Tragedy strikes Oregon!

OK - so as soon as I say that I would like to see an LSU-Oregon title match, this happens. With Dennis Dixon's season appearing to be over, Oregon is essentially out of the title race, and probably the Pac-10 race as well. I can see Oregon falling to around number 9 or 10. Fair or not, Oregon will be judged a little more harshly because the Ducks will have to play their remaining games without Dixon, and they are clearly not the same team without him.

In a somewhat ironic, Shakespearean tragedy twist, Dennis Dixon's injury showed the nation just how valuable he is to his team and validated his standing as a top Heisman contender. With Dixon at the helm, Oregon moved down the field with ease against Arizona. Once he went down, Oregon looked average at best. Unfortunately, with his season over, the injury will drop him out of the Heisman race. We haven't heard any official news, but it doesn't look good. Tough break for a guy who was really coming on strong this year.

To make matters worse for Oregon, the Ducks will now have to hand the reins over to Brady Leaf. Some of you may recall Brady's older brother, Ryan. For everyone's sake, let's hope Ryan hasn't been giving Brady his "How to deal with the media" and "How to make your teammates like you" instructional tapes. And what kind of name is Brady anyway? Two of the most annoying quarterbacks in the NFL have Brady in their names (Tom and Quinn) so I can only expect the worse from Brady Leaf.

What!? How can you say that about Tom Brady?? The guy is the best quarterback in the NFL! He has three Super Bowl rings! Forget Tom Brady. He is this generation's Troy Aikman. Sure, Troy was great and is in the Hall of Fame, but he was never a great quarterback who would win you games. He had great surroundings, great defense, great coaching, but was never on the level of Joe Montana or Dan Marino. Dan Marino may have never won a Super Bowl, but are you really going to tell me that Troy Aikman was better than Dan Marino?

Obviously, this is my personal metaphor for the Tom Brady/Peyton Manning debate. Peyton Manning is the best pure quarterback of this generation, last week's 6 INT game notwithstanding, and it pissed me off to no end all the crap the Manning took until he finally won the Super Bowl. For example, see the following clip:


I actually think this is pretty hilarious, so it doesn't really help my argument. But this general kind of discussion pissed me off. So deal with it, Brady fans.

And fuck Brady Quinn. That's all I have to say about him.