FOOTBALL
OREGON VS WASHINGTON STATE
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Oregon's special learns have been Inconsistent, but they must play
well t( the Ducks hope to beat Washington State
Preview: Ducks need
to shine in all aspects
■ Continued from Page 4B
but the Cougars are still playing
very good defense.
"In my time here it has been
the poorest offensive effort
we've had. liellotti said of last
year's meeting.
A big difference for the Ducks
this year is that their offense is
healthy, as i umpared to last year,
when many of the Ducks' offen
sive stars wore injured
Seniors Kir kv Whittle and
Cristin M< l.emore and junior
I ony Graziani are among the
nation's leaders in different sta
tistical categories. And junior |osh
Wilcox and sophomore Pat John
son are beginning to produce more
and more as the season goes on
We have a lot of weapons.
Be I lot 11 said. Ku.ky Whittle has
done a great job, (j istin Mi 1 emure
has done a great job, and they
command a lot of attention."
Beilotti said be w as happy with
Graziani\ play and pointed out
that he is still learning us the sea
son progresses
'lie lias ability." Beilotti said
''Each game he learns more and
more how to utilize the talent
around him Tuny is doing a good
job of selecting the right guy to
throw to and of finding the open
receiver.’’
Oregon's biggest concern is
stopping the passing attack of
Washington State with a defense
that has suffered some injuries.
The Cougars are also much
improved on offense from a year
ago
The Ducks' secondary will Ut
put to the test this week and it may
have to be some younger and less
experietuud players who w ill step
up and make the plays Safety
Dante I .ewes and comerbacks Ken
ny Wheaton. Alex Molden and
l-arnont Woods are all banged up.
"Hopefully we can get our DH's
healthy and get some of the
young guys like Kip East, Ronnie
Gipson and Brian Collins to step
up." Bellotti said.
Oregon should get a big boost
from the return of senior nose
tackle Troy Bailey, who is listed
as probable for the game Bailey
will help add to a potent Oregon
pass rush that is much improved
from a year ago.
‘Gist year at this time we were
last m the conference in socks, and
now we're leading the conference
in sac ks," Bellotti said
Bellotti said tic* was impressed
by the improvement of the
Cougars' offense this year and
with so many injuries to the Ore
gon sis ondarv. Washington State's
five-receiver set could pose some*
problems for the Ducks
"Chad Davis is the kind of
quarterback that i an pic k you
apart." Bellotti said. "We need to
fee able to pressure him "
Another conc ern for Oregon is
the play of the spec nil teams
Sophomore kn ker Matt Be I den
is listed as questionable for the
game, hut the Ducks seem to have
found a temporary' solution to the
problems they’ve had with kick
offs Against Oil the Dm ks used
a pooch kick to allow the cover
age to get down field (letter and
it proved to be fairly effective,
lush Bidweli has continued to
steadily improve with Ins punt
ing duties and will bo Saturday s
punter regardless.
Along with the revenge factor
and the Pac-10 standings, the
game is key because of natural
rivalry and recruiting prosjiec ts.
“There is a natural rivalry there
because of geographical location,"
Bellotti said "Beating your Pac
10 Northwest rivals gives you a
log up in recruiting "
Saturday's game is the s<s mid
in a key stretch of Pac-10 games
for the Duc ks The Ducks won the
first against Gal last week and
fac e Pat.-10 opponents for the rest
of their season.
Belden may kick against Cougars
t>y tnns otewart
Oregon kicker find punier
MjiI! Bolden is listed ns ques
ttonahle for Saturday's game
against Washington State Coach
Mike Bellotti said he is hopeful
that Helden can return in a Urn
tted-duty role
Hidden suffered a leg injury in
the season opener at Utah and
has not played since
If Belden does play against
Washington State, he will only
assume the role of place kicker,
handling the field goals ami
extra points He cannot begin
punting or kicking off due to
pain and the possibility of aggra
I
HEIOEN
vating his
in|itr\ fur
I her
According
to il<> Hot t i.
Helilon has
het'ii prmtii
ing over the
« o o k o n d
and during
the week hut
still is hav
ing some
disi omfort.
"Malt Holden is prat tilling as
Our plat e kit ker," Bellotfi said
“He triod |kit koffs) Tuesday and
could not . "
1 he Dm ks' kicking giiiiin tins
been sporadic in Bolden's
absence. tint last year's stats
show that with Holden, the kit k
ing game can Us a strength nitlinr
than a question mark
Last year Hold on averaged -in
yards on HI punts Ho was also
tho loam's loading s< orer, con
nacting on I t of 23 fluid goals
Ho was twins rot ogni/od as tho
Pacific-10 C.onfortsnco spot ial
teams plover of tho wook
Washington and Orogon nro
tit'tl for third with Stanford in
the Pat It) ami with tho garno
expected to ho a fairly oven
match, it s possible that tho
game could come down to a
field goal
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