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Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: Tiger Wench on January 24, 2011, 01:09:15 PM
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I was just thinking about the BCSNC game.
If Auburn had lost, I think I would have been devastated. "Just happy to be there" and "SEC champs" and "Iron Bowl champs" and "perfect regular season"... yeah, whatever, none of that would have been enough, I think. I might have said those things out loud, but inside. Ripped to pieces. Crushed.
But that is just to be expected from SEC fans, no? Do y'all think the Duck fans are feeling like that? I am not talking about the players and coaches -of course they feel terrible. People all over the US know how passionate SEC fans are - but I just don't associate the PAC-whatever and oregon with passionate fans. The low turnout they had for the game was proof to me that they just aren't that into it.
I have not explored any Duck message boards, but I know that had AU lost that game, the healing would still not yet have begun here or on al.com open forums or BOL or any other SEC board.
Thoughts?
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I think they just hit another bowl and called it good.
"Don't know what I was on but I think it grows in Oregon"
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I was just thinking about the BCSNC game.
If Auburn had lost, I think I would have been devastated. "Just happy to be there" and "SEC champs" and "Iron Bowl champs" and "perfect regular season"... yeah, whatever, none of that would have been enough, I think. I might have said those things out loud, but inside. Ripped to pieces. Crushed.
But that is just to be expected from SEC fans, no? Do y'all think the Duck fans are feeling like that? I am not talking about the players and coaches -of course they feel terrible. People all over the US know how passionate SEC fans are - but I just don't associate the PAC-whatever and oregon with passionate fans. The low turnout they had for the game was proof to me that they just aren't that into it.
I have not explored any Duck message boards, but I know that had AU lost that game, the healing would still not yet have begun here or on al.com open forums or BOL or any other SEC board.
Thoughts?
We didn't beat them, they beat themselves. That's the company line.
They fully expect to be back next year and aren't fazed.
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We didn't beat them, they beat themselves. That's the company line.
Holy shit. They have really taken this Alabama fandom seriously.
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I have zero to go on other than scanning a couple of Quack message boards and my own feelings. Agree 100% that it would have crushed AU fans far more simply because of the league we play in. So many of us SEC fans put college football right up there with the top 1-2 passions in life. (Almost ahead of deer huntin' for some people) I think we, as Auburn fans, needed that for some validation....to be able to say we belong with the elite in the league and college football in general. We proved it.
I don't care what any other Auburn fan says about admitting this because it may just be me that feels this way. But, I think we needed that to wipe out that little brother syndrome perception that so many have/had...once and for all. You can line up the records as was done in another thread and show all day how our program stacks up against Bama's, BUT...we never could say we've accomplished what they have always thrown up in our faces. This is the final piece to the puzzle...for me anyway.
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When I got on the elevator at my hotel in Tempe that night, there was a Duck alum, I'd guess in his late 30s, with his son who was about 9 or 10. And the son was just bawling. Father said that kid was just devastated they didn't win.
I told the kid that I was his age in 83, was a student for 93, and an alum in 04. It hurts, but you get over it.
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When I got on the elevator at my hotel in Tempe that night, there was a Duck alum, I'd guess in his late 30s, with his son who was about 9 or 10. And the son was just bawling. Father said that kid was just devastated they didn't win.
I told the kid that I was his age in 83, was a student for 93, and an alum in 04. It hurts, but you get over it.
I would have waved a shaker in his face. And yelled WOOOOOO!
Wait. I'm not Prowler.
I would have bought the kid a drink.
Wait...
nevermind.
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I would have gave the kid a joint
And from the couple of friends that I have that live in Oregon, this is not too far fetched.
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I would have waved a shaker in his face. And yelled WOOOOOO!
Wait. I'm not Prowler.
I would have bought the kid a drink.
Wait...
nevermind.
:bugs:
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I will say a few things. Devastation...a bit too strong, surely disappointed. It surely deflated an ego created by Nike. Most have moved on...the die-hards thinking of next season. It's winter....rainy...cloudy...people are thinking about
spring summer sunshine and warm temperatures.
The Ducks like the Beavers have never had much success until recently. They (most out here will disagree) don't have the hatred like we share with Alabama. Passionate is lacking for those reasons. Auburn fans definitely wanted this more...it was AU's turn. Most Duck fans felt it was a bonus to a perfect season.
I can only speculate a significant (perhaps a bit strong but whatever) percentage of Oregonians did not know the Ducks were playing for the national title. I know there were several on the airplane asking "What Game"? only to be berated by a few drunk duck fans. On a side note: The Spinning class I take at the gym is on Monday's @ 5:30. The instructor told me they had a full class on BCS night.
