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Pages from time scrapbook
One of the biggest football games in the history of Oregon football takes place tomorrow. Alumni and other Duck fans will be waddling to Corvallis
to watch the big battle. In anticipation of the 104th Civil War game, we asked a few alumni to share their favorite memories of the University of Oregon
with our readers. We hope you enjoy reading a little blast from the past. Go Ducks!
Exercising creativity
Ahh, those fond memories of pulver
izing the rodents every late fall. Just like
clockwork. If it’s November, then it
must be time to crush the Orange and
Black Bozos from up north. I suppose I
shouldn’t tell you about the story that
almost ran in the Nov. 16, 1984, fake
Oregon State Barometer that the Emer
ald put out for the Civil War.
I was sports editor at the Emerald,
and with the help of colleague Rob Col
lias, we took one of those Hollywood
film stills from some pathetic B-movie
and made an entertaining story for the
Pumpkinheads to try to decipher. As
you well know, most true Beavs only
understand pictures, and the cartoons
are always the most popular part of the
paper.
If memory serves me right (I’ve had a
few too many Civil War celebrations at
Rennie’s), we had a movie picture of
these baffled Oregon State cowboys in
their underwear, tied to a tree. With that
visual image in mind, we wrote a cap
tion for the photo, having Oregon
State’s legendary Great Pumpkin coach
Tweedle-Dum Android (Dee Andros)
tying his mortified players to the tree
for some needed pre-game work with -
their present coach — Joe “Must Go”
Avocado (Avezzano).
After we put this skewed Avezzano’s
Fable to bed, we couldn’t wait to make
the morning journey to MOO-U for de
livery of the finished project. Unfortu
nately, my Sensitive Politically Correct
Editor became horrified and pulled my
story just before it hit the presses. But
this is Civil War, I protested loudly af
terward. What a shame. The story and
picture would have been glorious.
To add injury to insult, I ended up
getting a ticket from the Beaver Patrol
while delivering the fake Barometers to
Cowtown barn stalls (fraternities and
sororities) that morning. I was cited for
malicious littering by one of their
wannabe campus cops. The Rodent Pa
trol found out I was from Eugene and
that was it. Hang 'em high by his Duck
bill! We were also falsely accused of
stealing all the real Barometers (who
would want those rags anyway?). This
was unfounded because their paper
was late arriving by their one and only
still-running mode of student trans
portation — a John Deere tractor.
Afterward, I tried to get my extremely
unfair and unjust penalty reduced but
lost even more money when it went to
their courts. Those judges just don’t
have any sense of humor when it comes
to the superiority of the green and yel
low intellect. And the moral of this Civ
il War story? A happy ending, of course,
for the Ducks.
Oregon hammered those trick-or
treaters 31-6 in November 1984 on a
frightful night in Corn-vallis. What
makes the Civil War series even more
memorable was that our coach, Rick
Brooks, was a former Beaver.
Keep up the bumbling, Beavs. You
may be popping off now, but you’ll be
Duck fodder on Saturday — as usual.
Go Ducks! See you in Pasadena!
Brent De La Paz
class of‘85
Lyrical tomfoolery
My sophomore year at Oregon (1978
79), I was sports supplement editor of
the Emerald, and my good friend John
Harris was sports editor. We went to
Corvallis for the 1978 Civil War game,
and the Ducks won handily (I believe
24-7). After the game, several Oregon
players were chanting an extremely
profane rendition of the Oregon State
fight song. I persuaded John to include
the profane lyrics in italics as the lead
paragraph to his game story on Monday.
We got in a lot of trouble over that with
our editor. The University president
apologized to Oregon State over the
matter. I would do it again today. That’s
what student newspapers are all about.
God knows I haven’t been able to do
anything like that in 20 years in the
newspaper business.
Ken Sands
class of‘81
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In the band
While I attended the University some
20 years ago, the football program left
much to be desired. My fondest recol
lections on campus were still during
the fall as a member of the Oregon
Marching and Basketball Bands. I am
happy to announce that the Fighting
Duck Alumni Band has done much to
preserve these memories. (Side note:
While I was a student, the football team
never lost to the Beavers!)
