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Junior quarterback Carson Palmer, last year’s Pac-10 leader in completions, and the rest of the USC Trojans look forward to coming to
Autzen Stadium in attempt to end Oregon’s 22-game home winning streak.
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reem Kelly, further spreading the
Oregon defense.
“[Palmer] is really a fine player,
and [McCullough] is too,” Carroll
said. “Both of these guys are front
line players and can make plays for
us. Sultan is an inside-outside run
ner and can catch the football.
Palmer can do a lot of stuff. He can
throw on the move, throw out of the
pocket and he can also run. We need
these guys right now. ”
While the USC offense is like a
sleeping giant — it has potential, but
has yet to wake — the defense seems
to be at the top of its game. Carroll sin
gled out junior safety Troy Polamalu
as being key to the team’s defense, but
overall, it is a solid group.
“On defense, we have a bunch of
guys who play hard. Our secondary
is pretty solid — the corners play
good coverage and our safeties are
aggressive,” Carroll said.
For Oregon head coach Mike Bel
lotti, the Trojans are not just a blip
on the radar — they are a full
fledged opponent capable of com
ing into Autzen Stadium and put
ting the Ducks on their heels.
Two years ago, the Ducks narrow
ly defeated the Trojans 33-30 in three
overtimes, and last season’s game, a
28-17 Oregon win, was much closer
than the score indicates.
“To me, the scary thing about
playing SC, they’re a team with a
two-week bye, like we had,” Bellotti
said. “With a new coaching staff, it
takes a while to get everybody on
the same page and if and when they
do, watch out.”
Trojans deal with the
national tragedy
Although the Trojans were not
slated to play last week, the team
has still dealt with the attacks that
struck New York, Washington, D.C.,
and the rest of America.
“This is challenging times for
everyone,” Carroll said. “It’s dividing
your focus for other reasons. It seems
like it’s been forever since we’ve
played. If you can remember how
long last Tuesday and Wednesday
seemed, those days felt like weeks.”
Although the men of Troy were
fortunate not to have any players di
rectly touched by the tragedy, USC
players took the news hard.
“We took the day off and didn’t
work,” Carroll said. “We put [the
players] on their own to kind of di
gest what happened. I think every
one wanted to know what was go
ing on and we had to respect the
situation and then treat it where we
don’t forget about it. ”
While Carroll was not directly af
fected in the events that unfolded
on Sept. 11, it hit home a little closer
for him. He often took the same
flight that crashed into one of the
World Trade Center towers —
American Airlines Flight 11, Boston
to Los Angeles. He also spent three
seasons with the New England Pa
triots, who are a hop, skip and a
jump away from Boston, and five
seasons with the New York Jets.
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were respectable, but didn’t think
much of the team’s chances against a
top-25 team, especially traditional
powerhouse USC.
So, with 2:16 remaining in regu
lation, I — a little irate that my
dad, my younger brother and I had
been standing in the overflow sec
tion most of the game — departed
Autzen Stadium thinking the
Quackers were going to lose 23-20.
The Ducks had no hope, I
thought. Starting running back
Reuben Droughns was knocked
out of the game and into a hospi
tal bed with separated ribs, and
backup tailback Herman Ho
Ching was on crutches with an
ankle injury. To top if off, place
kicker Nathan Villegas, a project
ed NFL player, had his night —
and career — cut short when he
suffered a torn knee ligament
while celebrating, with Harring
ton, his game-tying field goal
with 30 seconds left in regulation
(as I would later find out).
There was just too much stacked
against the Ducks to pull out a vic
tory, my freshman mind insisted.
Boy, was I an idiot.
Eventually, as I learned in disbe
lief while walking back to campus,
third-string placekicker Josh
Frankel won the game for the
Ducks in the third overtime.
It was the Ducks’ 11th consec
utive win at Autzen. I implore,
beg, demand you not to miss win
No. 23. Please.
“I took it personally when I saw
fans leaving,” Oregon quarterback
A.J. Feeley said after the roller
coaster ride.
If I could, I would apologize to
Mr. Feeley, now a backup with the
Philadelphia Eagles. I would tell
him I was just an unknowing
freshman, too worried about get
ting back across the bridge before
everyone else.
Don’t just wish you could’ve
seen the magic unfold Saturday.
Don’t regret. Just go — and stay.
I just hope I have reached you
in time.
Just attend the game, the whole
game. Have faith in the Mighty
Ducks. And be patient.
Then get pumped when Har
rington, in his dramatic style, hits
Justin Peelle across the middle on
a critical fourth-and-12. And when
Jason Willis makes a diving catch,
when Maurice Morris picks up an
other first down and, most impor
tantly, when Jared Siegel kicks the
game-winner.
I may not know exactly how the
game will play out, but I do know
it would’ve been nice to catch the
end of my first Oregon game.
Don’t make the same mistake.
Adam Jude is the Emerald sports editor. He
can be contacted at ajude@dailyemerald.com.
Wisconsin-Penn St
set to renew rivalry
By Mike Johnson
Badger Herald (U. Wisconsin)
(U-WIRE) MADISON, Wis. —
The last time Wisconsin went
head-to-head on the gridiron with
Penn State, a trip to the Rose Bowl
was on the line for the Badgers. On
this date in history, Nov. 21,1998,
the Badgers were victorious at
Camp Randall with a score of 24-3.
Wisconsin then went on to win
its second Rose Bowl under coach
Barry Alvarez.
That was the last matchup be
tween the two teams. Due to dis
crepancies in the Big Ten sched
ule, the two schools, both Big Ten
powers in the 1990s, have not
played for the past two seasons.
While a trip to the Rose Bowl is not
on the line for the Badgers, as was
the case in 1998, a chance to open
conference play with a win and
even their record at 2-2 is at stake.
Meanwhile, Penn State is look
ing for its first win of the season, a
win that will give head coach Joe
Paterno his 324th career victory,
tying him with Bear Bryant as the
NCAA Division I-A’s all-time win
ningestcoach.
Though this series has become a
solid Big Ten rivalry, the Badgers
have only played the Nittany Lions
six times in their history, since
Penn State didn’t join the Big Ten
until 1993. The Badges hold the
lead in the all-time series, with a
record of 4-2.
While Wisconsin has become
familiar with the players and the
system used in the last two years
by other Big Ten schools, they are
unfamiliar with the current sys
tem Penn State runs.
“We’ve never played there, at
least since I’ve been here, and this
is my fourth year, so this is the first
time for pretty much everyone on
the team,” Wisconsin defensive
lineman Ben Herbert said.
In 36 years, Paterno has kept his
philosophy largely the same.
There’s not a lot of difference be
tween the way Penn State plays
now and the way they’ve played in
the past against the Badgers, Wis
consin offensive coordinator Brian
White said.
“Well, they have the same »
head coach, the same philoso
phy,” White said. “Structurally
on defense, they’re pretty similar
to when we’ve played them in
the past.”
Wisconsin and Penn State were
arguably the two most successful
Big Ten teams in the 1990s. The
Nittany Lions had the best Big Ten
record in that span, while the Bad
gers captured three Rose Bowl ti
tles, the most by any Big Ten team
in the decade.
The history books show that
this will only be their seventh bat
tle, but this rivalry feels like an
old-school Big Ten fight to many.
As far as these two teams are con
cerned, this rivalry has gone back
for as long as they can remember.
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