Oreaon to meet Rams in Freedom Bowl
Ducks should be healthy for game against WAC foe
By Ashley Conklin
Emerald Sport'. Editor
When Oregon meets Oilora
do State in the I)«h JO Iree
dom Howl game in Anaheim
Calif . Oregon (Oath Kith
lirooks will have a luxury he
hasn't had lor nnu h of the sea
son
Hi* vs ill have an almost per
fei tl\ healths football team to
put on tile field
Injuries, mainly on Ih** offen
sive side, hast* plagued the
Dinks all season, partic ularly
in the last half of the season
When Oregon played Oregon
Stale in the innuul ( ivil War
game, the Dm ks were without
their top three wide rt*t.elvers
thev started the year with,
w ithout their starting tight end.
missing their starting lullh.it k
ami IuiIImi k and starting rjuar
terhat k Ihll Musgrave
Bui when the ! rvedom M«i\\ 1
rolls around Musgravc v\ide
receivers Michael Mcl iellan
•in«l |oe Reil/ug and tailbai k
Scan Burwell should all lie
i low lo 100 p“n cnl
Wide receiver Tony llargam
light end |eff Thomason ami
fullback Brandon lumper won't
be able to go in the Freedom
Howl, hut Brooks is glad to
have some of his top skill play
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It should really help offen
sively bet ,uise most of our inju
ries have twen on the offensive
side." Brooks said
With Musgrave, Burwell and
tompanv healthy, the Ducks
were one of the nation's high
est storing offenses in the sea
son's first nine games when
they bolted to a 7-2 ret ord
But when the injuries hit. or
worsened, the Dot ks t omhined
to store nine points in their ti
nal two games against Calilor
ma (a L’H t loss| anti Oregon
State (a »i twin)
\\ hen looking bat k at the H t
season. Brooks said it was a sat
isfying one after beating Ore
gon State to finish 8-3. but he
saitl there were disappoint
ments as yyell
"The Arizona game, we
should have won, and in the
Washington game we faced an
unreal opiKincnt that we would
have had to plav .1 much more
perfei t game than w r did to
win " ho said
I hr (California loss w hn h
cattle altar the Dinks had ai •
i I'pti'd an unoffii ial invitation
to thr I rri'dom Bowl, was an
other hard loss for Brooks
"We go and lay an ugg at
Berkeh hi* said That was
extremely disappointing
Tin* Din ks wi*re run out in
thr lirst quarter 111 thr (Cal
game, tailing behind 211 and
when tlirv lar.r (Color.rlo State
from the Western Athletii ( Con
frrrnt r |t> 1 in thr \\ \( H 4
overall). Oregon could Ih‘ see
ing a tram much like Califor
nia
"1 think they run the hall in a
v ery comparable w ay toCalifor
nia." hr said.
The Ram running game is
powered by a trio ot talented
hacks.
Senior Todd Yert (6-foot-1.
22.t pounds) and junior Brian
( Copeland 105 pounds) are
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lilt? starters at fullbat k and tail
bat k. respectively Back-up
tailback Tony Alford (5-11,
198-pound senior) is also a sol
id runner.
Copeland led the team with
Hi Hi yards on the ground and a
5.3-yard per t arry average. Al
ford added 1147 yards off the
bene h. and Vert was the work
horse. rushing for 589 yards
and Hi touchdowns.
As a team, the Kams aver
aged 219.3 yards per game and
set a new school record with
23)31 rushing yards for the sea
son
Brooks saul that the Ham run
ning backs might not be as
good as Cal's Anthony Wallace
and Russell White, a pair of
1.001) yard rushers, but he is
still very impressed with Colo
rado State s backs
"They might not be as good
as Wallace and White, hut
they re very good." he said.
Colorado State's ability to
run the hall, or (beguns ability
to stull the Kam rush, will like
ly he one of the game’s ke\
matchups
The Dm ks finished set ond in
the Pacific-10 Conference in
rushing defense and were also
12lh nationally. giving up only
loti 2 yards per outing Oregon
also held opponents to less
than lot) vards rushing on five
oc< asions
When Oregon has the ball,
the Ducks will he up against a
three-man front line that aver
ages only 241 pounds, but it s a
group that’s very ai live
Senior tai kies Robert Chirico
(|p 4 2ri5 pounds) and Paul
Hanks (ti a. 217 pounds) com
billed for 14 s.k ks Senior nose
tackle Krit Schaller (ti 4. 221
pounds) also had sis sai ks and
(>H tackles
Senior inside linobat ker Krit
Tippet mum (it 1. 2211 pounds)
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