•BOWL SUMMARY►
Tulsa overmatched in bowl game
Bv Tr.u v Sumner
Emerald Sports Editor
The post season has nut linen
kind to Tulsa loolliall < na< li
Dave Rader
first. it was annount ed that
Tulsa's opponent for the Dec
to Independente How I in
Shreveport l.a would he Ore
pm a team that tied tor set
ond in the powerful I ’at ilii 10
t onferent e
Now the 0 ') (iolden I lorn
t .me w ill hav e to deal w ith the
Ducks without the services of
one of the nation's host rei eiv
ors
All American w ide ret oiver
Dan Hitson will he sidelined at
lei a i ai t rash last Monday that
left him with two broken legs
and a broken wrist There was
talk that Hitson. a junior
would leave si bool a year early
to enter the National football
I eaipie draft
Now there's some question
whether he will ever play
again
Tor the rest of the players,
football life goes on Hut how
w ill it go yy ith the (iolden I hit
rit .mi1 already an underdog
play ing without its best player?
"We may have to change
some ol our philosophies Ka
del told the Assoi iated Press
There are ideas I don't know
it I i an answer light now We ll
lust have to adjust
T.ven with the passing ol
ipiailorbai k I | Kllbely and the
receiving of Hitson, Tulsa
would have been overmatched
Hitson is a great receiver, but
three very good receivers are
better than one great rei eiver
any time
In receivers Terry (Mitre.
Tony 11.irgnin and |oe Keit/ug
the Dm ks have one of the deep
est. best receiving corps in the
i ountrv Running bai ks Derek
l.oville and Latin Kerry will
also i ati h then shale i oinmg
out of the bar ktudd
Tight ends |oe Meerten Jeff
Thomason and st oring spec i.il
ist Kolya Telit (five touch
time ns on seven receptions)
giv e ipiarterbai k Hill Musgreve
three more targets
Before the season started
football writers all over the
country predicted Oregon
would make post season play //
Musgrave staved healthy Mus
grave did stay healthy and the
I)uc ks with some lobbying
by athletic direc tor Hill Hv rne
uerr invited to the Indepen
deni *■ Howl
Musgrave doesn't have the
strongest arm in i ollege tool
hall Ills passes are rarelv text
hook spirals and often his re
i elvers have to make adjust
ments tor the i .iti lies
Hut Musgrave is a winner He
knows how to do what it takes
to win on the I’m 1(1 level ot
plav And most importanllv
Ins teammates helieve in torn
Klltilev piled up some nif e
numbers this season for Tulsa
Hut it was against some lesser
i .o in pet it ion At last ( hei k
Howling t.reen and Wake For
est weren't exaotlv ( otisidered
llottietls ot college loot ha 11
And again he will he without
Hitson
I he I tin ks hnv e the adv an
Inge at qiiurterhai k
Tulsa was able to move the
hall elfer.tivelv on the ground
tor most ot the season I uilhai k
Hrett Adams led the alt.it k wilti
1. tIt 1 yards on J-.'.i t urries lot a
fine I li average lailbat k Mark
Unis, an Fdnionton. Alberta na
live added tat v aids on 1 10
i arries
l.oville rebounded from a
horrible start this season to r.i< k
up tt 7 v aids rushing Her i v
chipped in a 10 yards despite
mid season injuries the I links
discovered depth in the olfen
sive line ktield tins season ill se
mor llondre Hausley and \galu
kelemeiu. vv ho combined toi
too Vtirds
Oregon lias the advantage at
running bar k Ixn a use ot so peri
or depth and be< ailse itiev have
tai ed better i umpetition tins
season
Thev put a lot ot pressure
on you with Musgrave and
( lliee and then thev ( ome at
von y\ 11h I,o\ 11It- mi the
ground Katier said I li.it
makes it really tough tor .m\
defense tu stop them
Oregon s strength on defense
is in the li.it ktit-itt Senior i or
lierh.it k ( hris (thill.mi .1 set
oml te.im .ill \me-r*t .111 pn k
le.ltls .1 strong secondary
which .ilso |c,itures senior tree
s. llt’tV I teiek 1 lortcul ( tlllll.Illl
.tinI Horton let! the I hit ks in in
ten eptions with sis .mil Ine
respet ItveU
1.1 neh.ii ket Mark ke.irns It'tl
the te.im III tat kies u itit 1 .'II to
tal stops on the season Senior
nose t.nklc It.o id < iis.mo vv.is
set t ii it I on the te.im u ith "1 to
t. il t.i< kies int 1 tidiiiv; lout i|ii.u
terh.it k s.it ks
I ineh.it kel I’etel til .Hitler led
Oregon with in t ' sacks fol
lowed In Andre Williams with
sis .inti M.dt Oiliounly with t
I 2
\gain. it gets h.it k to i mope
tit ion Oregon It,is spent the
season facing the I ’.it It) while
Tulsa has lieen busy at him mg
mediur riiy against a question
aide si hediile They should
have a hard time moving the
hall consistently against the
I hit k tie tense
Common opponents don t
mean unit h Hut it should he
noted that I ills,t hist to Iowa
10 J'J rh.it s the same low a I )i
egon t i ushed ill. ill Seplem
tier m klimit k Stadium in Iowa
(aty
This should he an easy w in
lot the I lilt ks And It needs to
he a big w in too Alter all the
lobbying that vy.is done to gel
the hid anything less than a
blowout ovei a team like I ulsa
yyoiild do more harm than good
to a program begging loi na
tional exposure
In Pac-10 Pigskin Prognostications
Rose Independence Copper freedom
Michigan Oregon Arizona Washington
vs vs »s »
USC Tulsa NC Stale Florida
T Sumner Michigan ♦ 3 Oregon ♦!/ Arizona ♦ 7 Florida ♦ 7
A Conklin Michigan ♦ * Oregon ♦ 10 Arizona ♦ 1 Floridan 4
C Sivesmd Michigan ♦ 1 Oregon ♦ 9 Arizona ♦ 6 Florida*3
C Blair USC ♦ 3 Oregon ♦ U NC State ♦ 3 Florida ♦ 7
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at sV\ I ouisiana
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at Washington
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I OHO Independence Bowl
Oregon [Tut ks vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Saturday, Dec. 1(>, 5:00 p.m. (PST)
Independent e Stadium
Shreveport, l ouisiana
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ducks
on your trip
to the
Independence Bowl.
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