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Quarterback: Maas sacked twice in debut m Continued from Page 18E "It's not exactly as we drew it up on the chalkboard, but it's one of those things that Akili can do because of his escapabili ty and his toughness," the coach said. Despite Smith's performance, Maas entered the game with four minutes, 22 seconds remaining and the Ducks ahead 34-0 in the second quarter. "At that point, early in the first half, the game was in hand and I wanted to get Jason in there and get some reps," Bellotti said. "We had talked about it earlier that we were going to put Jason in the game at some point in time. Akili knew it, but I didn’t tell anyone else that. “Regardless of whether it was going good oR bad, we just said, 'Hey, we're going to do that, we want you to know that,' and [Smith] was fine with it. Jason was excited. "Unfortunately, I think Jason was not supported as well. A cou ple passes he threw were dropped." Maas was sacked twice and saw three of his five passes fall in complete, including his first at tempt of the day that hit Damon Griffin just as the receiver turned his head to see the ball. It’s not exactly as we drew it up on the chalkboard, but it’s one of those things that Akili can do because of his escapability and his toughness. ^ Mike Beilotti About Smith's touchdown pass to Nero against Michigan State "I don’t think it hit me in the hands, but it hit me quick. The de fense made good coverage, and that just happens," said Griffin, who was playing in his first game after missing all of last season with a wrist injury. But despite that perceived lack of support for Maas, Smith started again against UTEP, getting off to a sluggish start before rallying in the fourth quarter to better his ca reer high from the previous game with 295 yards passing on 17 of 33 completions, including a touchdown to Herman Ho-Ching and Smith's first two intercep tions on the season. With Smith off to such a slow start against the Miners, it came as no surprise that another Duck tal lied a completion. What should be a surprise was the identity of that Duck: sophomore wide re ceiver LaCorey Collins, who hit Griffin for a 25-yard pass in the second quarter. So while Smith put up ca reer-high numbers in succes sive games, the man he com bined to break three Oregon passing records with last sea son continues to toil on the bench. Sadly for Maas, the Ducks’ quarterback controversy no longer revolves around whether he can unseat Smith as Oregon’s starter, but whether Maas can fend off junior A.J. Feeley and maintain his status as Smith's backup. Maas and Smith Career Notes MAAS Finished the year as the starter in five of 10appearances... ranked fifth in the Pac-10 in passing effi ciency, 18th in the country... hon orable mention academic All-Amer ican... his five touchdown passes at Stanford were one shy of the school record. SMITH Started seven games last year... earned Pac-10 player of the Week after completing 15 of 25 passes for 193 yards at Wash ington... finished the year as the team’s second leading rusher (183 yards, 89 carries, 2 TDs)... only two inteceptions in his first eight appearances... Skate - Snow - Surf Element - Girl - Maple Powell - Toy Machine Zoo York - Zoiiac Spitfire - Bones - Kryptonics Sector 9 - Independent | Es • Adio - Kastel - Globe - DVS £) Team Rider: Silas Baxter-Neal C^> 13th & High Eugene 484-2588 SPECIALTY BURGERS • SALAD BAR • BURGER BAR • RIBS CHICKEN • FISH • SANDWICHES • SPORTS LOUNGE Coburg Road • 338-9094 THE GAME IS ON AT DOC’S! ALL NFL GAMES *15 TVs MICROBREWS & COCKTAILS BIG SCREEN SATELLITE SPORTS CIGARS • LUNCH SPECIALS • DARTS BREAKFAST ALL DAY • FOOD ’TIL CLOSE . *Doc's <WJeefcjencC Sped a Cs f HOUSE OMELETTE s;i.-oa "'in w WITH HASHBROWNS, TOAST, FULL CITY COFFEE OR OTHER BEVERAGE BURGER & BEVERAGE CHEESEBURGER WITH FRENCH FRIES & YOUR CHOICE OF CARBONATED BEVERAGE Offers Valid Saturdays & Sundays Only 1 65 WEST 11 ™ 683-8101 D O C s Sports Grill & Lounge Save $$$s on Textbooks! Bring your textbook information to . Smith Family Bookstore • Author • Title • Edition We'll help you find used copies that will save you $$$ Sell us those texts, paperbacks & magazines von no longer use. Mimi Smith Family B o o k s t o r c One block from campus (tiboiv Rainbow Optics) 68 E. 13th • (541) 345-1651 This paper can be Recycled!
