CIVIL WAR
OREGON VS OREGON STATE
OSU: Defense highlights sub-par season
■ uonunuea irom Page 6B
were just one or two play*
between winning and losing
Although things haven't gone our
way, {it is important! knowing we
have been right there."
After heating Idaho 14-7 in
their first game of the voar. the
Beavers dropped close games to
North Texas (30-27). California
{13-12) and Arizona (14 0). Ore
gon State's defense has held its
opponents to under 100 yards
rushing in half of its games this
year including Arizona, as the
Wildrats only rushed for 53 yards
against the Beavers.
Oregon State's offense has suc
ceeded in running the ball, as its
wishbone offense has averaged
214.2 yards (air game en route to
a No. 17 national ranking.
Against USC last week, the
Beavers ran for 238 yards, and
against Washington. Oregon
State rushed for 348 yards but
ended up losing the game 26-18.
Senior fullbacks J.D Stewart
and Sedrick Thomas lead the
Beaver running attack, as Stew
art hus gained 39B yards this
season and Thomas has run for
242 yards.
But the Beavers just couldn't
live up to preseason predictions
as their wishbone offense has
proved to 1m* ineffective against
most teams. The inconsistency
of their quarterbacks — Don
Shanklin, Rahim Muhammad
and Tim Alexander — has hurt
them, as the Beavers have only
scored 20 or more points once
this year and have been held to
under 15 points in eight of their
10 gami>«
According to Kottibone. a* the
lo#*e< piled up, the team morale
went down and it became hard
er and harder to muster up n win
"As it happened more and
more it became more difficult."
Pettibone said 'With the pres
sure at the beginning of the sea
son it was tough on the players “
The Beavers have also had an
inconsistent kicking game, as
kicker Kandy l.und has made
only eight of 17 fin Id goals and
has missed 8 point after
attempts But despite his incon
sistency, Pettibone savs that he
is still confident that Lund can
get the job done
"Usually it has been the kir k
ing that decides our games,” Pet
tibone said "|Lund| is a good
kicker, but he has been very
inconsistent this year, However,
if it r ailed for a final kick to win
the game I would go to him."
All records and previous per
formances are out the window
now, however, as the Civil War
match up has historically
proved to be a hard-fought game
no matter how the two teams
have fared outside of the
intrastate match up.
Oregon leads the series 48-40
10, but in the last seven years
the Beavers have won three of
the games and played tough in
all of them Pettibone is unde
feated at Autzen Stadium and,
he said, he anti his team tnke
this game and the pursuit of
state bragging rights seriously
“It means an awful lot to me
and the players.” Pettibone said.
adding that ho would like to
give hit first full n*< rutting class
a graduation w in "It's our tradi
tional rival More than anything
it would bo a groat thing for our
seniors (to winl I'd like nothing
more than to send our plavers
out w-ith a victory "
And tho Ducks know that thev
aro not in for a t aka walk to a
bowl gatni> Despite the teams'
records, Oregon knows it is in
for a battle and they will have to
work-hard at Stealing the H'-avors
for the first time at Autzen in sis
years
“You have to throw the
records out for this game
because it is such a heated rival
ry. ‘ Oregon quarterback Fonv
Cra/iuni said “Anytime a team
Comes in here two years in a row
and boats us — especially OSU
— that is definitely in the back
of our minds We are really
focused and definitely ready to
play "
Flanker Cristin Mi loinore said,
the Heavers will play a tough
game and are capable of upset
ting the lftth rankmi Ducks
"They play hard." he said
"The Heavers play very hard
They have a unorthodox style
offense — not saying that in a
derogatory or negative wav at
all. but meaning that they throw
a lot of speed at you that we
might look at and [not ho] sure
why they are doing thatT
"They are talented, they have
got some skill position players
At the same time it is just going
to be another battle for us just
like the last two weeks "
Preview: Weather could play big role
■ Continued from Page 5B
the entire team to accomplish,
it helps get us to things Guys
like Whittlu and Me humor*
bendll fn>in guys like Eric Raid
Usause they would not Iso able
to set those records and leave
those marks without the help
of the peopl* up front "
For the past five years, the
home team has not had the
advantage, as it has lost each
time But Bellotti believes it Is
the weather, not the field, that
will win or lose th« game for
a loom
"! believe that it will lie tho
homo loam'* advantage (his
time," ho said "I think tho
weathor has been a bigger fat
lor than tho site I can't con
trol tho weather, but I'm glad
that w e're playing at Aut/on
and so is our team."
The Ducks and the (teasers
will battle it out for state brag
ging rights this Saturday at
:t :ttt pm.
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