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Tuesday Best Bet MLB Playoffs: Seattle at Chicago, Game 1 1:07 p.m., ESPN SPORTS EDITOR: JEFF SMITH Smittside@aol.com Kealy injures knee, might be out for season Arizona State’s Rose Bowl hopes were dealt a major blow Saturday when quarterback Ryan Kealy left the game with an injury to his right knee By Jeff Smith Oregon Daily Emerald If you injure a particular body part once, that’s too bad. Twice, you could be having prob lems. Thrice, and it’d be wise to favor that particular part of your body for the rest of your career. But six times? That’s the unfortunate circumstance that Arizona State quarterback Ryan Kealy is dealing with after injuring his right knee for the sixth time in the Sun Devil’s 38-31 loss to the Bruins on Sat urday. The injury is rumored to be severe enough that it could end the senior’s college career. The Arizona Republic re ported that there was a strong possibili ty that Kealy tore his anterior cruciate ligament. “It’s damaged,” Sun Devil head coach Bruce Snyder said of his quarterback’s knee. “There’s something there. The percentages are not in his favor.” The injury further worsens what has already been a forgettable year for Kealy. In last season’s regular-season fi nale against Arizona on Nov. 27, he tore his ACL in his right knee and was forced to have surgery. He rehabbed throughout the off-sea son, but then made headlines in many newspapers July 23 when he was arrest ed for Driving Under the Influence. Im mediately after that embarrassing inci dent, Snyder suspended Kealy “indefinitely,” which ended up lasting only two games. Kealy returned Sept. 23 against Utah State in a reserve role and completed 4 of 9 passes for 89 yards. Then came his big starting assignment this past Satur day against the Bruins, in which he started off by throwing 13-for-25 for 199 yards and a touchdown. Snyder be lieves he injured his knee early in the third quarter, but Kealy didn’t come out until 9:08 to go in the game when his knee buckled. Kealy did not speak to the media af terward and was reported to be in a very “somber mood.” Turn to Football notes, page 8 Emerald Arizona State senior quarterback Ryan Kealy (8) injured his right knee in only his second game of acton this year and may have torn his ACL. Ducks show the Huskies how tables have turned THE HOME STRETCH Robbie McCallum aving lived all my life in the Willamette Valley, I’ve survived through the dark days of Oregon football. The 2-9 seasons, the scoreless Civil War ties and of course, the 11 losses to Washington in 13 tries. Yes, the Huskies had our number for the first seven years of my life. Even during the glory years of Derek Loville, Bill Mus grave and Gregg McCallum (no relation), Washington got the best of my beloved Ducks. When Oregon went to the Indepen dence Bowl in 1989, the team had its first successful year since 1964. But even that team was dealt a 20-14 loss by the Huskies. It was an almost annual occurrence. Rich Brooks’ Ducks, clad in vellow and white, would always fall to the purple and gold Huskies from Seattle. One year, everything changed. It was 1994, the Ducks stood 3-3, poised to finish yet another season at the .500 mark. ABC sports made one of its rare vis its to Autzen Stadium for regional cover age of the Washington game. The Ducks held a shaky 24-20 lead over the No. 23 Huskies. Husky quarterback Da mon Huard had his offense surging down the field, looking for a fourth-quarter comeback. With a minute left, Washington had a first down at the Oregon eight yard line. An Oregon loss seemed imminent. Like many loyal Oregon fans of the era, I turned the television off to go find better ways to occupy my time. Luckily, my father had the radio on up stairs. Just as I was walking out of the liv Turn to Football, page 9 Soccer looking for respect, NCAAs in first Pac-10game ■ Despite a poor record heading into Pac-10 play, the Ducks are hoping to finish in the top half of the league and earn a first-ever trip to the NCAA Championships By Peter Hockaday Oregon Daily Emerald After a long wait, the Oregon soccer team will find out this weekend if its 3-8 record is actu ally worth something. Losses to top-ranked foes — the most recent being to No. 21 Florida State on Sunday — mean that the Ducks will carry their worst preseason record in their four-year history into Pacific-10 Conference play. But the preseason, at least the record, means next to nothing when Oregon starts playing with the Pac-10. “Our goal has always been to finish in the top half of the Pac 10,” junior forward Chalise Baysa said after Sunday’s game. Oregon opens up Pac-10 play this weekend with home games against unranked foes Arizona State on Friday and Arizona on Sunday, respectively. Friday’s game against the Sun Devils starts at 3 p.m., while Sunday’s game against the Wildcats kicks off at 1 p.m. at Pape Field. Crystal K.O.’ed Junior forward Crystal David, a transfer from San Francisco, was a little too aggressive against a Florida State defender on Sun day and aggravated an old in jury. David was led off the field af Turn to Soccer, page 10 CRYSTAL DAVID
