Welcome incoming freshman, welcome to the next four (or seven) years of your life. Allow myself, to introduce—myself. My name is Nick Lilja and as you can tell from the picture above, I’m not only ugly, but I’m also probably […]
If seeing is believing, I can say with conviction I am a believer. Because not only have I seen Jodie Taylor dominate on the soccer field, but I have heard the crowds cheer her name and even inhaled the ripe […]
Who is more valuable to Oregon State, Mike Riley or Pat Casey? Pat Casey might be the obvious answer, which begs the question: Why is Pat Casey paid nearly one-eighth the salary of an unproven football coach? Even the gods […]
I was looking through an old archive of some past columns and came across this one from two years ago. I think it worth discussion again….. Remember when student-athletes were students, then athletes? I don’t. As far back as I […]
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 […]