It was tough to watch. The Beavers found themselves down by seven before the game was three minutes old and down 13 before five minutes had passed. The idea was to have an entire game breakdown here but not much […]
If there is a time when Mike Riley isn’t smiling, I don’t want to be there. I’ve seen lion cages and lava pits that are more enticing. I understand that the halftime speeches and film sessions aren’t lollipops, candy canes […]
As I suspected, Maryland appears to be taking shots down the field. Chris Turner’s 26 yard pass is complete to the OSU 19 yard line. . . the beavers cannot afford to give up a TD right now, and it […]
There are three knowns of the universe: Physics, Mathematics, and the East coast bias against the Pac-10. For years now I have watched, heard and even felt the back pat of the East coast with their patronizing look at sports […]
There were a lot of pertinent things I could write about this week. Oregon State Football’s bowl game against Maryland, the NFL playoff picture is crystallizing, I’m in the middle of Wisconsin dealing with four-foot snow drifts! Instead, I need […]
If there is one thing I know how to do, it’s piss off a large group of people. Being a runner does that to a person. The hours of running alone gives you too much time to think about ways […]
It was like a cheap reenactment of a Wayne’s World ending. All of Beaver nation erupted at once. With 26 seconds left in the 111th Civil War Matt Evensen’s kick was wide left. But instead of the game ending and […]
Have you seen Seth Tarver? He plays basketball. Basketball players are the big men on campus. Literally. Every player is a behemoth. Each only taller than the next. As every year passes players seem to continue to gain mass, like […]
It’s the catch phrase Oregon State has adopted. Open Minds. Open Doors. It’s everywhere, banners, posters, pamphlets and even on some T-shirts. But lately, a portion of Beaver nation hasn’t followed this motto. The Oregon State basketball fans have been […]
Sports and politics don’t mix. Never have, never will. Like oil and water or Adam Smith and Karl Marx. It’s not going to happen, they just wouldn’t get along. Sport is about unifying, politics is about partitioning. Sport is about […]