Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, November 13, 1992, FOOTBALL EDITION, Page 2B, Image 2

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FOOTBALL
Duck bowl chances: a wild ride
By Dave Charbonrteau
Emerald Sports Editor_
The Independence Howl, the
Copper Bowl, the Freedom Bowl,
the John Hancock Bowl and the
Aloha Bowl
All of these Ixiwls mean noth
ing to Oregon coach Rich Brooks
going into this weekend's game
against UCLA
"There's not much to talk
about until we're 7*4." Brooks
said "Until then, any Ixiwl talk
is ridiculous "
If the Ducks are able to win
their nest two games, they may
find themselves in any one of the
aforementioned games
But they will need a little help
from their friends
As of right now. Oregon has no
chance of finishing in one of the
top two positions in the confer
ence and are a long-shot to finish
third, and all it ran do is win the
next two games and see what
everyone else does
With Washington at 5-1 in the
Pacific-10Conference, it is sitting
in good shape to go to the Rose
Bowl, and Arizona is the front
runner for the second place posi
tion.
After that. Stanford. USC,
Washington State and Ori-goir are
left to battle it out for the third,
fourth and fifth position
Here's an attempt to simplify
Oregon's bowl chances if the
Dm ks win their next two games
The freedom Bowl has dilis on
the third-place finisher in the
Pac-10. Stanford. I JSC! and Wash
ington State are all tied for third
al 4■'! In order for (Sn-gon In have
a chain »• to finish third. 1 )S(! and
Stanford will need to lose their
last two games and Washington
State will have to lose one
The Copper Bowl is looking at
getting a Pac-10 team in its game
and is sending a scout to see the
(lregon-10.A game
Al O'Brien, founder of the ( up
per Bowl and a member of its
selection committee, said his
bowl is hoping to get the fourth
place tram from the conference
''It looks as if we may have the
fourth team in the Pac-10," In
said "If Oregon i an finish fourth
in the conference, they would
have a very good shot.”
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Sean Bur-well and the Duck* will accept a bowl bid with open arena
For that to happen, either DSC
or Stanford would have to lose
both of their games and Wash
ington State would have to lose
one
The Independence Bowl seems
to be the Ducks' most reasonable
chance of postseason play. The
Ixiwl is very high on Oregon after
the Ducks' 1989 appearance in
which around 0,000 Duck fans
made the trip to Shreveport.
Bob Brown, president of the
Sports Foundation, which puts
on the Independence Bowl, said
his bowl hopes to match either
Oregon. West Virginia or Clem
son up against either Mississippi
or Mississippi State.
He also said the Ducks' fan
support could make the differ
ence.
"You can always Find a good
fixitbal! team," Brown said. "The
i hallenge is finding a team with
strong support When Oregon
came in '89, they were great and
were really adopted by our com
munity Oregon is my personal
favorite hei ause of our expon
ent e with them three years ago ”
The John Hancock Bowl has
not yet crossed Oregon off its list
One of the bowl's teams comes
out of the bowl coalition pool -
which consists of teams from the
Atlantic Coast. Big Fast, Big-8,
Pat -10 and Southwest confer
ences If th.il team comes out the
Pat -10, Oregon will probably not
have a shot.
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coalition loam comes from one of
the other conferences, the Ducks
could get an invitation.
"1 think Oregon would very
much lie in our picture,” he said,
“depending on what USC and
Stanford did.”
The Aloha Bowl is a longshot
for the Ducks, but still a possi
bility.
The bowl is played on Christ
mas and usually attracts a large
television audience, and it is
probably the most prestigious of
the five bowls.
They would have liked to get'
Hawaii to play in the bowl, but it
looks as if Hawaii will go to the
Holiday Bowl by finishing first
in Western Athletic Conference.
The Aloha Bowl has no ties to
the coalition pool and is there
fore left to pick from what's left.
Oregon’s west coast location
could he an advantage, but the
Ducks would likely have to de
pend on a fourth-place finish to
even he considered.
I ISC, Stanford and Washing
ton State all have two Pac-10
games remaining. The Cougars
have the toughest schedule with
.1 game at Stanford this week and
are at home the following week
against Washington.
Stanford has the game against
Washington State and closes the
season on the road against Cali
fornia.
USC has Arizona at home this
weekend, is at UCLA next week
end and closes the season at
home against Notre Dame.
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