Beavers
Continued from Page 16
Oregon linebacker Dietrich
Moore said Oregon State is a
much better team than its
record indicates. And, he said,
the Ducks will have to prepare
for them just like they would
any other team.
Oregon State’s defense will
face its biggest challenge of the
year—defending against Akili
Smith. Smith broke Oregon’s
record for touchdown passes in
a season (26) against Arizona
State last week, when he threw
four touchdown passes, three
of which came in the first quar
ter.
“It’s going to be important for
us not to allow them to get a big
jump or to have a big first quar
ter,” Oregon State head coach
Mike Riley said.
Oregon State’s defense has
been anchored this season by
defensive end Inoke Breckter
field and cornerback Andrae
Holland. Breckterfield was
touted by the Sporting News as
“the most underrated player in
the Pac-10” and will be hungry
for a win in the last game of his
career. Holland boasts seven
career interceptions and 41 ca
reer passes broken up.
"Basically, the key is con
stant pressure that makes the
quarterback throw the ball on
time with no extra time," Riley
said. "Allowing him to move
with extra time, that’s where
you get killed.”
If Jonathan Smith can con
nect with his receivers, the
102nd Civil War may be closer
than the Duck fans expect. And
with a five-win season on the
line, the Beavers are surely go
ing to go all out for the upset.
Ducks
Continued from Page 1B
and UCLA.
“In this situation, Oregon State
has a tremendous advantage in
that they’ve had two weeks to pre
pare for us,” Oregon head coach
Mike Bellotti said. “They have
most of our films, and they have a
week to get healthy.”
The Ducks took their bye week
between the first and second Pac
10 games of the season and could
have sorely used an off-week later
in the schedule.
Offensive tackle Marco Aguirre
should play about half of Satur
day's game after missing the last
four, Bellotti said. Freshman tail
back Herman Ho-Ching will con
tinue his return from a knee injury
suffered more than two months ago.
Ho-Ching returned with 47
yards on 17 carries against the
Huskies, then followed that with
68 yards and a touchdown on 27
carries against the Sun Devils.
Ho-Ching will start for the sec
ond time in his career on Saturday
after filling the backup role in the
first three games.
"The reality of it is, Herman
played one quarter against Michi
gan State, one half against UTEP
and then two plays against San
Jose, so he really doesn’t have any
backlog of experience to draw
from,” Bellotti said. “He’s a very
talented young man, very strong
and well-prepared, who is playing
on a knee that was injured, and
he’s still in the process of rehabing
that knee.”
Ho-Ching strained ligaments in
his left knee on his second carry
against the Spartans on Sept. 19.
Trying to slow Ho-Ching this
week will be a defensive line that
presents the week’s most impor
tant matchup problems for the
Ducks, Bellotti said.
Oregon State defensive ends
Inoke Breckterfield and Jamil
Braithwaite have combined for 87
tackles — 22 of those fora loss —
and 13 sacks this season.
“Those two guys have made a
tremendous amount of plays for
their defense, and a lot of their de
fensive pressure starts right
there,” Bellotti said. “It’ll be a
tremendous challenge for our of
fensive tackles.”
Which puts added pressure on
Aguirre, who has not played since
injuring his knee against UCLA on
Oct. 17. But should the Beavers get
through the line, Bellotti has faith
in the scrambling ability of quar
terback Akili Smith.
After averaging just more than
four rushes per game in the sea
son’s first four contests. Smith has
at least seven in each of the last
five games. He averaged two yards
per carry in his 89 rushes last sea
son.
“The biggest thing this year
about Akili is that he is scrambling
more as a result of comfortable de
cisions where he understands the
protection," Bellotti said.
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