Oregon Ducks

Early this summer, the sight of this pickup truck elicited the obvious response: "I don't think we're in Nebraska any more!"

Oregon was originally known as "The Webfoot State" before it became "The Beaver State" in 1909. The University of Oregon had a special connection to Walt Disney, who gave his blessing to Donald Duck's relationship with the waterfowl-loving folks in Eugene. They've been the "Ducks" ever since. If you want to read the whole story, click here.

Having a duck as mascot does not automatically strike fear into the hearts of sports opponents, but it does have the advantage of offending no one . . . except the Humane Society which applied pressure to stop bringing live ducks to the games. Ah, well . . .

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