Oregon stages a Coca-Cola celebration
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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
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A flat Oregon volleyball
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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
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Ducks had already beaten once
this season. Oregon's wins
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quarterback Reggie Ogburn
dropped back about three
steps, pumped left and threw
the ball from his waist Jo a flying
Don Coleman.
“I ran down the right sideline
and split the seam (of the double
coverage zone defense) with a
'post pattern,” recalled Coleman
in the locker room. "Reggie
faked left and lobbed the ball
out in front of me. I adjusted and
caught the ball over my left
shoulder.”
Coleman was wide open and
cradled the ball after catching it
— the reception was the first real
bomb he has caught all season.
"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
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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.”
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