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Iowa pins 36-9 loss on UO
■ The Oregon wrestling team
wraps up their non-league
schedule against powerhouse
Iowa
By Robbie McCallum
Oregon Daily Emerald
In Texas, there is football. In In
diana, there is basketball. Where is
the sport of wrestling king? Iowa.
The Oregon wrestling team
faced No. 3 Iowa and all of the tra
dition that fol
lowed with it on
Saturday after
noon. A crowd
of 1,260 showed
up at McArthur
Court to see the
Hawkeyes and
Ducks tangle.
Unfortunately, wrestling three of
the top wrestling programs in the
nation over a period of five days
took its toll on the Ducks as they
fell 36-9 to Iowa.
“We got what we wanted out of
wrestling these top programs,”
head coach Chuck Kearney said.
“Iowa controlled us mentally to
day and just wore us down. That's
WRESTLING
what we want our wrestlers to do
and now that they've seen it up
close, I think it will help down the
road.”
The three-time defending na
tional champions brought in an
impressive lineup with a top-10
ranked wrestler in all but two
classes. Iowa’s Eric Juergens, Doug
Schwab and T.J. Williams are all
favorites to win NCAA titles in
their respective classes.
The Ducks did take advantage of
the Hawkeyes’ two weak spots in
the heavyweights.
Senior Chael Sonnen turned in
an impressive performance with
an 11 second pin over Ryan Ful
saas at 197 pounds. Fulsaas
charged at the starting whistle and
grabbed Sonnen’s leg. Sonnen then
dropped to the mat, reversed Ful
saas before recording the pin.
“If Chael can get in your head as
well as dominate you physically,
he is tough to beat,” Kearney said.
“He's capable of beating anyone if
he wrestles up to his potential.”
The pin was Sonnen’s ninth of
the season, tops among Oregon
wrestlers.
At heavyweight, sophomore Eric
Webb improved to 16-4 on the sea
son with a hard fought 7-2 deci
sion over Josh Liddle. After two
rounds of low scoring, No. 7 Webb
put the match away with two take
downs in the third round.
The wins evened the match at
nine points apiece after the Ducks
opened the match with a forfeit
and a loss.
Iowa responded with six straight
wins to put the Ducks away for
good.
“Every guy went out and did
what he could,” Kearney said.
“Hopefully, what doesn’t kill you
only makes you stronger.”
Oregon fell to 3-3 on the year,
but there’s easier sailing ahead.
The Ducks don’t leave Oregon un
til Jan. 26 and won’t face a ranked
opponent until Boise State comes
to Eugene on Jan. 19.
The Ducks will take a hard
earned rest day today before look
ing ahead to the rest of the season.
Next up for Oregon is the Oregon
Classic Duals at Portland’s Memo
rial Coliseum. The Ducks will face
Southern Oregon, Central Wash
ington and Pacific, as well as Pacif
ic-10 Conference rival Portland
State on Friday.
Holiday Bowl
continued from page 7
lowered his head and ran into the
end zone from nine yards out with
9:43 left in the game. The lead was
short-lived, though, as Texas’ Victor
Ike took the ensuing kickoff and
dashed 93-yards for the touch
down, a Holiday Bowl record.
With the score knotted at 28, it
seemed the momentum had shifted
into Texas’ favor, but Harrington in
sisted that the thought of losing nev
er entered Oregon’s mind.
“Absolutely not,” said the junior
quarterback, who completed 19 of
30 passes for 273 yards and two
touchdowns. “You can not believe
that you’re going to lose. If that
thought enters your mind then
you’re done because you’ve given
up. We’ve played these games all
year.”
Harrington and the Ducks
showed their tight game experience
on their next series, when they com
pleted an eight play, 68-yard scor
ing drive with less than six minutes
left. On a third-and-goal from the
four-yard line, Harrington pitched
it to sophomore receiver Jason
Willis on an end-around reverse,
who skated into the left corner of
the goal untouched for the 35-28
lead.
The rest of the game consisted of
missed chances for Texas, as Long
horn quarterback Chris Simms
could never quite connect on the
important pass. On a first-and-10
from the 22 with less than three
minutes on the clock, Simms’ pass
to receiver B.J. Johnson bounced off
his wide-open hands.
Simms threw the next pass out of
bounds, but on third down, he again
threw towards Johnson, who again
dropped the ball. Finally, on fourth
down, Simms saw an open Roy
Williams in the right corner of the
end zone, but the pass bounced
right off of Williams’ hands and
onto the ground.
It couldn’t have ended that easily
for Oregon, however, as running
back Allan Amundson fumbled and
Texas recovered at the Oregon 32.
Simms found the passing game dif
ficult again, though, as he was
picked off by Rashad Bauman.
Oregon then took a planned safe
ty and turned it over to Texas with
17 seconds left, but the Longhorns’
Hail Mary at the buzzer fell incom
plete.
“We respected Oregon from the
Craig Mitchelldyer for the Emerald
Oregon’s Jed Boice helped provide the constant pressure on Texas QB Chris Simms.
start,” said Simms, who completed
17 of 33 passes for 245 yards. “They
were definitely a BCS eligible team
and deserved to be there if you ask
me. They were unpredictable and
kept us on our toes. ”
The end of the game brought the
ceremonial water—Culligan water,
of course — dousing of head coach
Mike Bellotti and the award presen
tations to Harrington and Bauman
as offensive and defensive players
of the game.
“I’m proud for all the fans out
here that took the time to come out
and support us, and for my football
team for their great work on the
field,” said Bellotti, while trying to
get some of that water out of his ear.
“Joey and Rashad deserve their
award. They are great competitors
with great heart.”
Harrington showcased his variety
of skills in front of an ESPN audi
ence in the first quarter when he re
ceived his first ever reception and
took it past the goal line for the
touchdown in not-so-typical fash
ion.
On the scoring play, Harrington
handed it off to receiver Keenan
Howry — a high school quarterback
— and then darted down the field.
Howry lofted the perfect pass, and
Harrington caught it while almost
falling on his face. With the ball in
his hands at the 10-yard line, he
stumbled, bumbled and almost
fumbled his way into the end zone.
“All year that kind of stuff has al
ways been in the game plan and we
knew we had an opportunity to get
these plays off,” said Howry, who
had practiced that same exact trick
play with Harrington eight times
the previous week and only com
pleted it once.
The touchdown gave Oregon the
14-0 advantage, following tight end
Justin Peelle’s one-yard touchdown
reception earlier.
The Longhorns bounced back in
the second period and ran off 21
unanswered points, capped by
Greg Brown’s 23-yard interception
for a touchdown to give Texas the
21-14 lead at the half.
Oregon’s Maurice Morris, who
finished with 96 yards on 26 car
ries, provided the scoring in the
third quarter when he received a
pass from Harrington and scam
pered 55 yards down the field to
send the game into the fourth tied
up at 21.
“This is the greatest win in my
career,” senior defensive end Saul
Patu said. “I’m just glad we’re able
to make history with the first 10
win season ever.”
As Harrington reveled in his
team’s triumph on the field after
the game, he just couldn’t stop ex
pressing how proud he was of his
Ducks. When asked for one word
to describe the feeling, Harrington
couldn’t contain himself.
“How about character? How
about desire? How about Oregon
Duck football family?” Harrington
said. “I guess that’s more than one
word, huh? But that’s really what
it was all year. We played for each
other, from the start of the season
to the end. We’ve shown that we
can beat the best teams in the
country.
“Oh man, it’s great to be a part of
something this special.”
A few days later, the final rank
ings were released with Oregon
finishing No. 7 in the Associated
Press poll and No. 9 in the Coach
es’ poll.