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I had a blast yesterday at the Civil War. It has offically taken Game 6 of the Blazers playoffs where they whipped the Mavs as my top event attended.

We left Tualatin at 9:30 and were in Corvallis by 11:00 (had to make sure to get decent parking). We tailgated a little bit with our sandwiches and Jello cups (badass, I know) before heading towards the stadium. We stopped at Memorial Union for a tad, reading the school newspaper and trying to pass time. With about two hours to go we headed towards Reser Stadium. They were replaying the 1998 Civil War on the big screen so we stood around and watched that. We then walked around the stadium, trying to get warm. We passed the Duck camp, they brought a good amount of fans. Finally with about an hour to go we got inside Reser and watched the players warm up. Before long, it was kickoff.

One word can describe the crowd: LOUD. Maybe crazy too. It was pretty intense, and really fun to be a part of. It didn't look good at first, the Ducks taking a 7-3 lead on a big drive. The Beavers came right back though and took a 10-7 lead on a perfect pass from Derek to Mike Hass. He had a great game, 9 cathes, 150 some yards, tearing the Ducks up all day.

Beavers led at half 27-14. The Oregon band played, and they were good, except their uniforms are god awful.

Starting the 2nd half was a bit testy as well. DA threw an inception and a Duck returned it 40 yards to the 12 yard line or so. Clemens hit a receiver and it was 27-21. Uh oh, right? Well, no. Derek then led the Beavers to a long drive and a score to regain control. It wasn't a game after that, the Beavers scoring 23 unanswered points.

The game ended and the students rushed the field. I ran onto the field a minute or so later, there were people trying to stop our section from running on (no clue why). Students tried to get onto the goalposts but were met with riot cops. We hung out on the field a while and then headed back to the MU Commons to warm up. After an hour or so of discussing the game and making sure our precious tickets weren't damaged, we headed back to my car. It was really fogged up so it took about 10 minutes to defrost and then we were on our way. Traffic was pretty good getting out and I got home at about 11 after dropping Max off.

Anywho, incase you missed it...

Oregon 21
Oregon State 50