Nike connections at Oregon

[theBUer]

Did I say miserable? I'm not sure I even hinted that they would??? I was pointing out that P-town is a touch right of center. Am I wrong? I'm sure there would be a few right wing intellectuals that would find Peoria stimulating. One thing I never do is criticize conservative or liberal thinking. What I do criticize are the people that cannot change their mind once common sense and rational objectives are put in front of them. A dogmatic approach to anything never leads to long term success, IMHO.

No bones about it, Peoria is not the most liberal place out there. But if Noam Chomsky did teach at BU, he wouldn't be far from Chicago, Chambana or Iowa City.

I would consider Peoria conservative democrat, not solidly republican but not solidly democrat. I'll leave it at that for this board...

Grinnell is kind of the exception more so than the rule in Iowa. A hippy outpost.

[tornado]

Seriously? The Oregon AD is Phil Knight's best buddy.

http://ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2...-hiring-firin/

ahem...I think it's the other way around....
When Oregon looked to hire their AD - they called Phil & cowtowed and hired Phil Knight's best buddy

[amckillip]

ahem...I think it's the other way around....
When Oregon looked to hire their AD - they called Phil & cowtowed and hired Phil Knight's best buddy

And they have the #1 ranked football team in the country that's playing fro a national title. MAN, that backfired!

[tornado]

Given that they hired this guy who was Knight's friend then turned right around and let him go two years later --you gotta wonder what's going on......
It is kind of an enigma since it was well known that Kilkenny was still calling some shots after he left!

Kilkenny landed big $$ from Nike in his couple years there, dropped a few sports, and ran basketball coach Ernie Kent out...yet held on to him way too long -- much to the dismay of many Oregon fans.

in July they hired Rob Mullens as AD -- so this current great team they have isn't all due to Kilkenny...

[Dallas Brave]

Shocking news ... The CEO of Nike has influence at his alma mater? What will they discover next ... that refs are biased?