Happy Bye Week Sunday to you all in Coug Nation. Hopefully the Seahawks are just 14 losses away from Andrew Luck and the #1 pick, as they take another step backwards vs. Arizona today?!? If you aren’t on the Suck for Luck bandwagon, please, climb aboard. There’s plenty of room.
I know some people have a problem with the very idea of losing, and/or hoping your team will lose. I get that. But I’m just being realistic – the FleaHawks are DREADFUL, the QB situation is a mess, and if the scouts are right, Luck could be the best QB prospect since Peyton Manning entered the league. He’s supposedly THAT good. And as we’re seeing right now as the Colts melt down without him, a Peyton Manning type player can be a franchise-changing individual for the next 10 years. But best of all, Paul Allen’s got the money to throw around, and, in the NFL you can turn it around quickly. There doesn’t have to be any 4-5 year plans, it can happen fast. So I say play all the youngsters, get the #1 pick and the last-place schedule that comes with it, and JUST LOSE, BABY.
Anyway, this morning we’ll look at some stuff going on out there, in and around the Coug football universe. We’ll have our weekly blog ballot, plus other points of interest/random stuff for you to check out. So read on….
First, the blog ballot. Riveting, I know. Kind of like the week that was, as there were very few upsets-n-such along the top 25. Here we go:
WSU Football Blog Ballot – Week 5
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma Sooners | — |
| 2 | LSU Tigers |  1 |
| 3 | Alabama Crimson Tide |  -1 |
| 4 | Boise St. Broncos | — |
| 5 | Stanford Cardinal | 1 |
| 6 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | -1 |
| 7 | Wisconsin Badgers | — |
| 8 | Oregon Ducks | 2 |
| 9 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 4 |
| 10 | South Carolina Gamecocks | -1 |
| 11 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 1 |
| 12 | Florida Gators | -4 |
| 13 | Baylor Bears | 3 |
| 14 | Clemson Tigers | 5 |
| 15 | Texas A&M Aggies | -1 |
| 16 | Texas Longhorns | 1 |
| 17 | South Florida Bulls | 3 |
| 18 | TCU Horned Frogs | 3 |
| 19 | Michigan Wolverines | — |
| 20 | Arkansas Razorbacks | -5 |
| 21 | Illinois Fighting Illini | 2 |
| 22 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | — |
| 23 | Arizona St. Sun Devils | — |
| 24 | West Virginia Mountaineers | -6 |
| 25 | Michigan St. Spartans | — |
| Dropouts: Florida St. Seminoles, Vanderbilt Commodores, Mississippi St. Bulldogs, USC Trojans | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings »
Florida State is out after loss #2, and Vandy’s stay in the polls is short lived after just 3 points vs. South Carolina. And in Pac-12 world, ASU is right back in after their blowout of USC, as they clearly look like the team to beat in the South.
Moving on, so, here’s hoping Marshall Lobbestael had a pleasurable weekend away from the pressures of being the starting QB at WSU. Looking at the fact that the Cougs play Colorado and UCLA the next two weeks, and the high probability that Jeff Tuel will remain out for those games, at least, then it’s still Marshall’s show for the time being. But hopefully the big red head was able to release some of the pressure over the weekend and is ready to take things a step forward.
Speaking of red heads…..seems they had a tough week last week. First Marshall’s struggles in the second half vs. San Diego State set the cause of “the Ginger” back, and now, the latest news about the lack of demand for red-headed sperm donors! Have ya seen this?
“We have nothing against red-haired donors,” Cryos agency director Ole Schou told msnbc.com Monday. “Our stock is about to explode. We have just too many on stock in relation to the demand for the time being.”
In other words, in the today’s world, you can pretty much design your own baby. Eye color, height, even educational level and blood type by the donor, all of it you can build-your-own. But in all this, red heads are not wanted. Ouch.
South Park even got into the act, where they did an episode called “Ginger Kids”, focused on discrimination against red hair, pale skin and freckles.
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And in typical South Park fashion, they even have Jesus wage battle with the Ginger’s!
I just don’t get it. There are many great ginger kids out there who became fine, upstanding adults! For example:
And of course, the Ginger King:
So cheer up Marshall. So they don’t want your donation, so what? Just win games, starting this next week, and all will be well.
And remember, “sometime when the team is up against it and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go out there with all they’ve got and win just one for the Ginger.”
Either that, or just don’t give a damn.
All for now. GO COUGS!
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