KICKOFF AT 12:30 PM, AUTZEN STADIUM SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23,2000
PAC-IO OPENER KEY FOR BOTH TEAMS
' Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald
The Ducks aim to hold off UCLA on Saturday in hopes of earning national respect, protecting their 16-game home winning streak and gaining a leg up on the rest of the conference in the race for the Rose Bowl.
■ Respect throughout the Pac-10 and the nation is at stake when the Ducks
try to beat the visiting Bruins for the first time in four seasons
By Scott Pesznecker
Oregon Daily Emerald
Second chances often come when
they’re least expected.
When the Oregon football team
squandered the opportunity to beat
a fifth-ranked Wisconsin team on the road
two weeks ago, the Ducks failed to prove
they could beat one of the nation’s best.
But here comes UCLA, the only Pacific
10 Conference team to best Oregon in
their last four meetings, ready to do battle
in Autzen Stadium at 12:30 p.m. Satur
day.
And what’s that the Bruins have? Yup, a
No. 6 ranking.
“This gives us a chance to prove who
we are and get back in the rankings,” cor
nerback Jermaine Hanspard said. “I didn’t
think it would be UCLA; I thought it
would be Washington.”
“It’s our way to establish ourselves in
the Pac-10 and in the nation,” wide re
ceiver Keenan Howry said. “UCLA is
coming off two big wins, and for us to get
that attention that they’re getting we have
to beat them. We’ve got to knock them
off.”
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