Oregon's Puddles the Duck might want to have a talk with the hype squad about the Ducks' points tradition.
During Oregon's season opener against Portland State, the Ducks hung 81 points on the Big Sky school. And poor Puddles had to do a push-up for each point on the board.
That, for those counting at home, totaled 546 push-ups. If that math doesn't add up, it's because 78 of those points came from touchdowns (Oregon converted a two-point conversion to make it 8-0) and three came from a field goal. That's 11 sets of push-ups at seven-point intervals (except for the first possession) and one set for the field goal.
The math there is 8+15+22+29+36+43+50+57+64+67+74+81, which equals... 546.
Oregon ended up punting just once in the game, which resulted in a very tired Duck.
546 PUSH UPS FOR OREGON MASCOT 😭😳
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 2, 2023
Puddles was gassed 😅 pic.twitter.com/GOy1UXU2XP
Those applying for a mascot gig take note.
Oregon Ducks scoring record
81 points is a record for the Ducks football team, breaking the previous record of 77 points scored against Southern Utah in the opener of the 2017 season.
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Bo Nix completed 23 of 27 passes for 287 yards and three touchdowns before earning a rest. Ty Thompson and Austin Novosad closed things out for the Ducks.
The Portland State run defense didn't fare much better, allowing 348 yards on the ground, meaning Oregon couldn't even properly run out the clock. In the end, the Ducks averaged 10.1 yards per play.
Why does the Oregon Duck mascot do push-ups?
Puddles' push-ups after scores are an age-old tradition, and it gets attention when Oregon beats up on an FCS school or early-season opponent.
In reality, the Ducks aren't the first school to incorporate chest workouts into post-score celebrations.
In 1978, Zach Mills, the mascot for the Clemson Tigers at the time, began doing push-ups after each TD scored -- one for every point on the board. Since then, it has been often replicated, with the Ducks getting a lot of attention for it thanks to the occasional 70-point game.