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Win or lose, rain or shine, when the Ducks play,
tailgaters flood Autzen's parking lots before games
BY DAN JONES
FREELANCE REPORTER
Be it 500 highway miles away and
on television, or 30 feet from the
Autzen gridiron heat, local tailgaters
find unique ways to faithfully rally
around the green and yellow. For
these fans, the game is only part of
the fun.
Tailgating is not just sitting in a
parking lot, 24-year-old Jim Brice
said. Fans don’t have to own a
tent or parking pass to get all the
glorious vibes of tailgating jubila
tion, he noted.
“We rally up all the troops
and support our favorite team. We
don’t miss a thing when Oregon is
on the road,” the University
sophomore said.
Taylor said that he travels to
games with five to 10 friends and
usually arrives at least an hour be
fore kickoff. He normally runs into
people he knows and said his
favorite tailgating foods are
bratwursts and cheeseburgers. Talor
added that hanging out before the
contest is an act of dedication
and loyalty.
“We have lots of fun regardless.
Everyone should experience it at
some time or another,” he said.
During the away game against
Stanford, students, alumni and
Duck fans gathered in homes, bars
and other hangouts to catch
the game.
“Duck” VanVoorhis was at Tay
lor’s Bar and Grille on East 13th Av
enue to watch the Stanford game
with three other friends that day. He
said he has been to every home
game since his arrival on campus.
“We hang out at our house, party
a little bit, get some food and go to
the stadium,” he said. “It is the en
vironment of everyone being there
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me there.”
VanVoorhis has tailgated at
Autzen for up to three hours before
a game.“You better be sore and tired
like you just competed in the
game,” he said.
In front of the Len Casanova Ath
letic Center, 64-year-old Larry Lopp
steps through the wet and cold of
Eugene and breaks the surface of a
small puddle with his shoe. He has
been tailgating since 1970, when he
moved to Eugene from Montana.
During his 35 years as a Eugene
resident, he said he has missed
maybe six games and tailgates.
“When I first started watching, I
just thought it was a very exciting
team at the time. They had Dan
Fouts, who went on to be an NFL
Hall of Famer. They were a very ex
plosive offensive team. One of their
best receivers ever in Oregon, Bob
by Newland, played, and they had
Ahmad Rashad, better known as
Bobby Moore at the time,” he said.
The athletes and atmosphere
have kept him returning, Lopp said.
“The people for the company I
work for were all football fans. Back
in the day when you were a football
fan you could get a motor home or
small trailer and have a tailgate,” he
said. “Now we get together with
two parking spots and out of the
backs of the cars we set up food and
tables and stuff.”
Lopp rides the bus to Autzen on
game days at least two hours before
heading into the game.
When it comes to drinking alco
holic beverages before and after
games, Lopp said that everyone
should be responsible, but that
without beer, the stadium would not
be as full.
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