
mox⋅ie
[mok-see]
| 1. | vigor; verve; pep. |
| 2. | courage and aggressiveness; nerve. |
| 3. | skill; know-how. |

[mok-see]
| 1. | vigor; verve; pep. |
| 2. | courage and aggressiveness; nerve. |
| 3. | skill; know-how. |
The university that spawned me, Oregon State, has an athletic department that is mad at me:
To Whom it May Concern:
I was recently alerted to a possible concern related to the use of Jacquizz and James Rodgers’ nicknames and picture to promote your website – quizzandquon.com.
Obviously, NCAA rules can be very complex, but a student-athlete’s name/nickname/picture with remaining eligibility cannot be used by any commercial or media entity for promotional purposes. In addition, the Rodgers brothers have not authorized the use of their respective names (or nicknames) to any non-OSU entity.
Thus, our institution’s requests, within the next 72 hours, that the website be re-named and that your organization no longer utilizes the picture of Jacquizz Rodgers (or any other current OSU student-athlete) in the marquee of your website. I thank you in advance for your cooperation and understanding. Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alex Parker
Associate AD – Compliance
Oregon State University
Hence, my new blog name, My QB Has Moxie (myqbhasmoxie.com). An explanation on the name to come.
Postscript: I think Jacquizz and James Rodgers could be pals with me. I am extremely likable.

Rivals profiled the effect the Tuesday’s MLB draft will have on the Oregon State baseball team. You have to pay money to read it. Lucky for you I don’t hold my faithful reader(s) to that standard. At any rate, some notes I was surprised to see:
The analysis on potential team and signee departures after the jump. Also, Kerry Eggers has a nice post-season profile on the OSU baseball program. Read more »
The Lakers be good. They will win the NBA title. Kobe is better than Lebron and such. Check this ish out: Read more »
As I wrote a few days ago, Oregon State led in the recruitment of Jahii Carson, a point guard in the class of 2011. Well, according to ArizonaVarsity.com, Carson has officially given his verbal commitment to the Beavers.
“Jahii committed to Oregon State last night,” said Howard in a text message to ArizonaVarsity.com.
According to two family members today, Carson made his decision yesterday and will formally notify the school today.
Go Beavs. Yes sir.

The NBA Draft Lottery was tonight prior to the Lakers stumbling (Kobe Bryant exempt) to a victory in Game One over the Nuggets. Chad Ford has his first mock draft up and sees Blake Griffin going first (duh) followed by Hasheem Thabeet to Memphis and Ricky Rubio to Oklahoma City. Ford also has the Blazers grabbing Darren Collison at 24. Read more »

Why oh why do I fret when the most clutchest player in the NBA is on my team? Kobe scored the final 6 points for the Lakers. He had 18 points in the fourth quarter. He scored 40 points in the game. He is the man.
/slow clap

I’m told my grandfather was a conservative Democrat. I don’t know what that means exactly but if Craig Robinson keeps it up I may turn into the most conservative Democrat in the history of blogging.
Robinson already has a verbal commitment for the 2010 class in Tajuan Porter-esque Ahmad Starks. Coach Rob now has Oregon State in the lead for Phoenix-area point guard Jahii Carson for his 2011 class. Read more »
Oregon State has been playing ‘eh’ baseball lately thanks to series losses to both UCLA and USC. Despite last weekend’s series victory over high ranking Arizona State, OSU still has work to do to get into the NCAA tournament field.
The people at Baseball Prospectus are smarter than you (and probably me). They list ASU as the only lock out of the Pac-10 to make the tournament with several teams, including OSU, on the bubble. Read more »