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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1996)
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In fact, they suck to the point that it makes me wonder why this game creates such hoopla. The Ducks are obviously the su perior football team, the Univer sity of Oregon is the superior school, Eugene is the superior town to live in, and the people of Corvallis are, well, see the top 10 list and figure it out for your self. Basically, this game is played just to prove Oregon’s dominance and superiority. That may sound a little harsh, but hey, facts are facts. Oregon State has such a pitiful football team that it would be se riously challenged by Junction City for the state 3A high school championship. It runs an archa ic option-style offense that con sists of the quarterback and the tailbacks playing paper-rock scissors in the huddle with the winner getting to carry the ball. That confusing system must give the opposing team’s defensive coordinator fits trying to prepare for the game. Granted, using the option was an effective strategy at one point OPINION Hansen in time Delore this neat little thing called the “pass” was invented. Maybe that’s something those kids up there in Cor vallis should look into. I mean, it s sim ple logic: OSU has been using the option for as long as anyone can remember and at the same time, they have been just God awful for as long as anyone can remember. Ohhh, it’s slowly starting to make sense now. Of course, to switch to a mod ern-style offense they might ac tually have to get a quarterback who does more than act as a buffer between the tailbacks and the offensive line. That would mean recruiting real football players, something that head coach Jerry Pettibone used to be known for back in his days at Oklahoma. But the truth is, Pettibone can’t be held responsible for the dismal state of this program, be cause the team stunk it up long before he came to OSU. Maybe it’s having a buck toothed, flat-tailed, wood-gnaw ing, overgrown rodent as its mascot that brings the morale of the team down. Or maybe it’s the fact that the players have to wake every morning from pleasant dreams to find that they are still in Cor vallis. Man, there’s a happy thought. Ugh. You think that they would at least be inspired to play once they entered beautiful Parker Stadium with its stands packed full of screaming, knowledge able fans that... um, wait a minute, forget that. Give the Beavers their due, though — they usually give the Ducks a run for their money. It seems the Civil War game is the equivalent of a bowl game for the Beavers, which in itself is a little stupid. You would think that a football team would set its sights a little higher. But hey, they have to base their season around something, and because they know it won’t be a winning season, I guess they have to take what they can get. So, for the third straight year, Oregon’s post-season will be de termined partly by the outcome of the Civil War. With the oppor tunity to go to the Aloha Bowl on the line, it seems to be the perfect scenario for the Ducks. Even if it is OSU they’re play ing on Saturday. Or should I say, especially because it’s OSU. Chris Hansen is a sports reporter for the Emerald. His views do not necessarily represent those of the paper. Preview: OSU passing game non-existent ■ Continued from Page 1B bone said. “It was all a plus for us.” Pettibone also knows that Ore gon is no Northern Illinois and that the Beavers are going to have to put together their best game to have a chance at beating the Ducks. "There’s no way we’re going to move the ball on Oregon like we did on Northern Illinois,” Petti bone said. “Oregon has quality defensive players, and they’re re ally getting better.” Oregon’s “quality” defense may be at full-strength this week end for the first time in a long stretch. Everyone is healthy ex cept for Desmond Byrd, Derek Allen and Matt Lofrano, who are nursing minor injuries but all could play this weekend. The Ducks will need to be at full-strength against the ninth ranked rushing team in the na tion. Oregon State has led the Pa cific-10 Conference in rushing for the last four years and has aver aged 246.9 yards per game rush ing this season, mainly utilizing the option. Akili King leads the Beavers in rushing with 701 yards on the season. Fullback Darron Kirkman has 557 yards, and quar terback Tim Alexander is third on the team with 554 yards rushing. The only downfall to the Beavers’ rushing attack is their virtually non-existent passing game. Alexander has only com pleted 37 percent of his passes this season for 270 yards. Back-up quarterback David Moran has completed 39 percent of his pass es for 251 yards. The Beavers’ average of 81.2 yards per game passing this year pales in comparison to the Ducks’ 308.3 per game passing yardage. Both Oregon quarterbacks, Tony Graziani and Ryan Perry-Smith, have passed for more yards in any one game than either of the Beavers’ quarterbacks have all year. Although Perry-Smith is list ed as the probable starter, Ore gon's main passing weapon, Graziani, will definitely play this weekend after sitting out the last game with a re-injured knee, said head coach Mike Bellotti. Leading rusher Saladin McCullough will also be ready to play this week, al though he may not start. “I think I’m in a little bit better [shape] than I was before,” Graziani said. “It’s not taking me as long [to recover], and it doesn’t hurt as bad.” Even without McCullough and Graziani, the Ducks put up good numbers last week with Perry Smith passing for 256 yards and two touchdowns and the running combination of Derien Latimer, Kevin Parker and Jerry Brown gaining a combined 231 yards rushing. “They’ve done a great job of throwing the ball all year and now they’ve got their running game go ing,” Pettibone said about the Ducks. “They’ve got good balance and we’re going to have to deal with that.” FIND THINGS IN ODE CLASSIFIEDS ( TICKETS, STUFF YOU LOST, BICYCLES, CARS, JOBS, ON-CAMPUS OPPORTUNITIES, COMPUTERS, CREAT TRAVEL IDEAS, PEOPLE TO TRAVEL WITH, APARTMENTS, ROOMMATES, INFO ON MOVIES & LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT)'
