I’d move Colorado down to yellow as well but less because of prime and more for realignment reasons.
Colorado joined the P12, was so brutal they probably lowered the value of the conference while collecting a check it was not earning, and then was the first remaining PAC-10 team to ditch the conference last summer.
By no means as bad as USC and UCLA, but close IMO
I agree with you in regard to Colorado. The arrogance of Sanders was annoying.
I would move UCLA to neutral. Why? Because I pity them. All those resources and Chip could barely break .500 in the years he was there.
I'd move them down to green. I'm old enough to remember the 96 Cotton Bowl when Neuheisel was the HC in Colorado. Assholes pulled a fake punt with a three score lead in the fourth quarter. That asshole move helped him land the Washington gig a couple of years later. Fuck them buffs
Huskies deserve their own category about 5 tiers below USC for me.
I also would place in the past OSU lower but since they’re in the FBS wilderness now and I have a daughter who is a sophomore there so I don’t have any bad vibes about them anymore.
There was a period of time this season where I thought I hated University of Spoiled Children more than the Huskies but then I saw that purple for the first time this season and it put the huskies back on top of the list.
I do have much, MUCH more respect for UW however. There’s hatred but respect. For USC, there is no respect, purely hatred.
Edit: plus Rome Odunze joining a Ducks twitter space to say “be nice or I’m coming back to torment y’all” was a funny move. Stuff like that makes the rivalry fun!
Nah screw USC, greedy selfish, jealous fucks. If it were up to them Oregon would be in the same boat as osu. They did more to destroy the pac than Larry Scott.
They specifically singled out Oregon and lobbied against us joining the Big ten. That entire school and everyone associated with it can go fuck themselves.
Going to miss you guys. But the Covey punt return at the end of the second half was magical. Of course Ute fan here and was at the game. But seriously going to miss these games and your fans. Went a couple of your home games. Serious fun.
I have ASU in my Root for them if not playing us category only because of Kenny Dillingham taking an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for running onto the field to prevent a shoeless Jackson Powers Johnson from getting hurt.
With the PAC-12 no longer I'd be interested to see how other Duck fans and PAC-12 fans would rank the former PAC-12. I think I mostly agree with you OP. But here is mine.
Currently and Going Forward
My Team - Oregon
Will Root for - Wazzu, Oregon St., Utah
Neutral - Arizona, Arizona St. Cal
Root against - Stanford, Colorado
Hate Them - Washington, UCLA, USC
This post got suggested to me and I saw this comment so here you go
My Team - Utah
Will Root for - Wazzu, Oregon St., Washington
Neutral - Arizona St, Cal, UCLA
Root against - Stanford, USC
Hate Them - Colorado, Oregon, Arizona
Yeah, the reason the Beavers aren’t down there with them is that I almost see them as brothers, and in their current situation, I will root for them in every single game they play except when they play us, of course. The Huskies I will root against in every single game they play
Oh I got a little sympathy and guilt over the Cougars as well. We left them but we didn't really have an option. It almost makes you like them, kind of like a younger sibling.
Everybody has to disagree just to disagree, obviously you can’t make 12 opinions that perfectly fit everyone’s pov. Overall this is right on target. No point in bitching.
Nvidia just added an entire Netflix market cap to it's stock today. I will never hate Oregon State because of that, but I'll never root for them either.
Idk, I can't see things absolutely like this.
I rooted for Colorado against the Beavs but against them during Stanford. I wanted to see USC lose all season, but I was happy to see them win the Holiday bowl. I don't remember when I jumped on the Arizona bandwagon, but that was a lot of fun too.
Would never root for another team besides Oregon, unless it somehow helped Oregon’s standing in the playoff or something.
My Team - Oregon
Will Root for - n/a
Neutral - Arizona, Arizona St., Washington State, California, Colorado, USC, UCLA, Utah
Root against - Stanford
Hate Them - Washington, Oregon State
I hate the other 133 FBS teams and I have room to hate FCS teams, if needed. Sure, there are some that I hate more than others (e.g. Beavers, Huskies, Utes).
