahoma.state.stanford/index.html#ixzz1iQzzWdrc
I was very impressed with your team, and not just Luck. The final result sucks for you, but you left no doubt that Stanford is among the elite teams in college football, and could beat any other team on any given Saturday.
Re: Positives - NYC Poke - 01-03-2012
I thought this article summed up the positives for both programs well:
Quote:The two teams, each capping historic runs for program-changing senior classes, gave America precisely the game it expected. Stanford mixed a smashmouth, jumbo-package run game with a flurry of did-he-really-make-that-throw passes from Luck, who finished 27 of 31 for 347 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Oklahoma State, meanwhile, used its no-huddle attack to strike like lightning, averaging 97.4 seconds on five touchdown drives. Receiver Justin Blackmon, who fought an inner thigh infection that limited his practice time and launched at least 1,000 versions of the same joke on Twitter, caught eight passes for 186 yards and three touchdowns.
When the fifth-year seniors on these teams arrived in 2007, the idea of the Cardinal and Cowboys meeting under these circumstances seemed preposterous. Stanford had gone 10-24 the previous three seasons. Oklahoma State had gone 18-18 in the same stretch. But there was reason to believe things would change.
Not coincidentally, 2007 was Jim Harbaugh's first year as Stanford's coach. Harbaugh infused the program with a spirit that the Cardinal could compete with anyone on the field, even if Stanford's rigorous academic standards limited the recruiting pool. Harbaugh left after last season to coach the San Francisco 49ers, but the program he built still clings to his stated desire to win with character and cruelty.
In 2005, Oklahoma State had elevated Mike Gundy to head coach after Les Miles left for LSU. The following year, megabooster T. Boone Pickens made the $165 million -- at the time; the stock market changed the number over the years -- donation that allowed Oklahoma State to spend along with the big boys in the Big 12.
"I've gotten my money's worth," Pickens said before Monday's kickoff. "No question I've done that."
In a better college football environment, these teams wouldn't have played one another Monday. They would have been matched with LSU and Alabama in national semifinals. The fact that Oklahoma State was excluded from the BCS title game in favor of an Alabama-LSU rematch might have been the tipping point that will lead to a college football playoff, even if it is only a four-team arrangement. But that won't happen for at least two years. Monday, the teams had to play a meaningless exhibition that meant everything.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/01/03/fiesta.bowl.oklahoma.state.stanford/index.html#ixzz1iQzzWdrc
I was very impressed with your team, and not just Luck. The final result sucks for you, but you left no doubt that Stanford is among the elite teams in college football, and could beat any other team on any given Saturday.