DAMN LUCKY DUCKS
You know, if I'd seen this story about 'Perky' the duck beforehand, I probably wouldn't have been so boastful in my post ahead of the Cougars/Oregon game last week.

"I think right now her chances are really good, she's made it," said Noni Beck, wildlife rehabilitator at the Goose Creek Wildlife Sanctuary in Tallahassee, Florida.

Perky was hit in the leg, neck and wing by a local hunter last weekend. Ms Beck said the duck was felled, carried back to the hunter by his dog, hung in a brace of dead ducks, taken to his house and placed in a refrigerator.

Two days later the hunter's wife went to the fridge.

"When she opened the door this little duck raised her head ... she immediately called her daughter and said they had to do something," said Ms Beck.

The daughter took the duck to a local vet for treatment.

The Ducks from Eugene seemed as lucky as Perky when they pulled out an OT miracle in Pullman Saturday night. Great game, disappointing ending, rematch at The Pit on Feb. 22.

You're dead to me Ducks.

Ok, I'm going to get back to East Coast basketball now. Stay tuned for the Nuts foray into the wilds of Riverdale later on this week.