Author: Nick Lilja

A real man is someone who never backs down, half-asses a job, or gives up. A real man finds way to learn something from every experience. A real man finds a way to succeed regardless of the pain caused from […]

I have realized that in the last few weeks I have been a little hard on the athletes at Oregon State. More specifically, I’ve been pessimistic toward the football team. I never realized the facts were so negative and my […]

One. Remember that. That’s the number of teams who have won a College World Series title after losing two games. That’s also the number of true North teams that have won the title in the last 40 years. That’s the […]

Six-foot, two double-O, World Series here we go. So it doesn’t have the same ring, but Cole Gillespie deserves his own anthem. I’m sure Cee-Lo from Gnarls Barkley will let someone dub “Gillespie” over that track “Crazy.” If not, I’ll […]

If you look up domination in the dictionary you will find a picture of three things: Any baseballs thrown by Randy Johnson vs. Doves (I admit it, I have a sick fetish with exploding fowl), the 49ers vs. the Broncos […]

Quick, name the most dominant pitcher on the Oregon State baseball team. I’ll give you a hint, it’s definitely not Brian Budrow and it’s not even Dallas Buck. It’s easy, I promise. I’ll give you another hint, mathematically. What do […]

Congratulations to Oregon State’s softball team for making it to the College World Series. Way to give California some false hope with a win before gunning them down with 14 scoreless innings. I came to realize last weekend why softball […]

I’m not about to say I’m the perfect fan, but at least I’m honest with myself. I know that I don’t make it to every baseball or softball game. And I didn’t go to every home meet for Gymnastics or […]