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Duck frustration is back aaain
I knew it would happen I really did. I mean, I
didn't expect it to be quite so devastating, but I had
a feeling it wfas too good to tie true
Of course, I’m talking about Oregon's 30-point
lead over California and the Golden Bears' subse
quent biggest comeback in Pacific-10 Conference
history on Saturday. The third biggest comeback in
NCAA Division I history.
California 42. Oregon 41.
I had |ust woke up and was sitting at home all
alone listening to the game on the radio.
Boom! One torn hdown. Boom' Another touch
down. Boom! Yet another touchdown
My phone rings (,an you
beliove if'." iny friend sa\s 'Tins
is the greatest day in Oregon his
lory We re kickin' their ass."
I told my friend I was c oining
over Iwm auso I was desperately in
need of someone to give a high
five to, so 1 (pm kly jumped into
the shower By the time i got out,
Oregon was up 24-0
I jumped on rnv bike and nxie
to my friend's place It took me
about four minutes to get to his
apartment, and when I walked in. everyone was sit
ting around the radio with big smiles on their fares
"Thirty to nothin'." one of my friends said. I start
ed cracking up.
It was unbelievable "This could be Oregon's
year." I thought to myself
Kvwryone else must have been thinking the same
thing, because soon vve were all talking about mak
ing our reservations in Pasadena. Or batter yet, null
ing a motorhorne for a week, leaving the day after
Christmas, partying our butts off and then watch
ing the I)u< ks heat the crap out of Michigan in the
Rose Howl
Sometime while we were fantasizing about out
Now Year's plans. Cal scored
So it's 30-7 Dig deal.
' So you think O'Neil has a shot at the Heisman
if he keeps this up?"
"Not this year Hut if Oregon goes undefeated this
year and wins the Rose Howl, he'll tie a top candi
date next year "
I'm not kidding This is what they were saying.
Hut then something happened A warning sign
Oregon had the bail deep in Cal's territory with
time running out in the first half For some reason,
the thicks let the time run out on the < lock without
even attempting u field goal.
Stuff like that simply should not happen I don't
know whose fault it was. but it doesn't matter
because the fact is no one on the Due k team had the
brains enough keep an eve on the clock. Stupid, stu
pid. stupid. Oregon. Oregon, Oregon
I've followed the Ducks since 1978. and I've seen
them fold wav too many times It was at this point
I could sue what was coming.
In the second half, Cal scores quickly. 30-14 Ore
gun t omes bat k and scores We nil sil bat k and sigh
Now it's 38-14. No way Cal can come Ink k.
Three minutes Inter, Cal throws a bomb Touch
down. We're fine
Moments later. Cal blocks a punt and recovers
it in the end zone. Now it's 38-27 This is starting
to suck bad
The Ducks drive down to the two yard line.
Fourth down
"Come on Brooks, you wussv, go for it." some
one veiled (It may have been me).
Yes. Oregon goes for it O'Neil takes the si. > and
DROPS BACK TO PASS'
Dm Charhovnku
incomplete. We go nuts. A yarn
from the end zone. .1 foot from a
first down, and they pass! (In
hindsight, the Ducks should have
just gone for the field goal.)
Way to show confidence in our
vaunted running attack.
All right, we're still up by 11.
and the fourth quarter is starting.
We'll be fine.
Once again, the Ducks stall
deep in Oal territory. Field goal.
It's 4 1-27. and five minutes left
We go! it in the bug
Boom! Severity-two yards on the bomb. Oregon
liroaiii aster )errv Allen can't I relieve it, and neither
can we Oregon 41, Cal .14
From here it was inevitable. Ducks stall again.
They punt, leav ing Cal with just under three min
utes to v ore. go for two, and win. We all saw it com
ing. so with one minute and 17 seconds left in the
game. Cal burns Oregon's secondary for seemingly
the 40th time in the game, and it's 41-40.
The two points were basically automatic as far as
we were concerned. They were, of course.
No partying tonight. We sat in a daze for about
five minutes.
"We suck.”
“I feel sick."
' I'm embarrassed to even go hero.”
"We have no idea bow to keep a lead."
"Let's get drunk."
"At least Shannon Doherty's on Saturday Night
Uve tonight."
All that and mom was said as we sat around the
radio waiting to bear what Brooks had to say.
Oops, there have been some technical difficul
ties. Jerry Allen informs us. Brooks will not be able
to participate in the post-game interview. Yeah,
right
No Pasadena No motorhome. No Heisman can
didate.
As I'm walking out the door, I look at the TV
screen one more time. I see a score.
Oregon State 30. Arizona State 14. Good Cod.
Davit Charbonneau is a sports reporter for the
Emerald
Bears reflect about big comeback
BERKELEY. Calif (AP) —
Dave Barr had a simple answer
for how California pulled off
one of the highest comebacks in
college football history
"Everyone believed.” said
Barr, whose three second-half
tom hdown passes helped Cal
overcome a 30-point deficit in
Saturday's 42-41 victory over
Pacific-10 Conference rival Ore
gon.
"When things weren't going
well, we kept our composure.”
Barr said. "We didn't throw in
the towel. We kept going.”
The third-higgest come-from
behind win In Division I-A his
tory kept the Golden Bears (5-0,
2-0 Pae-10) unbeaten and moved
them up one place to 16th in the
Associated Press poll released
Sunday.
Saturday's game had all the
makings of a rout after Oregon
(3-1.0-1 Pac-10) exploded for 24
first-quarter points, 17 coming
after Cal turnovers.
A second-quarter flea flicker
in which Danny O'Neil lateraled
to Cristin WfcLemore, who threw
20 yards to Willy Tate for the
score, put the Ducks up 30-0.
"1 thought. 'Somebody wake
me up, this can't be happen
ing,'" (ail coach Keith Gilbertson
said. “We're better than this "
The Bears showed that in the
second half. when they
outscored Oregon 35-11
Barr's 26-yard touchdown
pass to Iheatiyi Uwaezuoke with
1:17 left, followed by Mike Cald
well's reception for the two
point conversion, completed
Cal's greatest comeback ever. It
surpassed a 29-28 win over Ari
zona on Nov. 4. 1989. in which a
21-point deficit was overcome.
"1 don’t know if I'll ever have
a feeling like this again," Barr
said. "We were down, beaten.
We were hurting. We weren't
feeling good about ourselves,
and we came back. We wouldn't
accept 'no' for an answer."
Being on the other side of the
comeback, though, was hard to
take.
"It's got to rank up there with
one of the toughest defeats in
my life," Oregon coach Rich
Brooks said.
First-year Cal offensive coor
dinator Denny Schuler, who
spent the previous seven sea
sons at Oregon as an assistant to
Brooks, said the win had a bit
tersweet quality.
"My initial feeling was one of
elation, until I saw the looks of
the Oregon players and coach
es." he said. "I was up there too
long not to feel bad for them."
Cal trailed by one point, 41
40. with 1.17 left in the game,
when Gilbertson, after some hes
itation, elected to go for the two
point conversion.
Caldwell ran a fade route to
the corner of the end zone and
Barr lofted the ball to him per
fectly. just out of the reach of
Oregon defenders and just with
in the reach of Caldwell.
"Mike made a great, just awe
some catch." Gilbertson said.
"Dave made a great pass. It
brought tears to my eyes. We
made the plays we had to. and
we won this football game. This
might be the most special come
back I've ever been associated
with.”