Road trip!

UP is trying to get a bus organized for the U of O game. They need responses by August 12, according to the emails I just received.

For just $25 you get a round trip to Eugene for the August 22 game. The buss leaves at 4 PM from the Chiles Center and returns after the game

RSVP to Beth Connell at connell@up.edu or call at 503-943-7245.

Plenty of room on the bus for the cowbells.

Calling all Pilot Fans! I just left the UP Athletics Office and only 12 fans had signed up for this great opportunity to to ride in the Pilot Rooter Bus and attend the season opener for our women at the U of O in Eugene on Saturday, August 22nd. Come on Pilot Nation!!!! Let's get on board and be there to support our team. The bus holds 47 fans comfortably (bathrooms on board) and a minimum of 36 must commit or the bus is canceled.

For only $25 you get a round trip to Eugene and a ticket to the game. Not to mention the outstanding company of other devoted Pilot fans. So respond now. Here's how to do it - straight from the Athletic Dept. announcement:

UO Away game trip
Pilot Fans! Are you interested in cheering on the Pilots on the road? For just $25 per person you can ride in style in the Portland Pilots RAZ bus to Eugene when the women take on Oregon on Saturday, August 22 at 7pm. The bus leaves from Chiles Center at 4pm and will return after the game. RSVP by August 12 to Beth Connell at connell@up.edu or 503-943-7245. The bus will be cancelled if there is not enough interest.

GO Pilots!

I would be all over this if I weren't pregnant with a baby that could arrive anytime...

-T

I hate to miss a good bus ride, but alas will be deep in the Cascades. I will have to wait a few days to learn the final score (which will be Pilots several, Ducks fewer).

Shadrach wrote:
UO Away game trip
Pilot Fans! Are you interested in cheering on the Pilots on the road? For just $25 per person you can ride in style in the Portland Pilots RAZ bus to Eugene when the women take on Oregon on Saturday, August 22 at 7pm. The bus leaves from Chiles Center at 4pm and will return after the game. RSVP by August 12 to Beth Connell at connell@up.edu or 503-943-7245. The bus will be cancelled if there is not enough interest.

GO Pilots!

Includes admission...

I would seriously consider going if I hadn't filled my schedule already:

-Wake up
-TA tailgate
-Jump, clap, and sing for victory
-PTFC takes three points (WGWTL)
-Postgame relaxation

Sounds like it would be fun if slightly more...ah...tranquil than the TA trip last month, but remember the rule about what happens on a bus trip: pics or it didn't happen.

C'MON PILOT NATION! HELP PUT THIS ROAD TRIP OVER THE TOP!

AS OF 10 MINUTES AGO THE PILOT ROOTER BUS FOR SATURDAY'S OPENING GAME AT THE U OF O IS ABOUT 8 PERSONS SHY OF MAKING THE TRIP TO EUGENE A REALITY. CAPACITY ON THE BUS IS 47 PASSENGERS AND 36 ARE REQUIRED TO CONFIRM THE RESERVATION. WE CAN DO THIS!

IF YOU WERE PLANNING TO DRIVE OR CARPOOL TO THE GAME PLEASE RECONSIDER AND JOIN OTHER PILOT FANS ON THE ROOTER BUS. TRAVEL TO EUGENE IN COMFORT AND STYLE FOR ONLY $25 PER PERSON - AND THAT INCLUDES A TICKET TO THE GAME. NO PARKING FEES. NO HASSLE OR SPEEDING TICKETS. JUST GOOD OLD FASHIONED FUN WITH OTHER FANS. THE BUS LEAVES ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 22ND AT 4:00PM FROM THE CHILES CENTER AND RETURNS THERE AFTER THE GAME.

TODAY IS THE ABSOLUTE DEADLINE FOR BOOKING THE ROOTER BUS SO PLEASE EMAIL BETH CONNELL NOW IN THE UP TICKET OFFICE AT CONNELL@UP.EDU OR CALL BETH DIRECTLY AT 503.943.7245 TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATION. THANKS TO ALL FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.

GO PILOTS!!!

Pretty long commute for me or I would be there.

fan from afar wrote:Pretty long commute for me or I would be there.

everybody has an excuse

Well, let's see - if I gas up the ol' buggy and leave now - hmmm - might just make it, maybe - maybe not - Could you have the bus meet me part way, like in Minneapolis?

BUMP

Let's make this happen people!

Keep the buzz for the UW road trip on the 30th too. I want to see you all up here!

Too many things going on that day to take the bus, but we'll be driving down ourselves. Hope the bus trip happens, though. It will be nice to have a large contingent! Pape Field is always packed when Portland comes to town. Would be nice to be the smaller but louder bunch!

Could one of you Tech Savvy Road Warriors post some updates from the Oregon match on the Pilots Twitter site? twitter ID: @PortlandPilots.

The only person who can update @portlandpilots is whoever created that feed. Will any of you at the game be willing to update via twitter? Maybe someone would create a pilotnation twitter account and we could have a group of tweeters that can access it?

Just got an email

The bus is going!



There are apparently some seats left, so if you want to be part of the party, sign up with Beth Connell.

I'm sure you could probably do it tomorrow at the BBQ.

The bus leaves Friday Saturday at 4 PM sharp. don't be late.

There will be no stops in Minneapolis.

Isn't the game Saturday....

If the bus leaves Friday @ 4 you all must be stopping for a few Pliny's on the way or are you really going through Minneapolis but aren't telling anyone.

If it's Pliny's wishing I was riding the bus.

PilotPoser wrote:Isn't the game Saturday....

If the bus leaves Friday @ 4 you all must be stopping for a few Pliny's on the way or are you really going through Minneapolis but aren't telling anyone.

If it's Pliny's wishing I was riding the bus.

Fixed. Maybe -- just maybe -- the Pliny drinking has started......

NO MINNEAPOLIS??!? And I was ready to leave. Good thing I checked my email one last time.

fan from afar wrote:NO MINNEAPOLIS??!? And I was ready to leave. Good thing I checked my email one last time.

You may be joking Fan, but if there was a stop in Minny I actually would be there waiting.

Matty, maybe we should charter our own bus, starting in Syracuse, picking up UP fans along the way. Wouldn't need no stupid Pliny, though - we'd get the REAL stuff in Milwaukee.

fan from afar wrote:Matty, maybe we should charter our own bus, starting in Syracuse, picking up UP fans along the way. Wouldn't need no stupid Pliny, though - we'd get the REAL stuff in Milwaukee.

Blatz?



FYI, the Widmer brewery here in town was started in the old Old Heidelberg Brewery building, which was a Blatz label.

You can still see the Old Heidelberg sign on the North side of the building as you drive South on Interstate.

My dad worked in the Blatz brewery during the depression. Blatz, Schlitz, Pabts - Great names there, but the beer isn't so good anymore.

Besides, the NW had Blitz. Nobody ever said "lets go get Pabsted"

Purplegeezer wrote:Besides, the NW had Blitz. Nobody ever said "lets go get Pabsted"

We did, however, say "Let's go get Schmidt-faced"....

PilotNut wrote:

Purplegeezer wrote:Besides, the NW had Blitz. Nobody ever said "lets go get Pabsted"

We did, however, say "Let's go get Schmidt-faced"....

Ha ha. well, in Milwaukee they would more likely have said "let's go get Schlitz-faced", though I noticed Schmidt's is now brewed in Milwaukee By Pabst, that famous South African Brewer.

So are Blatz and Schlitz (and Miller), for that matter.

BTW, there are still a couple seats left on the bus. a couple more folks signed up it looks like.