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Football Continued from Page 7 the Sept. 4 season opener at Michi gan State were tomorrow, Feeley and Harrington would platoon. But just because the quarter back controversy is far from fin ished does not mean that Bellotti is pleased with the performance of his two candidates this spring. “I’ve told them that I’m not sat isfied right now,” said Bellotti, who is in his fifth spring as the Ducks head coach. “And I’m not measuring them up to Akili Smith or anybody else, although he did certainly raise the standard by which we judge quar terbacks. But I’m judging them more on what I think they’re ca pable of doing, and I don’t think they’ve approached that yet.” In Oregon’s two scrimmages, the offense has struggled while the defense has stood out. Granted, tailback Reuben Droughns and wide receiver Tony Hartley, the expected focal points of the offense, have not played while they recover from injuries, but defensive domina tion is still a change from recent Duck teams. However, the offense did show some improvement from the April 10 scrimmage in which it failed to score a touchdown dur ing last Thursday’s scrimmage. Feeiey, who will be a senior in the fall, completed seven-of-nine passes for 145 yards and one touch down after completing just two-of six attempts for 14 yards in the first scrimmage, but he is not satisfied. “I feel like there’s a lot of things I could be doing better,” said the 6 foot-4, 205-pound Feeiey. “Some of the things I’m doing pretty well, considering the amount of playing time I’ve had. But overall, I need to get a lot better.” Harrington, a junior in the fall, completed five-of-10 passes for 37 yards and one touchdown as op posed to six completions in 13 at tempts for 76 yards during his first outing, and he said is just try ing to grasp everything. “They’re throwing the whole “34 years of Quality Service” Mercedes • BMW • Volkswagen • Audi German Auto Service 342-2912 • 2025 Franklin Blvd. Eugene, Oregon, 97402 glimmer Irfrfrf Now accepting applications for the summer term. Editor will lead staff responsible for all bi-weekly issues published summer term plus our annual Law School and Fall “Back to the Books” orientation issues. Stop by the Emerald Offices at Suite 300 EMU for an application and full job description. Application Deadline is April 26,1999. playbook at us, so it’s kinda tough to pick up on everything real quick,” said the 6-foot-4, 205 pound Harrington. “But it’s cornin’ along all right.” With his third straight two-man quarterback race unfolding before his eyes, Bellotti has become a firm believer in the advantages of a talented tandem. “It keeps competition on both of them throughout the summer and the offseason,” Bellotti said. “But most importantly, it just gives us depth, and depth and competition result in a better team. ” As Oregon nears its spring-cul minating scrimmage May 1, Bel lotti, Feeley, Harrington and all the Ducks know the quarterback marathon is far from done. “We’ll have a depth chart based on spring ball,” Bellotti said, “but it’ll last about the first three days of fall call camp, and then it’ll be you earn your reps. ” So like the two seasons before, next fall will be defined by a quar terback controversy, as well. 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Akili Smith Continued from Page 7 Smith, who is listed at 6-foot 3, 215 pounds, told Cincinnati reporters before the draft that he wanted to play for the Bengals. He reiterated that claim Sun day, showing no remorse for be ing bypassed by Cleveland and Philadelphia. “We need to get [wide receiv er] Carl Pickens signed,” Smith said. “They have two great run ning backs and a nice tight end. The offensive line situation is a little banged up, but I feel they will come back around. “And I thought if they had a quarterback, they would be ready to roll. I looked at all of the top three cities [in the draft], and this had the most talent. This is where I wanted to go. ” Although the Bengals did fin ish in last place in the AFC Cen tral at 3-13 last season, they did get productive offensive perfor mances from Pickens, Scott and tailback Corey Dillon. Pickens caught a team-high 82 passes for more than 1,000 yards and five touchdowns, but there is concern that Cincinnati will not be able to resign him as a free agent. Fellow wideout Damay Scott made 51 recep tions for more than 800 yards and also grabbed a team-high seven touchdown passes. Dillon, who played colle giately for Washington, ran for 1,130 yards and scored five touchdowns. Anderson said he thinks Smith will blend nicely with the present offensive talent, but he does not rule out incumbent Jeff Blake in the starting quarter back race. Blake struggled last season, and veteran Neil O’Donnell was the Bengals starter most of the time. After selecting Smith, Cincinnati released O’Donnell on Monday. Sunday, Smith did not hide his preference for starting. “I want to start,” Smith said. “It depends on how quickly I learn the offense. I need to get there and get that thick play book going, and sit down with Ken Anderson every single day and talk football.” As for being the savior the Ben gals have needed in recent sea sons, Smith assured Cincinnati fans that he will try his hardest. “I love a challenge,” Smith said. “I really do. I’m a true com petitor and hopefully can come out and show the fans some ex citement and win some ball games. “I was talking to the lineback ers coach, and he said he doesn’t want to win three games this up coming season. I feel the same way.” In other NFL news concerning former Ducks, Damon Griffin, Eric Edwards and Jason Maas signed free-agent contracts. Griffin, a wideout, signed with the San Francisco 49ers, Edwards, a comerback, joined the Philadelphia Eagles, and Maas, a quarterback, agreed to a deal with the Baltimore Ravens. Sports Brief Rockets rock Sonics to roll to 120-113 victory HOUSTON — This time, the Houston Rockets didn’t fold. Sam Mack led a 3-point shoot ing show that kept the Rockets from blowing a big lead for the second straight game as they beat the Seattle SuperSonics 120-113 Monday night. Mack was 7-for-ll from 3 point range and finished with 21 points, Charles Barkley scored 25 points, Hakeem Olajuwon had 24 and Scottie Pippen 22. Houston shot 13-of-27 on 3-pointers. “Dream was telling me before the game that I needed to take my shots,” Mack said. “It was a big confidence booster for me to hit them. The last couple of weeks I’ve been shooting the ball well. When I square up, I know I’m one of the best shooters in the league.” The Rockets, who blew a 23 point lead Sunday at San Anto nio, built an early 16-point ad vantage this time before Seattle closed to 105-100 with 3:07 left. Pippen then hit a 3-pointer, Barkley had a three-point play and Mack hit the last of his 3 point baskets, boosting the Rock ets’ lead back to 114-104 with 1:48 to play. — The Associated Press
