— Oregon Daily Emerald Sports
Ducks all business for Cal game
By St*v* Mims
Oregon Daily [marvel
When the Oregon football
team travels to Berkeley for this
weekend's game against Califor
nia. it will he strictly a business
trip.
Oregon head coach Rich
Brooks has made it clear to his
team that the Ducks are heading
south for only one reason: to
heat California.
To prove his point. Brooks has
the Ducks flying out of Eugene
Friday night after practice and
returning immediately after the
game. There will be no time for
any of the 4fi Oregon players
from California to have dinner
or other social functions with
their families - only time to play
the game.
.Such is the atmosphere for the
Ducks this weekend when they
try to open the season 4-0 for
only the third timo ever under
Brooks. The Ducks have two
strong forces working against
them when they take the field
for Saturday's 12:35 p.m. kick
off. California's offense and
recent history in Berkeley.
A quick glance at the statistics
the Bears have put on the board
on their way to a 4-0 start are
intimidating to say the least:
• The Golden Bears are aver
aging 44 points per game, while
giving up only 15.8 points to the
opposition.
• California has racked up 88
first downs. 30 more than its
opponents.
• California is averaging 471
yards in total offense, 200 more
than its opponents.
• California is averaging more
than 230 yards rushing per
game.
• The Bears have four more
sacks and half as many punts
per game as the opposition.
• California has scored 22
touchdowns in only four games.
Surely those stats and some
others have caught the eye of
Ducks sign Scrivener
Colin Scrivener, a highly
recruited defensive lineman
from the Collage of the Siakiy
out in Weed. Calif., hat trans
ferred to Oregon and prac
ticed with the squad
Wednesday, head coach Rich
Brooks announced.
Scrivener, a native of Win
nipeg. Manitoba, originally
signed with the University of
Houston, but loft the team
after taking put in an orienta
tion practice prior to the sea
son.
Brooks said Scrivener
would be ineligible at Oregon
this spring and would play in
the 1904 campaign as a
senior. He can practice with
the squad this fall and next
spring. Brook* said.
Brooks, but he seid he is not sur
prised that Cal is off to a 4-0
start
"I am surprised by the magni
tude of their victories." he said.
"But not the fact they are 4-0.
They have the potential to be a
good team, and they are fulfill
ing it. They are staying healthy
anti firing on all cylinders."
The Golden Bears have
trounced the Ducks by a com
bined score of 73-10 in the last
two meetings between the teams
in Berkeley; however. Brooks
said his team is much better pre
pared than they were during
those two meetings.
"Two years ago we were dec
imated," said Brooks, regarding
the 1991 meeting that Cal won
45-7 "Cal wasn't the only place
we got our brains beat out. The
trip previous to that one we had
a lot of injuries."
Oregon struggled on the road
recently, but is currently in the
midst of a three-game road win
ning streak. However, Brooks
said that is of little importance
when the two teams meet Satur
day.
"It is always tough to win on
the road," Brooks said. "It is
never easy to win against a team
playing as well as California. We
need to he good on the road this
year to accomplish what we
want to because we have three
road games over the next four
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Cal's offense has been well
balanced this year under quar
terback Dave Barr, who has
thrown for 942 yards and nine
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Caldwell. Chapman has gained
386 yards thus far on the
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caught 16 passes for 320 yards
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This game will also showcase
two of the best kickers in the
nation. Oregon's Tommy
Thompson and Cal's Doug
Brien. Thompson has hit five
out of eight field goals this year,
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