It was apparent the excitement prior to the game. News outlets, businesses and many band-wagoners showed there support for the Ducks. The fitness center was a sea of yellow and green. Today...nothing. A Friday evening on 3rd Street was yellow and green now it's the typical wine crowd with the occasional supporter of either teh Duck or Beaver. Coffee stand boards now read 2 for 1 mocha's.
I've settled back in my own little AU world in the PNW...just this time with a bigger smile.
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I will say a few things. Devastation...a bit too strong, surely disappointed. It surely deflated an ego created by Nike. Most have moved on...the die-hards thinking of next season. It's winter....rainy...cloudy...people are thinking about spring summer sunshine and warm temperatures.
The Ducks like the Beavers have never had much success until recently. They (most out here will disagree) don't have the hatred like we share with Alabama. Passionate is lacking for those reasons. Auburn fans definitely wanted this more...it was AU's turn. Most Duck fans felt it was a bonus to a perfect season.
I can only speculate a significant (perhaps a bit strong but whatever) percentage of Oregonians did not know the Ducks were playing for the national title. I know there were several on the airplane asking "What Game"? only to be berated by a few drunk duck fans. On a side note: The Spinning class I take at the gym is on Monday's @ 5:30. The instructor told me they had a full class on BCS night.
It was apparent the excitement prior to the game. News outlets, businesses and many band-wagoners showed there support for the Ducks. The fitness center was a sea of yellow and green. Today...nothing. A Friday evening on 3rd Street was yellow and green now it's the typical wine crowd with the occasional supporter of either teh Duck or Beaver. Coffee stand boards now read 2 for 1 mocha's.
I've settled back in my own little AU world in the PNW...just this time with a bigger smile.
Soooooo, you moved up there for teh dope?
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On a side note: The Spinning class I take at the gym is on Monday's @ 5:30. The instructor told me they had a full class on BCS night.
You know the rest of the world calls this riding a stationary bicycle.
Spinning is something you do with fiber to make yarn.
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You know the rest of the world calls this riding a stationary bicycle.
Spinning is something you do with fiber to make yarn.
The local Textile Engineer agrees! :vn:
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The local Textile Engineer agrees! :vn:
Do you still have the knitting you had to do for homework? I remember going over to a friend's his and his roommate is sitting there with his knitting needles. We just stared and he yelled at us, "It's my f***ing homework!"
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Do you still have the knitting you had to do for homework? I remember going over to a friend's his and his roommate is sitting there with his knitting needles. We just stared and he yelled at us, "It's my f***ing homework!"
He's full of shit! We never, ever, ever had knit at home, only in class........
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He's full of shit! We never, ever, ever had knit at home, only in class........
He was making his girlfriend a sweater.
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Btw, I would've been devastated somewhat. I know before the game, I told Chop and Jumbo that whatever happens, whatever the outcome is, it has been a hell of a ride and just to sit here in Pheonix Stadium sharing a laugh with Jumbo and the rest of the cool X guys and eating the awesome Big Ass Chilli Dawg is just fuckin' sweet......Then we kicked off, the Oregon returner dropped the ball then was clobbered for about a 5 yard gain, all that whore shit went right out the fuckin' window. I wanted the Damn Championship....I wanted to kill the Ducks, I wanted to dance around covered in Duck's blood...Fuck 'em ALL and feed 'em fish heads. I wish we would've beat 'em by a Hundred and Fitty...WOOOOO!!!!!
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If he duck had of won, I would have fought my way out of the Pheonix Dome. I was all in and I would have hurt more fuckers than you could have imagined. I'm not a pussy like Kaos....
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If he duck had of won, I would have fought my way out of the Pheonix Dome. I was all in and I would have hurt more fuckers than you could have imagined. I'm not a pussy like Kaos....
How that guy passed out beside us is absolutely amazing....I know he was completely blitzed, but DAMN!!! I don't think he would've been too devastated, lol. I was getting kinda tired of hearing him say Coach Cheeeeeze...like in the middle of a play. I don't think he actually knew where he was. When Cam fumbled, you and I were pissed, then I looked over at that guy and he said....Coach Cheeeeze!!! I actually started laughing. Then 5 minutes later he was out.
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How that guy passed out beside us is absolutely amazing....I know he was completely blitzed, but DAMN!!! I don't think he would've been too devastated, lol. I was getting kinda tired of hearing him say Coach Cheeeeeze...like in the middle of a play. I don't think he actually knew where he was. When Cam fumbled, you and I were pissed, then I looked over at that guy and he said....Coach Cheeeeze!!! I actually started laughing. Then 5 minutes later he was out.
You should have stolen his shoes and tossed them down the aisle. I don't think nobody around you would have cared.
