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Originally Posted by wilnj
Just hit me, I’m sitting down to watch the last game of any relevance played by a Pac 12 team.
I’ve always been a homer. I’ve always rooted for the Big East (Rutgers) and ACC (Maryland) teams but the significance of the end of an organization that has been around for 108 years isn’t lost on me.
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My PAC roots run deep. My granddad graduated from OSU, as did my father and at least three uncles. So did my one of my sisters, one of my brothers, several of my cousins and many, many friends. My father was the sports editor of the Gazette Times in Corvallis, back in the day of Slats Gill and Tommy Prothro, (when it was still the PCC) and wrote a daily column as well. Heck, my mother claims that I was conceived at the 1957 Rose Bowl (well, maybe not at the Rose Bowl proper, but during the trip to cover the game). I was born on October 8th, so the timing is certainly right.
Having gone to UO, I'm the
green sheep of my family and have been subjected to a fair amount of scorn over the years ... although Mom insists she forgives me ... scorn that's been particularly pointed since we "abandoned" the Beavs and Cougs.
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