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QuickTake:
Before the game, talk was of cross country travel, school spirit and bonding with old friends.
In the parking lot of Autzen Stadium a couple of hours before kickoff of the first College Football Playoff game ever to be held in Eugene, James Madison University fans were out in force, in their purple, and yelling, “Go Duuuuuuuukes!
Conversations mostly centered around how they got to Eugene — and how friendly they were finding Eugene and Springfield locals.
James Smith and his buddy Craig (no last name given) from Norfolk, Virginia, spent about $1,100 on roundtrip flights that went Norfolk to Dallas to Portland. They drove down from Portland and set up a tailgate with a box of Voodoo Doughnuts.
“Everybody’s been really nice, very welcoming,” Smith said.
“Probably because there’s a 21-point spread,” Craig interjected, referring to the fact that the Ducks were the heavy favorites. (The official line was 20.5.)
James Madison had arranged events for out-of-town fans in Portland. Thursday, when an atmospheric river was dumping several inches of rain on Lane County, several of them ventured to the coast and Devil’s Churn near Yachats.
“Terrifying” said Tammy Woolever, in town from Sarasota, Florida, with her husband and two kids in college.
A few rows over from Smith, at least 40 James Madison fans hung around behind four vehicles.
Among them: Delvin Joyce, a 2001 graduate of JMU who spent three years in the NFL as a running back and on special teams for the New York Giants. He’s now a financial advisor in Charlotte, North Carolina. He still goes to every JMU home game.
Joyce was making his first trip to Eugene, and he stayed in an Airbnb with three former teammates and walked across the river to the game.
One of those friends, holding a red solo cup, interjected to say Eugene and the University of Oregon was “like the JMU of the West. It has, like, that same southern hospitality feel to it.”
Joyce, too, found the locals engaging.
“I think the fans are, like, just the most welcoming, nice fans that I’ve ever encountered at an away game,” Joyce said. “Like, everybody’s so nice. We’re trying to figure out if it’s because they don’t see us as a threat, so they’re really nice, or if it was Alabama here, they’d be more confrontational.”
