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Cota stars in Duck secondary
□ Oregon's Chad
Cota is hoping to
make another big hit
against USC
By Dave Chartoonneau
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The last time Oregon played
USC at Autaten Stadium, it was
under the stars. Trojan running
hack Mazio Royster was seeing
stars and the Ducks' Chad (iota
I«n nine a star
On that night, almost exactly
two years ago. Chad (iota, a red
shirt freshman from Ashland,
was given the call to replace the
injured Eric Castle at free safety.
Within minutes. Royster took a
hnndoff and was promptly lev
eled by Cota with one of the
biggest Duck hits in recent
years
"I guess you could say I took
advantage of the opportunity,"
Cota said. "When Castle got
hurt, the coaches just kind of
threw me in there. I think I
probably i.aught their eyes with
that hit.”
Since that night. Royster has
recovered from the blow and is
now in the NFL. and Cota, now
the Ducks' strong safety, has
never relinquished his spot as a
starter in the Oregon secondary.
Castle is now gone, and
injuries have decimated Ore
gon's defensive Itackfield, leav
ing a largely young and untested
crew in the secondary.
Now in his junior year. Cota
has covered nicely for Castle.
Ho leads the team in tackles (27)
and interceptions (two), but
morn importantly. Cota has
found himself thrust into the
position as the veteran of the
secondary, and with that comes
a greater emphasis on his lead
ership.
"I've been horn a whilo. so I
think I've earned the respect of
the coaches, fans and younger
players.'' he said "Because of
that. I think the younger guys
may look up to me a little "
Head coach Rich Brooks said
the injuries and youth of the
bnckfield has pushed Cota hip
deep into the leadership role
"One problem we've had is
that there have been different
people at free safety and the cor
nerback position each game,”
he said "We have a lot of new
faces in the secondary and Chad
has been the constant, steadying
forte of the group. Chad's pres
ence is critically important to
bring < ontinuity to our cover
age."
Never was the inexperience of
the secondary more obvious
than last weekend when Califor
nia destroyed Oregon's defen
sive hacks in the now infamous
"comeback game."
"When the game was over, I
was just looking around in a
daze," Cota said. "I couldn't
believe what happened."
In that game, Oregon's sec
ondary gave up 3f>8 yards pass
ing, three touchdowns, and the
crucial two-point conversion
that won the game for the Bears.
Even though Cota admitted he
may be tho leader in the sec
ondary, he said there's only so
much ho can do come game
time.
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CHAD
COTA
YEAR IN SCHOOL: Junior
OREGON NUMBER: 7
DIMENSIONS: 188 pounds.
6-foot-1
HIGH SCHOOL: Ashland
REPUTATION: Always been
known as a big hitler'
MAJOR: Sociology
HE’S SO TOUGH: Played much ol
last season with a broken thumb
QUOTE: "I need to start working
on getting some more big hits"
Em^raW
"I try to give the guys encour
agement when they get heat
deep," he said, "But we've real
ly been concentrating on com
ing together as unit defensively.
Every player needs to be leader
in his own way."
Cota and the rest of the Ore
gon team has put the Cal game
behind them. They have no
choice. Things will not get any
easier for the Ducks as they pre
pare to get into the heart of the
Pacific-10 Conference schedule
loaded with pass-happy teams.
USC being one of the deadliest.
Trojan quarterback Rob John
son has completed nearly 70
percent of his passes, is averag
ing 247 yards a game and has
thrown for 10 touchdowns in
five games. Johnson has also
only thrown one interception
this season.
In addition, USC has one of
the top receivers in the country
in Johnnie Morton. Morton has
boon on the receiving end on
more than a third of Johnson’s
completions and already has
over 600 yards receiving,
including four touchdowns.
"Morton is good receiver,"
Cota said. "He likes to make
acrobatic catches. Their passing
attack will 1m? another tough test
for us in the secondary."
Saturday's game starts at 3:30.
so although the game may not
he under the lights, Cota
wouldn't mind if he could, once
again, make a Trojan see stars.
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