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Football
lets team
get back
to normal
■ Oregon players will return to
the field with mixed emotions,
while the athletics department
reacts with a security increase
By Peter Hockaday
Oregon Daily Emerald
When the Oregon football team
takes the field to play Southern Cal
ifornia on Saturday night, the kick
off will mark a beginning and an
end for the Ducks.
As the Oregon players open up
their Pacific-10 Conference sched
ules and begin their run toward a
Pac-10 title, the Ducks say they will
try to memorialize and put behind
them the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
“Everybody’s ready,” Oregon jun
ior wide receiver Keenan Howry
said. “It’s going to be a challenge,
but athletics are a good way to take
your mind off everything.”
Several special ceremonies before
kickoff Saturday will pay tribute to
people who died in the terrorist at
tacks on the World Trade Center in
New York or the Pentagon in Wash
ington, D.C. Oregon Athletics Direc
tor Bill Moos said that the athletics
department staff “will be paying spe
cial attention to memorializing the
victims” of the tragedies.
The teams will take the field for the
national anthem and observe a mo
ment of silence. The Ducks will wear
American-flag decals on their hel
mets, among other special tributes.
Oregon linebacker Kevin
Mitchell said that he and others are
ready to return to the field, but not
without some reservations.
it s good to get back onto the
field, to get ready to play a game,”
Mitchell said. “It just put a whole
lot of things into perspective.
Sports comes second.”
Mitchell, who has an aunt and un
cle living in Manhattan, called the at
tacks “sick and twisted.” The line
backer was particularly touched by
the tragedy, as he experienced long
hours of waiting before he found out
his relatives were safe.
“It’s just a mess,” Mitchell said.
“It’s just a big mess.”
Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti
said he was happy the Ducks had
an open date Sept. 15, when many
other teams were forced to resched
ule games. The NCAA canceled all
games last Saturday despite some
teams’ objections.
“We had a difficult week last
week,” Bellotti said. “I’m glad we
didn’t have to think about things
like preparing for a football game.”
Still, the Ducks have been practic
ing every day since the attacks, and
Bellotti said a good football game
could be the perfect restorative for
those affected by the attacks.
“What we do out there — young,
healthy people running around — I
hope it’s a positive thing for people
there and watching on television,”
Bellotti said.
Autzen increases security
The athletics department will re
spond to the terrorist attacks on the
East Coast with a pregame moment
of silence, as well as in more tangible
ways such as increasing security.
“We want to make sure the fans
and players feel safe in Autzen Sta
dium,” Moos said.
Moos said the Ducks will take
several steps to increase security at
the stadium Saturday. Entrance
gates will now have two lines, one
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