My Take.....
Oregon Football '95 was "The Original"... Inspired by a great season and the thrill that the Cotton Bowl had selected the DUCKS over the UW Huskies as participants. Back-2-Back! Rose Bowl then Cotton Bowl. (The 2000 version was "It's Gotta Be The Shoes!" sang at the Wisconsin game...smile.)
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...and then POOF!. A celebration was born. Putting together the cover art for the cassette, duplicating the multiple copies, and having them distributed for sale at local retail stores in Eugene just added to the fun....!
It
included a "Side B", "Is There Sometime We Can Get Together?" (with
Mel Knight singing Baritone), and was made available through the
courtesy of J.C. Penny, Meier & Frank, and KUGN Radio. Go
Ducks!
Okay...so the result in that game was not the best. But it DID
provide inspiration for - perhaps - The UofO's most significant
donor, Phil Knight of Nike, to give the seed money for the
conference's FIRST indoor practice facility...and a launching pad
for what can be considered now one of the top athletic complexes in
the country!
Lead - Jerry Harrison Baritone - Randy Stewart |
Tenor - Kevin Stephens Bass - Reid Stewart |
Oregon Football 1995..
PS...Thanks
for the support, Joe Giansante but I gotta say Russ Francis was right...I
made the mistake of slowing the tempo when I put the quartet together for this
initial version. (Although as the years pass and 1995 is further and further
in the rear view mirror, the sloooow version actually seems about right...) No
matter. It was fun regardless!
PPS -- CLICK HERE for the
video of the rehearsal and a downloadable version of the intro and full song
for your phone [ if you feel the need...smile...]
My second mistake was listening to the NCAA and becoming overly cautious in
eliminating players' names to the song....At least the tempo was brought
back up to speed. That version's lyrics are posted here as well.
The Schedule..
Date | Opponent | Location | Results | ||
Sat, Sep 02 | Utah | at Salt Lake City, Utah | 27 - 20 (W) | ||
Sat, Sep 09 | Illinois | Eugene, Ore. | 34 - 31 (W) | ||
Sat, Sep 16 | UCLA | at Los Angeles, Calif | 38 - 31 (W) | ||
Sat, Sep 23 | Stanford | Eugene, Ore. | 21 - 28 (L) | ||
Sat, Oct 07 | Pacific | Eugene, Ore. | 45 - 7 (W) | ||
Sat, Oct 14 | California | at Berkeley, Calif. | 52 - 30 (W) | ||
Sat, Oct 21 | Washington State | Eugene, Ore. | 26 - 7 (W) | ||
Sat, Oct 28 | Arizona State | Eugene, Ore. | 24 - 35 (L) | ||
Sat, Nov 04 | Washington | at Seattle, Wash. | 24 - 22 (W) | ||
Sat, Nov 11 | Arizona | at Tucson, Ariz. | 17 - 13 (W) | ||
Sat, Nov 18 | Oregon State | Eugene, Ore. | 12 - 10 (W) | ||
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Mon, Jan 01 | Colorado | at Dallas, Texas | 6 - 38 (L) |
The Lyrics...
The words that "made the cut" | The Original lyrics |
Jerry Allen makes the call
We hear the Ducks make many plays,Across the land on radio. The game is heard for miles around on weekends. Exciting and much more. Don't we all remember... "You know who is gonna score!" The Ducks flew into Utah - victory #1
The next team up - UCLA, they The goal again a bowl game at the The Quarterback, he made the
The Wazzu game gave all a chance
Now Duck football's heard 'round the
The story isn't over and you know WHAT A TEAM! |
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, The Ducks flew into Utah - victory #1 The next team up - UCLA, Jabbar
was The goal again a bowl game at the Grazziani made the football dance and sing. The Wazzu game
gave all a chance Now Duck football's
heard 'round the world The story isn't over
and you know what we mean.... |