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Griffin: ‘Dominant’ in final spring game
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— a season in which Oregon
could have realistically "won 11
of the 12 games,” according to
head coach Mike Bell*tti.
“I could have helped out on
one or two plays [in each game]
and that would have made a big
difference,” says the 5-foot-10,
180-pound Griffin. “That was the
reason we lost last year — one or
two plays. I felt that was a big let
down to the team, not being there
to help them out. I think that was
the thing that hurt [me] the
most.”
The fact that his ailment was
merely a torn ligament in his
thumb and not a more traditional
season-ending injury multiplied
Griffin’s frustrations.
“I was like, ‘If I'm going to get
hurt, let me hurt something that
should keep me out the whole
year,’” Griffin says. "But it was
just my thumb. If I played any
other position, I probably could
have played. That hurt.”
During his unexpected time
off, Griffin earned his degree in
sociology and said he came to re
alize that football isn’t everything
in life.
“[Graduating] was the great
thing about being hurt,” Griffin
says. “It made me realize I have a
whole other life out there. It gave
me a big confidence booster in
my life, period.”
Griffin’s postgraduate work?
Lead a Duck offense that has lost
its three biggest guns from 1997
— a season in which the offense
set new school records in total of
fense, touchdowns, touchdown
passes and points scored — in
Johnson, McCullough and
Spence, all three of whom were
in NFL training camps this sum
mer.
Griffin, who snatched 43 pass
es in 1996 for 711 yards and sev
en touchdowns after registering
just 12 catches in his first two
seasons combined, showed he is
ready to put his name in lights
during spring practice. After
recording more than 100 yards
receiving in two of the first three
spring scrimmages, Griffin
sparkled even brighter in the
spring’s finale, grabbing 10 recep
tions for 161 yards and three
touchdowns.
“If you saw our spring game, he
was a dominant player,” Bellotti
says. “I think he can do that every
game, and I think he’ll be an all
league-type receiver.”
Quarterback Jason Maas said he
was also excited with Griffin’s
performance.
“In the spring practices, he was
phenomenal, so obviously he
makes our lives a lot easier,” Maas
says.
Griffin expects more of the
same from himself once the regu
lar season begins.
“I want to be the kind of guy
that the coaches and my team
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GRIFFIN
mates look
upon like Ken
ny Wheaton
and Ricky
Whittle, guys
like that,” says
Griffin, who is
one of only two
Ducks — Maas
is the other —
remaining from
the 1995 Hose
Bowl team. “They were looked
upon to come down, make clutch
plays and win games. That’s the
kind of guy I want to be. ”
Tony Hartley, Donald Haynes,
Ray Brust and LaCorey Collins
also return to hand new offensive
coordinator Jeff Tedford a slew of
experience at wide receiver.
“We lost a big threat last year in
Pat Johnson,” says Hartley, who
started eight games last season
and is expected to start at flanker.
"I think with Damon coming back
this year and myself on the other
side that will keep the pressure
on.”
Tedford says Griffin does not
possess the world-class speed to
directly replace Johnson’s long
ball capabilities, but Griffin will
contribute in all facets of the pass
ing game.
“We’re going to be able to use
him on controlled-type passing
stuff, and he can go deep, so he’s a
very well-rounded receiver,” Ted
ford says. “We can utilize him in a
lot of ways.”
Senior quarterbacks Akili
Smith and Maas are also back, so
the Ducks should remain lethal in
the air, although a new starter
must be found at tight end.
The running game is a big ques
tion mark with both the fullback
and tailback positions essentially
up for grabs in fall camp.
For these reasons, both Griffin
and Hartley say the passing game
must set up the running game, at
least early in the season.
“If we spread it out, that's going
to open up the running game,”
Griffin says. “Once [the running
backs] get the opportunity to
show what they can do, then we’ll
go back to our balanced attack.
But I think at the beginning, the
receivers are going to open a lot of
things because we have the tal
ent.”
Along with allowing him to
concentrate on his school work
and get his degree, Griffin says his
injury made him realize he is not
invincible.
“I’m trying to have fun all the
time and remember, ‘Hey, this
could be taken away at any time.
Enjoy every minute you’re out
there,”’ Griffin says. “That’s in my
head all the time. Without a
doubt, I’m blessed to have the op
portunity to play.”
Griffin’s attitude has not gone
unnoticed by the coaching staff.
“I think the appreciation for
what he had and missed is impor
tant for all of us to see and pass on
to our other players,” Bellotti
says.
So despite making no official
catches on the football field for
Oregon last season, Griffin made
two important receptions off the
field. He caught a degree in one
hand and a new respect for the
opportunity to simply play in the
other.
With those two grabs already
under wraps, Griffin says he is ea
ger to get back onto the playing
field in his senior season, take
two.
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ter than the original, for once.
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