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Ducks shoot for 4-0 start
By Allen Lazo
Of the Emerald
There’s one thing that kept
Oregon from being 1-0 last
season, and there may be one
thing that keeps the Ducks from
being 4-0 this year — the
University of the Pacific Tigers.
“I don’t know if you would
call it ‘revenge,’ but we are go
ing to make a strong determina
tion to not let it happen again,"
says Oregon strong safety Doug
Judge about the 1 p.m. matchup
at Autzen Stadium Saturday.
"We were very optimistic
about last season, and they
burst our bubble right away,”
says Judge about Pacific’s 21-15
win in Eugene in last year's
season-opener.
The Tigers, a Pacific Coast
Athletic Association team, won
despite losing starting quarter
back Paul Berner in the second
quarter with a season-ending
knee injury. Without Berner,
coach Bob Cope’s Pacific team
finished at 3-9.
This year with Berner
healthy. Pacific has a 2-1 record
and would like a instant replay
of last year’s win.
"We’re potentially better, but
we’re not playing better at this
point,” says Cope.
The Tiger’s are coining off a
38-28 victory over Northern
Arizona University. Pacific’s
only loss was against another
Pac-10 opponent, the Universi
ty of California, 28-12.
The key to the Pacific-Oregon
matchup will be the play of
each team's quarterback.
Pacific's Berner has com
pleted just under 50 percent of
his passes this year for 503
yards and four interceptions.
Berner’s stats aren’t impressive,
but they should be helped
Saturday with an improved
Tiger running attack.
Oregon quarterback Chris
Miller has a 57 percent comple
tion mark and 448 yards pass
ing. but more importantly, the
sophomore hasn’t thrown an in
terception this season.
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“I think there’ll be a lot of of
fense,” says Miller. “Hopefully
more on our side than theirs.”
Although Oregon’s defense
may have to watch the
dangerous Berner, they must
also contend with Pacific’s
revitalized running game.
“The thing that concerns me
most about Pacific is that Berner
is a great quarterback, but they
also have a running game to go
with him,” says Oregon Coach
Rich Brooks.
Pacific’s rushing game is led
by sophomore James Mackey
who exploded for 161 yards last
week. Mackey is 25th in the na
tion in rushing with 313 yards
on 66 carries.
Defense has been the big
question all week for the Ducks
after coming off a lackluster per
formance against Cal. Oregon’s
defensive unit allowed 446 total
yards last week, 193 of those on
the ground against a supposed
ly weak running Cal team.
“We’re going to have to do a
good job on defense which will
give the offense the ball says
Brooks, who hopes to see the
Duck offensive unit continue
their explosiveness on the
scoreboard.
Cope recognizes that one way
for Pacific to stay out of trouble
may be to steer clear of Oregon’s
patented big plays.
“ With guys like (Lew) Barnes
and (Tony) Cherry, we’re not
going to stop them, just slow
them down to where they don’t
kill us,” says Cope.
Emerald file photo
University of the Pacific running back James Mackey leads an
improved Tiger team into Saturday’s clash against the
undefeated Ducks.
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