- Student seating at baseball games. Can you blame student fans for not showing up? They get put everywhere but in the actual stadium. Students can get a better idea of what’s happening by listening to Mike Parker than actually attending, sitting down the left field line, and watching from the bullpen for five innings.
- Even worse are the people who choose to go to the games, sit out in left field, and then yell at the umpires when a pitch is called a ball on the outside corner. You’re right. You could see WAY better than the guy right behind the catcher who does this for a living. And yelling from 300 feet away is definitely going to change his mind.
- The debate over the new logo. In hindsight, nothing says hippie-liberal-campus quite like a student body complaining that students should have had a chance to “vote” on their favorite logo. This just in, it’s a logo not a president.
- The phrase “Fill Gill” for so many reasons. Topping the list is poor Amory “Slats” Gill who probably never wanted to be associated with a catch phrase that had him being filled with anything, whether it was pizza, beer, or 5,000 people.
- Sitting down at football games. Isn’t it mandatory to stand on the bleachers at football games? I’m pretty sure every student has been doing that since freshman year of high school.
- Going to other Pac-10 arenas and listening to the announcers do half as good of a job as our announcer. I think I left Mac Court with a headache after listening to whoever had the microphone stumble through the entire game like John Madden if he ever tried to sing “take me out to the ballgame” at Wrigley Field.
- Explaining Beaver Softball slappers to baseball fans. It’s hard enough for most baseball fans to understand why the bases are shorter, players don’t lead off, and there’s no DH but instead a DP. But trying to explain slapping to them is like trying to explain Halo to somebody with a PS2
- The post-game dinner at Ruby Tuesdays. Could the city of
- Women’s basketball player Judy Lomax deciding to return home after a great year with the beavers. Look for Lomax in the WNBA in a couple of years—if it still exists.
- The student section at gymnastic meets. Here’s the roundup: Brandon Williams, Eric Bartz, Greg Murphy, the gymnasts’ boyfriends, and fellow student athletes.
- The students that claim to be “Die-Hard Beaver fans” that have never been to a gymnastics meet. The three guys mentioned above are the only real die-hard fans I’ve ever seen. Hell, Greg Murphy even has a costume, a freaking costume! What do the rest of the fans have? There is some dude in orange hair and another in an orange hard-hat. Murphy has a sword, cape and body armor. Scoreboard, Greg Murphy.
- Event Staff. Let’s be honest here, how is it that the belligerent drunk next to you never hears word one from these people, but if you have your foot in the isle they are on you like a pink popped collar on a frat guy.
- The Men’s basketball team. Now that Sasa Cuic is gone who’s going to fill the role as the under achiever that refuses to play defense with any intensity?
- Reser Stadium phase 396.42: The flag pole. Are you kidding me, how much longer do I have to wait? If I graduate before it’s completed I’m going to be pissed. I want to enjoy something I paid for with student fees not watch it on TV from
- Fans that can’t recognize Mike Parker’s voice. But its okay guys, you’re still Beaver fans–and I’m the best sports columnist in
- The OSU Softball complex. Calling play-by-play is never any fun when the place isn’t named after someone famous or at least a big named company. From now on I’m going to refer to it as the Miranda Diamond at
- Cheerleaders. They don’t do stunts, their pom-poms are fist-sized, and there are 40 of them. How about this idea: Cut the team size to 15, give them bigger pom-poms and let them do stunts—you know, like a normal squad.
- Un-educated people at basketball games that point out a billion times that there are two Tarver’s on the floor at the same time. Thanks, next time I’ll be sure to remind you and your friend that there are a two drunken idiots standing behind me.
- Pac-10 officials. Do I need to explain this one?
- Those Sports writers who make fun of Frosty the Turnover Man’s hair even after he is in the NFL. That’s so weak, who would stoop to that level?
The 20 lamest things about Beaver Sports
Posted on 12/17/07 by Nick Lilja
Haha! Great.