Bleeding Yellow and Green Fans make the game. STORY AND PHOTOS BY DAVE CONSTANTIN If you don't think UO Duck fans are some of the most hardcore sports fanatics on the planet, then you've probably never been to a pre-home game tailgate party outside Autzen Stadium. And you definitely weren't there on Sept. 16 for the now-infamous UO-Oklahoma game, when every quack from here to Boca Raton walked, drove, pedaled, flew or flapped his or her way to this hallowed spot to show Big Green some love. "I could live in Johor, Malaysia, and Eugene would still be my home," said Jay Hansen through the yellow facemask of his UO football helmet. Standing in front of his "ducked-out" camper with a beer in one hand and a spatula in the other, Hansen could have been the poster boy for UO fandom. Or maybe that title belonged to 51-year-old Tom Finneran, aka, the "Duc-nut," whose green and yellow camouflage, pith helmet and face paint couldn't compete with his dual UO bicep tattoos for evidence of team allegiance. Or maybe it was that group of sorority sisters screaming their heads off on their way into the stadium. Or the older couple with season tickets who drove down from Portland to spend another rainy night in the Autzen parking lot inside their camper, waiting impatiently for the fun to start. Whatever the profile of the UO fan, come game day you can find them all pressed into a sea of green and yellow outside Autzen's gates, taking the concept of team spirit to a whole new level. From left are Adam Robertson, Hunter Player and Katie Player The Tucker family From left are Allen Hardin, Kyle Coffman and Mac Morey Jay Hansen Tara Overton Tom Finneran, aka "Duc-nut," from Portland Officer Mark Lokeitz and Ian Carmell Ryan Sandy Robert Moore and Adam Davis
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