-Sports Offenses could dominate Independence Bowl learns lead with air attacks By Ashley Conklin Emerald Sports Reporter The Dee 1(> Independent e Howl between Oregon and IT11 sa could shape up as one of the lies! m Independent e Howl Ins tory While the only t nmmon tie nominator between the (ioldeu 11urrit ,iiii' and the Ducks is that both played Iowa this season Iowa beat Tulsa 40-22 while Oregon beat the Hawkeves 44-0 both teams have explosive offenses that can score from anywhere on the field at any t i me Oregon's offense shattered many individual and team school records this season on its way to a 7-4 record Mean while, Tulsa, behind quarter back T.J. Kuhley and split end Dan Hitson have one of the most explosive passing at!a< ks in the nation and finished ssith a ti y record The Ducks had their most suu essful season sini e tun.I this year, Iving Arizona and Washington tor second plat e in the Pacific 10( xinterence bed by quarterbac k Hill Mils grave. Oregon led the confer ence in scoring with !2 points per game and was second in to tal offense averaging 4IH yards per game The Ducks scored over 10 points in seven games this season and set a new school rec ord with 02 points Mlisgrave led the i onferem e in passing vardage w ith 2.70 1 yards a new si bool record and led the I’ac 10 with 20 tone h down passes, another school rei ord The (iolden I In rrn ane are an outstanding team through the air as well with Rublev and Hitson Rubles a junioi like Mils grave has .dreads broken all ot lulxa's career passing records as ssell ,tx setting a ness career ret ord for total offense This season Rubles has thrown ten 2.407 sards and 17 touch drissns but has completed mils 48 7 pert flit ol Ills passes file most explosive weapon the (bidden I lurric ane has though is Hitson lust a junioi Hitson has I ,4 pass receptions tor Ins career, passing NTI receiving great •Steve l.argent on Tulsa's all time lisl and ranks second In* hind I low aril Tw ■ 11<■ \ u ho plaved Ini the Miami Dolphins in the Pirn's After caU liing passes tor I . 1 18 \ arris and nine tour li downs in PUUt, Hitson has been even heller tins season, hauling in 7i passes tor 1,425 yards and Hi touchdou ns Hitson was rcc entl\ named a third team all \meri( an h\ Iuntil,ill Neu s and has had se\ en games with six nr more re ceptions Included in that list is a 14-i ati h 255 vard effort against Iowa and 1(1 rei options tor 2118 yards and tour tour h (low ns against How ling (ireen Not only can both teams strike quickly through the air. lhe\ each possess solid ground games for a halam ed offense I he Dm ks are led b\ seniors Derek Lnville and I ..it in Hern two of the best running harks ill Oregon histor\ while Tulsa counters w itfi junior fullb.u k Hrett Adams boville rushed for 877 yards good tor fourth in the Par 1(1 and is the si fiord s all time leading rusher with 1,2 11 yards Hern enjoyed the ties! year of his career this season rushing lor 521) yards, good for seventh in the conference lie also ranks ninth on the all time si liool rushing list Meanwhile. Adams led the (•olden Hurricane with 1.071 yards and had six 100-yard games tfiis season Adams was also Tulsa s second leading re cciver with 29 pass receplions The ( adden Hurra ane hasn't had any problems si oring this year either as thev averaged 25 1 points per game and si ored 10 or more points five times Despite the loss to Iowa I ul sa all independent has posted some impressive yit lories I la- ( adden I lurrii ane defeat ed l.ouisvdlc It 24. Texas TI Paso 2 I 14 and beat ()k la lion la State 20 10 In addition to plus mg low as lough Tulsa also had a good outing against ninth ranked \rkansas despite losing 2(> 7. Oregon has had its troubles against high powered offenses this season, dropping a 51 18 shoot out to Washington State Comrrhai k Chris Oldham has had a hannrr srasun. hut will h.nr his hands lull with I'ulsa's Dan Hitson in Ihr l)r< . Hi Indrprndrnt r Huh I .mil falling I i ) I in .in explo sive game with Brigham Young I Ilf I )ll( ks li.IVf pi.in fil well defensively lll'llllld ll.lVIll ( IIS .urn Peter llr.intlfN .iiul (lliris ()l(lll.llll tills sf.lsilll with f\ i option i>l the Hashington Stall* -iml BYI games (Jregon u .is si t mill m thf i onti'ri'iu f in total defense ,il lowing I IP K9 3:30 PM. Irb Memorial Union (Walnut Room) “Poetry Reading and Discussion” Tuesday, November 28. 1980 ( JO PM. Hrb Memorial Union (Walnut Room) (Both presentations will in niven in Russian with simultaneous translation, i (remin and I lliund arc i«n ol the leading modern pints in the Soviet t tuon IihI.iv Vohel I .aureate Joseph Hrixl skv intluvies them jinone Ins mentors in the art ol pnk-11s Mia Kovri/hnikh. an editor at t eningrad I dm Studios, is aitne m 1 eningrad |S>li(ics their lirst visit to the I lined Stales is ei* sponsored In Dartmouth College Wes levan I niversitv. the I niversitv ot Southern ( alitornia amt the (niversitv ol (fregon S/Hiriv/rid In. t niversitv id Oregon Depaituieul of Knssi.m. Kiisstau and hast h urnjie.iu Studies ( enter , Oregon Humanities ( enter, and I Ml it iiltural horuml T C L ( C c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c □ □ c c