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William Raspberry, syndicated columnist for
The Washington Post, will speak on
Friday, Dec. 3, at 3:30 p.m. in the EMU Ballroom.
He will be available for a student question and
answer period from 11:30 until 12:30 that day,
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‘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
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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.