Many of you are too young to remember the taste of defeat suffered at the hands of pre-1994 be-Fuddleskie teams... And hopefully will NEVER experience the joy it helped create when the words, "Kenny Wheaton's Gonna Score!!!", resounded through the hearts, minds, nee', even the very souls of Duck fans everywhere.
Too many years of bitter defeat, and Fuskie arrogance, which for some of us, will never become 'water under the bridge'.
To give an idea how bad it was, our beloved home, Autzen Stadium, was PURPLE that day.
The Duck Diehards were vastly outnumbered by the Fuskie faithful who traveled down I-5 in a virtual caravan, a purple wave, flags waving, crashing on the shores of Eugene, breaching the walls of our fortress, and leaving behind a nearly annual flood of bitter despair... The road to Autzen looked like an immigrant surge overwhelming the minds of Duck fans everywhere.
And then... "Kenny Wheaton's Gonna Score!!!", and years of pain and regret experienced the beginning of a cleansing purge.
For historical context, think of it like our, "Remember the Alamo", moment, when the Ducks channeled a small, ragtag band of Texicans, capturing General Santa Ana, and taking back their land (Yeah, I know... HYPerBOLe", but guys like FD get the analogy, I'm sure!)
It will always be a rivalry to those of us who experienced the tidal shift in the hopes and dreams of Duckdom that day!
It's payback time, baby!