The Portland Buckeyes

09/04/2026

The 2026 Ohio State football season is here!! Please join us at the Independent Sports Bar and Grill on Broadway in downtown Portland for all of our 2026 games. Our first game against Ball State kicks off tomorrow morning at 9:30am Pacific. Doors open 30 minutes before kick-off. The Independent has a full breakfast, lunch and dinner menu depending on the time of our game(s). They are also very family-friendly. We will have our usual raffle each game plus a special fund-raising raffle for our four biggest games with Jack Sawyer and Emeka Egbuka autographed items:

Texas: Jack Sawyer autographed jersey

Indiana: Emeka Egbuka autographed helmet

Oregon: Jack Sawyer autographed football

TTUN: Emeka Egbuka autographed jersey

Join us in celebrating every Buckeye score and win by buying one of our 2026 edition The Portland Buckeyes shot glasses for $5 each. We made them dishwasher-proof this year! Get one before they’re gone!!

The Independent Sports Bar and Grill

225 SW Broadway Avenue

Portland, OR 97205

(503) 206-6745

www,independentpdx.com

Our 2026 membership drive is still on.. Become a member and receive a couple free raffle tickets plus your name will be entered for a special raffle for a bottle of Seven Bridges W**e (Buckeye-owned) – we will have 5 separate drawings over the course of the season. You can join at:: https://www.osu.edu/alumni/get-involved/clubs-societies/portland-alumni-club. Please forward a copy of your OSUAA receipt to our inbox at [email protected] so we can enter you into the w**e raffle. You can also join at any of our game watches.

Welcome home to The Ohio State University. Join more than 600,000 alumni to celebrate Buckeye pride and rich traditions through events, tours, activities.

08/28/2026

See you at the Independent Sports Bar and Grill on September 5th at 9:30am! Go Bucks!

08/12/2026

It’s that time of year again to start upgrading your Buckeye attire and gear. College Traditions gives the Club a 15% rebate at the end of year for all purchases thru 12/31. Please enter code AL9581 in the comments section for on-line orders or give them our code for phone orders. Thanks to everyone that did this last year. We received a rebate check for $140 last year!! Go Bucks!

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08/11/2026

We have a member out in Beaverton who’s interested in forming a carpool with other Buckeyes for our Saturday game watches at the Independent. Please contact Tom at [email protected] if interested. Go Bucks!🌰

08/09/2026

2026 MEMBERSHIP UPDATE

Thanks to everyone that has renewed or joined so far!! We appreciate your support! As an added benefit for being a member, we will be raffling off 5 bottles of Seven Bridges w**e (a local Buckeye-owned w**ery) for the following games:

Texas- 2021 Equilibrium
Illinois- 2021 Instigator
Iowa- 2021 Equilibrium
Indiana- 2021 Collusion
Oregon- 2021 Equilibrium

Everyone that has renewed/joined since January 1st will be entered into the raffle – unpulled tickets will remain in the raffle until the Oregon game pull. You do not have to be present to win but we do not ship w**e so you will have to make arrangements to pick your w**e up locally. The link to join our club is located below.

For anyone that has renewed/joined since July 15th, please make sure that you have forwarded a copy of your receipt from OSUAA to [email protected]. We do not have access to their membership database and they only send us reports every 60 days or so. Thanks to everyone that has done this so far. It really helps!


I want to share some important changes to how the terms of annual membership to the Portland Buckeyes will be structured. In an effort to streamline our membership activities and make things more intuitive for our members, we are now implementing a new "membership year" that will run from August 1st - July 31st. This will enable all of our membership to have the same renewal dates, easing both administration for the club and predictability for our members. Here is what this means for you:
· All current memberships (paid on/after January 1, 2026) will expire on July 31st, 2027
· We are asking everyone to renew your membership as soon as possible. Your renewals now will extend your membership through July 31, 2027. Dues are $25 a year and are tax deductible. We do not offer a family membership so each adult person in your family should purchase an individual membership. All members will receive 3 free game watch raffle tickets this season.
· Please remember that there are many "members only" perks that the club provides, including access to game tickets, special membership events and drawings/raffles and extra game watch raffle tickets.

The Club is working hard on creating events that will keep us all connected and help us grow our community of Buckeyes here in the Portland/Vancouver metro area. We hope you'll all continue to join us at as many events as you can, and if you know other Buckeyes who aren't already members, please send them our way!

