_Sports_
Duck teams blow weekend leads
Bv Dun Peters
UHOkF v 1 l'u blow .1 l.iriif
lead m the ( losing moments, to
lose a game you should have
won See also Oregon I )m ks
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Please tell me it was |iis! a
nightmare A bad dream The
_Commentary_
Ducks really didn’t blow a 17-0
lead with under eight minutes
to play, did they?
In a space of 24 hours
punchdrunk Oregon fans twice
u.itched Dm k teams snati h de
feat from the jaws of victory
Before the football team did
their swan dive, the volleyball
team Friday had Washington
down 0-2 in a best -of-five
match, but let the Huskies
come back and win
In both cases, what hap
pened?
The volleyball mati h is eas
ier to explain. Until the Ducks
beat Washington State Satur
day. Oregon had lost 10
straight Pac-10 games.
Not lun to watch, but under
standable A team down in mo
rale will lose games like that
But the football team's per
fomiance is puzzling. Here was
a Dili k team th.it was coming
off two good w ins one of them
a 41 t) stunner over Iowa \u
tional ranking. Ileisinaii mm
mins for Bill Musgriive
Fans were restless Finally
here was an Oregon team to put
tile school on the map. they
said They'll get a bow I bid no
problem Some, m lighthearted
moments ol fantasy even
dreamed ol New Year’s Day in
Pasadena, roses and parades
No more
Oregon was on a high com
mg in to play a Stanford team
th.it had an 0-2 record. 0-2 in
conference Heck the ( animal
even lost to Oregon State Bad
ly.
No wav the I lucks could lose
busy game Go out. ho,it up ,i
few opponents run over some
( orneihai ks ,uni go home
Piece ot cake
Nobody listened to Rn h
Brooks lie warned e\er\hod\
that Stanford was a lough team
1 )ui k ( Cardinal games are al
yy a\ s close he said I lout tin
derestimate Stanford
After listening to the game. I
i ante to the hltint i oru Itision
th.it Oregon didn't deserve to
u in the game anvwav Stanford
outran the Hutks out hustled
the Dm ks and generally out
plaved tin1 Dm ks As defensive
coordinator Denny St fuller
said. Oregon would have won
ugh Instead, they lost ugh
There were omens that Ore
goo was going to have it tough
I'he team had not lost a game
in whii h Musgrave started and
went tile w hole v\ as sine e Oct
24, 1987
Who beat 'em last1’ Take a
guess
Gist year. Stanford held a I 0
lead at Aut/.en Stadium until
the last few minutes when
Musgrave engineered a drive to
will tile game 7- I
I ,ive In the last set ond w in
die by the last set ond loss
Starting center St ot Boatright
is probably out lor the season
and fullhai k Latin Berry w ill lie
out tor throe to four weeks
People found out Saturday ius!
how important these two are to
lilt* l)ut ks running attai k Ia
tremely important
Listening to the last eight
minutes ol the game was like
listening to a horror fink
Something Stephen king
would come up with Revenge
of the (airdinal
Lor those who missed it. a
linel ret ap I list i ame the 11
yard tout lidovvn pass from Bri
an lohtison to Gary Taylor
There went the shutout (lo
gon 1 7 Stanford 7
Oregon could do nothing on
their next possession Punt
Ball on Oregon PI Nine plays
later. Steve Smith went in from
the I Two point < (inversion
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good There went the point
spread Oregon 17 Stanford 1 .">
(Inside kii k They re not
supposed to work It worked
( ouple ol plays Hnan Hopkins
hangs home a .17 \ atd field goal
w III) no lime on the elm k
There went the hall game
lirooks and unmpum are
surely hoping this was just .in
isolated ini idcnt \o more re
peats gins I not lull games are
t>() minutes long
l osing might even help the
team ( aiming up this Saturday
is a home game against Ari/.o
n.i No over dramatization in
tended hut the Arizona game
will prohahh he the key to the
season
W in this one and the I fucks
are right bar k in the Rose Howl
hunt lose it and esper I Oregon
to slip into their familiar mu
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