Quarterback: Maas sacked twice in debut
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"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...
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