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Tomey respects
resurgent Ducks
Trevor Kearney
Or&QQfl Ot* *y t
When Arizona head coach
Dick Tomoy looked at last weeks
tajM's of the Oregon Out k football
Kamo, he saw a little more than n
strong defense dominating n
nationally ranked team He saw
a flashback to 1M2.
According to Tomoy, the DihJcs
resemble the l'i<t2 Wildcats
"I see them very much like we
were m 1992,” Tomey said.
'They have a very young offen
sive line Their offensive line is
hanging in there and doing a nice
job for them and giving them a
chance to win And their defense
is playing great football."
But oven more importantly
than the resemblance, when
Tomoy watches the Ducks plav,
he sees a team on the verge of
i aptoring the Pocifu 10 i older
ence title
"Oregon i Ionr 1 y. if they win
this football game, w ill Im in the
driver's seat." Tomey said
T,verybodv else loses control of
the rai i*. and Oregon has all the
control We would all like to be
able to control our own destiny
"They make more plays than
anyone we’ve played. They do
the little tilings (They have) a
great kn king game, the best
return guvs we have played
against and the best secondary
we've played against
Tomey. who lias coached Ari
zona Sim e 1 lIH7. has a 4 V (14
rei ord with the Wildcats I.ast
year, he guided Arizona to a
first-pier« tie in the Pnc-10, and
then on to a .Mi ll thrashing of
Miami in the Fiesta Howl This
year Arizona is 4-0 in the con
ference, 0-1 overall, and is
ranked 11th in tin* nation
Hut with bowl appearances in
19H9. 1090 and 1992. coupled
with the strong victory over
Washington last week, the Ducks
have gained Turney's res[nn I
"Oregon has been one of the
most sm < essfnl teams in the con
ference the last six years," Tomey
said. "They’ve played a lot of out
standing footlsill When they had
to make <t drive (against Wash
ington). they did "
As far as experience goes,
Tomey believes that there nr**
more important keys to a footlvnli
leant than just veteran play In
Tomey'* eyes, Oregon has the
attitude to win Saturday 's game
"Certainly their offensive line
hasn't Stern dominant, but they ve
done a great job for an inexperi
enced group You don't have to
have a veteran at every position."
Tomey said, adding that he was
impressed yvith the way the
Ducks have fought off early sea
son woes 'The fans were down
on them, (hut) the team kept
believing in themselves They
fought hack and continued to
win As the season progressed,
they've gotten .better and hotter
"They're playing with a
tremendous belief that they are
going to yvin, which is the most
important thing that you can
have. That is probably more
!in|>ortant than talent The tough
Ml gity ’o play is ihe gu\ that is
playing and believes he ruin yvin
it and that's ()regon."
Some of the Wildcats' less
experienced players have
stepped up a level and become
key contributors to the team's
SUi.l ess
We've got some mexperi
mm od players, that am play Ing In
some t asj-s. Iietter than our e\|x
noticed players," Tomey said
Despite Oregon's defense mu
lling rampant on its opponents,
tomey said the Wildcats are
going to do nothing different
against the Ducks than they
would against any other team
"hvervhodv is trying to win
and we re trying to do what we
have to do to win." Tomey said
You're just trying to win a
game You don't think you have
to sc ore this many points, you
just try to have more than they
do at the end
T think (Saturday s game) is
exciting for both teams. ' Tomey
salii "It is going to take a real
good, strong football game to
yvin."
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