Year: 2011
Games: Oregon 43 Cal 15
Rating: 9 out of 10
Cost: Moderate
Tickets: Moderate
Stadium: Autzen
is LOUD. Reminds me of the old Foxboro
Stadium, just a slab of cement that the sound cannot escape from.
Description: In 2011 I had a meeting to attend at the
University of Oregon. I scheduled this
fucker for the same Thursday Oregon had
a home game. Co-incidence? I think not! I also was lucky enough for Oregon State to
have a Saturday game the same weekend. A CLASSIC TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE
WEEKEND! I can’t really even put in
words how much fun I had driving around Oregon for a long weekend going to a
couple of different games. It was
paradise, Oregon is paradise. There is
nowhere in the US that I have been that is prettier than the Oregon
coastline.
Eugene is a very nice college town, campus is immaculate. Eugene is split by the Willamette
river. There are a bunch of bars right
near the stadium. You can't go wrong there.
As far as the game itself, Oregon is a unique experience. It’s not quite like a pro game, but it’s not
quite a college game either. We all know
the whole uniform movement Oregon has launched (often imitated never
duplicated: right Maryland?). The game experience is very similar. It’s a very polished presentation but it
retains its own uniqueness. It’s almost
how the pro game wants to present itself but can’t. The pro game in all the major sports has
become the same presentation at 30 or 32 different sites. The same songs played during timeouts, the
same advertisements. It’s one big game
of corporate copycat with a few exceptions here and there. It’s completely homogenized and yet another
reason not to bother with it outside of your living room. I hope the college game does not go down that
path, but I suppose it’s inevitable to a degree.
It was also a treat to watch a Chip Kelly offense live and in
person. It’s a very different experience
compared to watching them on TV. The first few plays of each drive they sort of
toy with the defense and then all of a sudden one of their guys is breaking off on a 50 yard run. Any time they run a
passing play two guys are open by 5-10 yards.
Can you IMAGINE if Johnny Manziel had actually gone to Oregon? I mean, sweet Jesus.
Unfortunately at the end of this game there was a bad injury to
LaMichael James. Great player, he was
fun to watch both in person and on TV.
Don’t Miss: The bars right around the stadium,
checking out the Oregon campus, the site where Animal House was filmed
If you want to make it part of a larger trip: You are two hours from Portland, an hour from the Oregon coastline (home of the most beautiful stretch of coast in the United States and Rouge brewery) and an hour from Corvallis. This is one of the better "two birds with one stone" trips you can have as these schools tend to play one week night game per year.
If you want to make it part of a larger trip: You are two hours from Portland, an hour from the Oregon coastline (home of the most beautiful stretch of coast in the United States and Rouge brewery) and an hour from Corvallis. This is one of the better "two birds with one stone" trips you can have as these schools tend to play one week night game per year.
Avoid:
Attendees: Bones
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