SeattleDuck92

Chas Man. I am also a Duck grad and fan living in Seattle. I 100% agree with your points. The unending supply of arrogance and - frankly, just willingness to just come straight up to anyone wearing a UO shirt and be rude - is bad enough in any year. Imagine how insufferable they will be if they win it Monday? Cannot abide that. I respect the UW team, but....GO BLUE!

I just read a comment on Facebook from a Husky fan comparing their wins over Oregon and winning the Pac to defeating Nazi Germany in WWII. The arrogance and lack of knowledge of history (both football and war) is astounding. PS - Go Texas. Hook ‘Em Horns. And if that fails, fine…go Michigan or, more likely, Alabama!

OK. We got those points back + 1 more and ran some clock. Lets close out the half by stopping USC again. Or not.

One of the announcers said that Royce Freeman played on the team at the same time as LaMichael James, that because LaMichael was so good UO put Royce at WR, and then capped his erroneous sentence off by calling Mariota “Marioti.” Ugh.

First, I don’t like our uniform choice for this game. But, wow…that is a horrible helmet design for Utah. That said, they beat us before is some horrible choices. Oh well. Go Ducks! Beat those guys, no matter what we or they are wearing. PS - if we wore the old school road version of last week’s throwbacks I KNOW we would win this game.

While not the start I expected (not surprised WSU came to play though)….better to be ahead at half than behind. We are going to need some stops by our D in the second half. Ward is on fire. And obviously we can help ourselves with a score on drive on in Q3. We shall see. GO DUCKS! PS - Pac12 refs are terrible. It’s not even if they get a call wrong (which they do), but the bumbling around and not knowing where the ball goes or what player a penalty is on.

I received my new retro Ducks jersey this week. I like it! I also have a retail Ducks jersey from the late 80s/early 90s. See which you like better. For what it's worth, I wore the vintage jersey to the Ducks RB win vs Wisconsin in January 2020. So, there's that. .

The second school I root for is Iowa. I was born on that campus and my parents both graduated from there. As such, I've rooted for them behind OBD for years. So, I've had consistent experience watching BIG 10 games. They indeed do often kick off at 9am Pacific - not all of them, but weekly there are kickoffs at that time. I can envision UO games in the Midwest or East vs "lesser" BIG 10 teams (right now, Indiana, Rutgers, Northwestern, Maryland and yes...maybe Iowa...although they are 5-1 just saying) kicking off just after 9am Pacific. For me, a couple of those a year might be kinda fun. I would not want all non-west coast based games to kick that early, however. We shall see! Meanwhile, GO DUCKS, BEAT WSU!

We had the turnover at the end of the first half, we had the lead in the fourth quarter. Both of those advantages were negated by going for a fourth down situation pursuing a winning TD vs kicking relatively make able FGs. I like aggression, but I’ve been on the planet long enough to know that at times you take what you can get and live to fight for the win later. Our coaches failed to see this longer term strategy. PS - I know hindsight is 20/20, but ever Duck fan I know was SCREAMING for the FGs.

We are good. Our coach is good. But, a) WA is special this year and in particular their QB, and b) we (meaning Lanning) screwed up by not taking those FGs. Very likely 6 points in what ended up a three point loss. Oh well, Live and learn. Just please…learn quickly.

Our guys played well today. We could have won. Penix is REAL. My ONE BIG take-away from the game today is that coaching decisions cost us. Goiing for it on 4th down this game (twice) was both akin to last year’s decisions vs WA but EVEN MORE COSTLY this year. What if we kick those short FGs? Maybe we win or force OT. OK….worst thing ever? No. A little concerning? Yes. Dan, please reference 150 years of football. I can live with a winning season without a playoff spot, but for a “special” season, we now need to win out. Margin just got thin.

This game was close.Either team could have won. Our guys played well enough to win and the UW QB is clearly nails. Our coach decided to roll the dice twice for TDs vs pretty make-able FGSs.. We failed on both of those go-for-it attempts. It cost us. Who knows how things would have turned out if we made both those FGs. Win? I’d say more than 50% chance. If the last name of our coach today was “Mark Helfich,” what would you think? All that said, well…poop. Lets win the rest and rematch with the Dawgs in a neutral site and beat them there!

Lets score on our first possession of the second half and PLAY SOME D! Also, how will our players compare to UW’s in terms of endurance in Q4? That could come into play….depth. We shall see.

I like the egg shell uniforms. I would prefer green and yellow, knowing that the road requires a white jersey. BUT…no matter what our guys are wearing, a) we will look better than the UW, and b) uniform colors don’t negate talent and desire. Lets win this thing!

