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FOOTBALL OREGON VS ARIZONA STATE Preview: Secondary will have to step up against ASU ■ Continued from Page 2B safety Brian Collins have been thrown in and out of the line Up as latwis. Wheaton, sopho more strong safety (aiya i'tgueras and senior corner back Alex Mnlden have < tain and gone with injuries "When you're down already three members of the set ondary." Beilotti said, "then it puts the pressure obviously on Issue, Brian, OtMont, Alex and Ronnie I think those guys have to be ready to go.” The Out ks have been striv mg all season to meet dm goals they hope to achieve Beating Washington .State brought Oregon its first goal a win ning season Now the team will begin to t om onlrale on « Imw 1 berth, a Pec 10 champi onship. ami their highest goal — n repeat trip to the Rose Bowl Bellotti said this week end'* game was crucial to fill filling the goals. "Ail of those things ore down the rood," Bellotti said "We work one day at a time, one game at a time And as I've said before, those other gomes logoi ns t Washington and Arizona| won't be big games unless we win this weekend Those other games don't count at this point, they don't matter to us because what matters is this weekend's game against Arizona State “ Old Texas v - Steak House l Voted Best Steaks in Eugene" 3 years in a row! Steak* • Chicken • Seafood • Prime Rib Deity Cocktail* • Beer • Win# Lunch T-f 11 30-2 • Dinner Daily 4 JO-Ctoamg Itr tten'f Slrrr h>u H'rtWj and I hat t in I \o Hull" Oi l) 11 \as Si i ak Hoi si ANY DINNER L Krt -t Di-.t X.-*. 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Having clinched that first goal. Bellotti and his team find themselves in n strangely famil iar position — in the thick of the Rose Bowl rate Having lost only one Pacific JO Conference gists end won ill three oi theii non-conference games, the Ducks are behind only Washing ton and l ISC in the league stand ings And come Saturday, when the Trojans head to Seattle to take on the Huskies, the Due hi •-S iii I'" behind ou!\ one Pat 10 foe j-rov idllig the\ 'tle.lt At! zona State. Providing l'SC, Washington and Oregon do not lose over two more < (inference games, the two det iding games in the race will prove to be this weekend's Washington t SC game and next weekend's (fregon-Washington game If I 'SC beats Washington Sat urdav and goes on to win the rest of its games, it wins the con ference title outright with an overall record of 10 1 and a per fect league record of 8-0 If the Tropins do Imat Washington hut lose a different league game — their only serious competition after Washington t omes when they host UCLA on Nov 18 the thane* for Oregon to win the Pat -10 title opens up The Tr-o l«n*’ loss to Notre Dame, howev er, has eliminated the possibility of a tie be< ause Oregon didn't lose a non conference game So, if the Dorks and Trojans tin for first in league competition, the nod will go to Oregon,If Wash ington wins this weekend, there are two possible outcomes that could take place If they bent Oregon on Nov 4, the Dot ks are basically eliminated from the race, barring upsets of both 1 JSC and Washington If the Huskies then boat UCLA and Washing ton State the following weeks, they win the conference cham pionship with a 0-2 overall r>>< ord and an 8 0 league record But if Washington loses to Oregon and the Ducks win the rest of their games, the Ducks win the conference champi onship with an overall record of 10-1 and a league record of 7-1, If all three teams tie with league records of 7-1 or even ft 2. Washington will be eliminat ed because of its two non-conference losses and lJSC will bow out because of its loss to Notre Dame if the i)u< ks loaf one more game this season, however, they will most likely have to settle for one of three other howl games Open to Pat:- 10 teams The Cotton Bowl pits the No. 2 team from the Big 8 against either the WAC champion or the No 2 team in the Pac-tO. If Ore gon loses one more game this season but places second in the conference, they will have a good chance at gaining the Cot ton Bowl berih slated for Jan. 1. 1990 in Dallas, Texas. According to Kick Baker, the executive director for the Cotton Bowl, one of the main fai tors in what officials look for in a team is the fan following if will firing "From a Dallas prospective, bow many fans a Irani will aft rat: t is vary important," Baker said, adding that Bowl officials look at ranking and league record when deciding who they want at their game "We have talked to the Rose Bowl and the Independence Bowl, where {Oregont has been in the past couple of years, and thev said that Oregon fans are great and ten el re.illv well " • Baker also said that if a team wins its last two games of the season, it gains momentum for the postseason and is thus more appealing to Bowl officials. If the Ducks place second in the Pac-10 but either their record isn't better than the WAC champion or they don’t meet some of the criteria that Cotton Bowl officials are tooking for, they will probably earn a spot at the Plymouth Holiday Bowl on Dot: 29 in San Diego. According to Bruce Binkows ki. the assistant executive direc tor for the Holiday Bowl, the Ducks have already been con sidered for the Holiday Bowl "You certainly want a team with a good record, a good fan following and one that puts on a good show on the field," Minkowski said "Oregon cer tainly falls into that category." If the Ducks pla< e third in the Pac-10, they will automatically travel to the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. The Sun Bowl pits the Nu, :t team in the Pa< 10 against the No. 5 team in the Big Ten. The Sun Bowl hud lx*en part of the coalition the last three years, but entered its agreement with Pac-10 and Big Ten this season. Turn to FUTURE, Page 8B misi this prime opportunity to advertise in the ODE sports supplement Coil 346-3712 to reserve spote today vs %
