Information for Saturday

I've received a lot of questions about the game Saturday, so here's some answer's to common questions.

Your student ID, if you received a ticket, has your ticket pre-loaded onto it. Your ID will be scanned at the front gate, NOT the student section.

The main parking lot, used for tailgating, will open at 3:00 Saturday. It always opens 4 hours prior to kickoff.

Gates to the stadium will open at 4:00, they always open 3 hours prior to kickoff. Students can begin lining up at this time, on the North side of the stadium, but will not be released into the student section until 90 minutes prior to kickoff. As always, drugs and alcohol are not allowed inside Autzen Stadium.

Per the Oregon recruiting sites, two WR recruits will be visiting for this game. Diante Jackson is from the Bay Area and Markus Wheaton is from the Phoenix, AZ area. Both are reported to have offers from many Pac-10 teams and would be huge pickups for the Ducks. Markus is the cousin of Duck legend Kenny Wheaton, so make him feel welcome and lets convince him to come to OREGON!!!!!! Additionally, local standouts Boseko Lokombo and Charles Siddoway are expected to be in attendance. Let's show these guys why Oregon fan's are the best to play for in the nation!

See everyone Saturday!

WEAR YELLOW Saturday

Just an announcement for Freshman who may be going to their first game at Autzen and a reminder for returning students: WEAR YELLOW. It shows up better on TV, especially with a night game, and you won't be confused with the sad fans from UW who will resort to wearing purple. Wear yellow and cheer loudly! YELL-O!!!!!!!

Also, I know this is from last week but, here's a story that was in ESPN the Magazine that mentions Oregon as one of the top student sections, for football, nationally. We have a reputation, not to maintain but rather, to improve on. See everyone, in yellow, Saturday!!!!

Football Student Ticket Info

Here's what I've been told so far, as it relates to the new electronic ticketing system this Weekend. The tickets, for everyone who logged onto GoDucks.com Sunday, have been or will be loaded directly on your student ID card. No need to keep track of a ticket anymore, just don't lose your ID on the way to the game. This also means you can't sell your ticket anymore but, if you're not going to use it, you can release it to avoid being penalized for not using it.

If you didn't get a ticket but want to go: Good Luck. Every single ticket, from all 5 groups, was claimed Sunday which means there will be very few available re-released. All tickets that have been released for this weeks game, will be made available at 5:00 Wednesday evening on GoDucks.com on a first come first serve basis.

Still awaiting confirmation on whether our ID's will be scanned at the main gates or at the top of the student section; common sense would say main gates to prevent a huge line (or rioting) in front of the student section. If you have any questions, post them as comments and I'll try to find answers.

Oregon gets a few Herbie Award mentions

ESPN contributor and College GameDay host Kirk Herbstreit recently released his "Herbie Awards," given out annually to, who he feels are, the best college football players and coaches. Lots of Ducks received mention including: Jairus Byrd, Walter Thurmond, Patrick Chung, Jamere Holland, Nick Reed, and Chip Kelly. He also has Oregon listed, along with others nearly twice as big, as one of the top five student sections in the nation for football. Enjoy!

Introduction

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to take the opportunity to introduce myself and talk about the new site for the Pit Crew. My name is Daniel Cogan and I'll be the President of the Pit Crew this season. We've wanted to update the site for a while to improve the functionality and make it easier for members to interact on the site. Our message board works well, but we wanted something that could be updated more frequently to better serve the needs of the student body.

My hope is that students use the Pit Crew site not only for Athletics, but as a source for campus news. We'll do our best to keep students informed about what's happening on campus, and try to do it in an entertaining way. If you have an idea for something which would add value to the site, we'd love to hear your idea and will try to incorporate it within the site.

Before I finish, I'd like to take the opportunity to thank former Pit Crew President Robert Griesinger for designing the site. He's made many positive contributions to the success of our group in the past and I'm thankful for his willingness to continue to help us out. Welcome again to the new site of the University of Oregon Pit Crew and enjoy!

Go Ducks,
Daniel Cogan
Pit Crew President 07-09

New Website

Welcome to the new site, reformatted to better serve the needs of the larger community. Enjoy, all comments on how to better improve the site are greatly appreciated.