First the bad news, though some may be a-mused,.. Brian Wilson, aka Blackbeard the effing traitor, has signed to play for the L.A. dodgers. My Brian Wilson gnome now stands facing the corner.
Good news,.. Uncle Phil bought us a $90mil,
Duck Football Command Center. A part of Oregon's recruiting game plan. Glitzy uniforms catch their eye and lure them to Eugene, then our lavish facilities blow their minds. You can't buy a recruit a cheeseburger but you can provide them with solid gold hooks to hang their hats on.
Oregon DC, Nick Alliotti,
"This is probably the finest football facility in the world,....If there's one better, I'd like to see it."
Brazillian hardwood in the weight rooms, and on the mezzanine a 40 yard electronic track lane.
The double doors to each air conditioned locker swing open and can then slide into the frame to eliminate barriers between lockers, another way to promote camaraderie.
The lounge for Oregon's players features two banks of four 55-inch TV screens, six gaming stations and hand-woven rugs from Nepal.
this is our war room,.. sits 22 around a grand table, has six 80-inch monitors and, like much of the rest of the facility, black magnetic walls that are also writable/erasable.
Don't miss the slide show, & read the captions
The sixth-floor skybridge features a flock of ducks representing Oregon's NFL draftees, identified by their initials on each individual duck.
Slide show
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Go Ducks
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