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Beaver Fans Are Crazy PeopleI'm sure I've posted this rant before, but seriously, Beaver Fans, are you really that nutty? In case you haven't heard, there's a football game this weekend between one school who's trying to play for the national championship and one one just trying to become bowl eligible. College Gameday will be there and my Facebook friends feed is full of folks rooting one way or another. Obviously as an alum, I'd like to see the Ducks win, but I'll be honest in that this game looming on the schedule always worried me when the Ducks started winning all their games. But my rant is not about this weekend, as we all know who I'm rooting for, it's about every other weekend of the year when the Ducks and Beavers aren't playing each other. I root for all the schools in this state -- whether it's OSU, UO, PSU, UP, WOU, EOU, SOU, George Fox, Willamette, Concordia, etc...whatever -- unless they're playing the Ducks, and then I root for the Ducks. Beaver fans, however, want to see the Ducks fail miserably whenever possible and will root for anybody who's playing the Ducks. I've watched a few Duck football games with Beaver fans, and they were rooting for the opposition the entire time. When I watch a Beaver game, I root for the Beavers. Beaver fans apparently are incapable of rooting for anybody other than the Beavers, and certainly don't want to see any team in Oregon succeed other than the Beavers. As a true Oregonian (yes, those are fighting words), I'd be excited if the Ducks and Beavers were both undefeated and this was for all the marbles. OK, rant mode off. Go Ducks! 2 CommentsThesa Chambers said on 12/02/10 @ 05:29 PM:Jake - not all Beaver fans - I am a Beaver Fan through and through - I too root on my home state school - and frankly this year I am worried that my Beavers may win - which in all honesty I am torn about. It is one game that can really make a difference in so many lives - meaning the players and the chance to be seen - the chance to moving on to the next level and so on.... here's what I want for this Civil War - a good game - with good refs - and may the team that shows up - plays their best walk off the field with pride and dignity - and move on to the next phase of the season. See not all of us are crazy - but I do have to say I agree with your rant - it is something that drives me crazy - and I see it too. H Bruce Miller said on 12/03/10 @ 07:22 AM: You're right; I don't see Ducks displaying the hatred for Beavers that many Beavers display for Ducks. I think the explanation is that Beavers have an inferiority complex toward the U of O. OSU has always been "the farm school," more rural, more redneck, more Eastern Oregon. U of O is perceived (rightly or wrongly) as more intellectual and "elitist." That said ... GO DUCKS!!! (BTW I am not an alumnus of either of these fine institutions of higher learning.) Post a comment |
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