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Friday December 3rd 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Featuring delicious seasonal beers from our wide selection of imported and micro brews. Corner of 241h and agate J4J 4UJJ -Oregon Daily ElllCrdld S|)OrtS ‘The season that could have been’ By Stav* Mims O»0ok Qt*y f Witt) There was a time Oregon fan* were satisfied with a 5-6 record. However, those same fans have expressed disappointment with the 1993 Oregon season that endod with that record. The fans aren't the only ones disappoint ed. "This was the season that could have been." Oregon foot ball coach Rich Brooks said Wednesday."We didn't accom plish what we should have. We should have been 8-3 but we fin ished three games away from that." The Ducks had their chances to finish somewhere around 8-3. but they slipped away. Oregon was not blown out in any of its games; in most of the games you can pick out one or two plays that could have changed the out come. The 30 point lead against (Cal ifornia. the six turnovers in the second half against USC, Danny O'Neil's six interceptions at Washington, the last onside kick against Stanford or the botched punt against Oregon State. If a few of those situations go the other way. Oregon might be on its way to the Freedom or Alamo Bowl right now. rather than preparing for finals and Christ mas break. The game that will live in the mind of Oregon fans for a life time will be the 42-41 loss at California. Oregon was 3-0 at the time and led 30-0 in the first half with everything going its way until it happened. It was the biggest comeback in Pacific-10 Conference history. As all fans remember, California scored on its first play of the sec ond half, blocked a punt for a touchdown and when it scored the final touchdown with 1:17 left in the game, the two-point conversion was a mere formality and the Ducks were doomed. "It was a tough loss.” Brooks said. "But about five times this year in the conference there was a team in control and then lost it It's a tough way to lose." Oregon's talk of rankings and roses stopped after the trip back The Emeiaid enominei lh« Oregon football progrom in a two-part seriei TODAY: A look back on the 1993 football season FRIDAY: Looking ahead to next season from Berkeley, and so did the wins. Starting with the Cal loss. Oregon finished the year 2-6. Oregon once again had to go through a season filled with injuries. Starting with Herman O'Berry's ankle injury in the sea son-opening 23-9 win over Col orado State, the Ducks began dropping numerous players nearly every game. "It just wasn't good fortune," Brooks said. "We had more injuries than ever and more surgeries than ever. Things like that just happen.” The defensive unit felt the injuries most. Whether it was Mark Slymen or Romeo Bandi son on the line, David Massey at linebacker or Alex Molden and )eff Sherman in the secondary, nobody was safe. Sometimes the longest answer Brooks gave in his weekly teleconference was the injury report. All this came in a season when expectation levels were near an all-time high. With lots of experience returning from 1992's Independence Bowl team. Brooks made it clear his team was aiming for the Rose Bowl. When the season ended, many fans were let down by the sub-.500 record, but Brooks The Perfect Gift For You Or Another featuring contemporary cutting • styling • color weaves • manicuring • perms • european foods • make-up • body wcuang plus a ful tne of beauty products - HOLIDAY SPECIAL - Thru Jan. 1 20% off all grooming products Nexxus • Redken • Bdage • Aveda Make-up • K M S • Abba • Paii Mttchei • Vavoom • Tres Cheveux • Sorbie A N C? l_ E $ 539 E. 11th Ave. • Eugene • 343-1637 FREE Parking 11th ft Patterson -between town ft campus J£FF PASLAf/tm«r«M Oregon football hoad coach Rich Brooks la disappointed with this year's season. makes no apologies for the goals. "I think (high) expectations are good.” Brooks said. "I'm just sorry we couldn't fulfill them. We didn't achieve what we wanted so there is frustration (among fans).” Even more frustrating is that the race for the Rose Bowl was as wide-open as ever this sea son. Washington, the three-time defending conference champi on. was placed on probation before the season and declared ineligible for a bowl game. The preseason conference favorite was Arizona, a team with a new quarterback and a very shaky offense. UCLA eventually won the right to go to the Rose Bowl with a 6-2 conference record, only the second time since 1986 a team with two conference losses went to the Rose Bowl. "A team with two losses went to the Rose Bowl,” Brooks said. "We finished second in the league in 1989 but the last three years we have been nowhere near that level. We need to get back up in that position." The Ducks did have a lot of impressive individual perfor mances this season, particular ly on offense. Junior quarter!Mick Danny O'Neil threw for a school-record 3.224 yards and 22 touchdowns. His receiving corps was one of the best in school history featur ing wide receivers Cristin McLemore, Derrick Deadwiler and Dameron Ricketts, along with tight ends Willy Tate and Josh Wilcox. Dead wi for set Ore gon records with 11 catches for 234 yards against California, and McLemore came close to that with 230 yards receiving ugainst Stanford. Defensively, the telling factor is that the teams top two tacklers were safety Chad Cota and cor nerback Isaac Walker, showing that opposing offenses made a habit of getting into the sec ondary. The postseason reaction from fans has been especially harsh this season, with letters and calls asking for Brooks' resigna tion flowing into many local media organizations. Brooks says he has heard the criticism, but will be back for his 18th sea son at Oregon next hill.