You can’t stop Supwitchugirl. You can only hope to contain them.

The music video “I love my Ducks”, featuring a controversial appearance by the Duck, was mentioned on Thursday’s The Dan Patrick Show.

Here’s the audio:

I know some of you are tired of this story. But I would like to make one more note about all of this nonsense.

In “Does the Duck mascot’s hip-hop act put UO’s deal with Disney in peril?” posted on KVAL.com, Dave Williford with the UO Athletic Department commented in regards to the use of the Duck:

“Anything other than use for sporting events, we need to request permission from Disney in advance.”

That might be true now. But all I know is that I’ve attended non-sports functions, like weddings (or birthdays) of children of high-profile donors, with the Duck in attendance.

So, either it’s a new policy, or a policy that is conveniently ignored for the right people.

Or Disney approves every…single…one of these appearances.

If that’s the case, supwitchudisney?

And here’s one more question: who approved the use of the Duck costume (because it’s not like the thing is library book for anyone to check out)?

By the way, the video is back up on YouTube. Happy “I love my Ducks”-hunting, UO Athletic Department!

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REWARD: The UOSportsDude got the $20 Gift Card to Oregon Sports at the Gateway Mall. Nice job on tracking down the video.

UPDATE: Well, I think this little episode is coming to an end. The video is now posted on a service that is not YouTube. And if it is removed from there, it will pop us somewhere else. So, have fun playing this game of cat and mouse.

Until then, enjoy the video.

(I’ll sort out who gets the gift card tomorrow.)

UPDATE: Looks like Supwitchugirl has posted the video on Facebook.

UPDATE: While the Athletic Department does not want “I love my Ducks” on YouTube, they don’t seem to mind it making an appearance on GoDucks Live with Jerry Allen.

Skip to the last few minutes for the video.

Let me just make one note about this video being a part of Jerry’s show: if the video was OK for the show, why isn’t it OK for YouTube?

I think this is a case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing.

I should have done a better job of looking into where this video originated from before I posted this entry. But the fact that it was on Jerry’s show this morning makes everything that follows all that much more perplexing.

Again, supwitchuoregon?

Here’s the original post…

By Jay Jones, One Click Sports News

Earlier today, Duck fans visiting YouTube got to smell the Roses.

Then Duck Sports News linked to the music video, featuring the Duck mascot, produced by the group Supwitchugirl.

Once DSN linked to it, everyone in the University of Oregon’s Athletic Department knew about it (because Duck Sports News is the home page for quite a few in the Athletic Department at the Cas Center).

And that included the Marketing Department.

From @AndrewGreif.

While the Marketing Department did not approve, Coach Kelly seemed to like it.

Again, from @AndrewGreif.

But within a couple of hours, it was gone, made “private” on YouTube.

More from @AndrewGreif.

However, it seems that the Athletic Department was willing to play the mother of all trump cards: contacting YouTube.

This lead to a reasonable question from @AndrewGreif:

(Note: Link on UOSportsDude.com does not work, either.)

Self-proclaimed insider @MightyOregon suggests it was a chain-of-command issue:

And then @MightyOregon goes on to make a legitimate, albeit decidedly unfun, point:

Leaving no room for interpretation, the group Suwitchugirl created a Twitter account and posted the following tweet this afternoon:

And their position was further clarified with a comment on YouTube:

Is it the best music video in the world? No. But it’s probably the best one these kids have ever produced.

Is it fun? Yes. A lot more fun than the countless “O”s and Ducks that adorn many a local business store front in the Eugene-Springfield area (most certainly without permission).

Is it good for Oregon? Sure. Fans seem to like it. And it is a much better use of Oregon imagery on video than the numerous occasions it pops up on local commercials (in the form or a hat here or a shirt there – again, probably without permission).

In the great tradition of Carroll-Harbaugh, I have to ask the University of Oregon Athletic Department, what’s your deal?

Or as the kids like to say, supwitchuoregon?

Help Duck Sports News (along with Robert Stack) find this missing video. Duck Sports News is offering a $20 gift card to Oregon Sports at the Gateway Mall for a working link (that remains working) to the “I love my Ducks” music video.

If you have any information leading to the safe return of this missing video, please email us here.

We thank you for your cooperation.

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