Take a deep breath folks...

[mijaha]

It's all so surreal.

The other day some guy at the club I workout at started blasting me for my duck shirt trying to label me as a bandwagoner fan.

Doesn't this drive you nuts? I'm a newer fan (grew up in Oregon, followed them pretty casually, but didn't go to my first game until 2005) and it drives some people absolutely crazy that I wasn't born and raised as a Duck. Especially since I didn't go there. But once my friends who did go there really got me into it, I would consider myself a pretty hard-core fan.

I need a T-shirt that says I'm not a bandwagoner AND I didn't go there, but that doesn't mean I like them any less! OK, I'll try and calm down again...

Now we have a litmus test for real Duck fans. I've been around since the pre-Brooks era and I welcome every Duck fan we can muster. Whether you're coming over from the dark side(Fusky Fan) or a newbie. I welcome you!! I've turned a number of SC fans, down here in Cali, over to the Duck "bandwagon" and I'm proud of it. We need to build the Duck Nation, not become inclusive

Please don't use that phrase when talking about the Duck faithful, it's so...beavers

My bad, I never thought of the Beavers having anthing but a tiny little pond to splash around in

[cdnducksfan]

Hey Mav and stlDuckfan,
A big welcome! Hey don't worry, if everyone here accepts me they will accept you, too! I am a very big Ducks fan living in France and female to boot! But, I did attend and actually graduated from UO, so that counts for something! Enjoy and I hope to hear a lot more from you!

Has anyone ever said anything to you while you were wearing your duck gear in France? I got a "Go Ducks" from a guy wearing an Ohio State hat while I was running down the Promenade des Anglais.

[mav]

Hey Mav and stlDuckfan,
A big welcome! Hey don't worry, if everyone here accepts me they will accept you, too! I am a very big Ducks fan living in France and female to boot! But, I did attend and actually graduated from UO, so that counts for something! Enjoy and I hope to hear a lot more from you!

Thanks!! Yeah I'm down here in the Sunshine of Scottsdale, and run into Duck fans constantly -- so it makes it easier. I'm just thankful I dont live in Seattle (no offense to anyone living in the Puget Sound area) I would go crazy with all the surrounding Husky fans.

[stlDUCKfan]

Hey Mav and stlDuckfan,
A big welcome! Hey don't worry, if everyone here accepts me they will accept you, too! I am a very big Ducks fan living in France and female to boot! But, I did attend and actually graduated from UO, so that counts for something! Enjoy and I hope to hear a lot more from you!

Thanks!! Yeah I'm down here in the Sunshine of Scottsdale, and run into Duck fans constantly -- so it makes it easier. I'm just thankful I dont live in Seattle (no offense to anyone living in the Puget Sound area) I would go crazy with all the surrounding Husky fans.

Yes, thanks, I appreciate the Welcome!

[briarduck]

^ Welcome to the board guys!

[UOducksTK1]

^ Welcome to the board guys!

[bigfootlebowski]

This is going to be a long couple of days, with our lives depending on decisions of high school kids

God I love football

only long if your in the midwest with ginormous storms dropping a million inches of snow and you have to decide whether to stockpile enough stuff to survive the great snow apocalypse of 2011 (hmmm i wonder if it will also involve snow zombies, ya never see zombies in the snow, why is that?)...just ignore it...it doesnt even matter who we get till we see em on the field...remember gaines, thompson, wade, jackson...


relax the coaches are doin their job...check in wednesday with a hot cup of cocoa

[Elduderino]

Welcome to the party folks. It's amazing where you can find Duck fans, met a couple in Costa Rica who were at UO at the same time I was. Pretty neato.

[uodux1212]

I saw a guy on a crowded train in Barcelona with a green O hat on... he was about 15 feet from me and there was no way I could get to him (train was packed, I had a huge back pack with me)... so I just put my O in the air and yelled out "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" for like 10 seconds... he turned around and saw my arms in the air and yelled back "OOOOOOOOOOOOOO GO DUCKS"... no one on the train knew what we were doing, haha. Never talked to the guy or saw him again, but one of my fav memories from that trip...

[briarduck]

I saw a guy on a crowded train in Barcelona with a green O hat on... he was about 15 feet from me and there was no way I could get to him (train was packed, I had a huge back pack with me)... so I just put my O in the air and yelled out "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" for like 10 seconds... he turned around and saw my arms in the air and yelled back "OOOOOOOOOOOOOO GO DUCKS"... no one on the train knew what we were doing, haha. Never talked to the guy or saw him again, but one of my fav memories from that trip...

That's awesome!

[SeattleDuck]

Hey Mav and stlDuckfan,
A big welcome! Hey don't worry, if everyone here accepts me they will accept you, too! I am a very big Ducks fan living in France and female to boot! But, I did attend and actually graduated from UO, so that counts for something! Enjoy and I hope to hear a lot more from you! :D

Thanks!! Yeah I'm down here in the Sunshine of Scottsdale, and run into Duck fans constantly -- so it makes it easier. I'm just thankful I dont live in Seattle (no offense to anyone living in the Puget Sound area) I would go crazy with all the surrounding Husky fans.

:( :( :(

[Duck07]

Hey Mav and stlDuckfan,
A big welcome! Hey don't worry, if everyone here accepts me they will accept you, too! I am a very big Ducks fan living in France and female to boot! But, I did attend and actually graduated from UO, so that counts for something! Enjoy and I hope to hear a lot more from you!

Thanks!! Yeah I'm down here in the Sunshine of Scottsdale, and run into Duck fans constantly -- so it makes it easier. I'm just thankful I dont live in Seattle (no offense to anyone living in the Puget Sound area) I would go crazy with all the surrounding Husky fans.

There are quite a few Ducks who live in Seattle and every time I go up to see family I'm reminded just how many there are out there. I'll routinely yell Go Ducks! across the mall to someone wearing Duck gear and make sure to have a big smile for all those I see in poodle gear. Sure leads to some funny looks from people

[wheaton4prez]

The "bandwagon" argument is the weakest insult ever invented by sports fans.

I don't care if a fan started liking the Ducks yesterday or 300 years ago, it's a positive for the program and is welcomed by me.

[woundedknees]

The only fans I want to take a poke at don't root for the Ducks!

Welcome aboard!

[UofO8]

Nice little influx of new members here. Good to see.