You may not know this, as the press and promotion has been pretty quiet, with no hype or trash-talking whatsoever</sarcasm>, but there’s a relatively big football game tonight. While I’m rooting for the Ducks today (graduated UO class of ’00), I just want to see a good game, and will be happy knowing that Oregon (the state, not the schools) will be represented in the Rose Bowl no matter what happens and will hopefully smack Ohio State around. I just want to see a good game.
Unlike Beaver fans (at least all most of the ones I know), I’m actually capable of rooting for the Beavers when they’re not playing the Ducks. I root for the Ducks and the Beavers year round, and I want to see both schools succeed. The only time I’d root more for the Ducks is if they’re playing each other. Most Duck fans I know are capable of that kind of thought. However, all the Beaver fans I know are incapable of rooting for the Ducks. They’re incapable of rooting for anybody other than the Beavers, unless it’s a team that’s playing the Ducks — they’ll root for them all day long. I watched many of the Beaver’s games on TV this year, cheered them on. But I think the only time a Beaver fan watches a Duck game is to cheer on the opposing team.
The Ducks are favored in the game, but I think it’s going to be closer than the 10 points or so that folks say they’re going to win by. I see this coming down to a field goal or something equally as close.
(And yes, that headline was intentionally written to incite folks — just wanted to see who came out of the woodwork to comment.)
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As a Beaver fan, I disagree wholeheartedly with this sentiment which you are expressing. Furthermore Beaver fans don’t walk out on their own team when they are losing. Ducks fans on the other hand do. Just watch.
I’m pretty sure there were quite a few fans that left the stadium before the end of last year’s game. 😉
I think that the last ten years have been very exciting for college football for both U and State. Riley has done amazing work in Corvallis and has fostered a program that any Oregonian can be proud of.
The most important thing to remember is that our state will be represented in the Rose Bowl this year. Not USC. Our state is No. 1 in the Pac-10 and to the best of my knowledge that has never happened before.
That being said; Go Ducks! 😀
I’m a Beaver fan, however, unless the Ducks are playing the Beavers or Washington State, I root for them because I’m a fan on of the state of Oregon…not just a school.
I find it so frustrating that so many people I know don’t even remember that there is any other team in the state besides the Ducks.
I’m a Beaver (’98), but I cheered the Ducks on to their victory over Arizona. That was an exciting game, but not as thrilling as tonight’s – GO BEAVERS!!!
Pre-game Reading Material
OK, this has nothing to do with the upcoming game, but it will get some of these links off my desktop.Google introduces Public DNS, which is perfect if you don’t…
Yeah, I gotta say, I disagree with the above statements as well. I’m a Duck. I root for the Ducks. The only time I don’t root for the Ducks is if someone else is playing the Beavs, or if my husband makes me root for Cal… I only do that for the sake of my marriage. Other than that… GO DUCKS! What a game, huh??