Yeah! Ducks win again!!

Wow, what a game. Our opponent this time was Stanford. We didn't look so good in the first half, but the final score, 52-31, was very much to our liking!
Stanford's nickname is The Cardinal, and they have no mascot, so The Tree, a member of their band, steps into the role now and then. I have to say, this was the oddest looking creature I have ever seen at a game. The Tree has always been a pine tree, but this time a shrub showed up and tried to keep up with the Duck's antics.
No such luck.
The Duck did his usual round of pushups, only now the cheerleaders lift him up on a platform, so they all get a good workout!

We really do love our Duck here at the U of O. Last year a group of students made a move about him, unauthorized, and got in a bit of hot water over it. The powers that be got together and realized the movie was actually a pretty cool thing, approved it, and work things out with Disney (who had always been pretty restrictive as to what the Duck could do). The day before this game the same group of students released a new movie, I Love My Ducks (Return of the Quack) featuring Joey Harrington. It's a great little production (4 minutes) and you just may find yourself up and dancing before it'sover! 



It's great fun watching the fans come and go in their various versions of fan-wear. There's a contest among students for the best outfit, so you see some pretty creative get-ups. This is "Shawn" who was outside the bookstore when we went shopping before the game.

We had a great tailgate party, as usual, only this one included a yummy banana birthday cake for me!


We all brought Mexican food and had quite a feast. Game Day was here to broadcast in the morning, so the parking area opened up early, making this an especially long day for everyone.

It took most of Sunday for Steve's voice to recover. It was several octaves lower after the game - not from cheering, he has Duck lips for that, but from yelling at the refs. It was a late game too, so we all slept in on Sunday. Our friends from Portland had booked a space in the same campground we are staying in so we had a leisurely breakfast before they left for home. Today we're catching up on chores and shopping so we'll be ready to leave in the morning.

One of our friends at the game gave us a huge bag of tomatoes and peppers from their garden. I strung the cayenne peppers and they are hanging by the stove, and the Anaheim peppers are in the windowsill waiting to be cooked. Tomatoes are stashed in flat bowls and baskets on every flat surface waiting for that fried green tomato dinner I've promised my sister when we get to her house. It looks like a farm kitchen in here!