Oregon Football 2001....
I rounded up my brother and a couple friends
from the local Barbershop Society Chorus in Eugene (The Cascade
Chorus), wrote the words to the song, brought them over to rehearse at
my place one evening (Lead - Jerry Harrison, Tenor - Kevin Stephens,
Baritone - Randy Stewart, Bass - Reid Stewart)...and then POOF!. A
celebration was born.
This version was written and
delivered in 2001 ... following the regular season and just before the Fiesta
Bowl - and is probably my favorite... We headed down to the game and while at the pre-game pep rally for
the Fiesta Bowl, we were approached by a local television crew - Fox, I think.
We were very happy to deliver this 2001 version ..."The Rose Bowl in the
Desert". It was fun to get a little exposure for our fooling around.
"Rose Bowl in the Desert" sprang from the fact that Nebraska was chosen to
play in the MNC (Mythical National Championship) game in Pasadena in the Rose
Bowl instead of Oregon even though they had not even won their own conference
and Oregon was otherwise ranked number two in both major polls at the time.
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A side bar to that
also was the Heisman race that year. Joey Harrington should have won
it (unbiased opinion here...) But then a ten story tall mural on the
side of a building had served it's purpose....
Oregon was just beginning it's
climb into the stratosphere of Division One football......"at the Rose Bowl
in the Desert and we've just begun,,,,,,It's just the beginning of Oregon
Football - in the De-sert Sun.....NUMBER ONE!"
Go Ducks. WTD.
The
Schedule...(10-2)
| Date |
Opponent |
Location |
Results |
| Sat, Sep 01 |
Wisconsin |
Eugene, Or |
31 - 28 (W) |
| Sat, Sep 08 |
Utah |
Eugene, Or |
24 - 10 (W) |
| Sat, Sep 22 |
USC |
Eugene, Or |
24 - 22 (W) |
| Sat, Sep 29 |
Utah ST |
at Logan, UT |
38 - 21 (W) |
| Sat, Oct 06 |
Arizona |
at Tucson, AZ |
63 - 28 (W) |
| Sat, Oct 13 |
California |
at Berkeley, Cal. |
48 - 7 (W) |
| Sat, Oct 20 |
Stanford |
Eugene, Or. |
42 - 49 (L) |
| Sat, Oct 27 |
Washington St |
at Pullman, Wa. |
24 - 17 (W) |
| Sat, Nov 03 |
Arizona St |
Eugene, Or. |
42 - 24 (W) |
| Sat, Nov 10 |
UCLA |
at L.A., Cal |
24 - 21 (W) |
| Sat, Dec 01 |
Oregon State |
Eugene, Or. |
17 - 14 (W) |
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| Tues, Jan 01 |
Colorado |
at Tempe, AZ |
38 - 16 (W) |
The Lyrics...
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Jerry Allen makes the call
Across the land on radio.
The game is heard for miles
Around on weekends.
We hear the Ducks make many plays,
Exciting and much more.
Don't we all remember...
"Kenny Wheaton's gonna score!"
The DUCKS are on the ball field
And they are having fun
He's Joey the General and
He's on the run!
First there was Wisconsin
In the crazy Autzen zoo!
Just another comeback
So what else is new!
And then here comes the Trojans
And there must have been a reason
For comeback number two
And Jared Siegel saved the season!
The goal - again - a Rose Bowl
At the end of the ride,
With Adam, Schmidt, and
Forester workin' side-by-side!
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Onterrio and Mo-Mo puttin' on a show!
Making history - Y? - 2k!
That's yards, you know!
It was in the Big Apple
Where it all began!
Ten stories tall, the building shouted
"YOU DA' MAN!"
The rodent game was moved
So all could see the show.
But raining sideways makes it
Hard to play you know
Everybody knew that it would
Take Just one big play.
It's Howry's punt return!
And Bauman saved the day!
And now it's the
Fiesta
And the master plan
It's "Down Goes Colorado!",
In the desert sand.
At the Rose Bowl in the desert
And we have just begun.
It's just the beginning
For OREGON football
In the desert sun -- NUMBER ONE!
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