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Emerald
STORIED HISTORY
The 102-year rivalry has seen
the good, the bad and the ugly
ONES TO WATCH
Oregon’s seniors play in their last
regular-season game Saturday
SPORTS EXTRA
November 22,1996
THINGS
OVERHEARD
AT OSH
“Have you seen mv new
44-inch tires?
“Did you see the rebel flag
license plates on sale?”
“Barn dances? Where else
would you have them?”
“I can’t figure out why all of
the sorority girls have six
fingers and are cross-eyed.”
“Just 10 more bake sales
and we ll have new
goalposts in no time.”
“Oh yeah? Well, I can fit
six guns on the gun rack
in my back window.”
“Even though we’re north of
Eugene for this Civil War
thing, can we please
be the South?”
“John Deere for President.”
“Honestly officer, I was just
trying to help the sheep
through the fence.”
“Not‘inbred,’we prefer
‘chromosome-challenged.’”
—the Emerald sports staff
Following
a slump
midway
through
the year,
Oregon
seeks a <
win over
(Jregon ?
State to keep
bowl hopes alive
saladin McCullough
Oregon Tailback
MARK McTYR E/Emerald
By Ryan Halvorsen
Sports Reporter
ut all of the statistics and season
records aside because it’s the Civil
War.
Oregon and Oregon State will be
playing for the 100th time this weekend for
state bragging rights, and over the past 102
years there has been no love lost between the
two teams.
The Ducks have won 17 out of the last 21
games against the Beavers, but Oregon State
has almost always made it close — and even
won two of the last five games. Also, the
Ducks have been able to score only one touch
down against the Beavers in the last seven
quarters and have not scored more than two
touchdowns in a Civil War game since 1989.
Oregon State also has the motivation of be
ing the spoiler, having had the chance to oust
the Ducks from bowl games the past two
years. This year is no different. The Ducks,
_
however, are not
looking at it that way.
They see it as just an
other Civil War game.
“In my opinion we
have everything to
gain and nothing to
lose,” Oregon head
coach Mike Bellotti
said. “I always think
that there’s pressure
with the state wide,
territorial aspect of
the game. I want our
players to go out and
have fun, relax and
play football.”
THE GAME
■ KICKOFF:
1 p.m. Parker
Stadium, Corvallis
■ RADIO:
KUGN 590 AM
■ REPLAY:
Nov. 24,4 p.m.,
Fox Sports
Northwest
[A bowl game) could be the extra icing on
the cake,” tight end Josh Wilcox said. “We just
want to win the game, and we can worry
about all that when it happens because it
doesn’t really lie in our hands. This is our
bowl game — that’s the way I’m looking at it.”
The Beavers looked to be off to another dis
mal year at the beginning of the season, losing
their first five, including a 21-point loss to Di
vision I-AA Montana. But they have managed
to double their winning output from a year
ago and have looked impressive in wins
against Stanford and Northern Illinois. The
Beavers racked up 67 points in virtually three
quarters against Northern Illinois last week
end, giving them some added fuel for their
fire.
“That was a confidence builder, getting be
hind early and coming back, scoring a lot of
points and playing well and winning at
home,” Oregon State head coach Jerry Petti
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