Article: Die-hard quackers try hard for seats.(General News)(Football: Tickets to see the Ducks and the new Autzen Stadium put fans in line and online.)

Byline: MATT COOPER The Register-Guard

All Michael Fleming had to do to get Duck football tickets Tuesday was show up at the ticket office at 4 a.m., wait five hours for the doors to open, then cough up $60 for two seats with a clear, unobstructed view ... of the goal posts in Autzen Stadium.

"Baaaaad tickets," said the 38-year-old Fleming, but "I'm in the game - that's all that counts!"

Fleming was lucky. On Tuesday, the first day that single-game tickets were made available for the 2002-03 season, the Ducks also meant to offer fans the new option of buying tickets online, through www.goducks.com.

The operative word is "meant," ...

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