One of the greatest current traditions in all of sports takes place inside Autzen Stadium during the intermission between 3rd and 4th quarters of football games.
Fans know it’s coming. Players know it’s coming. TV crews across the nation know it’s coming, readying their cameras for the exuberant explosion getting set to take place in Eugene.
The singing of “Shout!” has become one of the time-honored traditions in college football over the last decade or so. An ode to Otis Day and the Knights, the popular fictional band from National Lampoon’s Animal House — which was filmed on the University of Oregon campus — the crowd at Autzen always turns into a frenzy for a span of several minutes in between quarters, with a well-produced Nike video playing on the jumbotron.
The video — a remake of arguably the most popular scene in Animal House — features some of the most legendary athletes and figures to be associated with the Ducks over the years. Here are just a few featured in the video:
- Marcus Mariota
- Joey Harrington
- Ahmad Rashad
- LaMichael James
- Kenjon Barner
- Dennis Dixon
- Kenny Wheaton
- Dan Fouts
- Ashton Eaton
- Galen Rupp
- Neil Everett
- English Gardner
That’s a great list of Oregon legends, but it is undoubtedly missing some names. This past week on the Sco-ing Long podcast, I was lucky enough to talk to Joey Harrington, one of the prominent figures of that ‘Shout!’ video. Of course, I asked him whether or not he thought the video should be updated to include some of the newest Oregon legends. His answer may surprise you.
Does "Shout!" need to be updated to include Oregon legends like Justin Herbert and Sabrina Ionescu?
I asked @joey3harrington his opinion. It's hard to disagree with his answer. pic.twitter.com/xFqZeWqmdo
— Zachary Neel (@zacharycneel) February 13, 2023
It’s hard to disagree with Harrington. While the list of great Oregon athletes will continue to grow, the competition for screen time will grow as well. It’s only so long of a song, and by adding a handful of Duck legends who were left out the first time, you would be taking away from those who made it.
However, in a perfect world, there’s no cap on who gets to be in the video, and “Shout!” becomes a defacto “fan version” of the Oregon Ducks Hall of Fame.
In this world, here are some names that I would like to see added to the video, in no particular order.
Note: It needs to be said that creating this list was much harder than I originally thought. My first draft had well over 50 names on it of players who I believed should make the cut. Even in a perfect world, that’s too many. So I forced myself to cut it down to 30 names. There are unlimited honorable mentions that I could go through. However, these are the most deserving in my mind.