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QB has roots in Oregon
Palumbis returns
heading Cardinal
By Robert Weber
EmefakJ Sports Reporter
Oregon’s Homecoming (lame isn't tw
Ing played until next weekend against
UCLA, but don't tell that to Jason
Palumbis.
Saturday's Stan ford-Oregon game will
lx1 a homecoming of sorts for Palumbis,
Stanford's strong-armed junior quarter
back, who will lx- playing footlKill for
the first time in Oregon since his days
as a prep all-American at I-akeridge
High School in I^ake Oswego.
There will be a small gathering of
friends, family and former coaches in
Aut7.en Stadium tomorrow, but
Palumbis doesn't expect the pressure to
bother hint.
“It's a big game for the team and for
me individually because I'm coming
home," Palumbis said, "but I'm not
worried alxtut the pressure. I'm just
happy to be coming home."
The 1990 season has been much kind
er to Palumbis than to the Cardinal team
as a whole. Despite Stanford's 36-31
slttx ker over then No. 1 ranked Notre
Dame, the majority of the attention re
cently has been focused on Palumbis
due to the club’s 2-5 start.
The victory over the Irish was nice,
Palumbis said, hut nothing for him and
his teammates to dwell upon.
"It was great to lx* able to go hack
there and beat them, especially when
they’re the No. 1 team in the country."
he said, "but we have to lx1 able to come
I Mick and win some more games "
Palumbis has racked up some eye
opening numbers this year hut is much
more concerned with what happens
with the team
"We've lost some games lately and
it s partially my fault." he said. "I try to
ignore the stats and just play ’
Palumbis' 136.4 passing efficiency
rating is tops in the Pacific-10 Confer
ence and the 1 .ith best mark in the na
tion while his 227.0 passing yards a
game ranks him third in the conference
and 18th nationally.
Those numbers are even more impres
sive when one considers that Palumbis
didn't take a single snap during the
1989 campaign. After starting seven
games as a redshirt freshman in 1988.
Palumbis slipped down, and almost off.
Stanford's depth chart last season due to
a shoulder problem that has bothered
him since his senior year at l-akeridge.
"I really couldn't throw the ball effec
tively last year," Palumbis said "It got
progressively worse until I had surgery
last November. When they operated,
they found no cartilage in there and a
bunch of bone spurs, so they just
cleaned it all up and now my arm is get
ting stronger.”
Stanford Coach Denny Green credits
the new and improved shoulder for
Palumbis' ability to regain his starting
position.
"|ason had a bad shoulder last year
that should have been operated on three
years ago.” Green said. "Now he's
throwing the ball accurately and is able
to show that he's capable of leading the
team."
Green isn't the only coach to praise
Palumbis' game. Oregon Coach Rich
Brooks was quick to praise the job that
the Stanford quarterback has done
“I think Jason has done a tremendous
job I think he is an outstanding play
er." Brooks said.
Palumbis' statistics have placed him
alongside some pretty select company at
the top of most of Stanford's season and
career passing records.
lie has completed 154 of 225 passes
this year for a .684 completion percent
age putting him on pace to break Turk
Schonert's single-season record of .670.
Palumbis' .624 career completion per
centage leaves him second behind Steve
Oils on the all-time Cardinal list that in
cludes such current and former NFL
stars as John Brodie. Jim Plunkett. Dils
and John Klway.
That's pretty select company for
somebody who sal out an entire season,
but being around select company is
nothing new for Palumbis.
While at Lakeridge. Palumbis rewrote
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