Okay, here is where you may want to quit this blog.  I am warning you!  If you are one with a weak stomach, scan past this next sentence.

I DO NOT CARE!!

   

 

On Saturday, 1 December 2007, the University of Oregon Ducks host the Oregon State University Beavers in the 111th annual Civil War game.  This game is to be held in Eugene at Autzen Stadium.  For the past ten years, the home team has been the victor, with Oregon leading the games 55-45-10 overall.  I do not know how each state is with respect to their rivals, but I can tell you that Oregon  and Oregon State fans are wildly loyal to the team which they support.  Additionally, most Oregonians (native or otherwise) are believers and fans of one team or another.  For the most part, they do not cross over into one another's territory!  It is almost sacred ground.

                                                                                                   

To me, however, it is largely different.  I am a private school girl, mostly.  Having not attended either major  University in Oregon, I hold no sense of extreme loyalty.  For that, many people believe I am a cardinal sinner.  I beg to differ.  To me, I see this whole deal as sibling rivalry.  Here is my bottom line...if any Oregon team is playing, I will cheer for that team to beat any other team.  I mean, let's face it...I do not care if the Beavers or  the Ducks are playing UCLA, I do not care which sport it is.  I just want an Oregon team to win.  It only helps to bring us some notoriety and fame, after all.  I mean, the PAC 10 is becoming a respectable conference.  So, yes, the Civil War is here.  But, to me...it is all just sibling rivalry.  I must confess though, that I will cheer for one more than the other when the two universities match up head to head and toe to toe.

 

During this year's Civil War, as with the 11 years prior, I will be cheering on the Oregon State Beavers.  I call myself a Beavers fan by default, as my completely terrific husband is an engineering graduate from their renowned engineering program.  We will wear our orange and black, sit glued to the television and spend the afternoon as a family rooting for those Beavs.  They won last year.  We were at Reser Stadium, in the rain, freezing our hands, feet, and buns off ~ yet having the time of our lives...as a family!  This year we will do so from the comfort of the living room, and with those people whom we love...our siblings.  There will be no rivalry in that house.  Only love.  Love for our family, and for the game which willbring us all back together!

So, tomorrow I will be MIA for a few hours.  But when it is all over, I will be watching, reading, and writing!  Enjoy your weekend!  :)