Oregon Daily Emerald - Guy single handedly renewed my interest in saving OU wrestling

Schlottke · 02-19-2008, 04:54 PM

You were wayyyy to nice to him, but it was a wonderful response Jason.

mmiille · 02-19-2008, 05:07 PM

Great response Jason. Most everyone I know that has been to a match is a fan of wrestling.

gg121and2 · 02-19-2008, 08:36 PM

Dateline: Melas, Nogero

"Yesterday the University of Nogero announced the elimination of the astrophysics department. Department chairman, Al Einstein, announced that a movement to save the department would be launched immediately. Student newspaper editor, Jeffrey Pencilneck, had this to say, 'I don't know why everyone is so upset. If you ask the average U of N student what they think about this, you won't get much more than an apathetic shoulder shrug. No one cares about this but NASA and the astrophysics community.

When I was at Illiterate High School, my guidance counselor told me that I needed one more science class to meet state graduation requirements and, unfortunately, physics was the only class that fit my schedule. The teacher unfairly expected me to study and learn about wave theory and a lot of other crap. With his bogus grading system, the teacher failed me and ruined my chance to be valedictorian at Illiterate High.

I'm glad to see the astrophysics department go. Their computers will give us serious journalism students more opportunity to write our blogs and surf myspace, facebook and youtube.'"

grapplefan · 02-19-2008, 08:44 PM

Nice, GG. But isn't it Enegue, not Melas?

gg121and2 · 02-19-2008, 09:03 PM

Hey - it's my parody - I can screw it up however I want!

My baby brother is a Duck grad, but he and my dad lived in Salem for many years - I got confused.

grapplefan · 02-19-2008, 09:06 PM

Melas is where Ykselaz coaches.

JPOConnorFan · 02-19-2008, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by angelfish

Here's the comment I posted on the article's page.

Wow. Just wow. I'm completely blown away by the fact that the sports editor of a university's newspaper isn't too embarrassed to say publicly that he's never attended a wrestling meet. I find it hard to believe that the position doesn't require a willingness to learn about the university's sports programs.

Jeffrey, do yourself a favor. Go to a meet. Learn a little bit about the scoring before you go so you won't be totally lost. Sit with people who know what's going on so they can answer your questions. Sit with people who are fans of the sport so you can feel the excitement. Learn a little something about the individuals who wrestle for your team -- it might make you interested in how they're doing. And finally (please, I'm begging you), open your mind to the possibility that these young men are truly exceptional athletes. As a sports fan, you will certainly appreciate that.

I feel very fortunate to have been introduced to wrestling here in Iowa City where just this past weekend we had what we consider at Carver-Hawkeye Arena a very small crowd (somewhere around 3,000 -- we had a late start time on a Sunday night coupled with some really nasty weather). With only two matches remaining, the Hawks were poised to lose their first Big Ten dual meet of the year. And then something unbelievable happened. Our 197-pound wrestler, on a good day, weighs somewhere around 185. He is not competitive in his weight-class. The only reason he's out there is that we need SOMEBODY out there and he's willing to do it. On this particular night, he was wrestling the 15th ranked wrestler in the country at 197. There was no chance he would win his bout. None. Except that he did. With one second left in the last period. The place absolutely exploded. If you're a sports fan, you get excited about something like that. That's two-outs-bottom-of-the-ninth. It's three-pointer-at-the-buzzer. It's what sports fans live for. Check out your team. You owe it to your newspaper.

Well written.

Schlottke · 02-19-2008, 11:40 PM

Jeffie just changed his title from Sports Editor to Senior Sports Reporter.... lol.

http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache...ient=firefox-a

mmiille · 02-20-2008, 07:13 AM

Originally Posted by Schlottke

Jeffie just changed his title from Sports Editor to Senior Sports Reporter.... lol.

http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache...ient=firefox-a

I think this kind of article doesn't belong on the sports page. Some might call it opinion. Most call it what it is.

Gripsnhips · 02-20-2008, 07:39 AM

Originally Posted by Schlottke

You were wayyyy to nice to him, but it was a wonderful response Jason.

Wayyyy too nice is right.

I bet he writes a response article.

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