Those who’ve attended either University of Oregon or Oregon State University games know that for some folks, the activity outside the stadium is more important than the game itself. Of course, we’re talking about the age-old activity known as tailgating, during which fans grill up some food, get pumped for the game, but mainly see how much booze they can swill before kickoff.

But hey, you can’t mess with tradition.

Here’s some footage from the SI Tour Guy at last year’s Civil War in Corvallis:

And here, you can see the effects of over-tailgating as this Ducks fan displays when he loses a shoe on the way to the game:

This article appears in Dec 3-9, 2009.

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Civil War Tailgating Video

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 3, 2009

<h1>Civil War Tailgating Video</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 3, 2009</p> <p>Those who've attended either University of Oregon or Oregon State University games know that for some folks, the activity outside the stadium is more important than the game itself. Of course, we're talking about t<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailgate_party" target="_blank">he age-old activity known as tailgating</a>, during which fans grill up some food, get pumped for the game, but mainly see how much booze they can swill before kickoff.</p> <p>But hey, you can't mess with tradition.</p> <p>Here's some footage from the <a href="http://www.sitourguy.com/" target="_blank">SI Tour Guy</a> at last year's Civil War in Corvallis:</p> <p><object><em>You need to use a flashplayer enabled browser in order to view this video</em></object></p> <p>And here, you can see the effects of over-tailgating as this Ducks fan displays when he loses a shoe on the way to the game:</p> <p><object><em>You need to use a flashplayer enabled browser in order to view this video</em></object></p> <p> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> http://www.youtube.com/v/JvccdZrLnxk </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/civil-war-tailgating-video-2134732/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=12994&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/civil-war-tailgating-video-2134732/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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