Mighty Oregon Lyrics:

She is small our Alma Mater
But she rules with strength and right,
What she lacks in mass and numbers
She makes up for in her fight
Oregon is never beaten
’Till the final whistles call.
Who can tell her tale of triumph?
Scores can never show it all.

Oregon, our Alma Mater
We will guard thee on and on
Fellows gather round and cheer her
Chant her glory Oregon
Roar the praises of her warriors
Sing the story Oregon
Down the gridiron urge the heroes
Of our mighty Oregon.

Rally fellows, stand behind them,
They are doing all they can.
Back the team in sun and shadow,
Back the captain, back each man.
They will carry home the vict’ry
To old Deady’s hallowed hall.
Give the team the best that’s in you.
Give your Alma Mater all.

The "list of the overall top 10 most intimidating stadiums in the nation... For the overall top 10, it's back to the basics - the 10 most intimidating stadiums for one game and one game only."
1. Autzen Stadium, Oregon
2. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Florida
3. Kyle Field, Texas A&M
4. Tiger Stadium, LSU
5. Doak Campbell Stadium, Florida State
6. Ohio Stadium, Ohio State
7. Lane Stadium, Virginia Tech
8. Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn
9. Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame
10. Memorial Stadium, Nebraska
(list from The Sporting News)

"Today give everything you have. What you keep, you lose forever."

"Sitting in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, Oregon's Autzen Stadium is one of college football's hidden jewels. Before kickoff, Autzen is as peaceful as the Willamette River, which runs through Eugene just a few minutes from the stadium. After kickoff, the fans - even the alumni - forget who they are, where they come from and what their degree is in. The audience adopts a new collective identity for the next three-and-a-half hours: the 12th, 13th and 14th man. Autzen’s 59,000 strong make the ’Big House’ (Michigan) collectively sound like a pathetic wimper. It’s louder than ’The Swamp’ at Florida, ’The Shoe’ in Columbus and ’Death Valley’ at Louisiana State. Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die."

"Trust me on Autzen. Just go to the place and soak it all in. Before they throw dirt on you, take a trip to Eugene one fall Saturday. - Autzen Stadium is a zoo; there's no other way to say it. Get inside your own 20 in a tight game, and you can forget about A.) hearing; B.) avoiding false starts and C.) success."
- Matt Hayes, SportingNews.

"Top 10 College Football Stadiums. - 10. Autzen Stadium. - You can have your cookie cutter Midwest stadiums and the beauty and pageantry of Southern traditions. We'll take the most hostile atmosphere this side of Gainesville any day, anyway."
- MSNBC.

"Top Five most-underrated College football atmospheres: - 5. Autzen Stadium. It's not so much the atmosphere as the noise. Wow. Just 54,000-plus fans, but the noise rattles all over the place. Night games are similar to LSU's Tiger Stadium."
- Houston Chronicle.

"Per square yard, the loudest stadium in the history of the planet."
- Keith Jackson, ABC Sports.

"The Autzen Bounce causes deafness in laboratory rats."
- Dennis Dodd, CBSSportsline.

"If you've never been to a game at Autzen Stadium do yourself a favor and get there soon. One word for the experience. Loud. Hurt your ears loud. Make them bleed loud. The Big Ten has nothing as loud as Autzen."
- BigTenTailgate.com

"Per capita, Autzen is the loudest venue in all of college football."
J. Brady McCollough, The Michigan Daily.

"It's very tough. The crowd there is unbelievably educated on when to be loud and when to calm down when they have the ball. It's just a very tough environment with the noise and just trying to communicate."
- Jeff Tedford

"They are very difficult to beat at home. The crowd is, from every report I get, from every coach I've spoken with, a real factor. You have to learn to communicate without talking, because talking doesn't do you any good."
- Lloyd Carr

"Crowd noise is almost an unfair advantage. You can't check plays, you seemingly have less time on the play clock and everything starts to feel really rushed."
- Troy Taylor

"They're going to be loud from the first snap until the last snap. They are right on top of you and they're just relentless."
- Barry Alvarez

"You can hear a pin drop when their offense is on the field, and when our offense is out there, it's like being in a thunderstorm."
- Thomas DeCloud

"It never rains at Autzen Stadium."

"I think Autzen Stadium, per person, is the loudest stadium I have ever been in." - Lee Corso

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift." - Steve Prefontaine

"Oregon did everything but, go after Ralphie with barbeque sauce." Brian Kenny (Sportscenter Anchor), on Oregons performance in the 2002 Fiesta Bowl against Colorado (Ralphie is Colorados mascot).

"This was a Pac-10 team flying across the country and stomping on the Wolverines like a 6-year-old having a tantrum." -Mitch Albom

If that’s not heaven, I don’t know what is.



GO DUCKS!