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By Scotl Simonson
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Bv Pacifn • in Conference ston
(lards. Oregon's offense has (lost
is! some impressive nuinljers this
season Down south, in plai.es
like Florida. Ians bareh know
whom Oregon might he playing,
let alone how to pronounce Ore
gon or what state it might be in
In Oregon, nobody wants to tie
the second-best football team in
the state In Florida, being the
third best football team in the
state still might make you the
third-best team in the nation
So with i little help from the
l lorida State University sports
information department, the
t'.nwmhl dot ided it s time to see
how tile ()re.:on offense slacks up
against vaunted offensive jug
gernaut of the Florida State I ni
versity Seininoles. currently the
ties! i ollege fotjtlull 1 team in Flori
da, and therefore, at cording to
not only w in- sen ices and i oaclt
es, hut to Floridians themselves,
the best college football team in
the known universe
Da's try to keep a straight face,
shall we?
At quarterbai k lor the Semi
noles Charlie Ward At quarter
Iwck (or the Ducks Danny O'Neil
After his regular season ends.
( harlie Ward may be seen ni cept
mgthe Heisnian Trophy in front
of a national television audience
After Ins regular season ends,
I fanny (f’Ncil may lie seen watch
ingCharlie Ward accept the lleis
man Trophy .is part of a national
television audience
lleisman hype aside, how do
their numbers compare? Ward
averages 32 pass attempts and 22
completions a game O'Neil aver
ages t t attempts and 20 comple
tions a game
That's an extra three incom
pletions per game for O'Neil, hut
w hat if Danny had the Seminole
offensive line to protect him?
(Respectful note to the Dm k
offensive line Please don't take
tiiis personally There's no shame
in tie mg the second or third-best
offensive line in tin- country )
O'Neil has been sa< ked 20 times
this season; Ward has been
sai kt*<1 only six
So, take a little heal off O'Neil
and attempts and completion
averages are pretty mm h equal
What happens when they com
plete they hall' Ward averages
12 1 yards per completion. O'Neil
averages 13.8.
So much for the notion that
Oregon head coai h Rich Brooks
JLF f P»SLAVtm»/j-:
Oregon quarterback Danny
O'Nell is having a great year, but
his stats don't match those of
Florida State's Charlie Ward.
likes offenses thut used to lie run
hV guvs wearing leather helmets
and no face masks The two quar
terbacks art1 also close in touch
down passes Ward has thrown
16; O'Neil has thrown 14
Now comes the had nows.
Interceptions: O'Neil lias
thrown 12; Ward has thrown one.
Forget the offensive line theory:
Maybe the reason that O'Neil is
averaging two fewer completions
per game than Ward is that lie's
averaging almost two comple
I ions per game to the other team
Ward is averaging .102.7 yards
per game in total offense, and
O’Neil is averaging 290,7 vards
per game Both are among the top
10 nationally in that category
More significantly. Ward aver
ages an H.2 vards per play, com
pared with f> 'i yards per play lor
(1’Neil.
What s the diflereiH e7 Rushing
vantage While most quarterbacks
spend their rushing attempts
going backward and away from
opposing defenses, Ward aver
ages si\ vards per carry, Six yards
per carry is a great average for a
running back, unless you're a
Florida State running back. The
Seminoles average 5.9 yards per
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