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Few teams have gotten In tailback Ricky Whittle's way, as he eclipsed
the 2,000- yard rushing mark earlier this season.
Weapon: Cornhuskers
couldn’t woo Whittle
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then played in 12 games in ins
first full year and 11 games in
his sophomore year. His split
time role earlier in his career —
particularly last year — doesn’t
bother him. especially now thut
he is the Ducks go-to guy.
“Different situations call for
different tac tics,” Whittle said.
"I'm not one to cry about things
I urn deal with the fact that Dino
was the best man for the job on a
particular week
"I’m just happy to be the one
to get so many carries, returns
and catches now.”
That role has already paid off
for Whittle this season. He
eclipsed the 2,000 yard rushing
mark against Pacific, and, pro
viding he stays healthy, stands
to up his 2,206 career rushing
yards to pass Don Reynolds ami
Ahmad Kashnd before the year
is over. That would make Whit
tle Oregon’s third all-time leader
in rushing yards behind Sean
Burwell, who is second with
2,'MO yards and is one of the
reasons that Whittle chose Ore
gon over an up-and-coming
Nebraska team
"I felt he very much wanted
me to come here.” Whittle said
But the deciding factor for Whit
tle was the promise he saw in
the Oregon program and its
environment. "The bottom line
is that i wanted to piay for the
No l conference in the nation
and go to the Rose Bowl."
”1 could have gone to Nebras
ka," Whittle said, adding that
the coaches at Nebraska sat him
down on a recruiting visit and
told him that within the next
four years, the Cornhuskers
would b« in contention for n
national title "When I chose
On*gon. a lot of people laughed,
but I would like to see those
people laughing now."
Being a highly recruited foot
tmll player out of high school.
Whittle said, was a necessary
step in the development of his
college career.
"It is not that 1 turned down a
lot of schools, but that I got them
interested in me," Whittle said.
“If they weren't, if they did not
buy into me. that would be an
insult to me.
Whittle will be the first to
attribute much of his success
this season to his coaches and
his linemen
Offensive coordinator At
Borges. Whittle said, challenges
his team each and every game.
“He just throws stuff at us,"
Whittle said, adding that the
challenges motivate the offense
"Like to not not turn the ball
over once against Pacific We
went out and didn't turn the ball
over."
That motivation is not the
only of its kind on the Oregon
football team, however.
Whittle's much-publicized
praise for Ins linemen — in the
form of a free lunch to all of
them if he rushes for 150 or
more yards in a game — has
been his w av of recognizing and
motivating his teammates
“1 just wanted to show my
linemen that 1 appreciate them."
Whittle said. "And I guess the
best way to a lineman's heart is
through his stomach."
All the numbers, ret ords and
performances aside, however.
Whittle hasn't accomplished
everything that he has wanted to
at Oregon. Last season against
Stanford, Whittle ran a kick
back for 92 yards — the fifth
longest kick return in Oregon
history — but was stopped just
short of the touchdown
"I still want to take one of
those kicks back," Whittle said,
adding that when and if he does,
his kick return team is in for a
barbecue.