Oregon's Awesome New Court

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Oregon's Awesome New Court

By Stephen Douglas January 14, 2011 1:15 pm ET

By: Stephen Douglas | January 14, 2011 1:15 pm ET

Oregon debuted its brand new $200 million arena last night during a 68-62 victory over USC. This arena answers the question, what if Nike could make the Oregon football uniforms into a large building? The court itself is a “brown-and-tan court that represents a skyward look through a fir forest clearing.” In short, its awesome.

Much like Onion SportsDome, you either love or hate Nike’s newest tribute to Pacific Northwest Excess. Just the fact that it is so very different from any court we’re used to is going to cause people to have a negative reaction. Some of the stuff that Nike does with Oregon is a little over the top, but overall, I like that they’re using them as the ultimate blank canvas to sketch on. Of course, maybe I just like ducks and trees.

[LA Times, Images via Getty]

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Comments

http://joebushfreelance.com heathen okoye

who needs a half-court line? like i asked cursed last night, when’s the last time you saw an over and back call?
ms621

It’s not the worst floor I’ve ever seen. but it’s bad. Just because you have graphic designers that can do a bunch of crazy shit doesn’t mean you should actually do it.
ms621

who needs a half-court line? like i asked cursed last night, when’s the last time you saw an over and back call?

You need it for 10 seconds in the back court (or is it 8 seconds now?)
http://www.jayski.com TexansFan

i think I would like it more if it was green
Watsonian

In short, its awesome.

Yeah it is.
http://www.jayski.com TexansFan

When are we going to get an OTL report about how Nike has its foot inside a program?

/wanking motion
http://twitter.com/#!/JHScramble Jim Harbaugh Scramble

Love the duck strut in the last pic. Very cocky.

When are we going to get an OTL report about how Nike has its foot inside a program?

Rex Ryan can’t wait for this report.
Hail Leroy

Needs more Oregon cheerleaders
Watsonian

It’s pretty dead around here today.
Roethlishotdog

who needs a half-court line? like i asked cursed last night, when’s the last time you saw an over and back call?

It’s there – look between the duck’s feet. It’s a “shadow” line.

/HS averages an over and back/10 second call about once every 2 games.
http://www.ampsportsduo.blogspot.com cleet

From a distance it just looks like someone splooged on Oregon’s court.
Uncle Remus

Cocks up boys… cock’s up… Ishaq is Irish… Bring on Lynch.

Boo Yah.

Sorry Roethlishitdog. Visit canceled.
http://laugh-o.blogspot.com starkweather

I think the court’s pretty cool as long as it’s a novelty. If everybody starts getting shit like this it will become really annoying. It’s still a 10-second rule in college, fwiw, and Trypticon was the coolest TransFormers toy ever made
Roethlishotdog

Sorry Roethlishitdog. Visit canceled.

WTF?
Hopboy

I was gonna try and hate…. but as a graduate of a small D3 school with only Lacrosse as a D1 sport (even though we are beast) all I can say is whoa.

Hottie cheerleaders, opulent facilities and bundles of Nike money in reserves …. Don’t hate the ducks, hate the game. Play on Oregon. Play on.
http://twitter.com/#!/JHScramble Jim Harbaugh Scramble

WTF?

I lol’d. I think he is trying to say a recruit committed to ND and canceled his PSU visit.
http://twitter.com/ButtersBC ButtersBC

Cocks up boys… cock’s up… Ishaq is Irish… Bring on Lynch.

Boo Yah.

Sorry Roethlishitdog. Visit canceled.

/Irsay Tweet’d
St. Bear

but as a graduate of a small D3 school with only Lacrosse as a D1 sport (even though we are beast)

Is this an attempt to let everybody know you went to Johns Hopkins, without just coming out and saying it?
devang

Cocks up boys… cock’s up… Ishaq is Irish… Bring on Lynch.

Boo Yah.

Sorry Roethlishitdog. Visit canceled.

/Irsay Tweet’d

+ a lot. Nicely done
http://spartyandfriends.com Trey

I’d have to abort my eyes weekly if that was my court.
http://www.h8torade.com PL StabbinKabin Is Crucial

does it say TWAT at center court? What the fuck is this shit?
http://laugh-o.blogspot.com starkweather

Ha! You just know the Gators are getting the next nike-designed court, too
Bueller

NIKE runs all these summer camps for star high school football players and basketball camps I’m sure. Oregon is basically the University of NIKE. They have an incredible advantage. Phil Knight, the Steinbrenner of college athletics.
Hopboy

Is this an attempt to let everybody know you went to Johns Hopkins, without just coming out and saying it?

Haha…. Sorry St. Bear. I was just trying to make a joke and goof on Hopkins lack of big time sports in comparison to Oregon.
http://twitter.com/#!/rexdangerseeker RexKramerDangerSeeker

Hideous art for the sake of art. Nothing worse.