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Oregon quarterback Akili Smith (11) will have an extra week to practice handofts to tailback Reuben Droughns (22)
with the Ducks having a week off before taking on Washington State on Oct. 10.
Bye week lets Oregon recharge
The Ducks look to weekend
off as an opportunity to
relax and heal
By Rob Moseley
Oregon Daily Emerald
While the rest of the nation is in
action this Saturday, the Oregon
football team will join California
as the two Pacific-10 Conference
teams to sit the week out.
So just what have the Ducks
been doing in the week leading up
to its bye?
“We’re still going full out,” said
junior rover Michael Fletcher,
who is spending the weekend at
his brother’s wedding in Southern
California. “We're trying to get the
guys who’re hurt some rest, and
trying to get some other guys who
haven’t played as much so far
some looks. The intensity’s still
been high. Guys are practicing like
it'sgame week.”
Can it be that a team that has
scored 121 points in its last two
games could be looking forward to
taking a week off?
“Yes,” head coach Mike Bellotti
said. “As hot as we seem to be, still
I think the bumps and bruises had
gotten some people to where we
were not going to be as effective.
We needed the time to get truly
healthy. There’s a couple of linger
ing things—Garrot Sabol, Reuben
Droughns, a lot of our offensive
lineman, Dietrich Moore—where
I think a couple of days of not hit
ting, a weekend where they can
rest and relax, will be good. Sort of
recharging the batteries.”
Droughns, who managed to
rush for 214 yards and three
touchdowns in the Ducks’ 63-28
win against Stanford last week
end, is recovering from a sprained
ankle suffered in Oregon second
game, at UTEPon Sept. 12. Moore,
who had five tackles and a fumble
recovery against the Cardinal, is
nursing an injured wrist.
One other important factor,
Fletcher said, is the opportunity for
the Ducks to concentrate on acade
mics after the first week of fall term.
Still, won’t it be frustrating
come game time on Saturday?
“True, we’re playing very well,
so it’s hard to say let’s sit back and
watch some other people play,”
Bellotti said, “but hopefully it gives
us a chance, too, to focus on Wash
ington State, the defending confer
ence champions. And we have to
go up there and play on the road. ”
The Ducks’ first Pac-10 road
game of this season begins at 2
p.m. at Martin Stadium in Pull
man, Wash, on Oct. 10.
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