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How that guy passed out beside us is absolutely amazing....I know he was completely blitzed, but DAMN!!! I don't think he would've been too devastated, lol. I was getting kinda tired of hearing him say Coach Cheeeeeze...like in the middle of a play. I don't think he actually knew where he was. When Cam fumbled, you and I were pissed, then I looked over at that guy and he said....Coach Cheeeeze!!! I actually started laughing. Then 5 minutes later he was out.
You sat next to Garman?
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You sat next to Garman?
Zing!
We also had a drunk passer-outer near us. He showed up to his seat thirty minutes before kickoff triple-fisted. I thought, "Nice of him to bring his wife and buddy a beer." Nope, they were all for him.
He was glassy eyed in the 2nd quarter (after more trips to the beer stand) and passed out at the half. He got up at the start of the third and headed up for more booze. Came back down the aisle, clearly confused as to his seat location, and cruised right past his row. His wife got up to chase him down, got to the aisle and said, audibly, "Fuck it." and went back to her seat.
He reached the bottom of the aisle and started back up towards the top (beer now empty). His wife, presumably fearing another run to the beer stand, got up and escorted him to the concession stand. He returned with three hot dogs, a coke, and one pissed off woman.
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Zing!
We also had a drunk passer-outer near us. He showed up to his seat thirty minutes before kickoff triple-fisted. I thought, "Nice of him to bring his wife and buddy a beer." Nope, they were all for him.
He was glassy eyed in the 2nd quarter (after more trips to the beer stand) and passed out at the half. He got up at the start of the third and headed up for more booze. Came back down the aisle, clearly confused as to his seat location, and cruised right past his row. His wife got up to chase him down, got to the aisle and said, audibly, "Fuck it." and went back to her seat.
He reached the bottom of the aisle and started back up towards the top (beer now empty). His wife, presumably fearing another run to the beer stand, got up and escorted him to the concession stand. He returned with three hot dogs, a coke, and one pissed off woman.
Was his wife hot?
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Was his wife hot?
Not really.
That may have had something to do with the scowl of death she was sporting most of the game, though.
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Not really.
That may have had something to do with the scowl of death she was sporting most of the game, though.
O-fan?
My 83' Sugar Bowl experience was one to remember/forget. Spent all day on Burrbinz Skreet of course and about 2 hours before kickoff, found a daquari shop that served everything with 151 rumz. Already quite toasty, I partook of 2 large ones and headed for the StuporDome. As soon as I walked in....drink kiosk right in front of me.
Fast forward..I spent the entire 2nd half walkng around the concourse calling Meat Chicken fans stupid fuckers. I did stumble back in time to see the game winning field goal but that was the last highlite of that particular trip. Girlfriend...now wife..was less than humored by my actions. I think she took a wine bottle upside my dome at some point that evening.
Good times.
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Not really.
That may have had something to do with the scowl of death she was sporting most of the game, though.
That was her O-face...
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O-fan?
Can't speak to the lady's affinity for gettin her rocks off, but they were Auburn fans.
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O-fan?
My 83' Sugar Bowl experience was one to remember/forget. Spent all day on Burrbinz Skreet of course and about 2 hours before kickoff, found a daquari shop that served everything with 151 rumz. Already quite toasty, I partook of 2 large ones and headed for the StuporDome. As soon as I walked in....drink kiosk right in front of me.
Fast forward..I spent the entire 2nd half walkng around the concourse calling Meat Chicken fans stupid fuckers. I did stumble back in time to see the game winning field goal but that was the last highlite of that particular trip. Girlfriend...now wife..was less than humored by my actions. I think she took a wine bottle upside my dome at some point that evening.
Good times.
You should have known then... :sad:
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You should have known then... :sad:
I quite deserved it. Very surprised I didn't get my head ripped off and some Meat Chicken fan shit down my neck. I did Auburn proud that night.
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I quite deserved it. Very surprised I didn't get my head ripped off and some Meat Chicken fan shit down my neck. I did Auburn proud that night.
You do Auburn proud every game...with the 1980 Auburn shirt and the stonewash jeans....you rock dude!
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You do Auburn proud every game...with the 1980 Auburn shirt and the stonewash jeans....you rock dude!
Fuck you, fuck you and fuck you. Who's next?
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Fuck you, fuck you and fuck you. Who's next?
Dude...no one can rock this shirt like you can...come on now!
(http://www.tigersx.com/images/hamner shirt.jpg)
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On a side note: The Spinning class I take at the gym is on Monday's @ 5:30.
You lost me here and I am not sure if you will ever get me back...
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You lost me here and I am not sure if you will ever get me back...
The use of shift key as thrown you off.
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Dude...no one can rock this shirt like you can...come on now!
(http://www.tigersx.com/images/hamner shirt.jpg)
I thought that was Harvey Birdman. :)
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I thought that was Harvey Birdman. :)
I, at least, can not tell from the picture. I lack X-ray vision. The shirt is covering his "parts".
