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Defensive tackle Jed Boice (50), defensive end Jason Nikolao (98), defensive end Seth McEwen (43) and the rest of the Oregon defense will have to play at a higher level without their faithful Autzen crowd in attendance.
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Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti looks down in defeat at least season’s 34-20 road loss
at Washington. He said facing the USC Trojans on the road will test the No. 9 Ducks.
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they shouldn’t have gotten.”
The Ducks did not seem their
normal selves in Madison, as
crowd noise contributed to confu
sion and miscues.
“As soon as we lost that fame,
the team just hurt a whole lot,”
Nikolao said. “Everybody just re
grouped and said ‘We’re going to
try and never feel that way ever
again.’”
“I do think that we learned some
things from the Wisconsin game
about what we have to do to win
on the road,” Bellotti said. “You
can't have a breakdown or lapse in
any aspect; offense, defense or spe
cial teams, which we contributed
in all of those areas to our demise
at Wisconsin.”
Oregon will face a much less
menacing crowd in Los Angeles,
where USC’s Coliseum has seen
many empty seats and an embar
rassing 31-15 loss to Arizona.
Although USC ranks third in the
Pacific-10 conference in average at
tendance at 57,013 fans per game,
that figure is deceiving. With a ca
pacity of 92,000, Memorial Colise
um averages 34,986 empty seats
per game, including a lackluster
49,342 on hand for last week’s loss
to the Wildcats.
Added to the mix is Oregon’s
connection with Southern Califor
nia. More than half of the Oregon
team — 52 Ducks in all, claim Cal
ifornia as their home state. That
means that more Oregon fans will
be able to make the trip to the Coli
seum.
“I want as many people down
there as we can get down there,”
Nikolao said. “We need all the
people we can, all those extra
cheers to keep us motivated and
keep playing. It’s our 12th man on
the field.”
“This group of kids proved they
could win on the road last year.”
Bellotti added. “I'm not worried
about that, but I think every year
you have to re-establish the ability
to win at home and on the road,
the mindset that it takes.”