Emerald Sports
Oregon Daily
Ducks, ’Cats renew
old friendship again
By Steve Mims
Dragon Q&ty l'rrv»axi
Oregon head coach Kh It
Brooks will look to become the
winningest coach in school his
tory on Saturday, but he will
have to beat a good friend to do
it.
Brooks, m his 17th year at
Oregon, has won H2 games,
tying him with legendary coach
I.en Casanova, the current ath
letic director emeritus at Ore
gon Brooks will get a chance for
win number tit on Saturday
when the Ducks play at Arizona
in a regionally televised game
beginning at f>:37 p in
Brooks' adversary this week
end is Arizona head coach Dick
Torney. who i oai bed alongside
Brooks when the two were assis
tant coat.lies at UCLA in 197fi
The following veer both
received head coaching jobs,
Brooks at Oregon and Tomes at
Hawaii However, the two have
retained their friendship off the
field,
"I'd hate to take away Dick's
chant e to go to the Rose Bowl,"
Brooks said. "But I'd hate for
him to take away our chant.e to
go to any bowl. I wish I could
settle it on the golf course I feel
like I'd have a better chance to
win there."
For the last few years the golf
course has been thepnly place
Brooks and Torney have seen
each other. Oregon and Arizona
last met in 1990 when the Wild
cats won 22-17 after tackling
Oregon quarterback Bill Mus
grave inches short of the end
zone on fourth-and-goal at the
end of the game.
"We are not as familiar with
them as we were when we
played them before," Brooks
said. "The last game was a
tough, hard-fought loss. Their
defense is different now, and
they are more of a pro-style
offense. They've changed since
the last time we played them."
Oregon (5-3, 2-3) and Arizona
(7-1. 4-1) are coming off of oppo
site results last weekend The
Ducks got a big 4f>-23 win over
Washington State last Saturday,
giving them momentum and
keeping their postseason hopes
alive. Meanwhile, Arizona suf
fered its first loss of the year, 37
17 to UCLA, knocking it out of
the driver's seat for its first Rose
Bowl berth ever.
Arizona's defense has
emerged as the nation's toughest
unit over the last two years The
Wildcats lead the nation in rush
ing defense and total defense,
and are on top of the Pacific-10
Conference in scoring defense
and passing efficiency defense.
Oregon wilt be hard-pressed
to move th«» ball on the ground
against the Wildiats with lead
ing rusher Sean Burwoll not
expected to plnv Kk ky Whittle
looked good for the Ducks in
their win over Washington State
Inst weekend, rushing a season
high lt> times and catching five
passes
"Kit kv Whittle is as healthy
as he's been all year," Brooks
said "He played well against
Washington State He's so explo
sive and a tough runner, with
Sean Burwoll doubtful, we need
a healthy Ricky Whittle "
Arizona's biggest change has
come in offense where they have
forsaken the option offense ol
years past for a pro-stvle offense
The Wildcats hoped that Dan
White, a foot a. 215-pound
transfer from I’enn State, would
run the passing offense, hut he
has struggled
White has completed less
than half of his passes, and
ranks hehind every Pot 10 start
ing quarterbac k ext opt Oregon
State's Rahim Muhammad in
passing effic ionc v Both White
and his backup Brady Batten
were injured in Arizona's loss
las! week at IIO.A, but both are
probable for this weekend s
game.
The Pat-10's second-worst
passing game is exactly what a
heat up Ducks' secondary needs
right now f ree safety Jeff Sher
man is out this week and cor
nerbuck Alex Molden is doubt
ful. With oornerback Herman
O'Berrv out for the year, the
Ducks are only about two-deep
at each defensive back field posi
tion.
Arizona's running gome is
built around three main backs,
with a fourth usually getting
some action as well Ontiwaun
Carter leads the Tails in rushing
and ranks fifth in the conference
with 4K7 yards. He could rank
higher, but Arizona has three
oilier backs with at least 50 car
ries.
The game could come down
to big plays on special teams,
which would appear to favor
Arizona. The Wildcats have
returned one punt for a touch
down this year, blocked two
field goal attempts, one punt
and tackled the punter before a
kick once this year. Since 1990,
Arizona has blocked 15 punts or
field goals.
"We've spent a lot of time on
punt blocking." Brooks said.
"Our punt block and coverage
has improved. My concern is
very real about the Arizona spe
cial teams because they have the
ability to block punts."
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Oregon golf on par
The Oregon women's golf
team finished eighth at the Pio
neer Kleclric/Hruin Classic, m
Iemei.ula. Calif . on Wednns
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Oregon opened the lournn
nient with a 108 before slipping
to n 122 in the second round on
Tuesday Oregon shot H6 in the
final round Wednesday to finish
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Oregon was paced by senior
Cappy Mack, who shot 77 in the
first round, followed bv suu.es
sive 7H's to finish at 211. good
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for lflth place junior Shannon
Hare opened the tournament
with a 73 before shooting 7H-81
in the final two rounds.
Meanwhile, the Oregon men's
golf team shot a three-round
total of 925 to finish tied for
eighth at the Pioneer
Elect rics/Hruin Classic Tuesday.
Kandy McCracken led the
Ducks and finished third overall
with a six-over-par 222 The fin
ish was the Eugene senior's best
ever for Oregon.
Host UCl.A won the title at
906 thanks in large part to Eddy
Lee. who won medalist honors
at 215.
Oregon's Ted Suavely shot
2 I ,i, one shot better than team
main Ands Scheidt Junior Paul
Kigali fired a 237 and freshman
|oel Stock shot 240 for I fie
Dm k-.
Until the women ami men's
teams are now done with their
fall season and will not play
another tournament until Febru
ary
Dan Fouls, the Hall of Fame
quarterback from the University
of Oregon and the San Diego
Uhargers. received tile Leo liar
ris Award last Saturday a! half
time of the Oregon Washington
State football game The award
is presented annually to an
alumni letterman based on
a< hiuvement and service in the
last 20 years.
A basketball coaches clinic:
scheduled for Saturday, Nov. fi,
at McArthur Court has Ikmii c an
celed. the University of Oregon
men’s basketball office
announced today
All those who were pro-regis
tered will be refunded their
money. It is hoped the clinic: caul
lie rescheduled next fall. Contact
the Oregon basketball office at
340-4.140 with any questions.
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