Spring Break
Nobody asked me, but...
Nick Lilja
Issue date: 4/16/08 Section: Sports
It's that time of the year again. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, the clichés are raining out of the sky like similes in a Jim Murray column. And it's the time when, much like Jimmy Cannon, I remind you all that "nobody asked me, but…"
Lists are only fun for the reader. To a columnist they're filler for something bigger that's coming. A columnist who loves lists is just lazy.
The guy who asked new basketball coach Craig Robinson "Hillary or Obama?" should be quit his job. No journalist should try to be a stand-up comedian, especially during a press conference.
Robinson reminds me of finding a $10 bill under a seat cushion while looking for a quarter. People will be surprised: Oregon State got lucky.
All gymnasts run funny. They run even funnier during the vault.
Bob Lillie is right. If affirmative action is really supposed to work, it's interesting that no women were interviewed to coach the men's basketball team.
Saying the words "Matt Moore" followed by "NFL quarterback" makes me giggle. But at the same time, I'm excited for him to prove my giggles wrong - or right.
Parking Services is unconstitutional. Students shouldn't be guilty until proven innocent.
I don't hate the Huskies, but I hate Husky fans. Being pompous a-holes about a 4-9 football season is like parading around after signing a coach for a new baseball team. Great job, Ducks. You will now be good in eight years rather than 15.
Shout out to High School Sports Guy. No one cares that you hit .329 for West [insert city here] High School or that you had 11 touchdowns in three games before you tore your ACL.
Even worse is Used to Play College Sports Guy, who reminds everyone he played for College of the Siskiyous for two years.
Students that leave a baseball game before the seventh inning "because it's cold" shouldn't be allowed to pick up another student ticket for the remainder of the season.
People who walk around campus on their cell phone are fine. People who walk around on their cell phone screaming about how many parties they were at last Friday are either in the Greek system, slutty, lushes or all of the above - regardless of gender.
Lists are only fun for the reader. To a columnist they're filler for something bigger that's coming. A columnist who loves lists is just lazy.
The guy who asked new basketball coach Craig Robinson "Hillary or Obama?" should be quit his job. No journalist should try to be a stand-up comedian, especially during a press conference.
Robinson reminds me of finding a $10 bill under a seat cushion while looking for a quarter. People will be surprised: Oregon State got lucky.
All gymnasts run funny. They run even funnier during the vault.
Bob Lillie is right. If affirmative action is really supposed to work, it's interesting that no women were interviewed to coach the men's basketball team.
Saying the words "Matt Moore" followed by "NFL quarterback" makes me giggle. But at the same time, I'm excited for him to prove my giggles wrong - or right.
Parking Services is unconstitutional. Students shouldn't be guilty until proven innocent.
I don't hate the Huskies, but I hate Husky fans. Being pompous a-holes about a 4-9 football season is like parading around after signing a coach for a new baseball team. Great job, Ducks. You will now be good in eight years rather than 15.
Shout out to High School Sports Guy. No one cares that you hit .329 for West [insert city here] High School or that you had 11 touchdowns in three games before you tore your ACL.
Even worse is Used to Play College Sports Guy, who reminds everyone he played for College of the Siskiyous for two years.
Students that leave a baseball game before the seventh inning "because it's cold" shouldn't be allowed to pick up another student ticket for the remainder of the season.
People who walk around campus on their cell phone are fine. People who walk around on their cell phone screaming about how many parties they were at last Friday are either in the Greek system, slutty, lushes or all of the above - regardless of gender.
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