BIG CHOKE – No Roses

I was feeling the bad MOJO when I heard the comments from some key players last week that the Rose Bowl was no big deal.  Comments like that never go without consequence and now the Ducks are out of the Rose Bowl Race beat by an unranked team.   How sad that they self destructed…

When Dreams are Crushed….

A team that got beat by Utah just crushed Oregon’s hopes of a Rose Bowl and a BCS championship.  Marcus Mariota played the game with a Knee Brace with a MCL partial tear and his running game suffered the consequences.  The power running game of Stanford appeared unstoppable in the first half with their offense…

No Bowl Sanctions for Oregon….wheh

Oregon got away with a big one today. It must be Karma for all the bad calls they suffered last year. After months of speculating about how the NCAA recruitment violations would effect the next seasons, all that stress about Oregon being post season ineligible is gone. The NCAA stripped Oregon of a scholarship in…

Mark and Pheobe Leland Prom 2013

Phoebe and Mark at the last prom I will ever photograph  (maybe). The Pre Prom photo shoot was at the beautiful Boulder Ridge Golf course down the road. Phoebe will be giving the Commencement address this Wednesday at the Leland class of 2013 graduation. Next year she will be attending University of Oregon with Mark.…

Spring Break is Over

It was nice having both kids back for a little while this past weekend..  Marks two jobs at Oregon requires a car so we sold his non speed bump friendly BMW 330 and purchased a 2009 Mazda3 Hatchback with the help of expert mechanic and friend Ryan Rich.  He headed out today for school, but…

Duck Addiction and the Sweet 16

Most thought it was impossible, but the Oregon Ducks have made it to the sweet 16.  Cal as usual went down in flames and reinforced the idea that a PAC12 teams are weak.   It was serendipity when Friday’s session of the tournament featured the Ducks and Bears in sequential games in San Jose with two wins…

Playing Hooky

As the last day of Mark’s Winter Break winds down, one more set at The Hook in Capitola before heading back to Oregon for the winter quarter. It may be awhile before Mark surfs his local beaches. The three amigos–Mark, Nikita and Brian ride one more time together on there local waters after finishing a…

Oregon Ducks are number one…..

What a great Stadium. Our first game in the new stadium did not disapoint. Mias apartement 50 yards from the enterence guaranteed us close parking and I felt like a VIP. The Ducks killed the Bears 59 to 17. It was cold but there was almost more Oregon Green in the stadium than Cal fans.…

SF for the Weekend

We spent the weekend in San Francisco cramming fun into the last weeks of summer with the kids. This weekend was for Mia. Mia’s junior year ( the last academic year) was brutal. I can’t believe how hard she works and where she found the motivation to take 4 AP classes, while being a page…

El Salto Lodge

Whats better than taking your son out of school to go fishing in Mexico for a week? Nuthin’. This mid school year expedition took place near Mazatlan at a lake called El Salto, home of the next world record largemouth bass. This trip was special in that my cousin Wayne and my Uncle Yun were…