{"id":1245,"date":"2013-08-31T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T01:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2013-08-31T18:18:56","modified_gmt":"2013-09-01T01:18:56","slug":"are-you-ready-for-some-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=1245","title":{"rendered":"Are you ready for some football?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oregon, our Alma Mater
\nWe will guard thee on and on
\nLet us gather round and cheer her
\nChant her glory Oregon
\nRoar the praises of her warriors
\nSing the story Oregon
\nOn to victory urge the heroes
\nOf our mighty Oregon!
\nGo Ducks Go!
\nFight Ducks Fight!
\nGo!
\nFight!
\nWin Ducks Win!<\/p>\n

—“Mighty Oregon”<\/a><\/p>\n

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It’s that time of year again.<\/p>\n

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We’ll wear our team colors. We’ll yell “OOOOOOOOOOOO” until we’re hoarse. We’ll do a little more drinking than usual. We’ll get to see our friends and family on a more regular basis than we do in the other 9 months of the year. We’ll eat Jell-o shots, drunken Gummi candy and other healthy food. We’ll buy ONE MORE Oregon cap. We’ll have ringing in our ears that will last until after Bowl season because Autzen Stadium really is that loud. We will recognize as we do every year that Oregon has the prettiest cheer squad. We’ll smile at the Duck because he’s awesome. We will laugh a lot more than we do on other Saturdays during the year. We will watch young men who are in better shape than most of us EVER were do stuff that most of us could never do. We’ll hold our breath when someone gets hurt, and cheer when they get back up again. We will say “Win the Day” and “Go Ducks” to each other until we are all a little green in the face. We will leave our umbrellas at home, not because it’s the polite thing to do in a stadium, but because:<\/p>\n

IT NEVER RAINS IN AUTZEN STADIUM!!!<\/p>\n

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Welcome back, college football–we missed you.<\/p>\n

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The Duck likes pretty girls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Chelle,<\/a>
Chelle, Sandra, me, KelCan and Steve<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ken<\/a>
Ken and our witch of a mother<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Steve<\/a>
Steve gets all the girls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Nicole<\/a>
Nicole wasn’t expecting a birthday tailgater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Game day, and I don’t have any hats to wear!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"He<\/a>
He did it!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Little<\/a>
Little L wants you to have a Bloody Mary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jello<\/a>
Jello shot!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Puddles<\/a>
Puddles says “Go Ducks!”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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  Oregon, our Alma Mater We will guard thee on and on Let us gather round and cheer her Chant her glory Oregon Roar the praises of her warriors Sing the story Oregon On to victory urge the heroes Of our mighty Oregon! Go Ducks Go! Fight Ducks Fight! Go! Fight! Win Ducks Win! —“Mighty … Continue reading Are you ready for some football?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellejolin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tailgater_civilWar2009.jpg?fit=604%2C411&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-k5","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1944,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=1944","url_meta":{"origin":1245,"position":0},"title":"My feet hurt, but the Ducks won the decade so it’s OK","author":"Michelle","date":"October 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 We are the Ducks from Oregon We'll fight to the end And we're here to play and we're playing to win --Sebastian Bach\/We Are The Ducks \u00a0 Footballing is hard work. 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