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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1972)
Ducks cast as spoilers By MERLIN MANN Of the Emerald Washington State has been in this position before. The Cougars, of course, are thinking about roses on New Year’s Day—just like last year. In 1971 when Washington State faced Oregon it was a do-or-die situation. Both teams were then in contention for the Rose Bowl berth. But both needed a win to stay in the race. This time each needs a win for different reasons. Both teams don’t need a win to stay in the race. Oregon, for all practical purposes, is out of it with two conference losses. Washington State, however, with a loss to California earlier this season, is again faced with a must-win situation, or be eliminated from the picture completely. Oregon needs the win for other reasons. Coming off a creditable performance at Seattle and the narrow loss, the Ducks are 1-4. The Ducks must gain some measure of respect and gain a great deal of pride and confidence before tackling Stanford and Southern California in the following suc cessive weekends. The ingredients promise another thriller like the slugfest at Pullman last year, when the key play of the ball game occurred on a fourth quarter fake-punt, through-the-legs handoff, and 46-yard touchdown run by Bernard Jackson. The Cougars lost Jackson via graduation, but they still have a potent ground attack to throw at Oregon’s weak rushing defense, worst in the conference. The Ducks rose to stop the Washington rush in the second half of the game Saturday, but the Staters have a more potent attack (resembling a wishbone) led by Ken Grandberry. An All-Coast honorable mention selection as a sophomore, Grandberry is now leading the conference in scoring with eight touch downs in five games. His 400 yards rank him third in conference rushing, and tenth in total offense. Grandberry is flanked by the conference’s sixth ranked rusher Steve Hamilton, a junior. But the key to the Cougar Veer-T offense— basically a wishbone triple option with two running backs instead of three—is the Cougar quarterback Ty Paine. The 6-3, 219 pounder has greatly improved his passing from a year ago and creates a double threat with his running. Paine ranks third, behind Oregon’s Dan Fouts and Southern Cal’s Mike Rae, in total offense. The Oregon defense will be hard pressed to hold down the WSU attack, but the Cougar defense should also get headaches from trying to stop Oregon. Fouts, third ranked passer in the country, will be facing the worst passing defense in the conference. And he has 6-3 Greg Specht, top pass receiver in the Pac-8 with 27 passes, to use for target practice. Bob Palm is also a prime target and ranks tied in fifth with 16 catches. To upset the potent Oregon airlanes and help offset the porous defense, Washington State plans to use various combinations of pass rushes: blitzes, or stunts, as WSU calls them. “They stunt a lot, but they come hard like Washington," Oregon Coach Dick Enright said. "We’re leaving our offensive line the same, though,” he said, even though Fouts was dumped five times for losses by the Washington rush. He was dumped many more times just as he released passes. “I look for the line to play a much better game Satur day," Enright said. The starting line consists of a freshman, Ron Hunt; two sophomores, Tom Persons and Mike Salcido; and two seniors, Chuck Bradley and Tim Stokes. Oregon's employment of the option in the second half against Washington and its planned use against WSU should effectively counter the stunts. “They’ll take themselves out of the pursuit lanes if they stunt while we’re running the option," said running backs coach Steve Sogge. That will leave the WSU linebackers in the Oregon backfield while Maurice Anderson does his Greg Pruitt-dance down the sidelines. In fact, the score could reach Oklahoma and UCLA proportions—-for both teams. Because Dan Fouts squares off against the WSU defense, and Ty Paine & Co. takes on the Duck defense. Peerless Prognostications The future of Peerless Prognostications may ride on the line this weekend due to a threat by sports editor Paul Buker. The Potato Baron first threatened to resign from active competition, the second. time in as many seasons he has made such a statement, and then vowed to cancel the whole contest if CS Hunter emerges victorious once again. Hunter equalled a Peerless Prog record by selecting 18 of 20 last week. But the affable scribe faces stiff competition this time from Hal Cowan and Bill Bucy. Cowan, Athletic Department Sports Information Director, has a far-flung reputation for coming through with the big picks and the best press box ldnches in the Pac-8. Bucy, making his first sports side appearance in two years, is a very real darkhorse and has to know more about football than he professes. 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Ann Daws, who has taken leadership in organizing the team, told the Fmerald Thursday that of the 20 women only one has rowed before. But that fact hasn’t dampened spirits for the women, Daws says. She is one of the women who hasn’t rowed previously. Saturday morning interested girls will go with the men’s crew team to Dexter lake for the women’s first rowing session. The men have been practicing for some time. Mike Napier, the men’s crew coach, will also coach the women's team. In fact Napier is the one who suggested to Daws that she organize a team, she explains. “Women’s crew is almost unheard of,” Daws said. She continued to say, however, that she's been interested in the sport for quite a while because “it’s really a team effort—it’s so important to be together.” Women interested in women's crew can contact Ann at 345-9364. The bus for Dexter leaves at 8:30 a m. Saturday from Hayward Field. Even women who didn't attend last Tuesday’s in troductory crew meeting or who haven’t contacted Ann are welcome to go, she said. IM slate FRIDAY IM Field: Arudogs vs Stof felwampers; Field 1 : Geology vs Eugene Fish Co; Field 2: SCF vs Counselors. 4:30 — IM Field: High Hill Gang vs Augusta Athletics; Field 1: Cretins vs Executors; Field 2: Quimps Too vs Household of Praise. OOPS! ER, SORRY DAN Chuck Bradley can’t help—two Huskies sack Fouts Photo by Phil Waltfitein CLOTHES FOR MIN Pick a dilly of a sweater from Piccadilly. An all wool placket front with long sleeves and a collar. We have this sweater in solid colors as well as con trasting stripes. Such a deal at only $17.95 Shop the Gay Blades two Eugene locations, downtown on the Mall and 263 Valley River Center.
