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■ SPORTS EXTRA FOOTBALL Lambright enjoying life as second-year coach Trevor Keemey Oeooe iiafy <d Most second-year college foot Imll coaches am struggling to lead their teems to tin? .100 mork nml ore trying to figure out what to do to improve next year. Then there ore u pocketful that have their hearts set on a second or third place finish in their division. But Washington head coach Jim l^nnhright is staring right in the eyes of having the best record in the Pacific- to Conference this season. I.;imbright took over as Wash ington's head coach just two weeks lie fore the start of the Inst season, and led his team to a 7 •t record. The seven wins are more than any other first year Washington coach, and Lam bright's 2fi-conset utive years in the league ranks the highest among active Pat-to coaches ijist year's suit ess, however, is being far overshadowed by the Huskies performance and over all situation this year "It's the difference between day and night," iuunbright said of the LAMS RIGHT i.ompnriion twlwwn the two mm sons. “Last year was still nega tive. You're constantly trying to (jitc h up from taking over just a couple weeks before the open er. “This year is a situation of progress made over spring." said 1 jimbnght. noting that the coach ing staff was better adjusted this year. "The team is a reflection of the coaching tranquility to this point." "1 liolieve Washington is a (let ter team than it was a year ago. (from) everything that I've seen so far this year.” Oregon head r oach Rich Brooks said "Any loan) that can go into Miami and ltent Miami, and beat them con vincingly. obviously is an out standing team. They ant firing on all cylinders on offense right now. and i just think that they am one of the premier teams in the c ountry " The Huskies are 5-1 this sea son overall, and 3-1 in the Pac 10. hut are on probation because of recruiting violations, and cj»n not win the Pm 10 title or com pete in any postseason competition. Despite the sani tions, the team has made it a point to show everybody that it is still one of the best teams in the country. Most notably, the team broke Miami's record home-win streak of 38 games earlier this season. 1-ast week, the team easily heal Arizona State 35-M without a strong performance from star tail back Napoleon Kaufman, dis pelling any myths that without him the team could not win. According to Lembright. this per formance allowed Kaufman's true colors "The Arizona State game and the Miami game were lioth exam ples of Napoleon as a team play er." l-ambright said. "He is very, very prepared to do whatever it takes for us to win." “He's as good of a hac k as I've seen in this league in years.'' said Brooks of the All-American senior, “and he's certainly got world-class speed " And in terms of a game plan, lambnght is consistent with his feelings that Kaufman is only one part of the win. not all of it. “It's a matter of how we can get Napoleon the ball. If they are going to stop him. it gives us the balance," Larnbright said of Ore gon concentrating on Kaufman. "I think our main objective is just lo contain (Kaufman) and not hove him make the big play,” Brooks said of beating the star tailback and the Huskies. "I think if you do concentrate too much on him, Washington's got too much other offense that ran hurt you. I just don't think that you can gang up on one guy and expect to stop Washington's offense.” After an 87-game series with the Ducks, which the Huskies lead 54-2B-5 including 22 of 32 games on the road, the two teams have developed a rivalry that, in many people's eyes, surpasses that of Oregon and Oregon State or Washington and Washington State l.nrnhrighi believes the long-standing rivalry will provide extra spark that will keep his team from looking past the Ducks. "Our main concern is knowing the history of our games with Oregon, and they are such fero cious, hard fought games, that you can pretty much throw out everything (they) have done up to that time," Lambright said. A ft A WIN NINO SIGN This Building Has the Edge in Saving Money on Energy Costs Knight Library University ol Oregon EWEB Eugene Water & Electric Board 500 East 4th Avenue Eugene, Oregon 97401 503-484-1125 In cooperation with Bonneville Power Administration '■» >'rvr».i i -—...—-—— - The University of Oregon knows that the smart money is on Eugene Water & Electric Board's Energy Smart Design program They worked with EWEB’s Energy Management Services in identifying cost effective measures that made the Knight Library 30°o more energy efficient than Oregon building code requires. As a result, the Knight Library has been designated as an "ENERGY EDGE"award winner by EWEB and the Bonneville Power Administration. Energy Smart Design. It's all designed to save on the cost of heating, cooling and lighting your new commercial building. That's energy efficiency by design. For more information on the Energy Smart Design program, phone EWEB's Energy Manage ment Services at 484-1125.
