Notre Dame hoping to rebound at Oregon
By Mike Riplinger
Of the Emerald
When a team has just been
knocked from the ranks of the
unbeaten, it's never a good time
to play them
They get angry.
Especially when that team is
coming off of a losing season
and started out the new year
with four straight wins They're
anxious to prove to the world
how good they are
Such will probably be the
case with Notre Dame, which
makes its long-awaited appear
ance in Autzen Stadium Satur
day at 1 p.m Notre Dame s
16-13 loss to Arizona last week
end could give the Irish a little
extra malice to bounce Oregon
“I would've preferred they
come in undefeated," said
Oregon coach Rich Brooks
"I'm sure they're not looking to
kindly on the Pac-10 right now
They’ll be looking at this as a
chance to restore their pride
and move back up in the na
tional rankings."
"This game is a key football
game after the disappointment
of last Saturday," said Notre
Dame coach Gerry Faust
"Arizona was a tough loss, but
we have the kind of men who will
rebound well "
The Irish had taken an early
10-0 lead, but the Wildcats
came roaring back With the
score knotted at 13-13 and time
running out, freshman Max
Zendejas kicked a 48-yard field
goal to give the Irish their first
loss
It was a rough weekend
We re trying to put the pieces
back together." said Faust of
the loss "We just fell short there
at the end
Notre Dame tight end Tony Carter will be one of the main targets at
Autzen Stadium Saturday afternoon when the Irish try to get back
on the winning track against the Ducks
Bui the loss aside, the Fight
ing Irish have had a good year
so tar Ranked ninth before their
loss, they dropped to 15th this
week
Not many people looking at
our schedule would think we
would be 4-1 I think that's a real
compliment to our players.”
said Faust
The Irish have been led by a
stingy defense that is ranked
fourth nationally, and first
against the rush, giving up a
measly 42 9 yards a game
On the offensive side of the
ball. Notre Dame has had its
problems scoring points, con
sidering the potential of quar
terback Blair Kiel, running
backs Phil Carter and Larry Mo
riarty, and tight end Tony
Hunter
Kiel has hit 67 out of 113
passes for a 593 percentage,
but incredibly, he hasn't thrown
a touchdown pass As a matter
of fact, the Irish's longest play
from the line of scrimmage is
only a 37-yard run by Moriarty,
and the longest pass only went
25 yards Faust conceded, "We
just haven't had the big play this
year yet.'*
Still, the Irish have plenty of
firepower in Carter, who has a
91-yard per game average, and
Moriarty. who's running at a
86 2-yard per game clip How
ever, Moriarty missed the
Arizona game with a sprained
ankle and is questionable for
Saturday
My number one concern is
that they don't overpower us.”
Brooks said of the Irish ground
attack
To couple that, they have a
very sophisticated passing at
tack Kiel is a fine quarterback
and Tony Hunter is a tough
receiver at tight end "
Hunter has snagged 18
catches for 235 yards, showing
the Irish can move the ball
through the air
With his own team, Brooks
must worry about his quarter
back situation again. Soph
omore Mike Jorgensen will
get the keys to the offense if he
is sufficiently recuperated from
the concussion he suffered last
week at California
If Jorgensen is not able to
play, freshman Dana Hill is the
likely candidate to take his
place Hill moved the Ducks in
for their fourth-quarter touch
down at Cal in relief of Jorgen
sen
A problem for the Irish is their
own tradition "We know they
are a team waiting for us," said
Faust of the Ducks, "and that’s
a problem we always run into —
other teams play at their best, so
we have to. too."
Notre Dame hasn't had an
easy gapie yet this year, beating
Michigan 23-17, Purdue 28-14,
Michigan State 11-3 and Miami
16-14
The fact that Oregon hasn't
notched its first win this year
also scares Faust
"It's really a scary situation
because Oregon has come so
close We compare Oregon to
Michigan State, which is also an
excellent team, the kind that
had some heartbreaks and bad
knocks We just hope Oregon
waits a week and takes it out on
somebody else
"On premise of our scores, it
will be down to the wire, a nail
biter To be perfectly honest
with you, I just want to win I
don't care what the score is. I’m
sure coach Brooks feels the
same way."
Whatever happens, Faust
said it will be exciting
People have been getting
their money’s worth at our
games, but I’ve been getting an
ulcer.”
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meeting was over I talked to
Rick Bay, who did a thorough
job of looking.into the matter,
said Simic
Simic said he met again with
Bowerman and a few others
after the letter was sent, but
nothing about the incident
came up
Bowerman claims the only
thing he has ever done for the
Oregon track program ' is that
Dellinger has asked me for
some help with funds, and with
in the hmits of conference rules,
I have always tried to help him "
As far as any violations, I just
don t have any knowledge " he
added
Bay said he believes the
NCAA will decide soon about
whether any violations have
been committed
"I talked to the NCAA
today,'’ Bay said Thursday
Part of their problem is a
backlog of cases to go through
Secondly, they want to take this
particular case to the NCAA
council that governs infractions
and take a good look at it."
Bay said he didn't think this
would be a test case
"I guess it could be. but I
don't think it will. I doubt if the
NCAA is going to single out the
University of Oregon ."
Bay said he didn't think the
athletes wouid be hit with a very
stiff penalty, if they are ruled in
violation, or that the University
would be suspended
"But you never know," he
said
Even though the University
may never be sanctioned, Bay is
still disillusioned
I guess it comes down to
Bill's ego Either you agree with
him, or you disagree with him,
and if you disagree, he turns on
you.”
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NFL strike ends in a week ?
COCKEYSVtLLE, Md. (AP) - There is pro
gress in negotiations to end the month-old
National Football League strike and there
could be a settlement within a week, sources
on both the union and management sides said
Thursday
"If progress continues at the current rate it is
plausible we could have a settlement by next
Tuesday or Wednesday," said a union source
at the bargaining table
"There has definitely been progress during
the last 24 hours." said a management source
monitoring the talks I wouldn't disagree with
a week-long timetable
Meanwhile, the National Labor Relations
Board’s top lawyer announced in Washington
that he will issue a complaint charging the NFL
has engaged in unfair labor practices in nego
tiations with the players' union.
William A. Lubbers, general counsel of the
five-member board, said the complaint will be
based in part on management's "refusal to
bargain in good faith with the union (and)
failing to give the uniqn information relevant to
collective bargaining . .."
In the strike talks, the sources, while
confident the talks are moving in the right
direction, were quick to note that major econ
omic differences remain
Mediator Sam Kagel said negotiators were
going into each of the economic issues in
great depth " He said that negotiators, meeting
with subcommittees, are examining about 15
specific economic areas, although most of the
work Wednesday night and Thursday centered
on pensions and insurance.
Lubbers, in his statement, said the NFL will
be given a chance to settle the case before a
complaint is issued. If there is a complaint, it
would be heard before an administrative law
judge and the NFL would have the right of
appeal to the federal courts
Negotiators trying to hammer out a new
collective bargaining agreement have been
meeting in this suburb of Baltimore for the past
10 days.
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