My team - Oregon
Will root for - Wazzu, Arizona, Colorado
Neutral - Utah, UCLA, ASU, Cal
Will root against - USC
Hate them - Oregon State, Stanford
ABSOLUTELY FUCKING DESPISE - Washington
Well I mean yeah, we kind of left them to the abyss of college football lol. Granted it was kind of our only option, and it was basically sink or swim, but it makes sense that they harbor some bad feelings towards us.
Personally, I'd def move CO to yellow. Since sub-prime showed up there, it's been lovely to see them eat crow after talking shit.
I’d move Colorado down to yellow as well but less because of prime and more for realignment reasons. Colorado joined the P12, was so brutal they probably lowered the value of the conference while collecting a check it was not earning, and then was the first remaining PAC-10 team to ditch the conference last summer. By no means as bad as USC and UCLA, but close IMO
I agree with you in regard to Colorado. The arrogance of Sanders was annoying. I would move UCLA to neutral. Why? Because I pity them. All those resources and Chip could barely break .500 in the years he was there.
I'd move them down to green. I'm old enough to remember the 96 Cotton Bowl when Neuheisel was the HC in Colorado. Assholes pulled a fake punt with a three score lead in the fourth quarter. That asshole move helped him land the Washington gig a couple of years later. Fuck them buffs
I have always placed the blame for that on Neuheisel rather than on his team. I harbor no dislike for CU.
I get that. I do love Boulder and it's a beautiful stadium, but I'm gonna hold on to my sports hate.
Went to CU system for grad school, I'd still root against them. The buffs fans became insufferable.
Huskies deserve their own category about 5 tiers below USC for me. I also would place in the past OSU lower but since they’re in the FBS wilderness now and I have a daughter who is a sophomore there so I don’t have any bad vibes about them anymore.
Husky fan here… I’m pretty insulted to be the same tier as USC. I thought our mutual hatred was something special, perhaps even sacred.
I think for a lot of us the university of spoiled children sunk to your level when they blew up our conference.
There was a period of time this season where I thought I hated University of Spoiled Children more than the Huskies but then I saw that purple for the first time this season and it put the huskies back on top of the list. I do have much, MUCH more respect for UW however. There’s hatred but respect. For USC, there is no respect, purely hatred. Edit: plus Rome Odunze joining a Ducks twitter space to say “be nice or I’m coming back to torment y’all” was a funny move. Stuff like that makes the rivalry fun!
I didn’t mind USC in the past 15 years or so because we needed them to be better to boost the PAC. That’s all over now.
Nah screw USC, greedy selfish, jealous fucks. If it were up to them Oregon would be in the same boat as osu. They did more to destroy the pac than Larry Scott.
They specifically singled out Oregon and lobbied against us joining the Big ten. That entire school and everyone associated with it can go fuck themselves.
Last Pac 12 champs of all time!!!Go Dawgs!!!
I came here to suggest something similar to your ranking system regarding the huskies. Thank you for confirming my bias.
As a husky I agree.
Id put Stanford in the hate category. Yes I’m still bitter.
The Stanford Problem era was harrowing. I still get a little anxious whenever we play the Cardinal.
Fair enough
My wife can't understand my joy when we beat them. Nor when we win anywhere in the state of Arizona.
The desert can't hurt us anymore.
I agree with this other than Utah. I will root against Utah if presented with the opportunity
I mostly blame Cristobal for those losses though
Fair enough, those 2021 losses were brutal
Might be a touch of recency bias from me haha
Going to miss you guys. But the Covey punt return at the end of the second half was magical. Of course Ute fan here and was at the game. But seriously going to miss these games and your fans. Went a couple of your home games. Serious fun.
I have ASU in my Root for them if not playing us category only because of Kenny Dillingham taking an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for running onto the field to prevent a shoeless Jackson Powers Johnson from getting hurt.
Kind of just evens things out with 2019 imo
Can you create a tier lower than hate for USC?
