ASU finally living up to hype after slow start
By Allan Lazo
Of the Emerald
After awhile, a team can take
only so much abuse.
That was the case Saturday as
Arizona State University
tatooed Oregon with a 44-10
plastering at Autzen Stadium to
end some negative talk about
the Sun Devil football program.
ASU came into the game,
losers of five of their last seven
games in "invincible” Sun
Devil Stadium, and a troubled
team.
I*ast week, Oregon coach Rich
Brooks jokingly said that "from
what 1 understand about the
way the fans have been treating
them down there, they might be
happy to get on the road.”
Indeed, Arizona State Univer
sity fans were getting restless
with the Sun Devils who had a
disappointing 3-5 record. ASU
hadn't played up to its potential
the entire season after drawing
preseason reviews.
So, the Arizona State football
team finally said enough is
enough after many had criticiz
ed them for breach of preseason
media hype. That publicity in
cluded Sport magazine predic
ting ASU to finish number one
in the country.
Saturday, the Devils made an
example of the Oregon football
team with a big win. ASU show
ed very graphically that they
were “back in business,” accor
ding to Sun Devil coach Darryl
Rogers.
“We are just trying to capture
some pride back. People got
down on us and said we weren’t
very good,” said Arizona
State’s sophomore quarterback
Photo by Brian Erb
Arizona State's Scott Stephen crunched Oregon quarterback
Chris Miller causing this second period fumble. ASU recovered
and when on to beat the Ducks, 44-10 at Autzen Stadium
Saturday.
Women head to NCAAs;
men harriers finish year
The Oregon women's and
men's cross country teams will
be heading in different direc
tions this week after Saturday's
NCAA District 8 Meet in Tuc
son. Ariz.
The women’s team qualified
for the NCAA Championships
next Monday. Nov. 19 at Penn
State University with a second
place finish behind Stanford.
The men on the other hand
are done for the season as they
finished fourth in the NCAA
qualifying Region 8 meet in
Arizona. This is only the second
time in 15 years that the men’s
squad has failed to qualify for
the nationals.
Kim Roth led the charge for
the women finishing fourth in
17:40.2 over the hilly 5,000
meter course. Oregon wound up
with 40 points behind Stan
ford’s winning 26 total.
Oregon's pre-meet favorite,
Kathy Hayes, finished 10th for
the Ducks with a time of
18:03.2.
“1 thought it would be a lot
closer than it was,” said Oregon
coach Tom Heinonen. "But I
didn't think Kathy Hayes would
finish tenth either.”
Leann Warren followed Roth
in sixth place with a time of
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17:46.4. Warren was running in
only her fourth" competitive race
in nearly two years. Claudette
Groenendaal finished just ahead
of Hayes in eighth place with a
time of 17:57.4.
"We’re trying to block the
day out and forget about it,"
said Heinonen on the finish.
"There will certainly be no
pressure for us to win the cham
pionship after having lost to
Wisconsin and Stanford in the
same year.”
The Oregon men were not as
fortunate as their counterparts,
as illness and injury struck
down any qualifying hopes the
team had.
Oregon finished w'ith 126
points, far off the pace set by
University of Arizona who took
the team title with 40 points.
Harold kuphaldt was the top
Oregon finisher on the day.
Kuphaldt finished in 17»h place
with a time of 32:36.3 over the
10.000 meter course.
Senior Chris Hamilton, who
finished second in the Pac-IG
meet, caught the flu and faded
to 75th place. Oregon’s nex
finisher was John Zishka whc
ended up in 21st position on i
32:43.4 clocking for coach Bil!
Dellinger’s team.
Jeff Van Raaphorst.
“So, we are just trying to pro
ve that we are a good team
because we have pride as a
team,” added Van Raaphorst
who led his team to a rout over
the bewildered Ducks.
Oregon managed only 145
yards of total offense, 22 yards
less than ASU tailback Darryl
Clack’s 167 yards on the
ground.
The Devils’ offense rounded
up 593 yards behind the the
passing of Van Raaphorst and
the running of Clack. Van
Raaphorst’s 280 passing total
was four times as much as
Oregon’s quarterback, Chris
Miller, who finished the game
with 71 yards passing and five
sacks.
In their last two games, the
Sun Devils have amassed 1,244
yards of offense. Van
Raaphorst's performance
against the Ducks seems mild
compared to his Pac-10 record
setting 532 yards passing
against Florida State University
last weekend.
“The young man is going to
be a fine QB as we progress. We
think he will continue to im
prove, but when he’s hot, he’s
hot,’’ said Rogers of the
sophomore who missed a good
part of the season because of
injury.
But most of the credit of the
win should go to the ASU
defense that had been ranked
fifth nationally in pass defense
but added a new twist for the
Ducks.
“We usually have five defen
sive backs, but we brought in
another defensive end,” ex
plained ASU strong safety
David Fulcher on the five-man
defensive front. “So. we played
with a nose guard, two defen
sive ends and two outside
linebackers.”
The new alingment confused
Oregon's offense, giving ASU
an overwhelming advantage.
"It was supposed to help us
out on the run because we were
using five DB’s but we weren’t
making that many tackles so
why not bring in a heavier guy
to fill the holes up front, and it
paid off for us today,” added
Fulcher who had two
interceptions.
The Devils literally strangled
the Ducks’ running game, giv
ing up only 31 yards, and allow
ing the Oregon backfield to
average just over one yard on
each of their 29 carries.
Oregon offensive coordinator
Bob Toledo agreed with
Oregon's lackluster offense.
“They changed their defense
completely for us,” said Toledo
of the Devils’ new defensive for
mation. “We were confused
early in the game, and once we
adjusted we couldn’t sustain
our blocks.”
“They controlled the line of
scrimmage. Also, they were
quick and took away the out
side,” said Tony Cherry of the
ASU defense.
ASU, now 4-5 overall and 3-3
in the Pac-10, supposedly can
concentrate on more important
things that seem to permeate
football talk this time of the year
— bowl games.
“I am not really worried
about what was said before. We
just had a bad season,” said
Fulcher. “We have been up and
down and we are just trying to
finish strong so we can'show
the bowl committees that no
matter what our record is, we
are a team that can play in a
bowl game.”
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