The Oregon location is where it’s always been, somewhere between Seattle and San Francisco.
That’s what I got from talking to foreigners in their own country.
No idea of Oregon, Washington, or Portland. But Seattle? Yes.
California? Yes.
Why does Oregon get the same confused reaction from sports analysts?
During a game break yesterday the broadcast cut to the studio team for insights and projections.
They talked about the SEC and how a two loss team, maybe a three or four loss team from that conference, could make the playoffs.
They talked about the Big10 and what Indiana is doing in their barn burner of a season.
Before they finished their segment, the lead man reminded his partner that the Oregon Ducks are the #1 team in all of college football at the highest level with the best wins.
(I might be adding a little hyperbole.)
Booger: We don’t talk about that, not about Oregon, that’s too far, way out there by Alaska or something.
Here’s some help with an Oregon location:
Look at the top left corner of an American map, the corner that has the point pinched off.
Now take your finger and trace the boundary between the Pacific Ocean on the left and the North American contingent on the right.
Left is the water, right is the land. Let’s stay together.
Trace downward until you find a gap, a notch, in the coastline. Below that is Oregon.
Once more, top left corner, then down to the gap that is the mouth of the Columbia River.
Above the top left corner sits Canada, and above that Alaska.
Quick reminder, Oregon and Alaska don’t share a common border.