You can join/renew your tax-deductible membership on-line at: https://portland.alumni.osu.edu. Click Become A Member

Please note: you will receive an immediate email receipt(s) from OSU for your paid membership. Please forward a copy of that receipt(s) to our mail group at [email protected]. This will assure that we have you on our list to receive messages about game tickets and events. We can only obtain membership data once a quarter from OSUAA. Anyone that has renewed between January 1st and July 15th do not need to send us a copy of their receipt. We already have their information.

We will be back at the Independent Sports Bar and Grill for the 2026 football season! First game is on Saturday, September 5th at 9:30am Pacific against Ball State.

Go Bucks and look we forward to seeing you all at a game watch or event soon!!

Dennis Mohr
360-836-7395
[email protected]

08/08/2026

The 2026 Ohio State football season is here!! Please join us at the Independent Sports Bar and Grill on Broadway in downtown Portland for all of our 2026 games. Our first game in September 5th against Ball State kicks off at 9:30am Pacific. Doors open 30 minutes before kick-off. The Independent has a full breakfast, lunch and dinner menu depending on the time of our game(s). They are also very family-friendly. We will have our usual raffle each game plus special fund-raising raffles fpr the big games with Jack Sawyer and Emeka Egbuka autographed items:

Texas: Jack Sawyer autographed jersey

Indiana: Emeka Egbuka autographed helmet

Oregon: Jack Sawyer autographed football

TTUN: Emeka Egbuka autographed jersey

Join us in celebrating every Buckeye score and win by buying one of our 2026 edition The Portland Buckeyes shot glasses for $5 each. We made them dishwasher-proof this year! Get one before they’re gone!!

The Independent Sports Bar and Grill

225 SW Broadway Avenue

Portland, OR 97205

(503) 206-6745

www.independentpdx.com

07/24/2026

We have sad news to share… long time Portland Buckeye and OSU Alumni George McFadden passed away after a long illness. George was a kind-hearted and generous man and he loved kids. He would buy a $100 worth of raffle tickets and pass the tickets out to the kids at our game watches. He also generously donated to our annual toy drive for the Ronald McDonald House and to our scholarship program. George had his prominent seat every Saturday at the Blitz back in the day. He was close to the Norell family and he rarely missed a game.

Please keep George and his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers this weekend. RIP George!💔

07/15/2026

We want to share some important changes to how the terms of the annual membership to the Portland Buckeyes will be structured. In an effort to streamline our membership activities and make things more intuitive for our members, we are now implementing a new "membership year" that will run from August 1st - July 31st. This will enable all of our membership to have the same renewal dates, easing both administration for the club and predictability for our members. Here is what this means for you:
· All current memberships (paid on/after January 1, 2026) will expire on July 31st, 2027
· We are asking everyone to renew your membership as soon as possible. Your renewals now will extend your membership through July 31, 2027. Dues are $25 a year and are tax deductible. We do not offer a family membership so each adult person in your family should purchase an individual membership. All members will receive 3 free game watch raffle tickets this season.
· Please remember that there are many "members only" perks that the club provides, including access to game tickets, special membership events and drawings/raffles and extra game watch raffle tickets.

The Club is working hard on creating events that will keep us all connected and help us grow our community of Buckeyes here in the Portland/Vancouver metro area. We hope you'll all continue to join us at as many events as you can, and if you know other Buckeyes who aren't already members, please send them our way!

You can join/renew your tax-deductible membership on-line at: https://portland.alumni.osu.edu.

Please note: you will receive an immediate email receipt(s) from OSU for your paid membership. Please forward a copy of that receipt(s) to our mail group at [email protected]. This will assure that we have you on our list to receive messages about game tickets and events. We can only obtain membership data once a quarter from OSUAA. Anyone that has renewed between January 1st and July 15th do not need to send us a copy of their receipt. We already have their information.

We will be back at the Independent Sports Bar and Grill for the 2026 football season! First game is on Saturday, September 5th at 9:30am Pacific against Ball State.

Go Bucks and look forward to seeing you all at a game watch or event soon!!

Welcome home to The Ohio State University. Join more than 600,000 alumni to celebrate Buckeye pride and rich traditions through events, tours, activities.

06/27/2026

We had a great turnout for our annual Community Service event at the Vancouver FISH food bank! We sorted 3 full pallets of donated food. Thanks to everyone that showed up to help! Buckeye Strong!🌰🌰💪🏼

06/23/2026

Mark your calendars!! More details to follow.