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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1979)
Oregon stages a Coca-Cola celebration o / c vc ivi rcrfo Of the Emerald Running back Dwight Robertson, his hair and shoulders drenched in Coca Cola, stepped up on a bench in the Oregon locker room and began to wobble his knees in and out while chanting. "Where's the music. I want some music. I feel like dancing.” And rightfully he should want to dance. His team had man handled the California Golden Bears on the way to a 19-14 victory. The scene in the locker room following the game was one of joyous celebration and self-confidence. Excitement filled the air as reporters, photographers and TV cameras recorded the event for posterity. The players were on an adrenalin high and loved the change of pace — the somber locker room scene fol lowing the last-minute 21-17 loss to the Washington Huskies had joyfully been forgotten. This was a game where the opposition didn’t make that big play in the waning minutes of a heart-stopping close game. In fact, the only big plays were the ones the Ducks made, and they came in a time-span of only three minutes late in the third quarter. The crowd was very somber at the start of the game, but was anxious to see how the Ducks would play after three consecu tive losses. Almost from the beginning of the game Cal quarterback Rich Campbell went to the Bear’s most potent Photo by Martha Stanton Coca-Cola was an able substitute for champagne in the joyous Oregon locker room following their rousing win over the California Golden Bears, 19-14, in Pac-10 play. offensive weapon — the pass. During Cal’s second possession of the ball, he sliced Oregon's secondary to pieces, guiding his team from its own 29 yardline into the Duck endzone in only 10 plays. The Oregon crowd was in awe of the passing prowess of Campbell. What happened to the defensive rush that almost enabled the Ducks to win at Cal last year? Campbell wasn't pressured at all in the first quarter. He was, however, run ning for his life the rest of the game. Early in the second quarter defensive end Neil El shire drove his facemask into Campbell’s number and dropped him for an eight-yard loss. But even more important to the crowd was the way Elshire stood up and towered over the grounded Campbell and raised his fist over his head in power. The game was all Oregon after that. “Their tackles did a good job of coming in the middle,” Campbell said following the game. Late in the third quarter, the offense provided the excitement everyone expected. The big plays came very quickly. Duck Spikers finish tourney in sixth A flat Oregon volleyball squad, dissappointed by their drop into the consolation bracket, finished in sixth place in last weekend’s U.C.- Berkeley Invitational. The Ducks chalked up two wins in five matches in the tournament’s loser’s bracket, compared to the zero wins Oregon gained in last year’s event where they came in last. Hurt perhaps by a two-week long layoff, Oregon lost its opening match to Sacramento State in five games, a club the Ducks had already beaten once this season. Oregon's wins came against the University of San Francisco in five games on r Friday, and San Francisco State in three games on Saturday. The Club Sports Lacrosse team will hold its organizational meeting on Tuesday Oct. 9, at 8 pm, EMU. Room to be posted. All interested persons are welcome — no previous playing experience is necessary. 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"I was a little nervous after I caught the ball. I didn't want to get caught from behind — they would have run me out of Eugene," he chuckled, knowing the media attention concerning his speed. Coleman wasn't the only one concerned about being run out of town. Following Coleman’s TD reception, which gave the Duck’s a 10-7 edge over the Bears, Cal was forced to punt after three plays. Defensive cornerback and punt return specialist Rock Richmond field ed a 46-yard punt and raced up Coffee Bean of the Month Ethiopian Mocha Harrar The original home of fine Arabics coffees produces this splcey, fruity, medlum-bodled cup. Mocha Java lovers will be very pleased with this. 5(K Off per pound the right sideline. Near midfield a pile of would-be tacklers forced Richmond to cut-back across the grain of pursuit. He dashed latterally, shifted into fifth-gear and only one Cal player was left between him and the goal line "I wasn't going to get caught from behind by any lineman — I would have been run out town," said a joyful Richmond about his 62-yard return, which boost ed the score to 16-10 (the extra-point try missed). The confident Ducks added a field goal in the fourth quarter and held Campbell to one more passing drive, which added seven more points. This game was theirs. A confident Ogburn summed up the game for the team. “We knew we’d win when they showed up. That was enough." Campbell summed up the Duck season for them. "They're a six and five or a seven and four team.” Club Sports m Handball Club Organizational meeting 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10 EMU room to be posted To Run for SUflB and IfC filing Deadline Oct. 8 Information Suite 4 CfTlU Deadline 5 pm Todaq
