Place-kicker Josh Frankel, who made all four extra points against USC, can redeem himself in front of Oregon fans Saturday.
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Trojans, but he stops short of saying
he redeemed himself.
Frankel left a sour taste in the
mouths of 45,000-plus fans three
weeks ago at Autzen Stadium
when he missed three field goal at
tempts and an extra point against
Washington.
In the following bye week, Bel
lotti and Frankel spent time watch
ing game film. They spotted some
things that he was doing wrong in
his approach and spent the next
week correcting them.
Frankel believes that whatever
happened against the Huskies was
a one-time thing. Now, he has to
prove it.
“That was a bad day,” Frankel
said. “It’s going to happen to even
the best of 'em; there are no excuses
about it. It was flat-out awful, but
you can’t dwell on it. You have to
move on and keep working hard.”
While the Ducks rested a week
and-a-half ago, Frankel was paying
close attention to the college foot
ball scene. He watched Florida
State’s Matt Munyon send a field
goal right of the uprights, giving
Miami an upset win and possibly
costing FSU a national title. He also
watched Oregon State kicker Ryan
Cesca launch a wide-right kick,
costing the Beavers a win over the
Huskies that what would have
been the biggest win in their recent
history.
Both situations inspired him to
better his skills.
“I felt bad for those kids, but
that’s the way it goes sometimes,”
Frankel said. “That’s the life of a
kicker. Sometimes you’ll be put in
a position where you have an op
portunity to win the game. Some
times you make it, and other times,
unfortunately, you won’t.
“They say that you win as a
team and lose as a team unless
you’re a kicker, but that’s all part of
the job.”
The Autzen advantage
The Ducks play at home for the
first time in three weeks in this
Saturday’s homecoming game
against the Arizona Wildcats.
It should be noted that in Ore
gon’s two road games, opponents
were allowed a combined total of
531 yards rushing offense.
Opponents in the Ducks’ four
home games were held to a com
bined 218 yards.
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even the best of 'em; there
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was flat-out awful, but you
can't dwell on it.
Josh Frankel
Oregon place kicker / /
Hackett can’t hack it
The Daily Trojan, Southern Cali
fornia’s equivalent of the Oregon
Daily Emerald, has been running
an interesting poll about Trojan
football coach Paul Hackett, who
is gaining unwanted notoriety
from his team’s horrendous 0-3
conference record.
The poll, titled the “Paul Poll,”
asks USC students if Hackett
should remain the team’s head
coach.
The result as of Sunday was 46
5, and guess which side had the 46
votes.
Things aren’t looking good for
poor Hackett.
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