Hi all. I love this forum and read posts and comments often, but rarely post myself. I’ve been attending the UO vs UW rivalry in person as often as possible since 1987 and accumulated some great memories and witnessed some terrible behavior by fans – leading to my always increasing love of the Ducks and ever present and intense dislike of the Huskies. With the big game coming up Saturday, I am compelled to share some of those memories that you might find familiar and I hope entertaining. Best memories - theme: great times! Going with my dad to this game in Seattle while I was a student at UO (1988-1992). Sure, we lost, but with my dad now gone, these games take on much more importance and fond recollections. Side note, this rivalry was played four times in Seattle from 1989-1993 with UW winning all of them. Hmmm. Beating the UW 12 in a row and, moreover, 20 of the last 27. Pick any of the 12 during the win streak. I attended many – both in Seattle and Eugene. You KNEW were going to win. Dawg fans barked….and we killed them anyway. Also, as a lifelong Seattle resident (except when at UO) those 12 years were BLISSFUL with zero Dawg BS, except on game days. PS – all it took was one win in 2016 and UW fans were back to their “we dominate you” attitudes. Being there in the mid-90s when UO won IN SEATTLE….twice! I was there in Seattle in 1995 when we won. At the time, this is something I thought I’d never see. I was also in the end zone area in 1997 when Akil Smith hit speedster Pat Johnson for a massive TD in the win in Seattle. Being at the game in Eugene when the Joey Harrington-led Ducks beat the Marcus Tuiasosopo-led Dawgs in 2000. That year we topped UW, UW beat OS, OS beat us…setting up UW somehow getting the league title. But we beat them head-to-head! Terry Obee reverse for the TD and win in Eugene in 1987. Am I right? I was there. That moment in Seattle (the one where UO wore all white maybe for the first time) when all the Husky fans missed the fake hand off by QB Dennis Dixon, cheered what they thought was a tackle of our RB at the line of scrimmage, then suddenly realized Dixon was running for big yards down the field. That time at Taylor’s in Eugene for breakfast before a mid-day game with my Husky friend when a young woman UO fan (student?) confidently sat at our booth and opened up a folder of pictures showing criminals who were UW students, players, or graduates. Her approach with my buddy of “As a UW fan, which of these UW criminals do you think best represents the Huskies?” as she flipped through pictures of Ted Bundy, Jeremy Stevens, Hope Solo, and more infamous dawgs was GENIUS. SO FUNNY! PS - to his credit, my buddy thought it was hilarious too. Worst memories – theme: unprovoked arrogance and aggression. Night game. Husky stadium. 1999. The one where Harrington replaced AJ Feely mid-game. Before the game, an insane crowd was inside the gates but not yet in the stands. My wife and I were working our way towards our section amongst the throng. We were minding our own business, but certainly wearing green. Out of the hordes steps a 30-something guy dressed in a purple and yellow medieval kings robe and crown and carrying a cross with a rubber chicken (supposed to be a duck) crucified on it – painted green and yellow. With his angry eyes upon us and standing directly in front of us, he simply extended the cross towards us and screamed, “Fricken-YOU.!" Of course he didn't say "Fricken." Classy. Same game as above. In the stands and during the game, a Husky fan a section over clocked that I was rooting for the Ducks and started yelling and swearing at me. Again, so classy. Mind you, all I was doing was cheering. Not jeering anyone. After a couple instances of this, I replied to the guy with something pretty lame, but it seemed to work. I just yelled back something like, “Hey, I bet you didn’t go to UW. What was your major? What year did you graduate?” For whatever reason, that shut him up. Again in Seattle. Last game of the old Husky Stadium. Night game. Two situations unfolded one right after the other. Backdrop: we are GOING to win and did. While out on the concourse to get a hot dog (terrible at Husky Stadium by the way), all of a sudden I’m blasted in the back. Nobody was attacking me, but there was a fight right behind me and one of the participants was shoved my way and slammed into me. I turned around to see that it was about and saw three UW fans pushing around a UO fan. I have no idea how that started, but all I saw was a three-on-one going down. Security arrived and moved all of them out. Right after that, I went to the restroom and while standing in line looked up the edifice of the stadium to see a really drunk middle-aged guy leaning over the parapet and shouting down at me genius things like, “win a Rose Bowl!” and “win a title!” and some choice swear words. Very drunk. I turned to the guy next to me and simply said, “You never want to be that guy – old, drunk, and yelling at people about football.” The game in 1988 was in Eugene. I was at the UO bookstore on 13th Street before the game looking to score some Duck swag. An older couple (late 60s, early 70s) decked out in UW gear was walking toward me in the crowded store. As they approached, I moved aside as a sign of, oh…I don’t know…just not being a jerk to old people. For my courtesy, I was treated to a snide comment. ”See, Duck fans know who’s boss.” Wow. Not sweary. Not even looking at me. Just a condescending comment for no reason. This cemented Husky arrogance in my mind forever. Lastly…and sorry fellow UO fans…this one was done by our side. The 2008 game was in Eugene. Night game. Me and a very good friend who is a UW fan went to Eugene for the game and hung out in the sun on the patio at Taylor’s all afternoon. Very fun and no crap given to my friend. But then, as people were starting to walk over to the stadium, two young UO fans (students?) came up and were really ugly and insulting to my friend. We did nothing to provoke. Nothing. We shot back some mild retorts along the lines of “yeah, hope you have good game” or “have fun” hoping they would just go away. Guess what? They didn’t. It got worse as we continued to walk to Autzen. Lots of verbal abuse. Lewd too. We eventually convinced them that it wasn’t worth the effort they were putting out. They kind of knocked it off before the bridge over the Willamette and eventually walked ahead of us. This was just the warmup though. After we crossed the bridge, we came up upon a small group of UO students and one of them was a very big, very buff, and VERY drunk guy. Upon seeing me with my UW friend, he immediately wanted to fight me and him. He said in a slurry voice and holding a 12 pack of beer in one hand, “You’re worse than them! You should not hang with Dawgs!” He wanted to fight and I was getting ready to defend myself. Luckily, this oaf had a girlfriend who was sober, or at least not as drunk. She pleaded with her “man” to back off and he listened to her. He yell/slurred some other comments at us and moved on. The girlfriend said to me, “Sorry about that. He gets that way when he drinks.” Wow. I did not say anything but thought, “Girl, you need to get as far away from that guy as possible.” Sure, drunk youth and all, but it was also he an object lesson in what people are willing to say and do to each other over FOOTBALL.