Seniors go out on top
in last game at Autzen
■ SENIORS: It was the last
home game for the most
successful group of seniors
in Oregon history
By Chris Hansen
Sports Reporter
As if the Ducks needed any
more reason Saturday to be
fired up for their game against
California, considering there
was a winning season and
maybe even Bowl implications
on the line. But in this case,
the game also meant the last
performance at Autzen Stadi
um for Oregon’s seniors.
And what a group of seniors
the class has been. There are
not enough fingers on both
hands to count all the starting
players the Ducks will lose to
graduation after the season is
finished. But more important
ly, there is no real way to mea
sure what this group has
meant to Oregon football for
years to come.
“I can’t tell you how proud I
am of the seniors,” said head
coach Mike Bellotti . “We all
owe that senior group a lot.
What they have done for the
University is hard to even
imagine.”
It’s not too tough to imagine
actually. Just remember this:
Gang Green, Rose Bowl, Cot
ton Bowl, possibly even a post
season appearance for the
third consecutive year. The
first time that has happened in
more than 30 years.
What is tough to imagine,
though, is being able to replace
starters Tony Graziani, Josh
Wilcox, Mark Schmidt, Reggie
Jordan, Derrick Barnes, Bryant
Jackson, four of the five starting
offensive linemen, LaMont
Woods and vitally important
backups Ryan Perry-Smith,
Derek Allen, Ronnie Gipson
and Kaon-Jabbar East.
While they still have at least
one more game to play before
their careers come to a close,
Saturday’s contest still was
played at a high level of emo
tion, and the players that stuck
out the most were those on
their way out.
“This was our last game on
the turf that we love so much,”
Schmidt said. “We are so in
spired when we play here.”
And what a way to go out —
with an absolute trouncing of
California.
“You couldn’t go out in any
sweeter way,” Schmidt said.
“Going out with a victory, there
is no greater thrill. You
couldn’t have pulled me off the
field even if you wanted to. ”
It was an emotional game
from the start, with the seniors
being individually called out of
the tunnel at the start of the
game introductions.
“Seeing all those seniors
lined up in the tunnel was
pretty emotional,” Wilcox
said. “I was trying to hold back
the old tears. 1 almost needed
someone to hand me a hand
kerchief.”
And lest you forget what
this group has meant to Ore
gon football during the last
four years, the seniors put on a
performance that will always
serve as a reminder.
Wrestlers look good in opener
■ TOURNAMENT: The Ducks
advanced six wrestlers to
championship matches
By Ryan Halvorsen
Sports Reporter
The Oregon wrestling team
made a strong showing at the
Southern Oregon Invitational dur
ing the weekend,
bringing home two
individual titles
against tough compe
tition.
scott Norton and 1 roy Hughes
were the two winners of the day
for the Ducks while three other
teammates were second-place fin
ishers.
Norton (158 pounds) won a 1-0
decision against San Francisco
State’s Greg Jackson in his third
consecutive individual title at the
tournament and his first in his cur
rent weight class. Norton won a 6
3 decision against Jim Kutz of Ore
gon State in the semifinals and a
first-round pin against Chris Lyn
de of Oregon State on his way to
the title.
“The championship match was
pretty much a standoff, and Scott
got the one escape,” Oregon head
coach Ron Finley said. “Scott did
a good job all the way through the
match and the tournament. He
was solid and didn’t let too many
points get scored against him.”
Hughes (177) won his match by
an injury default by teammate
Doug Lee. Hughes opened with a
15-7 win against Slade Zajac of
Oregon State, then defeated Kirt
Hansberg of Portland State 10-4
and also got past Oregon State’s
Clint Wilson, 6-4 in overtime, on
his way to the championship.
Lee won his quarterfinal match
against Stanford’s Jeff Grant, 5-2,
and won his semifinal match
against fellow Duck Chael Sonnen
in a 9-6 decision before bowing
out with the injury.
“At 177 we dominated our op
position,” Finley said. “Last year
we weren’t very tough there, but
now I think it is one of our
strongest weights. Our upper
weights will provide us with some
big wins this year. ”
Jeremy Ensrud finished second
after being pinned in the champi
onship by Oregon State’s Oscar
Wood 1 minute, 15 seconds into
the match, and Kevin Keeney was
stopped short of his title bid at 167
pounds by Jason Gutches of Ore
gon State in the championship.
Oregon State dominated the
tournament, taking six individual
titles. The tournament didn’t use
team scoring, so there wasn’t a
team title.
The Ducks will have two weeks
off before heading to the Mat
Town Classic Nov. 30 in Lock
haven, Pa.
Defense: Focus was on Cal quarterback
■ Continued from Page 12
to get more sacks. It’s a little extra drive. We’re very
confident in our abilities. We put pressure on the
quarterback, and that’s what the coaches wanted
from us. We had fun doing it.”
The pressure on Pat was key to the win. The quar
terback had moved up to fifth on the Pacific-10 Con
ference’s top individual passing seasons with 3,215
yards this year, so focusing on keeping him on his
toes was important.
“We wanted to focus on not letting him beat us,”
Derrick said. “They count on him for a lot, and hit
ting him was the biggest key — making him think
‘Where are they coming from?’ We tried to come af
ter him from all angles. It wasn’t that we changed
our scheme, it was more determination, just being
more relentless.”
Derrick also acknowledged the pressure to prove
himself after his wife, Amy, led the Oregon volley
ball team to a three-game sweep of Oregon State the
i night before.
"Amy really got after it last night with 13 kills or
something like that,” Derrick said. “She just tore it
up, so I have to keep a little press on myself and just
try to even things up.”
Jordan took the opportunity to tease Derrick after
the game about not scoring on his fumble recovery.
“He’s very opportunistic; he’s just got to work on
his running skills,” Jordan said. “He had blocking
in front of them, and he shouldn’t get tackled by the
tightend.”
But Derrick said he has been playing defense too
long to retain his running skills.
“I have no running back skills anymore,” he said.
“Maybe if it was a year removed from high school I
would have scored. Someone made a great play,
and I was looking for the ball to come out. I just
picked it up and started running.”
With one more game in their Oregon careers, Der
rick and Jordan are making the most of the time
they have left. They showed the Autzen Stadium
-crowd that the senior class is going out on a high
note, and they beat California in the process.
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