Go Ducks!

Portlander Tommy Brooks flying his Oregon Duck colors on the way to work this morning.
(Photo © J. Maus)


Tonight is the Big Game between the Oregon Ducks and the Auburn Tigers to decide the college football national champion. I don’t really follow college football, and I have some mixed feelings about the impact of major sports on universities, but I’m willing to put all that aside for a game like this. I’ll definitely be watching tonight.

Big games like this transcend sport. They bring our state together and these days we need all the common cause and unity we can get.

This morning on my ride into the office I saw Tommy Brooks and his daughter biking down N. Vancouver Ave. Tommy, a lawyer (and BTA Board member) who works downtown, is an Oregon Duck alum and he wore his team jacket with pride.

Enjoy the game… and Go Ducks!

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

Founder of BikePortland (in 2005). Father of three. North Portlander. Basketball lover. Car owner and driver. If you have questions or feedback about this site or my work, feel free to contact me at @jonathan_maus on Twitter, via email at maus.jonathan@gmail.com, or phone/text at 503-706-8804. Also, if you read and appreciate this site, please become a supporter.

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cary mallon
cary mallon
13 years ago

National Forecast: OREGON REIGN

(would give credit for that phrase if I could)

Spiffy
13 years ago

I’m sorry, just because he is with the BTA doesn’t mean this article ties in with bikes at all… there are other web sites about sports, and I try to avoid them… good enthusiasm, wrong site…

Adams Carroll (News Intern)
Reply to  Spiffy

Thanks Spiffy, and just FYI, I could care less if he was from the BTA.. that’s not the point. I just saw him randomly and learned after photographing him that he was on the BTA Board… so I thought I’d mention it.

Sorry you don’t like seeing sports here.

Spiffy
13 years ago

don’t be too sorry, it’s your blog… but see Andrew’s comment below, you should have tied it in like that somehow…

just trying to keep you on-track… (:

Chrystal
Chrystal
13 years ago

I’m a southern girl I was raised in Montgomery AL and grew up a tiger fan. My sister is an alum of Auburn University so im torn. Should be a fun good game!

Andrew
Andrew
13 years ago

Spiffy, Jonathan’s point is that this game is about Oregon, and it’s far beyond sports. The new attention, media, sponsors and tourists this game will bring to Oregon and the U of O will benefit us all, and we should be proud of this moment in our state’s history.

Spiffy
13 years ago
Reply to  Andrew

see, now this is the kind of thing that Jonathan needs to include in his story to tie it in with bikes… thanks!

A.K.
A.K.
13 years ago
Reply to  Spiffy

I don’t understand why he would have to spell out something so obvious… in fact, not putting such ideas into articles may get reads to draw out such conclusions for themselves, rather than being told what to think, and “why” something “may” be important to something that seems unrelated upon first inspection.

A.K.
A.K.
13 years ago
Reply to  A.K.

Sorry, that should be “readers”, not “reads”.

Spiffy
13 years ago
Reply to  A.K.

it’s still not that obvious… I was reading about the NYC bike lanes and their tourist draw, so this could have tied in the tourist draw like that…

I still can’t draw any connection between an away sports game and local bicycling… it’d be nice if I had the time to sit and contemplate but I read this blog at work and have limited time other that absorbing the info in the way it’s presented…

I’d like if I could easily tell how the stories tie into Portland or bicycling, or at least general transportation…

Joe
Joe
13 years ago

GO DUCKS ! 🙂 rolling with my beanie on today.
what a nice day..

enjoy the ride,
Joe

Allan Rudwick
Allan
13 years ago

🙁 it was entertaining at least ):

Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson
13 years ago

Maybe if the photographer wasn’t standing in the bike lane, he could fit entirely within the lane…

Adams Carroll (News Intern)
Reply to  Paul Johnson

I was biking when I took this photo Paul. Thanks.

Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson
13 years ago

Heh, that just brings up more questions than it answers…how’d you manage that while keeping your eyes on the road, and why is the subject riding on the lane line instead of completely moving into one lane or the other like they’re supposed to?

Mindful Cyclist
Mindful Cyclist
13 years ago
Reply to  Paul Johnson

Have to agree. That sounds a lot more dangerous that trying to chat on a cell phone.