Go Ducks #12: The Sweet Smell of Roses
For the first time in 95 years the Oregon Ducks have won the Rose Bowl! What an awesome game! We went just two years ago, and had a less joyous outcome…Ahh, but this time it just smells so sweet!
Here’s my Dad, the original Duck fan in our family:) He is at the yellow “O” on Skinner’s Butte in Eugene…
Owen—with his game face on, those Badgers didn’t stand a chance!
Game day was extra fun with my sis (Auntie Kaeley) in town from NC,
we don’t usually get to enjoy game day together…and a win in post-season has been especially rare…
The kids posing in their new Go Ducks gear they got for Christmas.
When Owen saw Grace this morning he said “Grace you’re all ducked up!”
#5 University of Oregon Ducks – 45
#10 University of Wisconsin Badgers – 38
Go Ducks #11: Rose Bowl Bound
The Ducks played a great game against UCLA on Friday…and now we are heading to the Rose Bowl on January 2, 2012 to play Wisconsin!
The kids wore their “Go Ducks” clothes to school, I was pleasantly surprised to see how many other Duck fans there were at Grace’s school…mine, not so much…
But Owen and I represent:)
The #9 University of Oregon Ducks – 49
The UCLA Bruins – 31
Go Ducks #10: The Ducks Go Up…
…the Beavers go down…
The #10 University of Oregon Ducks – 49
The Oregon State Beavers – 21
And we’ll be back Friday for the Pac-12 Championship against UCLA:)
Oh Ducks #2: What Game?
Well, the fourth quarter of the game was amazing! Great plays, the fans were excited, we made lots of points! It was quite exciting!
And, if the Ducks offense had shown up for any of the first half, our hopes would not have been pinned on the back-up kicker who has absolutely no range and shanked it in the last 4 seconds!
I wish we had won, but we just didn’t play well enough, ‘SC brought it last night and we weren’t prepared.
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A couple of weeks ago on the way to school, Owen asked me “do the Ducks always win?” It made me realize how drastically different it is for the kiddos as Oregon fans. They only have seen a handful of losses in their little lives. We only saw a handful of wins when we were growing up.
When I started this blog 4 years ago I took pictures of the kids happy and the kids sad on game day so that I would have “options” for my post if the Ducks won or lost. I haven’t taken a sad picture since sometime last year…It is a bit harder now that they are older…that’s why there is a really old one of Owen on today’s post…We have been a bit spoiled! It’s been fun!
This year we might have had the chance to go to the National Championship for the second year in a row, but instead our consolation prize could be the Rose Bowl.
How cool is that?
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#4 University of Oregon Ducks – 35
University of Southern California Trojans – 38
Go Ducks #9: Pity the Tree
The Ducks played an amazing game against Stanford! Each game just gets better and better (and less stressful). And we had our first win against a top 5 team on the road…ever. And did it pretty decisively!
Grace’s Self-Portrait
Now it’s time to get ready for USC!
The #7 University of Oregon Ducks – 53
The #4 Stanford Cardinal – 30
(Oh and by the way…did you see that Boise State lost?)
Go Ducks #8
Woohoo:) We beat the Huskies, that always feels good!!! What a good game. No injuries, lots of good plays…
We had an extra good day as Danny just got home from a week-long business trip. I made the Best Ever Beef Stew from this recipe…So good!!
The #6 University of Oregon Ducks – 34
The Washington Huskies – 17
Go Ducks #7
I don’t know where the day went, but I forgot to post today!
Yesterday’s game was a little closer than some of us would have liked…A home game against WSU should have been easier than it was. Those Cougars put up quite a fight!
I hope we get our ducks in a row before our upcoming games against Washington, Stanford and USC…
#7 University of Oregon Ducks – 43
Washington State Cougars – 28
Go Ducks #6
We enjoyed watching a nice, injury free game yesterday. The Ducks did great and almost had a shut-out…but almost doesn’t count:(
It was good to see the back-ups do such a good job!
#9 Oregon Ducks – 45
Colorado Buffaloes – 2
Go Ducks #5: Ittybitty Edition
I didn’t have my camera yesterday in order to capture our “Go Ducks” pictures (trust me, we were ducked out)…So I thought I would post two pictures from my very first two “Go Ducks” posts in September of 2007. Grace was 3 and Owen was 6 months old. Be still my heart:)
Apparently, back in the day, I didn’t post who we played or the scores…But we won:)
Just like we did last night:)
#9 Oregon Ducks – 41
#18 Arizona State Sun Devils – 27
Go Ducks #4: Gutwrenching
The Ducks totally clobbered the Cal Bears last night, but an injury to one of our favorite players just sort-of took the wind out of our sails.
We sure love it when the Ducks win, but absolutely hate it when someone gets hurt. Poor LaMichael James was in obvious agony when he popped his elbow joint back into its socket…I don’t usually get nauseated watching games…this one did it for me. I just hope that he recovers quickly and fully and can get back to playing his favorite game.
The kiddos didn’t last as this game went until nearly 10:00 last night, but they had fun watching for awhile before bed.
The 22 points in the 3rd quarter was pretty impressive and Cal didn’t score a single point in the entire second half:)
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#9 Oregon “Fighting Ducks” – 43
California Bears – 15
