Civil War in Oregon has come and gone. This time who ever won would be heading to the Rose Bowl, this is a first in University of Oregon and Oregon State University history. Since Oregon beat Arizona on November 21 it’s been nothing but “civil war for the roses” across the state of Oregon. Tee shirts, stickers, ice cream, arrangements of yellow or orange roses, and ESPN commercials non-stop. Again the media has taken hold of a historical event and ran with it. Of course all these businesses that are making and selling these products are jumping for joy, and most of these businesses comment that even once the game is over Thursday December 3rd, people will be buying Rose Bowl specific items Friday December 4th.
Myself and most of Oregon was probably glued to their TV’s around 6pm excited to see the outcome and cheering for their favorite team. I rooted for the ducks and was very excited to see them pull ahead in the forth. Thankfully it was a good game so for those Beaver fans can at least say their team didn’t go down without a fight.
I want to briefly recap on a past blog that I posted in regards to a duck player Blount. He was okayed to begin playing back in early November, but he hasn’t…. until civil war, where he came out after half time, scored and brought the ducks ahead. Even though hes made some mistakes in his past, its nice to see that the coaching staff was willing to give him a second chance.
I want to end with saying that I don’t own any Duck or Beaver paraphernalia and can’t say that I ever will, but I am still a fan and will root for both teams depending on the sport. So the media and all the other businesses that gain from these events haven’t captured my need for more stuff.
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