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Aktli Smith, shown here against USC, threw for 442 yards against Washington last week for the fifth-highest total in school history.
Ducks
Continued from PagelB
“We know coming in that
they’re going to want to run the
football, but they’re not a one-di
mensional team," Bellotti said.
“They can spread you out and
throw the ball as well as anybody
in the conference.”
Quarterback Ryan Kealy, who
is questionable after undergoing
arthroscopic knee surgery, is
fourth in the Pac-10 in passing ef
ficiency after throwing for more
than 2,000 yards as a freshman
last season.
Oregon counters with Akili
Smith, who is second in passing
efficiency and leads the Pac-10 in
total offense.
Smith’s main target could again
be junior wideout Tony Hartley,
who set a school record with 242
receiving yards on nine catches in
Oregon’s 27-22 win over Wash
ington last week.
“That was a great performance
by him and Akili Smith,” Arizona
State head c:oach Bruce Snyder
said. “Everything offensively
from the Oregon team emanates
from Akili Smith. You can’t over
do anything with them because
Smith has the ability to get the
ball to a number of different guys,
but Tony got our attention, that’s
for sure.”
Hartley will be matched up
against a Sun Devil defensive
backfield that includes 1997 all
Pac-10 safety Mitchell Freedman
and honorable mention all-Pac-10
cornerback Courtney Jackson.
“They’re physical," Hartley
said. “They’re probably the most
physical corners we’ll see this
year — but beatable.”
Snyder’s attention will also be
on the Oregon backfield, which
will again feature freshman tail
back Herman Ho-Ching.
Ho-Ching ran for 47 yards on
17 carries last week in his first
action since injuring his knee on
his second carry against San Jose
State on Sept. 19.
“Coach told me on Monday
that he wanted me to start, and
he said just go out there and do
what you can do,” Ho-Ching
said. “I couldn’t really do any
thing against Washington be
cause my knee wasn’t really
healed.”
Bellotti has worked out Derien
Latimer and Jerry Brown, as well
as Ho-Ching, with the first-team
offense.
"We’re making a lot assump
tions with regards to a true fresh
man,” the coach said. “But I’ve
been very pleased with his atti
tude, his work ethic and certain
ly his ability to pick things up,
because he hasn’t had that much
practice time.”
Also expected to return but not
start is offensive tackle Marco
Aguirre, who has missed three
games since injuring his knee
against UCLA on Oct. 17.
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