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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1983)
SDorts And the next Duck QB is... By Steve Turcotte Ol ttw Emerald The similarities are few, yet they seek a common job. Mike Jorgensen is the quarterback with two years experience under his belt. He started and played in eight games last season leading the Ducks to victories over Arizona and Oregon State and a tie with Notre Dame. Jorgensen is apt to let his talking and his ac tions on the field prove his leadership. Mike Owens on the other hand, is a soft-spoken, strong-armed candidate for the Ducks’ starting quarterback job. Owens is coming off a year of inactivity after having redshirted last season. He has proven that he is up to the challenge of the quarterback job having thrown for two touchdowns last Friday in a spring practice scrim mage at Autzen Stadium. Really, about the only common things they have in common is that they are friends and share the same first name. The similarities between the two may not be identifiable, but they both want to do one thing this fall — quarterback the Oregon football team. Heading into spring drills, which began two weeks ago, Jorgensen sat at the top spot of the depth chart. Owens, at a disadvantage by the redshirt season, was tabbed the No. 2 prospect. But after last Friday’s scrimmage, Owens hurdled over Jorgensen and captured the top spot on the depth chart. “The depth chart during spring is really to motivate the players," says new Duck offensive coor dinator Bob Toledo, who coaches both Jorgensen and Owens. "Mike Owens really had a very good scrimmage on Friday while Jorgensen didn’t throw as well as he could have. ” There is no animosity between himself and Owens, says Jorgensen. He views Owens' perfor mance in the Friday scrimmage as an advantage to both. "It really makes the battle a whole lot better for the both of us," admits Jorgensen. “With Mike hav ing a good scrimmage like that it makes us both work that much harder." With Toledo's new offensive passing scheme being instilled in the Oregon game plan, the need will be for a strong-armed signal-caller. The Duck depth chart is full of the power types, although just one will rise above the crowd by the time spring drills come to an end. "We will hopefully have designated a No. 1 Emerald photos Both Mike Jorgensen (left) and Mike Owens are hoping to carry the ball less and the team more next year as they fight for the No. 1 quarterback position which will lead a new pass-oriented offense. quarterback by the end of spring drills," says an op timistic Toledo. “But right now, the way it looks we may have to wait until fall to make the decision. But you never know, someone can always step forward and take charge at any time.” Both Jorgensen and Owens have the strong arms, even though neither may take the credit for be ing able to throw pinpoint passes. “He’s (Owens) the better passer," says Jorgensen. “He has grown up with the passina game.” “Jorgie throws an interception and he thinks he has a bad day,” chuckles Owens, about Friday's scrimmage. “But he can really throw the ball." “He (Owens) has been a passer all through high school and now in college, and I think he can enjoy the passing game more than I can," says Jorgensen. “But I really do enjoy it even though I haven’t been all that much of a passing quarterback. ” Toledo, too, admits that Owens may be better suited physcially to the new Duck offense. “I think Owens may have a little better athletic ability but Jorgie really has that intangible in his leadership,” says Toledo. "Owens has a little better arm strength but Jorgie’s Knowledge of the game is strong and the guys look to him for leadership.” Before spring drills unfolded, the quarterback job was thought as possibly a four-man race — Jorgensen, Owens, freshman redshirt Todd Ander son and junior Edmund Rivera. But after Friday’s scrimmage, the field was narrowed to two can didates — Jorgensen and Owens. Both agree that the new offense, although it may appear simple on paper, is difficult to get adjusted to. After spending the last two year’s with an option offense, it’s obvious to see why. The players mentor, Toledo, feels that they are both grasping the basics. And since this is a new system, that is a big plus. "They both seem to have a good handle on things and appear to know what they are doing out there," explains Toledo. "They reallv look to be the top two guys at this point." And whether simliar or different, only one will be at the helm next fall. Sivara leads Oreaon to win Mark Sivara's four-day total of 291 was enough for the senior to take medalist honors while his team, Oregon Green, claimed first place in the Pacific Northwest Inter collegiate Golf Tournament which ended play Monday. Sivara’s final round 73 at the Eugene Country Club gave him a six-stroke victory margin over Oregon State Black's Scott Larsen who ended with a 297. Oregon's Brian Castonguay and sophomore Mike Hegarty tied for th'rd at 301. The Green’s 72-hole total of 1,197 was 16 strokes ahead of Oregon Yellow and Washington which tied at 1,213. Oregon State Black was fourth followed by Washington State. The Yellow team shot rounds of 74-76-80-76-76 over the final 18 holes to jump from fourth to a tie for se cond. Freshman Tony Joyner closed with the 74 to put him seventh Individually. Ducks find happy homecomina Home sweet home was the song tne Oregon women’s softball was singing Monday as they pounded their frustra tions on a hapless Western Oregon State College team by the count of 6-1. The Ducks had came back from a sour California-Nevada tour and the victory raised the Ducks record to 3-8 for the year, breaking a three game los ing streak. Oregon looked like a team that came out of the injury ward of a hospital as key players were out of the lineup and other starters were put in foreign positions. Despite the unfamilarity at first base for centerfielder Sue Tuggle, she didn't look like a stranger at home plate. Tug gle went a perfect 3-3 with 2 RBI’s in leading an 11 hit Oregon attack. Stephanie Heisler had one of her strongest games on the pitching mound in throwing a 3 hit, 9 strike out game. She also received ample defen sive help as the Duck's commihed a rarity — no errors in the field. ‘‘They looked more confident and were attacking the ball," Coach P.J. 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