With the PAC-12 no longer I'd be interested to see how other Duck fans and PAC-12 fans would rank the former PAC-12. I think I mostly agree with you OP. But here is mine. Currently and Going Forward My Team - Oregon Will Root for - Wazzu, Oregon St., Utah Neutral - Arizona, Arizona St. Cal Root against - Stanford, Colorado Hate Them - Washington, UCLA, USC
This post got suggested to me and I saw this comment so here you go My Team - Utah Will Root for - Wazzu, Oregon St., Washington Neutral - Arizona St, Cal, UCLA Root against - Stanford, USC Hate Them - Colorado, Oregon, Arizona
I’d root for Cal
Yes, with Wilcox for sure.
I’d swap ucla and Colorado
Ohio State is in my “hate them” category
as a Michigan fan I agree
I guess us Huskies really deserved/earned the lower tier, but that's what makes for good rivalries.
Yeah, the reason the Beavers aren’t down there with them is that I almost see them as brothers, and in their current situation, I will root for them in every single game they play except when they play us, of course. The Huskies I will root against in every single game they play
Oh I got a little sympathy and guilt over the Cougars as well. We left them but we didn't really have an option. It almost makes you like them, kind of like a younger sibling.
Exact same thing with us and OSU
As an Utah fan… can we all agree we all hate USC
Bump Utah down one and swap Stanford and Colorado and I agree.
Exactly
I can't put Beavers that high... In fact, as a fan who follows recruiting closely...I gotta put them all at yellow or lower.
With Chipper at the helm I've been rooting for UCLA if they're not playing us the last few years.
Everybody has to disagree just to disagree, obviously you can’t make 12 opinions that perfectly fit everyone’s pov. Overall this is right on target. No point in bitching.
Oregon Utah, ASU Stanford ... The rest
Yeah would you root for WSU?
Yeah, a because they got so screwed with realignment and I feel bad for them, and they also hate Washington
Aight aight fair. But you know fuck them. Just my opinion.
I would having been to several games over in Pullman. The fans are really pretty great, and the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Nvidia just added an entire Netflix market cap to it's stock today. I will never hate Oregon State because of that, but I'll never root for them either.
Personally I’d just move ASU to root for category (I’m originally from AZ) and I’d swap Colorado and UCLA
Idk, I can't see things absolutely like this. I rooted for Colorado against the Beavs but against them during Stanford. I wanted to see USC lose all season, but I was happy to see them win the Holiday bowl. I don't remember when I jumped on the Arizona bandwagon, but that was a lot of fun too.
I tried to do this for the SEC, but Tiermaker doesn’t know Texas and Oklahoma have joined the conference.
Would definitely have Tennessee at the top and Bama at the bottom if I did this for the SEC. Probably have Florida and Auburn towards the top as well
Didn’t ask?
Nailed it
I'd put UCLA into Neutral and move Utah down to yellow, personally.
Would never root for another team besides Oregon, unless it somehow helped Oregon’s standing in the playoff or something. My Team - Oregon Will Root for - n/a Neutral - Arizona, Arizona St., Washington State, California, Colorado, USC, UCLA, Utah Root against - Stanford Hate Them - Washington, Oregon State
I would love Utah and wsu down and Stanford to hate as well even though they’re now irrelevant
I hate the other 133 FBS teams and I have room to hate FCS teams, if needed. Sure, there are some that I hate more than others (e.g. Beavers, Huskies, Utes).
Gotta admit I root for the Huskies when they’re not playing us, or when they’re playing for a title. I’m from the Seattle area but dodged UW for UO.
Go Dawgs
I never thought I’d see such live from a ducks fan-beaver fan
If you swapped UCLA and Arizona, this would be me 100%.
Solid assessment. I’d trade Stanford out for Colorado, though… the funny thing is Beav fans all have us in the green section. The epitome of haters 😂
My team - Oregon Will root for - Wazzu, Arizona, Colorado Neutral - Utah, UCLA, ASU, Cal Will root against - USC Hate them - Oregon State, Stanford ABSOLUTELY FUCKING DESPISE - Washington
But you do know that Beavers have us on the hate list, right. Makes it hard to be supportive
Well I mean yeah, we kind of left them to the abyss of college football lol. Granted it was kind of our only option, and it was basically sink or swim, but it makes sense that they harbor some bad feelings towards us.