SPORTS
Fans in 1981 would’ve killed for a 3-3 record
FROM THE
SIDELINES
BY DAVE CHARBONNEAU
T
( ho Ducks suck
ll seems those three
words ure becoming
somewhat popular here on
campus.
I'm not going to tread
through the muck and mire the
Ducks have gone through this
year because it has already
been well-documented and
maybe even over-documented
The quarterback situation,
the injuries, the turnovers. Ilill
Musgrave. tin; lost dreams of .1
third straight howl game ap
pearance. All of these subjects
have boon milked dry by the
press, the coaches and the fans
Everyono with an Interest in
the Ducks is simply spoiled
Two straight bowl game ap
pearances and seven straight
years of money quarterbacks
Chris Miller and Musgrave
have raised the expectations of
Duck fans
Oregon is currently 3-3 over
all and 1-2 in Paeific-10 Confer
ence play. Duck fans need to
realize something:
It could he, and has been, a
lot worse for the Oregon foot
ball program. Take these exam
ples.
1981: The Ducks defeat per
onnial power Pacific and, of
course. Oregon Stale to finish
2-9 on the year
1982 The Ducks win their fi
nal two games of the season
over Arizona and, of course,
Oregon State The goalposts
come down at Aut/.en when the
Ducks lie Notre Dame midway
through the season, (Sounds
like something that would hap
pen in Corvallis.) They finish
2 8-1
' 1,988: The Ducks start the
season by winning six of their
iirst seven games, hut'end up
losing their final five games, in
eluding a loss to (gulp) Oregon
State,
There are some who are pim
dering the possib.lltv of a loss
to Oregon State this year, fait
it s better to just ileal with that
situation when it arises
Mv point here is had this
been 198 1 or 1982 and we were
playing the type ol Ifloliiall we
are playing this year, Duck fans
would be out of control with
excitement
It's kind of ironic that the one
thing the Ducks were "demand
ing" last sear is the tiling that
has made this season so hard to
stomach for Duck fans That
thing is respect
Oregon earned respei t List
year and was a respei ted team
at tile beginning of tins season
However, three losses very
embarrassing losses to boot
have shocked Duck followers
and may have cost the Due ks a
little of the respect they once
had.
As for the future of the foot
ball program, imagine this
lust think if Oregon got bool
ed from the I’m - It) Wouldn't It
he great to he an Independent
and have yearly schedules
which included Miami, Michi
gan and Notre Dame If you
think the Ducks' record is hell
ish now
Kven : "tier, think of how
great it w . uld he to get dumped
from the Pa; -10 and drop dim n
to Division :l Oregon could he
a powerhoi. ,md win numer
ous 'championships, not to
mention feeling the rush of de
fouling teams like Cal Poly-San
Luis Obispo and starting up an
Intense main with Portland
Stale.
In case you haven't noticed 1
can only think ol one word to
describe these two hypothetical
futures for lie Ducks lame
(no pun intended)
Right now, the Due ks are an
average Pur-10 football team
They are far ft. n being the best
and lar from being the worst,
which is a lot more than I can
say for our friends about 11)
miles to the north. I say this tie
cause it wasn't ton long ago that
()reg >n m l () ■ ...;cin Stale were
often mentioned in the same
Blazers look good at exhibition game
By Jake Berg
Emerald Sports Editor
CORVALLIS — After a
pre-season whipping of
the Seattle SuporSonics Sunday
night, normally brash Portland
Trail Blazer guard Danny Aingo
was fur from bragging about his
or the team's performance
"This is an exhibition game,
you know," said Ainge. who
led all scorers with lf> points
on four three-pointers. "Who
cares? You try to do the best
you cun do while you’re on the
floor, but the end result doesn't
matter ”
il may not have mattered to
Adige, hut a sold out Gill Goli
scum crowd ol 10,500 would
have disagreed Main came to
see the return of Somes guard
Gary Payton, a former Oregon
State basketball star, but more
Blazer Inns were in attendance
Sunday night titan Heaver bat k
ers.
The Blazers' popularity is so
high following two very suc
cessful seasons that Payton was
even booed whilu shooting free
throws and was cheered w hen
he missed the first one.
Gary Payton booed at (.ill
Coliseum, better known as
Payton's Plat.i! In his Oregon
Si,ill! days?
Welcome in Bla/.ermuniu.
(.'ary
.xpeetatiuns am again very
h .;h of the Blazers this year
The team earned the best regu
lar season mark in the NBA last
vrar hut tailed to reach tho
NBA finals as they had donu
tho previous season
"Wo grew from last year's ex
perience,-' Portland center
Wayne Cooper said "Wo un
derstand what we are capable
of doing.”
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