Its Washington Week
A lot of people just don't get it. Ask most people about Oregon rivalries, and Civil War is all that pops to mind. And that's fine. Civil War is a vitally important game. One I never want to lose. But I hold no animosity toward the Beavers the rest of the year. Washington?
I fucking hate those guys.
I've had to explain this to many out of state students who just didn't understand until they were here a few years, but growing up around Eugene, you are just born with it. Its an intense hatred. One so deep that if Washington never won another football game again, not only would it not bother me, but I would be reveling in their misery. Washington is evil. Everything they stand for is evil. And kicking their ass in Seattle on Saturday will be the highlight of my season thus far.
Why all the hatred toward the Huskies. In some sense, growing up a Duck fan, I was just born with it. But there is a reason. There is a long history behind the hatred.
Most say that it started back in 1948. Oregon and California tied for the PCC championship that year. This meant that a vote of the conference schools would determine the Rose Bowl representative. Oregon figured that it would have the support of its northwest neighbors. But Washington voted for Cal, and lobbied Montana to do the same, giving the Bears the Rose Bowl bid.
A pissed off Oregon ran up the score on Washington 63-6 a year later. And UW returned the pasting 49-0 the next season.
The ire between the two teams worsened. In 1956, it was revealed that UW was paying their football players. The dean of the Oregon law school, Orlando Hollis, prosecuted Washington in the case. He not only got the football team, but all of Washington's athletic programs banned from the postseason for two years. Needless to say, that didn't endear Oregon to any Husky fans.
The hatred has endured since then. We all know the Pick, but I guarantee you that it wouldn't be as revered in Oregon history as it is if it had come against UCLA or Arizona State and not against Washington.
The late `90s and early 2000's were a great time in the rivalry, as both teams were often highly ranked. Rick Neuheisel being the coach of UW, after he had run up the score on Oregon in bowl games with Colorado, didn't help. That a loss to Oregon kept UW out of the 2000 national championship game is something I'm very proud of.
Then, of course, there was the 2002 incident where UW spent half an hour dancing on our `O' after a win.
This is the first Oregon/Washington game in Seattle since 2003, and we lost that game. We need to go up to the overrated, falling apart piece of shit that is Husky Stadium and show those bastards their place.
There is nothing good about a Husky. This is one of the biggest weeks of the season. And anything less than a win will render everything our team has done thus far meaningless. I don't just want a victory, I want total domination.
HUCK THE FUSKIES!!!
--Dave
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Well, here we are again,
If UW brings their 'A' game (such as it is) and UO brings their 'C' game, it could be interesting to watch. Anything can happen.
That said, HUCK THE FUSKIES!! Get their faces in the mud and trample on them! There's a reason Ty's contract was not renewed at ND and now we get to see why yet again this year. Oh man oh man that must be painful to all those old UW alum's who get to see a terrible coach rake in all that bling and raise a crappy team and they can't so much as say 'boo' 'cause he's black. How galling. Ty gets to coach there as long as he chooses.
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
by BLAZER PROPHET on Oct 16, 2007 6:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Huck the Fuskies: Hatred Justified
Hatred Justified #1 - http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2006/10/29/the-intense-hatred-for-washington-by-oregon-fans-part-one- of-oh/
Hatred Justified #2 - http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2006/10/29/why-oregons-hatred-of-washingtons-justified-part-2-cheat-p r/
Hatred Justified #3 - http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2006/10/29/why-oregon-fans-hatred-of-washington-is-justified-part-3-h usk/
Hatred Justified #4 - http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2006/10/30/why-oregon-fans-hatred-of-washington-is-justified-part-3-y ell/
Hatred Justified #5 - http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2006/10/30/why-oregons-hatred-of-washingtons-justified-part-6-husky-d a/
Hatred Justified #6 - http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2006/10/31/why-oregons-hatred-of-washingtons-justified-part-6-hater-j im/
Hatred Justified #7 - http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2006/10/31/oregons-hatred-of-washingtons-justified-part-7-uw-lies-abo ut/
Hatred Justified #8 - http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2006/11/01/why-oregons-hatred-of-washingtons-justified-part-8-huskies -a/
Hatred Justified #9 - http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2006/11/01/oregons-hatred-of-washington-is-justified-part-9-durocher/
Hatred Justified #10 - http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2006/11/04/oregons-hatred-of-washington-is-justified-part-10-things-i -le/
by absolutduck on Oct 16, 2007 8:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The dead...
by socalduck on Oct 16, 2007 11:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
About the Dawgs...
by Cougar Lew on Oct 16, 2007 12:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Oregon State or UW?
by albanyduck on Oct 16, 2007 12:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm with you here
Notre Dame - Boston College
Notre Dame - Michigan
Notre Dame - USC
Notre Dame - Michigan State
Notre Dame - Purdue
Notre Dame - Navy
Yuck. Just pick one and roll with it.
by PacBellBoozer on Oct 16, 2007 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
All great stuff....
UW-UO rivalry is an offshoot of Seattle vs Portland, and Washington vs Oregon as states. Everything to the north of the Columbia oozes misguided arrogance and entitlement. The Civil War is can be summed up as a "house divided", whereas the UW rivalry is a backyard brawl where the winner kicks the loser after he's already defeated.
There's a reason that when Bill Moos arrived, he put the bullseye squarely on UW and said openly that we're coming after them. Their tradition of success had a lot to do with as well, but there's a reason he didn't just target USC. Also, it's been widely speculated that when Moos thought about their AD opening a couple years ago, that rubbed Uncle Phil and many donors the wrong way. Who knows, maybe he'd still be here if he kept that to himself? That is neither here nor there.
Here's to a great game on Saturday......for the Ducks. I want to destroy those assholes. Fuck the Dawgs! Huck the Fuskies! Neuter Neuheisal! Kenny Wheaton's Gonna Score!!!
GO DUCKS!
by jteubs on Oct 16, 2007 10:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs


















