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Love Conquers [Video]

First let me post the view without any into. comment:



And if you were wondering what kind of stuff Love was being subjected to here is a taste from an Oregon fan who posted this on a blog called the East Coast Bias:

It's times like this I get momentarily embarrassed to be a sports fan. Sure, there were the requisite bad calls, and it's kind of funny how Kevin Love is apparently unable to get called for a foul ... until it doesn't count. And by now I'm used to the Pit Crew yelling " ... SUCKS!" after each opposing player is announced. And, OK, I get that they resent that Love went to UCLA instead of UO (though if I'm being honest and not a fan, c'mon, now, really. UCLA is a regular Final Four team. Oregon made the tournament - and the Elite Eight - last year for the first time in something like five years).

But you know what? I don't care. That doesn't make it OK that the student section (and lord knows how many adults) were chanting, "Love's a faggot!" when he first came out. It's not much of an improvement that they switched to "Love's a pussy!" later. It turned my stomach. And all that's being reported - at least all I've seen on ESPN - is that the crowd yelled "insults." I thought that was the kind of bullshit that a school would get called on. It was foul and unpleasant and much as I dislike the Bruins, I've got to give that kid some credit; when he got interviewed later he was as calm and stoic as he'd been on the court (no Baron Davis antics here).

It makes me angry that this sort of thing goes unremarked upon in sports circles. I hope that before we turned on the radio, Ernie Kent gave fans a tongue-lashing, but even if he did, they wouldn't listen; people don't have a lot of respect for him right now. And I don't have a lot of respect for those fans. What's that saying: action speaks louders than words.

Anyway on to Oregon State and hope Love and our Ben Ball warriors closes out his home state trip with another W.

GO BRUINS.

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of BruinsNation's (BN) editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of BN's editors.

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I remember in the sixth grade a female classmate of mine cheated on a test and I got in trouble for it.  

The last time I was in Vegas I remember driving home from a bachelor party and one of the male attendees was snorting coke on interstate 15.  

The point of this story . . . these are the only two people that I know of that attended the University of Oregon.  

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