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MUHAMMAD ALI AND MARCUS MARIOTA, MOST BELOVED SPORTS FIGURES ON BOOMERPDX

Muhammad Ali and Marcus Mariota lead the way. No surprises. Why do readers love Muhammad Ali and Marcus Mariota? Because of their shared fierce competitiveness? We’ve already seen the best of Ali, and he was everything he promised he’d be, floating like a butterfly, stinging like a bee. He came up fast, won early, retired […]

MARCUS MARIOTA: WORTH WHAT?

Freddie Coleman Asks His ESPN Radio Listeners: What’s Marcus Mariota Worth? A man from New Jersey came on 1080 The Fan Tuesday night. Between 9 and 9:30 Pacific Time, which is 12:00-12:30 his time, the Jersey Boy said Marcus Mariota is worth mortgaging your team the next five years for. Keep in mind his team […]

THE MARCUS MARIOTA DESPERADO

What is it about the University of Oregon’s Marcus Mariota? He shows up year after year. He hits the mark and gives his teammates all the credit. His Heisman Trophy speech is ready made for every young football player’s wall. Every parent wants to hear their kid speak so well of the world they occupy. […]

SEARCHING FOR MARIOTA’S HEISMAN

The View Of Oregon From The East “West of the Mississippi.” The words could describe another planet, an alien land to our Eastern brothers and sisters who couldn’t find Oregon if you dropped them off on Vancouver’s Waterfront Renaissance Trail and pointed across the Columbia River. Dear Eastie, that’s not California over there. Oregon State’s Terry […]

THE MARIOTA RIPPLE EFFECT

In the long shadow of Arizona State’s Sun Devil Stadium, the great Oregon quarterback’s name echoes off the mountainside. After the win over UCLA on Saturday afternoon, the fans I found cheered longer than most. These were special fans. They knew sports inside and out. They play, they watch, and they know what it means […]

IF NOT MARCUS MARIOTA, THEN WHO?

If Not Now, When? Anyone who watched the Ducks lose to Arizona on Thursday night had to see one glaring mistake. Make that two. Okay, three. Marcus Mariota is called the best college football player in America. The experts calling him out know what they’re talking about. You can’t call someone the best and mean […]

Marcus Mariota Loves Dogs

A Heisman For The Nice Man He’s from Hawaii, plays football for the University of Oregon. Mello Marcus sounds right? When it comes to Husky week, does he bring out the Mean Mariota? Does he scream at his teammates, hassle the refs, ignore his coach? No, because he’s a nice man. Boomer NW likes the […]

The Mariota Way vs Baby Boomer

Sports talk radio won’t bring the best out in everyone. Either on the phone or in studio, the margin of error is thin. Say too much and you’re a grandstanding attention hog giving opponents material for their bulletin board. No one wants a fired up defensive tackle whispering sweet nothings in their ear at the […]

DUCK BREATH FROM HURRICANE TO PAC12 SIGH

Duck breath is the same as Husky breath. If the Huskies had lost. Duck breath is a long exhale of joyful expectations and maybe a little spit. That’s what happens when a big one gets away, and the final PAC12, PAC10, PAC8 game was a big one.

COACH LANNING HEARS FROM OREGON FAMILY

Coach Lanning didn’t actually get a letter, the Oregon AD did. And that’s not the Oregon family he heard from, though the kid with arrow could be an in-state recruit. The letter to Athletic Director Mullens was signed by Oregon football legends from Joey Harrington to Justin Herbert, along with Marcus Mariota, Akili Smith, Royce […]