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Pac-12 Road Trip


Oregon State Corvallis


Athlon Sports ranked all the stadiums in the Pac-12 and slotted Oregon State’s Reser Stadium No. 8. Pete Carroll’s USC Trojans would beg to differ. At the height of Carroll’s run,


Reser Stadium was a house of horrors. It took a Reggie Bush punt return for a touchdown through the fog to escape a major upset during USC’s undefeated 2004 season, and BCS title hopes were derailed with losses there in both 2006 and 2008. A game at Corvallis is always a dangerous one, but it’s also a beautiful one. The campus transforms into a stunning canvas in the fall, as the surrounding trees change from a lush green to hues of red and gold. The Oregon State golf team


plays at Trysting Tree, Golf Digest’s ninth best public course in the state. That’s pretty good company when the top of that list is front- loaded with the four incredible courses at Bandon Dunes, which is 150 miles southwest of Corvallis. For another destination trip


from Corvallis, catch the Inter- state-5 for 80 miles north to Portland. Since opening in 1992, Pumpkin Ridge has hosted four USGA championships, and its Witch Hollow course is the No. 56 Golf Course You Can Play, according to Golf Magazine. Portland GC hosted the 1947 Ryder Cup, and Columbia Edgewater CC ranks inside the Top 15 Courses in Oregon by Golf Digest. If you’re hunting for a bargain and some more history, Portland municipal Great Blue at Heron Lakes once hosted the U.S. Amateur Public Links.


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Oregon Eugene


If there is a must-see place to watch college football in the Pac-12 right now, it’s got to be Auzten Stadium. The small but steep stadium pelts the sunken field with thunderous crowd noise, making Oregon one of the most difficult places to play in the country. Auzten Stadium has reached 127 decibels, which is somewhere be-


tween the noise level of a jackhammer and a jet. Combine that environment with Oregon’s gaudy uniform combi- nations and even gaudier offense, and you’ve got maybe the most entertain- ing Game Day in college football. Entering the 2013 season, Auzten has sold out its 54,000-seat stadium 83 straight games, and it’s easy to see why. Who doesn’t like to see touch- downs? Oregon ranked second in the country in 2012 at nearly 50 points per game, and has played in four straight BCS games—the longest active streak in the NCAA.


Travel three hours southwest from Eugene and you’ll end up somewhere in the British Isles—otherwise known as Bandon.


Just as Stanford and Oregon have battled for recent Pac-12 supremacy on the gridiron, each region’s golf courses are duking it out for best travel destination on the West Coast. Stanford can claim both San Fran- cisco and the Monterey Peninsula within a 90-mile radius, enough to knock out just about any contender. But Eugene can counter with an arsenal of elite courses within three hours—five rated inside Golf Di- gest’s 100 Greatest


Courses, and seven rated inside its 100 Greatest Public Courses list. Similar to Sahalee, Eugene


Country Club will wow you with its massive tree-lined fairways— evergreens so big they can skew your depth perception. The University of Oregon also plays Emerald Valley— which owns one of the best practice facilities around Eugene—and Shadow Hills—which hosted the Nationwide Tour’s Oregon Classic. But venture east to Bend, up


some 3,600 feet in elevation, and you’ll find Pronghorn Club (Nick-


PHOTO: ERIC EVANS


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