john healy
Autzen observations
As the 6,000 or so Washington
fans at Autzen Stadium launch
ed into another segment from
Kool and the Gang’s song
“Celebrate,” I was left to ponder
a week’s worth of Oregon foot
ball at the Oregon-Washington
game Saturday afternoon.
That pondering left me with a
satchel full of mixed emotions,
ranging from anger to respect.
My emotions included:
•Sympathy tinged with amaze
ment. Rick Bay, Oregon’s
athletic director, has his heart in
the right place but his foot in his
mouth.
•Anger. Many of Oregon’s fans
at Autzen Saturday should have
stayed at home and watched the
game on the tube rather than
subjecting the rest of us to their
obnoxious, fair-weather temper
tantrums at the Ducks’
“ineptness.”
• Embarrassment. Oregon’s rally
squad, that cherished citadel of
college football Saturdays,
should apply for the first chorus
line job that opens in Las Vegas
and make room for somebody
who will do something other
than bump and grind — like lead
cheers.
•Respect. Rich Brooks is one of
the most underrated coaches in
America, and it is a wonder he
has ever won a game at Oregon
considering the tools the people
of this state have given him to
work with.
Bay started last week off with
a bang when he announced that
general admission tickets would
be sold at reserved seat prices
— a markup from $6 to $13.50.
Bay claimed he was only looking
out for the financial interests of
the athletic department by allow
ing the ebb and flow of supply
and demand to dictate ticket
prices.
He also maintained that the
possibility of changing ticket
prices had been made public
since last summer, and that
other schools in the Pac-10 used
a sliding scale of prices for
home tickets dependent on the
opponent.
But Bay’s bombshell ap
peared to many fans to be solely
caused by Oregon’s sudden
marketability because of its
upset of then ninth-ranked
Arizona and its 2-0 record in the
Pac-10.
They resented having to pay
through the nose to see the
same Ducks that they had sup
ported through consecutive two
win seasons.
I agree with their anger, but
only because I disagree with
Photo by Dav* Kao
Mike Jorgensen got sacked — and along with him, Oregon’s hopes
of beating Washington.
Bay’s approach to the increase,
not the actual increase. The
$13.50 ticket made perfect
sense, bacause income from
gate receipts is one of two major
sources of income for the
athletic department, along with
alumni donations.
In put it bluntly, money buys
wins on Saturday afternoons. If
Oregon fans want a winner, then
they are going to have to pay for
it, and one way is at the gate.
The decision thus becomes
an individual one — if you want
Rich Brooks to put a competitive
football team on the field week
in and week out, then you’re go
ing to have to pay for it. And that
will often mean $13.50 tickets. If
you think that is too much
money to pay for a winning pro
gram, stay home and mow the
lawn or watch Nebraska versus
Oklahoma on the tube.
But for those of you decide to
forego the lawn, please do a lit
tle homework on this year’s
Oregon team before you open
your mouth and tell the rest of
Autzen Stadium how much of a
bum Mike Jorgensen is and how
inept Oregon’s offensive line is.
Maybe if you had been follow
ing Oregon football, you would
know about the series of
devastating injuries that have
crippled the Ducks’ offensive
line, or that nobody has ever
claimed Mike Jorgensen’s
strong suit is passing the ball.
He was, after all, recruited as an
option quarterback.
And you would know that last
week’s win over Arizona was an
upset of gigantic proportions,
and two wins in two Pac-10
games was a minor miracle, as
was the win over Houston.
But instead you came to
Autzen Saturday full of expecta
tions that couldn’t be met, and
then like a two-year-old child
denied a piece of candy, you pro
ceeded to throw a temper
tamtrum.
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