Way before unafraidshow.com, there was tightend.blogspot.com. Side note, some people told me the old site name sounded like the name of a porn site. I stood on an island in the middle of the street holding a sign that said: “Honk If You Love The Ducks” and wrote about it. This post is the EXACT post from September 2, 2009. I was a young professional athlete with something to say so I started a blog. It has clearly progressed into more. This site, and a career in radio and television. I hope you enjoy. There are some gems inside.

I had a good time in high school, but for the most part, I felt like a fish out of water, but then came the University of Oregon. I didn’t know what to expect when I got to Eugene. All I knew about the U of O was Nike, Prefontaine “Track Town USA”, and Duck football. I learned quickly what the 541 was all about. I loved my time in Eugene. My favorite breakfast spot GJ’s, our favorite bar Taylors , the U.I. dorm, the CASS and most importantly, Autzen stadium, the crowd, and the student section. AMAZING!!! I’ll never forget Apartment #90 which consisted of #1 aka SP aka Samie Parker, #2 aka O-S*#@*y aka Onterrio Smith and myself aka Rice-Daddy. Man, if those walls could talk, lol, but I’m glad they can’t. Oregon was totally different than any other place I had ever been into my whole life, but yet it was home. Some of my fondest memories are from my time in Eugene. College was truly some of the best years of my life to date. A lot of things in my life may change, but one thing that will remain the same is I will always and forever be an Oregon Duck!