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Kevin Mitchell (39) and David Moretti (44) sack USC quarterback Carson Palmer in Oregon’s 24-22 victory Saturday.
Adam Amato Emerald
Close loss leaves
Carroll, USC sick’
■ After trailing by 15 points in
the second half, the Trojans
make a late run and nearly end
Oregon’s home winning streak
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
Opposing players typically speak
with great respect towards the at
mosphere at Autzen Stadium after
playing the Ducks on their home
turf.
Don’t expect Carson Palmer to do
the same.
“This place is overrated,” Palmer
said. “The noise doesn’t affect you
as long as you are prepared for it,
and it didn’t affect us.”
Perhaps, but despite putting up
quite a fight, USC again fell just
short against Oregon, 24-22, Satur
day night for its fourth straight loss
against the Ducks.
While the Trojan players have
been through these types of heart
break defeats in their careers, the
loss was a first for new USC head
coach Pete Carroll, and he took it
hard.
“I guess the people who’ve come
here in the past, that have seen USC
play up here would say this is like
all the rest of the games,” Carroll
said. “I wouldn’t know anything
about that because I’ve only been
here once. I thought that was a fine
effort to get back and get the lead,
and I’m just sick that we didn’t fin
ish the game.”
The Trojans trailed 21-6, but still
believed they had a chance to win.
That belief would be bolstered
when Trojan tailback Sultan Me
Cullough showed off his track
speed and sprinted 75 yards for the
touchdown.
Two drives later, Palmer
punched the gut of Oregon and its
fans when he connected on a 93
yard touchdown pass to Kareem
Kelly, who broke free from the Ore
gon secondary and was never
touched. The pass play was the
longest touchdown .throw in
Autzen Stadium history.
And then on the Trojans’ next
drive, kicker David Davis was true
on a 40-yard field goal to give his
team the 22-21 lead with 10:20 re
maining and put Oregon’s 22-game
home winning streak in serious
jeopardy.
The Ducks battled back in the fi
nal moments and attempted a 43
yard field goal with 1:21 to go, but *
it was blocked by 6-foot-4 Bobby
DeMars.
“We were all confident, we
thought we had the game won,”
said Palmer, who completed 25 of
40 passes for 411 yards, two touch
downs and three interceptions.
“But Joey got them into field goal
range, and that was it.”
Added USC defensive tackle
Bernard Riley: “We knew (Joey)
had the ability for a comeback. We
went out there and we knew that
we had to get some pressure on
him.”
It wasn’t enough pressure, and
Harrington did what he had to do to
give the Ducks a win and send the
Trojans back to L.A. with the frus
trating feeling of falling just short.
“We make one stop or get a first
down and we have the victory,”
Carroll said.
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