Since ‘05 I’ve had no respect for UA “football” (term used loosely) fans. They did the same when Kellen went down.

Every year they get their one win and get a big head about their 4-7 program. So tired of hearing their “BEAR DOWN” bullshit.

I don’t think it’s a rivalry, just a program that we don’t wanna put up with. I think we have 3 rivalries in our football program.

In order of animosity:
1. Fuskies
2. Beavs
3. Sooners

Does anyone disagree?

I think it will enrage those beavers that you have them at number two on your list but that’s where they belong.
I would love to play the Sooners again. I think it’s awsome that a program loke OU HATES Oregon!
As far as that UA game last year, I remember having a dream the night before where Dixon got hurt and he was out of the game while they were showing a Dixon for Heisman commercial. Weird huh?

I hate their arrogant smug fans more than just about anyone.

I was upset at Arizona fans too, but I let it go. From their perspective, regardless of injuries, they just beat #2 in the nation. That’s a big win. Seeking revenge, whatever. I just want a win, and I’m not seeking any additional meaning to the win.

A true sportsmanship rivalry is due to the competitiveness of the programs, not smugness of the fans.

Oklahoma is a good program, but we only had a spurt of playtime, with the only (slim) chance of the rivalry to live on is the Holiday Bowl. We had a couple good games against them, and we squeaked out a win in a controversial manner. We kicked dirt at each other, but now we’ve gone our separate ways.

Last year, I really enjoyed the discussions we had with the Cal fans here. I would hope they could feel welcomed in the ATQ side in the future for more discussion. The only extent of the rivalry is with the conference competition. Maybe their fans are smug or arrogant, but I haven’t had any problems. And by that same logic, I think Ohio State should be our rival.

The only rivalries I see exist are:
1. Washington
2. Oregon State

Just because they beat a passionless team in ‘06 and an injured team in ‘07, and their coach is an arrogant prick, that does not make them a rival. Arizona is nothing other than a bad football program.

Rivalries require some kind of history. The only two rivalries that exist for UO are OSU and UW.

OSU is like your little brother. You want to kick their ass, but you root for them if they’re playing the guy from out of town. UW is that prick down the street that you just hate. They could be fighting the Red Army and you’d still root for them to get their ass kicked.

Everyone else in the Pac-10 is just a conference game. No more, no less.

And to the guy who mentioned Oklahoma, you have to have more than a handful of games to make a rivalry. Just because there was a controversial game and their fans are whiny little bitches doesn’t make it so.

1) UW
2) OSU

I lived in the Puget Sound region in the early 90’s. The people in that area were so smug and arrogant toward UO and Oregon ( as a state in general ). I remember how the seattle press was always saying “there is no rivalry” with Oregon, “Our rivalry is WSU”. Then one sentence later they would express outrage at how UO had better facilitis than them. Before moving to Puget Sound I had no particular animosity to the region in general (except the fuskies). But its funny how they are always trying to pump themselves up in comparison to Portland and Oregon in general, this is why I don’t like any thing Seattle: the Mariners, seaskwacks, fuskies etc. Although I think they are getting a raw deal for the sonics. And for this business about the seattle franchises as Portland’s teams too, i say screw that. Maybe soon we’ll be able to say hey root for the blazer’s they’re the “Northwest team,” some how I doubt they will be happy with that.

As for the beavers, much to my brother’s chagrine (a die hard beavers fan and a rubber like the rest of them) I root for them as long as they aren’t playng the Ducks.

As for Oklahoma, I’ve always had a certain amount of chagrine for them as I do for say Notre Dame, or Ohio State. But now I really don’t like them because it turns out their fans are a bunch of sorry ass whiners, I recently ran into one here in Anchorage alaska and he started going off an me because I was wearing my Ducks shirt. Isn’t it funny how we all acknowledge the poor calls at the end of the game, yet they absolutely will not even recognize the fact that the previous 55 minutes of the game were riddled with bad calls that wen t in their favor? But I digress, my dislike for them doesn’t lift them to rivalry status antmore than my dislike for USC, or the Lakers.

Yesterday, I drove from Gresham (East-side Portland) down to Lincoln City to meet with one of my brothers down there. We were going to meet up at Devil’s lake and just go fishing (aka drinking beer while drowning worms).

I wish I had a sharpie or something with me, because on the other side of the boat ramp there was Dennis Dixon, Jaison Williams, Garren Strong, and a couple others I couldn’t identify, but I think one was – Drew Davis. They were all out jet skiing (And crashing quite often) and having a great time.

I’m glad I had my Oregon shirt, jacket, and sticker on my car. But take my advice – You never know who you’ll see – always have a sharpie or other felt pen marker handy.