We here at the Oregon Commentator would like to give out a big thanks to all those who have served and are currently serving in the military. Thank You all.

Here are a bunch of videos of service men being greeted by their dogs after returning from  duty to tug on your heartstrings.

Apparently LaGarrette Blount was reinstated today.
My opinion is, and always has been, that his suspension should have been a game, two at the most. Anthony Reddick, the player who used his helmet as a weapon and sparked a humongous brawl in 2006, was only suspended for four games.

If we are to take the FIU-Miami incident as precedent, LaGarrette punching one fat asshole and responding to racist Boise St. fans never warranted a full season suspension (at least not from a major football university like Oregon).

Then again, you could make the argument that no fighting should ever be tolerated and that both Reddick and Blount should have been tossed off their respective teams–meaning Reddick’s example and precedent is false.

It is my opinion, as a realist, that not only are emotions bound to run high in a setting like collegiate sports, but more importantly the universities make an insane amount of money off of our student-athletes. They don’t want to suspend these players.

Dare I ask you, the Duck fan, what your opinion is?

Don’t make me regret this now. Play nice with each other.

Submitted by an anonymous donor.

Just thought I’d show you a few of the pictures we took.

1. At the Alamo

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Drew, Guy and I are all going to the Collegiate Network conference in San Antonio tomorrow. Anyone who wants updates on our trip should look at our twitter feed.

See you all when we get back.

I’ve got a lot of ground to cover in this post, so I’m going to use the bulleted format that’s been so popular in the past. We had several rejections

• Our top story (Things people who read the blog might actually care about edition): After discussions with ASUO President Emma Kallaway and her staffers, the Athletic Department has scrapped its ticketing system, replacing it with a “tiered” one in which students will log on to get tickets at different times based on their class standing, like the one for the 2008-09. At least for the Nov. 14 Arizona State game. They are still open for suggestions about how to do the Civil War on Dec. 3. If you have any ideas, send them along, because I’m pretty sure they’re desperate. (READ MORE BELOW THE FOLD!)
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I drove up to Salem today and got my first five advance copies of the Oregon Commentator book By the Barrel: 25 Years of the Oregon Commentator.

I have to say, it looks absolutely gorgeous. Josh McCormick did an amazing job with the cover, David Frohnmayer’s quote is still hilarious and the 24 glossy pages of color in the middle really showcase the artwork/debauchery we’ve been privy to during the last 25 years.

Look for it to be widely available through this website, our office and the University of Oregon Bookstore sometime next week when I receive the full batch.

The book will be priced at only $10 – Not bad seeing as how it’s hardbound, has a dust jacket and contains 25 years of the juciest campus goodies available.

Taking it to the CN conference this weekend to rub it in the noses of the Ivy League kids.

See you on the other side.

P.S. By the way, I have to send out my thanks to Mrs. Delgado’s 5th grade class at Robert Frost Elementary School in Silverton, Oregon. They were so excited about the book one kid wanted me to autograph his face. Little kids are funny.

I didn’t know Pete Carroll was so gracious. What a thoughtful person spending three whole days trying to figure out how we won. I love you Pete Carroll.

Our newest issue can new be uploaded in the top right hand corner of this very blog. Go ahead do it, you won’t be dissapointed.

In the magazine you can find.

• Carly Erickson’s Trend Spotting
• “Lurking in the Shadows” by T. Dane Carbaugh
• Scott Younker’s investigation into the ASUO’s spending on student conferences
• An Angry Texan Griping about the craziness of Eugene
• And so much more

Today we  had our 19,000 comment ever on the blog. Thanks to a loyal fan base and liberal extremist who find our blog on Google.

According to our calculations we only need to put up 2 more blog posts on OSPRIG, one on the Comic Press, another on AHA and we should be to 20,000 comments in no time.

Thanks to all.

Need I elaborate?

(From EDSBS and LSUfreek)