CIVIL WAR
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Oregon receiver Ronnie Harris look advantage ot the wot weather as a defender loses his looting
Uncivil weather dampens game
By Steve Mims
F morale! Spofts Reporter
It was apparent that tho 1<)‘)2
edition of the Civil War would
he a little weird when Oregon
State won the opening coin toss
and elected to defend the south
goal rather than take the bull.
Winds of 20-30 miles per
hour howled to the south, forc
ing head coaches Rich Brooks
and Jerry 1’ottibone to consider
the weather before making any
decisions.
How severe were the winds?
Oregon kicker Tommy Thomp
son. who was averaging 42 ')
yards per punt entering the
game, punted three times in the
first quarter for an average of
2<> 7 yards per kick
Thompson also missed a 37
yard field goal in the quarter,
only his third miss of tire sea
son from less than 40 yards.
"That was by far tho toughest
conditions I have faced.”
Thompson said "The wind
was swirling ovary whore I
thought the one I missed was
hit well, and then it Itxik off."
Oregon State had to fight
against tiie wind in the second
quarter and was unable to do
much against the combination
of Oregon's defense and the
weather
When the Beavers' first drive
of the quarter stalled at the Ore
gon 2H-yard line. I’etlibone sent
out ku ker Jamie Burke lo line
up for a 46-yard field goal
against the wind The wind
forced the Beavers to trv a fake
instead of going for I lie game 's
first points The take never had
a chance, and instead of the
Beavers possibly going ahead
i-0. the game remained tied
Oregon State punter Tim
Kolias averaged more than -17
yards per punt in the first quar
ter, but his only punt of the sec
ond quarter went it) yards
"There was nothing I could
do," Kolias said 1 just wanted
to catch the ball and kit k it. i
tried to place some kicks, but it
was impossible "
The second half was just like
the first half, with both teams
punting the ball in search of
field position, hut tins time It
was Brooks who decided to de
fend the south goal rather than
get the hall to start tile half.
"We look the wind in the
third quarter because we
thought we could tome out
with some points," Brooks
said " Those were bad condi
tions to try and move the bull,
particularly wiiii our offense
where we trv to throw the tsill
I’uttibone said his team lost
bet a use ol two factors oppor
tunities and the kit king game
"In .1 game like this, the se
vere weather affects the throw
ing and kit king, and the team
that does those things best has
the opportunity to win." lie
said.
Bowl bid
still option
for Ducks
Oregon's 7-0 victory over
Oregon State on Saturday not
only boosted the Ducks’
pride, but It hii> given new
life to Its postseason hopes
Independence Howl offi
cials Bob Brown and Orvis
Sigler attended the Civil War
and said afterwards Oregon is
still a possibility for their
game on Dot U Brown and
Sigler are looking lor some
one to fore Wake forest at
the game in Shreveport, t.a
“The good news today is
that Oregon got their sixth
win. and they qualify for post
season. Brown said "Wo
will meet .it noon on Monday
and go over what happened
this weekend
The Independence Bow l is
said to also he i onsidering
Rutgers. Southern Mississip
pi. Rill', Washington State
and Kansas
"Some teams moved up
and others down this week
end," Sigler said Kansas
and Wisconsin both lost
while Washington State and
Rit e moved up We i an ei
ther make a decision on
Monday or wall until after
next week’s games to make a
dec Ision
Oregon finished the season
li-fj, 4-4 in the Pacific-10
Conferenc'd, and is tied for
sixth place In the conference
Oregon is tied with Art/o
nu State, but the Ducks fie.it
the Sun Devils lit) 70 earlier
In the year
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