Jeannette Crahan Hodapp
class of‘82
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Fond childhood remembrances
I have so many wonderful memories
of the University, it is difficult to choose
one. But as I sit here on this beautiful
November afternoon, looking at the or
ange, red and yellow leaves in the west
hills of Portland, I am drawn back to
similar Saturday mornings of my child
hood when my father and 1 would drive
to Eugene to watch Duck football
games. I was perhaps no more than 7
years old, but I remember driving up to
the campus "Co-Op" (now the Universi
ty Bookstore) to look at the Duck T
shirts and assorted memorabilia. We
would then drive to Bob’s Drive-in for a
19-cent burger ("It's not a burger, it's a
Bob's!”) and a milkshake before we
headed to Autzen Stadium. The walk
up the ramp at Autzen was always spe
cial, as I knew I.would soon see Dan
Fouts, Bobby Moore and those green
shirts and yellow pants when I reached
the top of the stadium. There were far
more losses than wins then, but my dad
and I loved watching the Ducks. Now,
with visions of Rose Bowls in my head,
I'm looking forward to taking my 6- and
2-year-old boys to Eugene for their first !
Duck game next year.
Jeff Nudelman
class of‘83
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Expectations satisfied
... almost
For some (now inexplicable) reason,
during my final days at the University, I
couldn’t wait to graduate and hit the
working world. I realize only now how
great we had it as students ... three day
weekends (I was in the business school
and never had classes on Fridays); nap
time opportunities every afternoon; be
ing able to get anywhere I needed via
my bicycle, including home from the
bars; watching “90210” and believing it
was quality TV. I remember walking
from our apartment at Park Grove to
campus through brilliant leaves that
were falling from the trees; I remember
mug night at Guido’s and breakfast at
the Glenwood. I remember friends that I
made for a lifetime and an education
that I’ve done well by. The University
gave me almost everything I wanted
while I was there — except for a Rose
Bowl trip. Let’s make it this year!
Jenifer (Crowe) Schaerer
class of‘94
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Sweet revenge
The most exciting Civil War game I
recall was the 1972 win against Oregon
State, 30-3, at Parker Stadium in Cor
vallis. It almost turned into a real war.
The year before, Oregon lost at home to
Oregon State in a heartbreaker, 30-29,
and coach Jerry Frei resigned. So Duck
fans packed into Parker Stadium in
1972 for some payback.
I was shooting photos for the Emer
ald and I could feel the tension and ani
mosity in the stadium. Duck fans were
sick of that god-awful cannon that Ore
gon State always fired off with every
score and they had no respect for
Beaver coach Dee Andros, whom they
derisively called “The Great Pumpkin.”
The Ducks, under coach Dick Enright,
ran up the score, and Duck fans went
wild at halftime, swarming over one of
the Parker Stadium goal posts and tear
ing it down.
As the game turned into a rout, Ore
gon State fans angered by the halftime
insult began to gather near the remain
ing goal post to defend it, and I could
see a battle was likely. When the final
gun sounded, a melee ensued. Deliri
ous Duck fans surged toward the re
maining goal post and were met on the
field by mad Beaver backers. That end
of the field turned into a huge brawl un
der the lights. I had not come equipped
to photograph “night action,” so I did
my best to stay out of the way of swing
ing fists and protect my cameras and
lenses. The goal post swayed, but did
not come down.
Phil Waldstein
class of 76
Words of wisdom
Being in college is like being in a time
machine. You start at one time and
place and end up in a completely differ
ent one. And perhaps more than at any
other time, you control the destination.
Kinda scary when you think what hap
pens to most folks with a learner’s per
mit. I’ve traveled a lot since my days in
Duckdom and I’ve learned a little wis
dom I’d like to share.
Do go to graduate school within two
years of graduation, but plan it now. If
grad school is out, at least learn a sec
ond language. Have kids sooner rather
then later. Get married later rather then
sooner. (Yeah, I know.) Don’t expect too
much from your job, but expect a lot
from yourself. Travel — now and later.
Figure out what part of the world you
want to live in and don’t let work take
you elsewhere. And don’t get hung up
on that one page resumd thing; most
folks can’t write two coherent pages, so
you’ll be well ahead in a couple of
ways. OK, that’s it. Good luck, and
write when you get work.
Tracy Simpson
class of 79
Correction
On page 5 on Thursday’s Emerald, the
30-17 prediction of a Duck football win
Saturday should have been attributed to
receiver Marshaun Tucker. The Emerald
regrets the error.