I think Julius is playing innocent -- "beaver" certainly does have that connotation here, even if it is not all that common. This leads to all kinds of (ahem) terribly clever puns and chants at sporting events. I distinctly remember gleefully (and completely innocently) joining into a "WE EAT BEAVER" chant as a naive high school freshman when we were playing against the Beaverton Beavers. I thought it was referring to dinner.
Former OSU BEAVER stud Cole Gillespie will be playing at PGE Park this weekend. http://blog.oregonlive.com/mlb/2009/05/minor_league_spotlight_cole_gi.html
It's nice to hear times haven't changed. I remember my HS playing Beaverton HS in the HS basketball tournament. A few of us donned orange and black, headed over to the Beaverton stands and started the chant, "You Can't Lick Our Beavers! You Can't Lick Our Beavers!" In a few seconds we had most of the crowd chanting with us. Good times, good times.
Beavs won 9-8 against Texas A&M. Now #3 Oregon State (36-17) vs. #1 TCU (37-16), 8 p.m EST Saturday May 30, 2009. Go Beavs !!!!