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Ducks bowling? Beavs blowing
I don’t know the history of the
rivalry, and I really don’t
care to know the history of
the rivalry. Who cares, I say.
lOOth-game anniversary? Big
deal.
What I do know, though, is
that in the five years that I have
lived in this state, Oregon has
won 32 games and gone to three
bowl games, while Oregon State
has won 11 games.
In other words, as far as I’m
concerned, the Beavers suck. If
you don’t believe me, check out
their athletic department’s web
site at www.orst.edu/Dept/Ath
letics. The address says it all.
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
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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.”
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