Like I said, great win, but I think this has all been built up way too much, in my opinion. I’d be saying the same thing even I was on the other side of Saturday’s game. Thanks for putting it in perspective.

It sort of all hit home for me when I was standing outside the gates of Reser before the game, watching players (Ducks and Beavs) stroll down to the stadium to check out the turf, etc. College sports are a big deal, do doubt at all, but these players are just kids…. and I think we need to remember that.

Perhaps that’s a feeble way to look at it, but I don’t know. Just my opinion.

If we get out of control, we’re no better than the person(s) we constantly complain about.

And this has nothing to do with the Duck fans, but I was impressed with how classy the Oregon players won this game. It almost makes the loss easier to swallow. When they were out warming up with the white jerseys, white pants, and green helmet (very classic look, despite the bells and whistles), I told my friend that I expected them to come out of the locker room in the camo’s that we’ve been hearing about or some other crazy concoction. They didn’t. They stayed in the classic Oregon look. It wasn’t about flash or glamor, and that impressed me.

Also, while they did the whole wilted rose thing, they didn’t do it to our fans. They all congregated to the center of the field as a team, and I expected a battle to happen. I expected them to start jumping up and down and making gestures to the crowd. This didn’t happen. They met up as a team, and then ran over to the UO fans to celebrate. It was one of the classiest ways to celebrate a victory this monumental at someone else’s stadium. And this all in what sometimes can be considered a very un-classy rivalry.