Oregon Football Campus Voice: Ducks Ready, Fans Pumped for Washington

All reports out of Oregon practices are that QB Jeremiah Masoli looks great and the Ducks are ready for the up coming game.

Doubts about Masoli have been surfacing all week around campus, but just recently they have been dying down and a sense of relief has risen amongst students.

Having Masoli available makes all the difference in the world for the Washington game. Without Masoli, the consensus believes Oregon would have a tough time running the offense well enough to beat UW.

The Ducks cannot survive another road game putting up ten points on offense and having to lean on the defense and special teams for another fourteen. Besides this, it is very unlikely that the defense and special teams will be able to perform at such a high level for the second game in a row.

You can depend on the defense to be stout, and you can depend on the special teams to put the offense in good positions, but to depend on them to put up multiple scores is ludicrous. 

A few weeks ago, a defensive player for the Ducks said, while in class, that he, and the defense, were tired of carrying the team and needed the offense to step up.

Although this was before the offensive onslaught by the Ducks unleashed during the past month, I would imagine that this feeling returned last week against UCLA.

Surely the defense would be depended upon heavily if Masoli weren’t ready, which would add a ton of extra pressure on them.

Despite the frustration, the defensive unit has been incredibly solid and has shown no reason to believe that they wont show up this weekend in Seattle.

Oregon versus Washington brings out the best, or the worst depending on whom you talk to, in fans on both sides of the Columbia River.

Here on campus, students and fans are uniting this weekend at local establishments to cheer on their Ducks, or if they dare to come out of hiding, their Huskies. I don’t expect to see many of those however.

If you want to enjoy the festivities here in Eugene, make sure to check out one of the following Duck stomping grounds.

Taylors —Right across the street from campus. You are sure to run into the wild and crazy student crowd here. If you can handle the barrage of twenty-something’s hooting and hollering from every angle, then this is the place for you. Expect lots of drunken debauchery.

Rennie’s Landing —Also right across the street from campus, Rennie’s is a great place to simply enjoy the game. Plenty of flat screen televisions and seating make it a much more personal and comfortable atmosphere for game days.

The Cooler —Located down the street from Autzen Stadium, The Cooler is a place for the rowdier, older fan that wants to relive their college days by partying with their old college buddies. You can think of it as replacing the tailgate when the Ducks are on the road.

It doesn’t much matter where you watch the game from as long as you watch it. I really do believe that it is going to be one of the classics in this long, heated rivalry.

Enjoy the game from wherever you may be, and…

GO DUCKS!!!