john harris
Ducks elicit fear? Oh, come on
The Brigham Young football team is
scared of the Ducks. At least that's what this
week’s press release from the BYU public
ity office says.
“There is a general feeling that Brigham
Young University may have picked the
wrong time, and wrong place, for Saturday
afternoon’s football game against winless
University of Oregon," states the release.
Like the Ducks, the Cougars are more
concerned about not losing than winning.
They own a 3-2 record, but last week before
a homecoming and regional television au
dience were crushed 24-7 by Utah State.
The Cougar's highly-touted passing game,
led by junior quarterback Marc Wilson,
managed only 119 yards.
Last year Wilson passed for 341.6 yards
per game, the best mark in the nation.
Naturally, big things were expected of Wil
son this year, but so far he has connected
on only 47 percent of his passes and has
been intercepted 10 times.
BYU coach Lavell Edwards even had to
resort to using Wilson's backup, sopho
more Jim McMahon, to pull out one of the
Cougars’ three wins. McMahon came off
the bench against New Mexico and rallied
BYU to three fourth-quarter touchdowns
and a 27-23 victory. For his efforts he was
named Western Athletic Conference Of
fensive Player for that week.
There has been some talk in the
Cougar’s camp this week that McMahon
might get the starting nod for Saturday’s
game at Autzen Stadium, but the chances
are better that Wilson will be at the helm.
Of course it really shouldn’t matter to
Oregon who starts at quarterback for BYU,
since backup passers have proved the de
mise of the Ducks’ in the last three weeks.
Oregon coach Rich Brooks rates BYU as
much better than Texas Christian, who beat
the Ducks 14-10, and comparable to Wis
consin, to whom Oregon fell 22-19.
Brooks is particulary concerned with
holding Wilson in check. “Our biggest prob
lem with him will be containment," explains
Brooks. “We have to get him into a position
where we can get a pass rush on him, be
cause he gets outside very quickly.”
When Wilson leaves the pocket he is
equally effective running or passing, and he
will provide the Ducks’ sometimes suscep
tible secondary with a stern test. Oregon’s
defensive backfield, which has given up an
average of 160 yards per game and ranks
seventh in the Pac-10, will consist of
safeties Mike Nolan and Kenny Bryant, with
either Jerome Covington or Rock Rich
mond joining senior Rick Hudnell at the
corner spots.
“Hudnell’s playing better than anyone in
the secondary right now,’ says Brooks.
Covington suffered a hyperextended
elbow last week against California and is a
probably starter, but if he isn't ready Rich
mond will fill in.
Senior center Steve Kleffner is the only
other seriously hurt Duck. He pinched a
nerve in his neck last Saturday and will
probably not play. Freshman Mike Delgato
will replace Kleffner.
Another freshman, linebacker Mieke
Berkich, gets the starting call over Derrick
Dale, who started last week as a replace
ment for injured Bryan Hinkle.
A number of other Duck freshmen are
beginning to emerge as players.” In addi
tion to Berkich, Ed Haggerty and Andy
Voboara have received praise from Brooks
for their linebacking play. Dwight Robertson
is making his presence felt returning both
kickoffs and punts. He’s eighth in the con
ference in kickoff returns with an average of
18.6 yards in seven runbacks, and he has
returned four punts for 27 yards.
“Some of these young people are really
starting to do things," says Brooks.
Something big, maybe?
Women runners test altitude
By MARK STEWART
Of the Emerald
The women’s cross-country
team meets Oregon State at Scott
Lake Saturday in an attempt to
simulate the high altitude condi
tions it will be facing at the national
meet in November.
“We want to get some experi
ence running cross country at al
titude," coach Tom Heinonen
said. “Cross country is an aerobic
exercise {needing plenty of ox
ygen) and you have to realize that
you will run slower at that al
titude."
The AIAW national meet in Den
ver will be run at 5,200 feet and
the meet at Scott Lake at 4,800
feet. Heinonen said he wants the
team to run at altitude before the
national meet so the runners can
adjust their style to running in
thinner air.
“If you run a sea-level pace at
altitude, you’ll regret it,” Heinonen
said. “You can’t physiologically do
it; it’s not possible.
If you run the first mile in 5:40,
you can continue but you will build
up an oxygen debt that you won’t
be able to tolerate at later stages
(in the race).”
Theoretically a runner will run
about 10 seconds per mile slower
at 5,000 feet.
Several members of the squad
will miss the OSU meet, including
Heather Tolford, who is recover
ing from an appendectomy per
formed on Tuesday; Lori Alzner,
who has a tendon problem, and
Lotta Ralving, who has an ankle
problem that was aggravated at
the Gary Franklin Classic two
weeks ago.
Heinonen said he hopes Tolford
can do some light running next
week and would like to see her run
at the national meet in six weeks.
'But we ll have to wait and see’’ he
said. “There’s no point in pushing
(her). She was the most fit she
had ever been in September when
she ran a 2:46 marathon. If any
body can recover quickly from
surgery, she can.”
Oregon State enters the meet
after finishing seventh in a nine
team field in last weekend’s
California Invitational. Meanwhile,
the Ducks finished second behind
Cal, and placed all eight entrants
ahead of the top Oregon State
runner.
Walton out indefinitely
PORTLAND (AP) — Disgrunt
led National Basketball Associa
tion star Bill Walton still has his
foot in a cast and won’t be able to
play basketball until at least next
February, his attorney said
Thursday.
Attorney Charles Garry said
Walton has been under the care of
Dr. Robertt Kerland, the team
physician of the Los Angeles La
kers and a specialist in sports
medicine.
“Mis leg is still in a cast and will
be for another month,” Garry said
in a telephone conversation from
his San Francisco law office.
Garry said Walton, voted the
NBA's most valuable player last
season, won’t be able to play at
least until February and maybe
not until next September. He said
his information came from Ker
land.
Walton remains under contract
to the Portland Trail Blazers, the
team he led to the 1977 NBA title,
but he has demanded to be
traded, saying he doesn’t like the
team’s medical policies.
Garry said Walton is in his
hometown of San Diego this
week. "I don’t know where he’s
living,” Garry said. “I expect to
hear from him any minute.”
Garry said Walton will follow
through on his promise of several
weeks ago and will speak for him
self.
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ney said. “It’s too early yet.”
In Los Angeles, Trail Blazers
owner Larry Weinberg said there
were no changes in Walton’s
status. Weinberg has said he will
try to trade his team’s star player,
but team officials have said they
won’t make a deal unless they re
ceive adequate compensation.
Walton, who has one year re
maining on the five-year contract
he signed with Portland as a
rookie out of UCLA, has dropped
out of the public e' ng
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Women booters’ record on line
in venture to Washington
The Oregon women’s club soccer team travels to Washing
ton this weekend for games against Western Washington and the
University of Washington.
The Ducks boast a 3-1 Northwest Collegiate Soccer Confer
ence record, and one of those victories came last week over
Washington, 2-1, at Autzen Stadium.
Oregon meets the Huskies Sunday in Seattle. On Saturday
they play Western Washington in Bellingham.
Leilani Luke, the Ducks' goalie who has registered two shut
outs this season, will return to action after missing part of last
Sunday’s Washington State game when she was shaken up in a
collision with an opposing player.
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