Sports
Sore WSU to visit Ducks
By Paul Danzer
Ol the Emerald
Two teams hurting in both the
win column and the injury list
will grit their teeth and go after
victory number one of this
Pac-10 football season when
the Washington State Cougars
visit Autzen Stadium for a 1 p.m.
Homecoming contest with Ore
gon
As of mid-week the Oregon
sick-list included quarterbacks
Mike Jorgensen and Dana Hill,
running back Ladaria Johnson,
receiver-punt returner Eugene
"Choo Choo" Young, center
Ryan Zinke, defensive end
Steve Baack, and safety Doug
Judge At middle linebacker,
veteran Chris Cosgrove should
be ready return to action, but
freshman Lerry Wilson has a
question mark by his name after
suffering a concussion in
practice
But if Oregon coach Rich
Brooks thinks he has problems
filling out his iineup card, he
should talk to Cougar coach Jim
Walden.
Washington State's defense
has been wiped out by injuries
Walden welcomed nine retur
ning starters back from the
defense which helped the
Cougars into the Holiday Bowl a
year ago, but all nine have been
lost for the season and WSU has
stumbled to a 1-6-1 season
"Everybody’s aware that
we re not good enough at
Washington State to lose 13
front line players, and still win
eight football games," Walden
said, referring to last year's
8-3-1 season
In addition to the injuries on
defense, the Cougars have had
some pain on offense Both
quarterbacks, Clete Casper and
Ricky Turner, have been hit by
the injury bug, but both have
returned and are platooning in
the option attack as they did so
effectively last year for WSU
Both will see action Saturday
according to Walden
Who will play quarterback for
Oregon depends on who is
Photo by Bob Baker
Oregon punt returner Steve Brown is among the heatthy who will
join the action at Autzen Stadium Saturday as the Ducks take a run
at their first win of the season against Washington State
healthy enough to run the
offense Brooks said he would
hand the controls to senior
Kevin Lusk if neither Jorgensen
nor Hill is ready to go.
Jorgensen and Hill did not
practice Monday or Tuesday
this week, and Brooks
expressed doubt that either
would be ready to play
With all the changes, Brooks
will face more of a challenge in
trying to cut down the mistakes
and turnovers which have
plagued his squad Last week,
with Hill at the controls, the
Ducks gave the ball up four
times in the shadow of their own
goalpost, and each turnover led
to a Bruin score in the 40-12
loss
"It doesn't help a lot,' Brooks
said of the changes. Darticularly
at quarterback But, I don’t
think it's a major factor,' he said
of the problems with mistakes
The biggest challenge for the
Oregon offense this week will be
to run the option successfully
against a team that is familiar
with it. But Walden said he is
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