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gon as a highly touted recruit from
the Portland suburb of Milwaukee. In
his junior and senior years at Mil
waukie High School, Freiter logged
more than 200 tackles, forced 10 fum
bles and had six pass deflections. Su
perprep magazine labeled him the
ninth-best prospect in the Northwest.
Freiter was supposed to play as a
true freshman in 1997 — until he
was sidelined with a preseason
knee injury.
He recovered after the end of the
season, but another knee injury dur
ing spring drills kept him out of the
next season’s first seven games. In
juries continued to plague Freiter last
season, but he managed to appear in
nine games, including a starting nod
in the Sun Bowl last December.
Now that he’s healthy, the junior
said he’s ready to fill the gap left by
Nikolao.
“I feel like I’m in good shape, like
I can go out there and play a whole
game and be fine and healthy the
next day,” Freiter said. “I’m 100 per
cent.”
“That’s been his Achilles heel, so
' to speak ... he’s never finished a
whole season healthy,” Greatwood
said. “Hopefully, he’ll be able to fin
ish this one healthy and get a full
head of steam going into the next
one.”
Oregon: The props continue
Two Ducks and head coach Mike
Bellotti are receiving national acco
lades for their contributions to Ore
gon’s best season since 1964.
Quarterback Joey Harrington,
who was named Pacific-10 Confer
ence Player of the Week for leading
the Ducks past Arizona State in
double overtime Saturday, is one of
15 finalists for national offensive
piayer-of-the-year honors by the
Football News.
On a day when the defense
couldn’t buy a tackle, Harrington
tied the Oregon record with six
touchdownpasses as he completed
26 of 43 passes for 434 yards
against the Sun Devils.
“It’s kind of an added motivation,”
Harrington said about the Ducks’
newfound national attention.
“We’ve been put up on a level with
some of the great teams in the coun
try, and we feel like we need to live
up to that.”
Defensive end Saul Patu is one of
15 semifinalists for defensive play
er of the year by Football News.
Patu ranks second on the team with
42 tackles and is third in the league
in tackles for loss (14) and quarter
back sacks (8). The senior ranks
third on Oregon’s all-time quarter
back-sack list with 2 2.5.
Last but not least, Bellotti is one
of 10 nominees for coach-of-the
year honors. Bellotti has a 46-21
record in less than six seasons with
the Ducks and is the third-win
ningest coach in Oregon history.
Another shootout?
Washington State’s Jason Gesser
had to like the outcome of Satur
day’s Oregon vs. Arizona State
game.
Although the Ducks emerged vic
torious and remained undefeated in
Pac-10 play, the Sun Devils terror
ized their defense all day long. Ari
zona State’s 667 yards of total of
fense is perhaps the most yardage
ever suffered by an Oregon defense.
And here’s the kicker: Jeff Krohn,
a redshirt freshman quarterback,
led the Devil’s offensive assault.
The Ducks may be in for another
shooting match, this time against
the Cougars. Gesser, one of the Pac
10’s best quarterbacks, tends to
light up opponents on the big
plays.
Oregon knows it can’t afford an
other disjointed performance on
defense as it had Saturday, when it
barely beat Arizona State 56-55 in
double overtime.
“If we don’t do a good job, I’ll be
very disappointed, and we will not
be happy as a team,” Bellotti said.
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