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The Ducks dug in and stood up to the No. 5 team in the country, Wisconsin, but couldn’t make it two wins in a row.
Ducks toss Nevada, but can’t
overcome Wisconsin’s might
■ Oregon puts up a valiant effort against the No. 5 Badgers,
but falls in the fourth quarter to the Rose Bowl champions
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
MADISON, Wise. — When the
2000 non-conference schedule was
released for the Ducks, many eyes
were drawn to one particular game..
Nevada at home? Nah, that’s just a
nice home-opener for the crowd.
Idaho at home? Nope, although it’s
not a bad team to play against in
your final tune-up for the Pacific-10
Conference season.
But playing back-to-back Rose
Bowl champion Wisconsin on the
road? Now we’re talking. It doesn’t
get much bigger than that.
It was the game that all the players
were secretly talking about, but
couldn’t do so in public in respect to
Nevada. But right after Oregon dis
patched of the Wolfpack 36-7 on
Sept. 2, the hype for the Wisconsin
game exploded.
“We are ready to go out there and
do our thing, man,” sophomore
wide receiver Keenan Howry said
after the Nevada win. “It’s going to
be pretty awesome.”
“Wisconsin’s a great football team
and so are we,” senior defensive end
Jason Nikolao said. “May the best
team win.”
“This is our chance to prove to the
nation that we are an elite team,”
senior wide receiver Marshaun
Tuckersaid.
While the tough 27-23 loss hand
ed to the Ducks -by the fifth-ranked
Badgers on Sept. 9 may not get the
attention of the nation, it did prove
to the Ducks and the rest of the Pac
10, that Oregon is no push-over.
“I‘ would hope that this game
would give us respect,” senior line
backer Matt Smith said following
the Wisconsin game. “I think we
have a great team and we came in
here and played the fifth-ranked
team in the nation step for step. We
weren't intimidated.”
The Ducks certainly answered
any of the critics who questioned if
some of their fight would be gone
with the departure of emotional
leaders such as Michael Fletcher,
Brandon McLemore, Rueben
* Droughns and Peter Sirmon.
Against Wisconsin, Oregon never
quit.
When they were down 20-9, and
the 78,521 fans packed in at Camp
Randall Stadium yelled at them
with all of their might, all the Ducks
did was perform a fast and furious
91-yard touchdown drive in 53 sec
onds that was capped by a Joey Har
rington strike to tight end LaCorey
Collins in the end zone.
And then when Wisconsin re
claimed its final lead of the game at
27-23, it would have been easy for
the Ducks to fold. But they kept at it.
With only 1:09 to play in the fourth
quarter, Oregon faced a near impos
sible fourth-and-13 from its own 17
yard line. Harrington dfbpped back,
and completed the clutch pass to
Howry for the 30-yard pick up.
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