Why I love college football (reason #2)
I’ll never forget the thrills and excitement of an undefeated 2010 Ducks season and the electricity that was in the stadium as we entered it 2 hours before the BCS Championship Game. The Ducks lost that game but they did a great job of building off of the season and turned it into a successful [...]
Some Final BCS Thoughts…
Some final BCS Thoughts I’m sitting at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix waiting for my flight back to Seattle. It’s been almost 24 hours since the BCS Championship game so I’ve had time to read plenty of post game articles, talk to those who watched the game, and of course reflect and analyze the entire [...]
A Duck Road Trip Like No Other…
I’m wrapping up my first day here in the desert and it’s been a very full day. It started with a 6 am wake up call from Stone (which isn’t too bad considering what time he can and has been waking up!) and included a trip to Fred Meyer for some family groceries for the [...]
Celebrating a perfect Ducks season (so far)
The Ducks wrapped up their first-ever 12-0 season yesterday with a hard-fought, solid 37-20 win over Oregon State in the annual Civil War. The Beavers played the Ducks tough (as most assumed they would) but this year it was obvious that the talent gap between the two teams was simply too great for the Beavers [...]
The death (at least for now) of a rivalry
As a lifelong sports fan, I’m no stranger to bitter rivalries. Growing up in the Bay Area a San Francisco Giants, 49ers and Cal Bears fan meant hating all things Southern California – especially the Los Angeles Rams, Dodgers, USC and UCLA. It’s not at all uncommon to find Bay Area residents who dislike Southern [...]
