Interesting as she was there the same time I was. I was Marketing/ management. She should have hung with us baseball players. Jack was a fiery guy where as Joe was much more laid back and easy going.
Challenge accepted, Captain Neder. After some serious research, the top 10 centers in Blazers history are... 1) Biebs 2) Mylie 3) Meyers Leonard 4) Meyers Leonar_ 5) swish3 6) Justin Bieber 7) Meyers 8) Bella's Boss 9) Elle's Worse Half 10) "The Computer" edit: gawd, I crack myself up
Actually, her freshman year she attended a lot of baseball games if for no other reason than she was friends with Meermeir.......
Boy that's a name from the past. Paul Mermier aka known as the Merce cause he had an old Mercedes. Well she would have seen me play then as i was the 2nd baseman in 73. In 74 i moved to 3rd base and pitcher then back to 2nd base 75 and 76. Small world.
We called him “Fish” because that’s what he lived for. And you shoulda seen that Merce when he got it. An old yellow Reed hippy car that had seen far better days. Paul’s dad was the parts manger for Rasmussen so they had access to whatever they needed. and it was a great project for them to work on together. Anyway, being a Catholic boy I knew quite a few UP “kids” from that time....it’s through them I met my wife.
Nope, I went to LaSalle. But I’m aware of the names you mentioned. North Catholic burned down the summer before my junior year (of HS) and half those kids ended up at LaSalle. Wamsley was before my time (but well known as an amazing athlete) and McCoy had a hot sister who was a year ahead of me at LS.
Really refreshing to read you guys conversation about those days...I didn't know Cup played baseball....I was a first baseman on the eastern conference Taiwan baseball championship team....we won 3 consecutive eastern conf championships..it was a great chapter of my life
Center Needed, Apply at Moda Center: Must be at least 6'11' lithe and nimble. *FULL MEDICAL RECORDS MUST BE SUBMITTED. Been holding onto that joke for about years.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/oregon-state/1981-schedule.html 26-0....peaked at the wrong time.
I have a little different take on that those were the years that OSU was a national power, at least as far as record and rating's. But they consistently failed, miserably, in the post season 1979 - (17-9) lost in NIT 1st round to Nevada, 62-61 1980 - (23-3) lost in NCAA 1st round to Southland, 81-77 1981 - (26-1) lost in NCAA 1st round to Kansas State, 50-48 1982 - (25-4) made it to 3rd round of NCAA, losing to Georgetown, 69-45 1983 - (19-10) made it to 3rd round of NIT before losing to Fresno State, 76-67 1984 - (22-6) lost in NCAA 1st round to West Virgina, 64-62 1985 - (21-8) lost in NCAA 1st round to Notre Dame, 79-70 1988 - (20-10) lost in NCAA 1st round to Louisville, 70-61 1989 - (22-7) lost in NCAA 1st round to Evansville, 94-90 1990- (22-6) lost in NCAA 1st round to Ball State, 54-53 (Jim Anderson) the Beavers lost in the 1st round in 8 or the 10 years they made it to the post-season, and of the time, they were the favorites. There was a common denominator....just about every elimination game, the Beavers were in foul trouble. I think that's because the Ralph Miller teams played defense with their hands. They got steals and deflections, but they also were 'allowed', by Pac-10 officiating, to grab and hold all over the court. I saw it, but that was when Miller was the dean of Pac-10 coaching since Wooden had retired in the mid-70's when they got into the tournament, officials were calling fouls on defensive plays the Beavers were used to being successful with. It took them out of their defense and left them on their heels
