Not a visible enthusiasm but a hidden one, an excitement burning with a cold flame.
Patrick Süskind
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Eugene, Oregon, despite the decade plus of bright lights from the national media, is still not immune to big infusions of emotion. It’s especially true when a team who you’d previously dominated by a better than three touchdown average for 12 years rolls into town off two straight wins in the series and you can, no, you must make a statement.
No matter the help they got from a kicker, no matter that it took an overtime period, the Ducks ended the playoff hops of their “rival”, the Washington Huskies.