"Duck Lunch"

The Oregon Club of Southern Oregon is a booster club for University of Oregon Athletics here in Southern Oregon. During football season we have a lunch meeting every Wednesday at JJ North's Grand Buffet here in Medford. Bob, Dave and myself have been running the lunches this last year and have working at it for many years. We have an assistant football coach from Eugene, on speakerphone, talk about the Duck's last game and about the game coming up. We have a members drawing (membership is $45.00 per year) and door prize drawings for Duck items such as hats, shirts, chairs etc. We also play a highlights DVD of the last game and a former football player from the Ducks Rose Bowl year (1994) gives us his analysis of the last game. It's a good way for Oregon fans to get together to talk about the season. We normally have 35 to 70 fans show up depending on how the Ducks are doing. About 20% are female. The BIG lunch is always the "Civil War" lunch at the Red Lion the Wednesday before the Oregon vs Oregon State game in November. People in Oregon refer to it as the "Civil War Game" as it pits neighbor against neighbor all across the state, even some family's have divided loyalty's. We also have a luncheon in February after "letter of intent day". ( the day high school seniors commit to play football for the college of their choice) Our other big event is the Duffin for the Ducks golf tournament/dinner/auction. We hold that event in early June. Many of the Oregon Coaches come to Medford for the golf tournament and the event is the one big fundraiser we put on to raise money for the Oregon student athletes.