Pasadena, California –  Safety Erick Dargan was in the stands dancing with the band, wide receiver BJ Kelley was taking a selfie with fans and echoes of “Shout” could be heard from the field, through the tunnel and to the Oregon locker room.
For a single night, the Rose Bowl was home for the Ducks.
“It’s something you definitely remember for the rest of your life,” injured wide receiver Bralon Addison said.
Oregon took a slim halftime lead partnered with five second half Florida State turnovers and turned that into a rout of the defending national champion Seminoles, 59-20.
And with 40 seconds left in the game – a kneel was all that was left to seal an Oregon victory – neon green and yellow Ducks apparel busted from the stands. Any gold and garnet that had taken up residence for the evening had already skipped out of the historic venue.
Throughout the entire game, though, Oregon fans dominated the majority of the stadium. It was something Oregon players noticed when they ran out of the tunnel right before kickoff and heard the cheers from the fans.
“When we came out, all I saw was green and yellow,” said wide receiver Charles Nelson, who finished the game with 54 total yards and a superman-esque leap that left him inches away from a touchdown. “No matter where it was in the stands, that’s all I saw and that’s all I heard.”
“It felt like Autzen from the get-go.”
The band, the chants and the overall high-wired noise from the stands translated into what players believed was a home-field advantage.
“They do a lot,” Dargan said. “They get loud and that leads to our advantage.”
Oregon wide receiver Johnny Loyd added, “We definitely won in all aspects: the football game and the fan game.”
Throughout the week, Addison took notice to the amount of Oregon fans in the Los Angeles area for the game. Wide receiver Byron Marshall had heard from friends and family driving down from Northern California  that the highways were filled with Oregon fans making the trek down the West Coast.
“It was everything Oregon and not much Florida State,” Marshall said. “We knew who was in our corner and we’ve had great support through this entire season. For it to continue (tonight), it was great.”
After Oregon had outscored Florida State 27-7 in the third quarter, Addison joked with teammates that it would be a great time to hear “Shout” by Otis Day and the Knights – an Oregon theme song and the traditional song used at Autzen Stadium to welcome in the fourth quarter.
When “Shout” played after the game and the plethora of fans that had moved to the front of the railing danced like they were in Autzen Stadium, backup quarterback and Eugene native Taylor Alie was taken aback.
“That,” he said, “that made it feel like home.”
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