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Oregon Daily EmCfald SpOftS
It’s time to give O’Neil respect
If the Ducks don't win. it's Danny O'Neil's fault.
Whether a running back fumbles, a receiver
drops a pass, the defense gives up 500 yards in
total offense, a coach gives a bad play call, or less
than 50.000 fans show up at Autzen. somehow,
someway. Danny-boy gets the blame.
Not anymore.
In his first three games. Oregon's tormented
games, only to find himself starling the next game.
Then he had a season-ending injury.
Last season, head coach Rich Brooks made no
bones about it: O'Neil would be the starter for Ore
gon.
Give Brooks credit, he stuck with O'Neil the
entire season. O'Neil had his slumps, his bad
games, but Rrooks staved with him. and the fans
junior quarterback has thrown for
an average of 300 yards a game,
six touchdowns, has completed
nearly 65 percent of his passes,
has had only two passes inter
cepted. and, most importantly,
has led the Ducks to their first 3-0
start since 1986.
Saturday. O'Neil threw for 289
yards against an Illinois team that
field 15th-ranked Arizona's
offense scoreless the week before
DaveCharbonneai
learned to live with O Neil.
Then came the Independence
Bowl.
After o marvelous first half, the
Oregon offense hit a brick wall as
Wake Forest destroyed the Duck
defense in the second half. The
Ducks lost, and the questions about
O'Neil resurfaced.
When spring drills opened this
year, the name Tony Graziani start
ed to come up in interviews and
ms performance over me past inroe weeks nns
put him among the top quarterbacks in the nation.
(O’Neil was ranked second in the nation in passing
efficiency before the Illinois game.)
His smoothness in the pocket, and his leader
ship on the Held has been a big "get off my back"
directed at the press, fans, and even his own
i oaches.
As early as this past spring, people were already
— maybe a more appropriate word would lie "still"
— doubting O'Neil's ability to run Oregon's offense.
Following in the footsteps of Bill Musgrove and
Chris Miller, two Oregon quarterbacks who wore
established superstars by the end of their second
years as starters, was the worst thing that could have
happened to O'Neil.
From day one there wore doubts about O'Neil In
1991. it virtually took until the day of the open
ing game for Oregon coaches to put their wavering
faith in O'Neil os the starter That year O'Neil was
walking on pins and needles. Every trip to the
sidelines after a failed series was a potential death
march to a seat next to the Gatorodo tank.
The fans and the coaches were spoiled by Miller
and Musgrove. They not only wanted a new quar
terback. they wanted another Boy Wonder QB ...
and they wanted it now.
O'Neil would be benched during a couple of
newspapers, vvnetner it was tne coacnes trying to
push O'Neil, or whether they actually thought
Craziani, the redshirt freshman, actually had a
chance to take over as starter is up for debate. Just
the fact that it was even a question was a slap in
the fat* to O'Neil.
There wore never those questions when Miller
and Musgrave were around.
It's now five days before Oregon's crucial Pacif
ic- It) Conference opener against California. Yeah,
the Ducks have looked weak at times against com
petition that is far from what they will face in the
Poc-10, hut it's been no fault of O'Neil's.
Before the Illinois game, O'Neil had thrown 62
passes without an interception. He threw two in
the first three series Saturday, but remained confi
dent and played virtually flawlessly the rest of the
way.
O'Neil will still have slumps. The difference is
that so far this soason, the slumps have lasted a
series or two, and not a game or two.
It's time for everyone — the fans, the press, and
the coaches to put their devoted faith in Danny
O'Neil.
It took him a while, but he's definitely earned it.
Dave Charhonneou is n sports reporter for the
Emerald.
Men’s golf has room to improve
By Steve Mims
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The Oregon men's golf team
may not be the twist team in the
Pacific-lO Conference this year,
but at the moment it is probably
the bluest.
The Ducks' roster is currently
at 1H players as it prepares to
qualify for its next tournament
in early October However, sec
ond-year head coach Steve
Nosier said he did not prepare
for such a I a rye team, and may
trim the roster soon.
"I didn't mean for us to be this
bin.” Nosier said. "It is just that
some good players from Idaho.
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Bigger has not meant better so
far for the Ducks this season, as
they have finished near the bot
tom in both of their early tour
naments. Oregon opened the
season with a horrendous per
formance at the Husky Invita
tional, where it finished 13th
out of 14 teams. The Ducks
played better at the Tucker Invi
tational in Albuquerque. N.M.,
last weekend, but finished 16th
among the 18—team field.
"We have not played at the
level we need to." Nosier said.
"We did not seem ready to play
in our first tourney but we
moved in the right direction last
weekend."
The Ducks lost only two play
ers from last year's squad, which
advanced to the regional chain
Eionships, but the losses are
uge. Jeff Lyons, an All-Ameri
can in 1092, and Cam Martin
both won two collegiate tourna
ments during their Oregon
careers and were named second
team all-Pac-10 last year.
Oregon's top returnee from
last season is Junior Ted Snave
ly. whose 74.38 stroke average
was third on the team, behind
Lyons and Martin. Snavely
played in all 13 tournaments for
the Ducks last year and finished
in the top 10 at four of them.
Snavely paced the Ducks in
New Mexico when he shot a 7
over-par 223 for the three-round
event.