Sports
Adversity plagues gridders
By Dennis Fernandes
Of thr Emerald
USA Today recently ranked
Oregon’s 198B football schedule
one of the toughest in the coun
try, placing it in company with
the likes of Notre Dame and
Michigan.
It’s a nice gesture, but not
much consolation to the Ducks
after a 37-17 whipping at the
hands of the Sun Devils of
Arizona State University.
Oregon, now the loser of four
straight, has not had a jubilant
locker room since its last
second win over the University
of Colorado nearly a month ago.
‘‘Our players are
down—there's no question.
We’ve lost four in a row and
what we need to do is regroup a
little bit and start playing error
free football,” said an ex
hausted Rich Brooks, Oregon's
head coach.
There’s nothing like a
mistake or two to take the wind
out of your sails.
Some Oregon fans and
tailgaters simply call it "Duck
luck.” It follows the same sort
of idea as the Murphy's law
quip “If something can go
wrong, it will.”
The gods had us fooled for the
first two games, as the Ducks
rallied behind some outrageous
breaks to pull off successive
victories.
In Saturday's game. Oregon
was in the midst of an im
pressive 14-play drive just
before the half with the Sun
Devils up 14-10 and faltering.
Quarterback Chris Miller was
chased out of the pocket at the
ASU 14 and tried to force it in
the end zone to a then-open
Hobby DeBisschop, only to have
Darrin Willis step up anti pick it
off.
Instead of going up 17-14 or
closing in at 14-13. the Ducks
watched the Sun Devils shove it
right back down their throats
and take a 20-10 halftime
cushion into the locker room.
“1 just tried to make
something big happen. I
should’ve winged it out-of
bounds and got the field goal,"
Miller said of the play.
It was the only bad play
Miller made all day.
He is literally carrying the of
fense himself and is Oregon's
consistent bright spot. Satur
day. Miller used flanker Kod
Green, who has filled in for the
injured ).). Birden, for the ma
jority of his 209-yard passing
day and also had some nifty
runs.
"Oregon is the best offensive
team we’ve played." said ASU
coach John Cooper "We didn’t
contain Miller at first but came
back and did a little better the
second half. He just didn’t have
a running game to go to."
The rushing stats (110 net
yards) did look a little better,
however, and will probably on
ly get better as tailbacks Derek
Loville and I-atin Berry mature
and shake off some nagging
injuries.
Defensively, Oregon looked
good on first and second
downs, but faltered on some key
third-and-long situations. The
Sun Devils were six of 12 on
third-down conversions, as
quarterback Jeff Van Raaphorst
would patiently pick away at
some very- loose pass coverage.
"We can't let things like that
happen We need to dig deep
down and someone has got to
come up and make the big
play." said strong safety An
thony Newman, who had 12
total tackles on the day.
Whatever it takes, it's not go
ing to come in the form of a
blocked punt for a touchdown
or a recovered onside kick like it
did against San Jose State
University and Colorado.
You can only blame the
schedule for so long, and don't
think Oregon doesn't know
that. It may account for some of
the injuries, but not for
penalties (the Ducks had 11
Saturday) and key mistakes.
The final gun left no answers,
and the Ducks baffled.
And if you're looking for a
soft spot in the schedule, forget
it. Stanford and the University
of Washington only have one
loss each, and Washington State
University has tied this same
ASl! team and squashed USC
Saturday.
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