I leave tomorrow about noon for the "Civil War" game in Eugene.The Oregon Club of Southern Oregon has chartered a bus to take us to the 6:00 PM Thursday night game and we will return to Medford right after the game. This is the biggest "Civil War" game in Oregon Duck football history and I will be there. Never before have both teams been guaranteed a trip to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California if they win the game. In 1964 the Pac-8 had to vote because other teams were in contention. This game has been weighing heavily on my mind for at least three weeks. I believe the Oregon Ducks have across the board superior talent. On the other hand, the Oregon State Beavers have often beaten Oregon Duck teams due to more desire. That could be the case tomorrow. Oregon State teams often come out like rabid dogs and play their hearts out.I respect them for that!I have been told that this Oregon Duck team has more of a "blue collar" ethic, than past teams, and they will need it tomorrow. Last year we spoiled Oregon States bid to the Rose Bowl by beating them on their own field and they will be out for revenge.I don't want to see any roses at the game. We have only one mission and that is to beat the Beavers. The Vegas gamblers have Oregon favored but I don't believe it.
Thomas Hobbes once wrote that "the life of man,(is) solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short." Hobbes never won a "Civil War" game.... but he was dead on if you lose.
As former Oregon State football coach Dee Andros, once said about the "Civil War" "it's for the right to live in the State of Oregon."
Time goes so slowly waiting for the game.
Go Ducks! Win the Day!