Auesquire was a kool kat. This picture shows striking similarities.
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Cheap photoshop. That's clearly an XXXLarge.
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I, at least, can not tell from the picture. I lack X-ray vision. The shirt is covering his "parts".
Auesquire was a kool kat. This picture shows striking similarities.
Good one. Its hard to tell if he still has his nut sack form this particular angle.
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Good one. Its hard to tell if he still has his nut sack form this particular angle.
Ha bitch. I'll have you know that I have a very large nuttz sack with me right now. It has no nuttz in it, but that's not important.
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Ha bitch. I'll have you know that I have a very large nuttz sack with me right now. It has no nuttz in it, but that's not important.
Sooo, you still have the ol' leather satchel?
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Additional comment(s)...
The "Duck Hunt" T-shirt is a hit with Beaver nation. This shirt, as mentioned in previous threads on the X, has been well received. It could cross over to Beaver nation...replacing Aubie with Bennie the Beaver. Obliviously, the wording will need to be changed too.
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Additional comment(s)...
The "Duck Hunt" T-shirt is a hit with Beaver nation. This shirt, as mentioned in previous threads on the X, has been well received. It could cross over to Beaver nation...replacing Aubie with Bennie the Beaver. Obliviously, the wording will need to be changed too.
Amazing how that never dawned on them, as their biggest rivals. How Auburn fans are the first ones to make the Duck-Hunt correlation is astounding to me.
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Moral Victory PAC 10 Championship Parade...I assume it was this past weekend. There is a video as well but not worth watching.
EUGENE - The Oregon Ducks football team, spread over two flatbed trucks, rode into the Eugene Park Blocks Saturday morning providing the crescendo to the Celebrating Champions Parade.
It didn’t matter to the thousands in attendance that the Ducks weren't triumphantly toting the BCS national championship trophy they failed to capture Jan. 10 in Glendale, Ariz., where they lost to Auburn 22-19.
The fact that the Ducks had made it that far and brought positive attention to the area was enough for these fans as they celebrated the university and dozens of other positive entities that help makeup the communities of Eugene and Springfield.
"As the speaker for this group I can't tell you how much it means to this football team, the support that we get from this community," Oregon coach Chip Kelly said to the crowd at the conclusion off the parade."It's not like this anyplace else in the country."
The parade began at about 10 a.m. near the Oregon campus and west down 13th Ave. to Kincaid Street, north to 11th Ave., west to Oak, then north to 8th Ave., ending at the Park Blocks at about 11:45 a.m.
The post-parade ceremony included performances by the UO Gospel Singers, directed by former UO running back Andiel Brown, as well as the student a capella group On the Rocks.
"We have so much to celebrate about our wonderful University of Oregon and our whole community," Eugene mayor Kitty Piercy said to the crowd prior to the Ducks taking the stage. "I thank the University of Oregon football team for giving us the inspiration for this event. And for giving us so much joy, excitement and so much pride all through the season."
The parade included representatives of 49 different groups, including 20 programs representing the University of Oregon such as the College of Education and the Arts and Sciences department. Other entries included ATA Martial Arts and the Cal Young Middle School Band.
When the trucks carrying the players arrived at the Park Blocks, fans greeted them with a huge ovation. Many ran into the street to get closer to the trucks.
The players exited the vehicles and found their way to the right side of the stage where they could view the ceremony.
Joining Mayor Piercy on stage were Springfield mayor Christine Lundberg, University president Richard W. Lariviere and athletic director Rob Mullens.
“The real source of pride for all of us, for me personally as well, is how this football team and the entire athletic program represent the values of the university and the values of this community,†Lariviere said. “Innovation, irreverence, stubbornness, scrappiness, character and integrity. And we have an attitude that exceeds our size. We’re grateful for what the football team has done for us for bringing the attention of the entire country unto this university and community.â€
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how cute.
meanwhile in Auburn 78,000 people showed up to celebrate the National Championship.
PARTY CITY USA! Way to Go Ducks, Oregon is the true National Champions! Those hillbillies in Auburn can believe whatever they want, we know who the true Champs are.
A second place parade? Are you kidding. Only in Eugene. Uncle Phil never celebrates a second place market share. You should learn a lesson.
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So they had a parade celebrating that they lost? What a bunch of fucking losers. Simply solidifies the stereotype I have of those PNW weirdos.
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It's like the Special Olympics, everbody gets a medal. Or a parade in this case...
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The post-parade ceremony included performances by the UO Gospel Singers, directed by former UO running back Andiel Brown, as well as the student a capella group On the Rocks.
(http://i.huffpost.com/gen/66472/thumbs/s-ED-HELMS-SINGING-large.jpg)
Was Here Comes Treble booked?