FOOTBALL
OREGON VS PACIFIC
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Abdullah is an All-America
candidate, and netted over
1 .tKM) rustling yards last year
"(Abdullah) is ns good of
running buck as we have seen
all year and hopefully will see
all year," Be I lot! I said
Senior wide ret elver Kric
Atkms is another ol Par ific's
offensive weapons that (..trig
Green must stop. Atkins was
an all-league player last year
and tie amassed over 700
yards receiving in 11 games
The Tigers have two quar
terbai ks with different
strengths. but who both have
the ability to score point*
Senior Nn k Seller* is the
more mobile of tho two Junior
Chad Potheringham is the
powerful one. standing at ft
tool-tt and 2.12 pounds Bel lot
ti is concerned about both
quarterbacks
I think that they have the
ability of moving the ball."
stated Hellottl.
Oregon looks to get another
win in its last non-confereni e
game The Ducks are current
ly ranked 17th in the nation
by the Associated Press poll
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Tigers’ schedule is no joking matter
■ PACIFIC: B g buor, and
valuable experience are
gamed from the team s
tough non-conference
road trips
By Trevor Kearney
SpOfJS ( <Hi*
With the kind of rough and
lumbl*> football schedule Pacif
ic puts up veer after year. some
people might call the Tigers
masochist* Others might «.ill
them crazy and still others might
even call them a joke
But the Tigers will simply be
laughing at these name i allure —
all the way to the bank
It is no secret that Pacific's
unbalanced schedule isn't a
scheme to earn the team a nation
al championship — not yet. any
way Nor is it an optimistic plan
to upset some of college football's
powerhouse teams
"To sav this year's schedule is
challenging is an understate
merit," Pacific head c oach Chm k
Shelton said "It's a schedule that
w# probably would have liked to
wait a y ear or two to take on. in
terms of getting the athletes in
here that we need to meet that
kind of schedule "
At the moment, the school is
simply making big bucks plavmg
non-conference football foes at
just a slight cost lopsided scores
While the Tigers have had to
endure a -t 10 loss to Arizona, a
5fi-24 loss to Fresno State and a
49-7 defeat at the hands of sei
ond ranked Nebraska tins year,
they w ill have collet ted nearly
SHOO.000 from non-conference
opponents at the end of the sen
son to cover travel expenses and
fund the school's fooltiall schol
arships.
Nebraska forked over $400,000
of that dividend, w hile Arizona
paid Pat (fit: $250,000 anil Ore
gon will pay the Tigers $150,000.
MONEY IN THE BANK
By school, the money paid
to Pacific by its 1995 non
conference opponents
Nebraska $400,000
Arizona $250,000
Oregon $150,000
IrMtRAlD
That land of money is hard (or
a school with an enrollment of
4.(XX) to pass up And somewhere
along the line, the exponent e of
playing big name and big game
footliall teams is going to pay off
"The schedule is here, we have
to deal with it." Sheldon said, "1
think a lot of our athletes that will
lie helping us win in '9f>. '97 and
98 are here because of that
s< bed tile So vou have to lake the
good with the Iwd "
In fact, it has already started to
help Pacific this year. In the
Tigers' second game of the sea
son, they lesat Oregon State 23
10 The win was the Tigers' first
win over a Pncific-10 Conference
team sint e 1983.
While Oregon State is by no
means a Nebraska or even Ore
gon i alilier team, it shows the
Tiger, have come a long way since
putting together a string of 16 los
ing seasons from 1978 to 1993
And in terms of recruits. Pacif
ic's schedule has helped them
come up with a few players that
have come to Pacific because the
team's i ompetitive nature The
Tigers landed three transfers from
Sacramento State in wide ns eiv
er lake Hoffart and defensive
backs kato Serwanga and Wass
wa Serwanga, and also attrrn ted
junior quarterback Chad Fother
ingham from Snow junior Col
lege
In 1994. Pacific attracted 6
foot-2. 304-pound defensive tack
le |yme Daniels, who has become
one of the Tigers' most valued
defensive players
Shelton, who was named co
Coach of the Year for the Rig West
Confomni» last year, turned Pacif
ic around in just his third season
ns head < om h, Inking the Tigers
from a 3-8 overall record in 1993
to a 6-5 nsord last year, the team's
first winning season in 17 years
The showing made the Tigers the
tilth most improved team in the
country last year.
In 1993, Shelton initiated the
tough-schedule routine for the
Tigers, penciling in thn-e Pacific
10 Conference teams, including
powerhouse Arizona along with
Washington State and Oregon
State. The schedule got even
tougher the next year, as the
Tigers faced national champion
to be Nebraska for the first time
in team history.
Pacific's tough schedule has
also caught the eye of the Ducks,
who an* w ary after a loss to under
rated Stanford two weeks ago.
“Pacific is o good team," Ore
gon qunrterhm k Tony Graziani
said. “They lost by less points to
Nebraska than Arizona State did. "
So far this season. Pacific hasn't
even plnved a team in their con
ference. The Tiger's impressive
non-conference schedule comes
to a close Saturday at Autzen
when Pacific plays the Ducks, but
hitting the road is something that
the Tigers are accustomed to, ns
they have only had one home
game this year and only have four
all year long.
“That is what scares me the
most, that they have gone into
hostile situations and played
well," Graziani said.
While the team's competitive
ness hasn't by any means pro
duced a national championship
or even a conference title yet.
Pacific is a team on the rise, and
a team that is gaining the experi
ence and financial status needed
to become a college foot Nil l pow
erhouse.
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Kearney
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DeYoung
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Stewart
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Schneider
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Thorn
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