Like every time it started with a crowded walk, over the river and through the woods. This was different than any other that I had experienced in my time in Eugene, because it was the last home game for Marcus Mariota. A lot of things have come and gone in my almost 3 years in Eugene, the most constant thing has been Marcus Mariota, but it wasn’t something that I saw coming.
Read MoreThe Ryder Cup was this last weekend, and once again the Euros won the cup. For most people its starting to feel like the situation the US basketball team was in when a few years ago when they hired Coach K to come in and right the ship. Personally I feel that we are well beyond that point. I'm not usually a trash everything and start over type of person, but after watching for the last 10 plus years its time for some drastic change, personnel and non-personnel wise.
Read MoreCupcake games, they happened every year in college football. They usually guarantee a blow out victory to start the season. Big high ranked Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams bring in little Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) schools and pay them to get beat down. I’m against these games being scheduled and think that the big conferences should move away from allowing these games.
Read MoreD-Day is upon me. I have my first fantasy football draft of the year today. The weight of success in this season largely rests on what happens today. Drafts are ever changing by the second as no one places the same about of value on every player. There are varying strategies that are put in play depending on when you picks are the style of the draft and how you want to load your roster.
Read MoreThere is a new development in the world of sports; Roger Goodell (yes that Roger Goodell, architect of the No Fun League) has taken over the body Tim Finchem’s body. This fact was no more evident then when last weeks the PGA banned “caddy races” at golf tournaments.
Read MoreThere are few things I love more than football season. For two days every weekend from September to January I can be in front of a TV or at a stadium and there are few places I’d rather be in the world. While soccer may be the most popular sport in the world, football is king in America. Every season is enthralling for different reasons with many pieces making the tapestry of the game breathe taking. While there are derivatives to the game that I greatly enjoy I will stick with the game of football itself. From rookies or freshman making unexpected splashes to wiley veterans showing that they still have it the seasons never lack interesting stories.
Read MoreOne of the biggest stories in the NBA right now is Doc Rivers leaving the Boston Celtics to coach the Los Angeles Clippers. Not much has been made about how he left, in fact most are giving him a pass except ESPN’s Bill Simmons, a die hard Celtics fan and oddly enough a Clippers season ticket holder. Like many fans, Simmons thinks that Rivers quit on the Celtics rather than face a rebuilding phase, he still had three years left of a five-year contract he signed two years ago.
Read More"I will never respect this Heat Championship", "I don't care if LeBron won another championship, I will never respect him" "The Heat bought this championship"
These are a sample of the what I saw all over Twitter and Facebook last night. I've never been someone who has "hated" random players for perceived slights, I've always found inherently good things about most players and disliked some teams because they were rivals of my favorite teams. Those teams were few in number, that number being one. St. Mary's Gaels, this is the only team I hate. I dislike the way they play, the way they act, frankly sometimes I wish they didn't exist (Spoiler, this may have to change if Devyn Galland transfers to play for the Women's team next year). I'm the type of person who still recognizes greatness, no matter if its LeBron who I like playing well or Matthew Dellavedova who I greatly dislike.
Read MoreIt's that time of year again when a small town in Georgia becomes the center of the golf universe and the sports world. Since I was a little kid every year the Masters has held a special place for me as it is on my bucket list to play Augusta.
Read MoreWhen I was a little kid I came to the conclusion that as a dedicated sports fan you had be loyal to the teams closet to you geographically unless you moved somewhere else after already being a fan of different teams. So as of that day I became a fan of the Seattle Mariners, the Seattle Sonics, the Seattle Seahawks, and the Gonzaga Bulldogs. The latter was hard for me as my favorite college basketball player was Washington State star Isaac Fontaine, but I had made my mind up and I stuck with it. It was hard at first being rooting for the Zags; they weren’t very good for the first couple years. My dad tried to explain to me that I could like any team I wanted no matter of geography, but I wouldn’t have any of it, I was stubborn.
Read MoreThoughts of Josh Wallace
