Portland State Magazine Spring 2007

EVERY MORNING, LONG before classes begin, Jerry Glanville walks into his modest PSU office and boors up his computer. He can hardly wait to see the screen image: a wide-angle photo of a Viking football game caken before he came to town. The PGE Park stadium 10 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE SPRING 2007 lights glisten; the stands frame the action. Quickly, like a kid at a candy machine, Glanville clicks a few keys. Out of the computer speakers comes a penetrating howl. "That's us," Glanville says, his eyes now twice as wide. "Thar's the Viking horn." It's meant to unnerve or inspire, depending on whose side you're on. He cranks up the volume. "Here we come ... I'm ralkin' about the Port . .. land ... Seate ... Vikings," his voice