I agree about Oregon. They seem to always have a similar team to us. Powerful offense. And we always seem to have great games against them that go down to the wire. We win some. They win some.

Although when I was at Cal, I don’t think we ever beat Oregon. Maybe I’m wrong. We surely didn’t in 2001. ;)

Of course, who was the OC back then? Hiyo!

Plus, their fans seem moderately more reasonable than most. I like the people over at AddictedToQuack.

Except for that JShunonsuccess. That guy, what’s his deal!?!?!

Definitely Oregon. My dad went there so I grew up a fan, but more recently because of our rivalry which usually produces one of the best games of the year (in Bball too). And, like Twist said, their fans seem alright.

Washington. My cousin played safety (well, only special teams really) during the national championship year, so I always rooted for them as a kid.

I’ve always liked Oregon. Like us, they always seem to be on the verge of greatness, only to have their spirits crushed by some unforeseen misfortune. I feel like I can really empathize with their fans. Of all the continually successful Pac-10 teams, their fans have seemed to be the least obnoxious.

I love watching their team too. They may blind me with their obscene uniforms (which I love and hate simultaneously), but they run a very fun-to-watch offense. I look forward to the Cal-Oregon game every year because it’s almost always a close, exciting game (except 2006 which was exciting for us, depressing for them).

Although I agree with this sentence more than Oregon’s explanation: Because CougCenter Week is the highlight of my life, and (Cougar Joke)

I look forward to reading Olsonist and CaliSeth talk about how their 2nd fav Pac10 team is whichever team Nate Longshore happens to be facing.

I picked Oregon!
Because, other than Cal, I root for Oregon! LOOP HOLE, BITCHES!

:-)

(1) They aren’t Cal lite, they’re Cal extreme. When they have even sniffed great expectations, they’ve either (a) crumbled with terrible luck (2007), or (b) completely imploded for no particular reason (2006 and maybe this year).
(2) If Bob Gregory drives you nuts, Nick Allotti will make you want to play in traffic.
(3) Their facilities are a tribute to self-indulgence. That’s the fucking Forbidden City, not an athletic center. They’re the trust fund baby of the Pac-10, which is probably why Twist likes them so much.

Yeah, I mean, I tolerate these guys, but I always get exasperated that the School of Nike falls flat on their faces when push comes to shove. Plus watching Bellotti succeed over Tedford would be sickening.

I don’t really have a second favorite Pac-10 team. I’ll root for Florida because I was a Gator fan growing up, and I root for Michigan because they’re as close to Cal as you can get in terms of all-around excellence.

I am indifferent to the rest of the Pac-10 except for the teams that I hate which is all of them geographically south of us and one of them north of us. I don’t root for the Pac-10 in non-conference games unless I bet on them, and then they usually let me down so the indifference and hatred is assumed mutual. I don’t care what the national perception of our coast, conference or school is. I care about getting to the Rose Bowl and winning it and I root for things that will help us accomplish this (like a surprising USC loss) even though we inevitably blow it just enough on our own to render such gifts inconsequential in the final analysis of yet another non-championship season. Go Bears!

So I root for both Cal and Oregon. Love them both. I don’t know why the bad rap on Oregon fans, in all the years I was there (1995-2000), I never encountered bad behavior among the fans. I’ve been going to Cal games the entire rest of my life, and same thing. Classy fans, all around. I’ve been to games at other Pac-10 schools. The only really bad fans I’ve encountered are USC (duh), UW (but only when I was wearing Oregon gear — when I wore my Cal gear, no troubles), and WSU (Drunken fans who went to the football game instead of something else, and then couldn’t figure out what was going on….wtf….)

My dad went to grad school there, while I was in kindergarten and first grade. Thus, all my first college sporting events were at Autzen, Mac Court, Hayward Field, etc.. This was during the ‘70s when Pre’ was, unquestionably, The Man, and I still have fond memories of the Ducks upsetting Bill Walton’s Bruins. (Yes, I’m old.)

The uniforms are hideous, and the Phil Knight connection is excessive. But Eugene is as good a college town as there is in the United States, and the beer in Oregon is almost as good as the beer in California.

And like SoCal Oski said, they gave us Tedford. (I think they gave us Bruce Snyder, too, IIRC.)

Go Bears and Go Ducks! Any school that worships Track and Field is OK in my book. (Plus it’s where Animal House was filmed, which has to count for something.)

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Chalk up another vote for Oregon. When Cal isn’t doing as well (2005, 2007), I always root for Oregon.

Seeing Dennis Dixon beat USC was great. It was special because it was a game that USC lost as an underdog and their loss couldn’t be explained as “overlooking the opponent”.

If given a chance I would have voted for Whoever is playing U$C, but I recognize that this option would have discouraged conversation and participation as it would be the unanimous winner outside of the 7 miserable trolls who have thus far voted for U$C and predictably failed to reveal their identities due to their shame and (justified) fear of being banned from this site on principle.

How can you have a second favorite team? Cal is probably the team that I hate the least. I only root other Pac-10 teams if 1) it benefits the ducks 2) i makes the Pac-10 look better. Here is a list of the Pac-10 teams I hate the most and why.
OSU- hate everything about them
UW- they suck and their fans are annoying
UCLA- Neuheisel
ASU/UA- hurt Dixon, ruined ‘07
USC- we can’t keep being USC and the Pac-9
Stanford- 2001, won’t forgive them ever, ruined my cousins’ national title hopes
Wazzu- no real reason, recently we’ve dominated them
Cal- hate the way we lost in ’07

1. Cal
2. Oregon – awesome tradition, passion. What’s not to like? And I like there uniforms.
3. UCLA – big fan of UCLA, the school.
4. OSU – tough team. One of my GSIs was from OSU. Hard not to like a tough team.
5. UofA – My cousins go there. Just love Tucson.
6. Stanford – I have Cardinal friends.
7. UW – Who?
8. WSU – Who? State
9. ASU – I feel nothing.
10. USC – great football team but I don’t like the fans.

Oregon, now with fewer calories than California