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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.”
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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
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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
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CRYSTAL DAVID