That's all I've been hearing and seeing today -- in the neighborhood, at the grocery stores, in the headlines -- as the University of Oregon prepares to take the field against Auburn in the BCS Championship Game. Kickoff is a little over an hour away and everyone in Portland seems to be a Duck for a Day.
It's exciting, if still a bit surreal, to realize the UO has made it to the Fiesta Bowl as one of the top two teams in the country. So what if we're coming into the game as No. 2 rather than No. 1? Makes no difference as long as we prevail at the end.
Auburn's going to be plenty tough but I gotta believe Coach Chip Kelly will have prepared his team well for the big stage and has got a couple of trick plays he'll spring on the Tigers.
We're heading over to Lori's brother's place to join Jim and Judi and another couple, Floyd and Sylvia, for tortilla soup and cerveza, plus Lori's marinated anchovies on slices of rustic baguette. Should be a tasty feast and a great game. Lori's even bringing green and gold face paint.
I think the Duck mascot is going to do his share of pushups -- one for every point the UO scores.
Go Ducks!
Photo from UO Cheerleading
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