Turnovers turn corner for Bruins
By Paul Danzer
Of th« Emerald
Somebody, somewhere, must have put
a curse on the Oregon football team of
1982
For the third time in as many weeks,
the Ducks led or were close in most
statistical categories in their game with
the UCLA Bruins at the Rose Bowl
Saturday The Ducks ran more offensive
plays (72-69), controlled the ball longer
(32:04 — 27:56), were just 23 yards short
of UCLA's explosive offense (290-313),
and had one less first down (18-19) than
did the Bruins.
About the only place the game wasn't
close was on the scoreboard UCLA won
big there — 40-12.
So what happened?
Turnovers haunted the Ducks as they
have all season The Ducks turned the
ball over four times, treating UCLA to
four scoring opportunities tney ]ust
couldn't pass up For the record, Oregon
fumbled eight times, losing three of
them, and chipped in a Dana Hill
interception to set up the Bruins' final
touchdown
"We just can't afford to turn over the
football because at this point we re not
executing well enough to overcome
those kind of mistakes," said Oregon
coach Rich Brooks of Saturday's follies.
The one Duck who must feel especially
cursed is sophomore quarterback Mike
Jorgensen, whose stint at Oregon has
been marked by one injury after another
This week it was back spasms that forced
Jorgenson to take a seat after he led the
Ducks 63 yards in nine plays on their first
possession. That ended with a 39-yard
Todd Lee field goal which staked the
Ducks a 3-0 lead
"I'm really tired of this," said a dis
gusted Jorgensen prior to a light workout
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at Autzen btaaium sunaay Jorgensen,
who suffered a concussion at California
two weeks ago and injured his ankle at
Washington earlier this year, said the
back spasms have bothered him all
week, but he was hoping he could play
through them He couldn't
Like Jorgensen's day, Oregon's lead
was short lived Jo Jo Townsell returned
the ensuing kickoff to the Oregon 39 yard
line, and six plays later freshman kicker
John Lee tied the game at three
Hill came on to run the attack and soon
things started to happen Unfortunately
the big things which happened, namely
the turnovers, were rolling the Bruins
way
"I think Dana did a lot of good things,"
Brooks said of his freshman
quarterback But he added the
necessary qualifier. "He also made some
critical errors. A couple of those turn
overs were a result of his inexperience,
New YORK (AP) - Negotia
tors tor the National Football
League formally presented
Sunday their four-year, $1.28
billion plan, but the striking
players union renewed its
demand for a three-year. $1.1
billion package
A union official stressed that
the owners’ proposal, which
does not cover increases in
player salaries during this
strike-shortened season, was
not being rejected out of hand
but that "if could serve as a
basis for further negotiations,”
a high union executive said
'Philosphically, we are
agreed on how players should
be paid," he added, "but we are
still a long way from home ”
A union source said both
sides were ' being pushed
together by (mediator Sam)
Kagel ”
The owners' proposal was to
be reviewed later Sunday by the
player representatives as
sembled here They were sum
moned Saturday when this
round of talks began
Before that meeting with the
player reps, union officials
expressed dissatisfaction with
major elements of the plan,
saying it failed to address three
of the union's five essential
demands — protection for
I think, at tne position
First, the Bruins took a 6-3 lead on a
38-yard Lee field goal after a short punt
gave the Bruins the ball on the Oregon
33. Next the Bruins' Kevin Nelson, the
brother of Darrin Nelson of the Minne
sota Vikings, scored from three yards out
to give the Bruins a 13-3 edge with seven
minutes to go in the half That score
came after Eugene Leoni fell on a stray
Hill pitch at the Oregon 16.
The Duck defense found its back to the
goal-line again early in the final quarter
after Larry Thomas carried a pass
interception to the Oregon 11 Two plays
later Burness Scott ran in from five yards
out to close out UCLA's scoring
"I think we did a pretty good job on
them,” Brooks said of the defensive
effort "We just can't give a good football
team that many chances close to our
own goal-line."
Union rejects plan
veterans, the union’s right to
collectively bargain for incen
tive bonuses and a percentage
of the league's television
revenues
The essentials of the union's
proposed three-year (1982-84)
package include:
— $320 million this year, to
include $93 million in across
the-board wage increases,
— $380 million in 1983,
— $400 million in the final
year,
— union control over 80
percent of all player costs
(salaries, incentive bonuses,
pensions, insurance, etc.) with
the remaining 20 percent going
into an owners' discretionary
fund for signing bonuses and
other purposes.
Management's proposal, the
owners’ first new financial offer
since the 41-day-old strike
began Sept 21, would cover
1983-86 and would guarantee
the union to collectively bargain
about 37 percent ($500 million)
of the $1 28 billion Seventy five
percent of the $1.28 billion
would be guaranteed by the
NFL Management negotiators
have refused to guarantee 1982
monies as a result of losses
sustained during the strike
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