Arizona State
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the come-from-behind victory. The
loss marked the ninth-straight
game the Sun Devils have lost to
opponents ranked in the Associat
ed Press poll.
In the No. 8 Ducks, the Sun Dev
ils hope to give first-year coach
Koetter — a former offensive coor
dinator at Oregon from 1996-97 —
his first win over a ranked oppo
nent. Arizona Sate, however, is
well aware of the effect Autzen
Stadium can have on the outcome
of the football game.
“Crowd noise will definitely be
a factor,” Koetter said.
Arizona State is led by sopho
more quarterback Jeff Krohn, who
is leading the Pacific-10 Confer
ence and is sixth in the nation in
. passing efficiency (165.3). He is
coming off the third 300-yard game
of his brief career with a 320-yard
. effort against Washington.
Krohn, a former walk-on, often
looks for receiver Shaun McDon
ald, who is averaging 99.4 yards
per game, which is second in the
Pac-10. McDonald ranks first in
the conference with an average of
22.5 yards per catch.
Other key players for Arizona
State include senior tailback
Delvon Flowers, true freshman Ja
son Shivers and sophomore Terrell
Suggs on the defensive side, and
junior Mike Barth and senior Tom
Pace on special teams.
Shivers, a free safety, is the lead
ing tackier on the squad, but much
of the notoriety goes to Suggs, who
has nine sacks and 16 tackles for
loss this season.
Barth is 8-of-10 this season in
field goals and will probably give
the Oregon returners few chances
to run back kickoffs. He has booted
more than 55 percent of his kick
offs into the end zone this year. Re
turning for the Sun Devils, Pace
ranks second in the Pac-10 and
seventh in the country with an av
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fill
Emerald
erage of 29.8 yards per return.
Arizona State’s offense is averag
ing 6.6 yards per play, which is
best in the conference, but the Dev
ils have also turned the ball over
17 times this year.
The team’s turnover margin is
minus-five while the Ducks are at
positive 12. The turnover margin
has played a key role in the out
comes of some of Arizona State’s
games this season, and may be a
reason why the Ducks are highly
THE HEISMAN WATCH
Bey your plane ticket
to New York...
ERIC CROUCH • QB • NEBRASKA
last Week: Completed 1fkrf-18for
Season: ?5-foM 30 with 1,088yards
in the air with seven TOs and has run
lor 798 yards on 149 carries
This Week: TheCornhuskers face
Kansas in Lawrence
KEN DORSEY* OB'MIAMI
Last Week: Completed 16-of-27 for
192 yards and two TDs
Season: 101 »foM69 for 1,622 yards
and 13 TDs
Temple
DESHAUN FOSTER ♦ RB * UCLA
yardsandaTD
Season: 138 rushes, 997yards and
11TDs
This Week: The Bruins travel to
Pullman to face Washington State
REX GROSSMAN ♦ QB ' FLORIDA
Last Week: 27-of-35 for 407yards
and two TDs
Season: 161 -for-240 with 2,636 yards
and 24 TDs
This Week: The Gators host
Vanderbilt
JULIUS PEPPERS
•DE* NORTH CAROLINA
Last Week: Had a bye, Against
Cfemson on Oct. 20 recorded five
tackles, one sack and an interception
Season: 43 tackles, 17 tackles for
loss, 8.5 sacks and three interceptions
This Week: The Tar Heels travel to
Georgia Tech
Hangin’ Tough
WOODROW OAWra.ER
•QB*CLEMSON
Last Week: Completed 16-of-27 for
211 yards and one ID; rushed 20
times for 119 yards and one TD
Season: 128*of-20O for 1 (483 yards
and 10 TDs; has rushed 134 times for
678 yards and seven IDs
This Week: Hie Tigers are at home vs.
Florida State
JOEY HARRINGTON
*Q8* OREGON
Last Week: 14-of-26 for 119 yards
and 0 TDs; ran for 23 yards
Season: 143»for«245 for 1,796 yards
and 16 TDs; has rushed for six TDs .
This Week: The Ducks host Arizona
KURT KITTNER ♦ QB • ILLINOIS
Last Week: 24-oM5 for 401 yards
and four TDs
Season: 125*of-236for 1,839 yards
and 14 TDs: has rushed for one TD
This Week: No. 181 Hindis travels to
No. 15 Purdue
WILLIAM GREENE
♦ RB* BOSTON COLLEGE
Last Week: Rushed 28 times for 195
yards and one TD; caught two passes
for 67 yards and one TD
Season: 218 carries, 1164 yards and
12 TDs
This Week: The Eagles are off before
their Nov. 10 game against No. 1 Miami
It was fun
while it lasted...
David Carr • QB * Fresno State
Oamien Anderson *RB»
Northwestern
Ken Simonton * RB • Oregon State
favored in this weekend’s game at
Autzen.
“It’s not a secret that no one is
going to give us a chance to win up
there,” punter Nick Murphy said
in his weekly column for Arizona
State’s official Web site. “I like that
because all the pressure is on the
Ducks to start another winning
streak at home after losing to Stan
ford two weeks ago.”
Koetter, in his first year at Ari
zona State, is looking forward to
I
the chance of playing the Ducks
despite the Sun Devils losing the
previous three contests between
the two schools. Tom Osborne,
Oregon’s tight ends and specials
teams coach from 1995-2000, also
makes his first return to Autzen af
ter becoming the ASU assistant
coach.
“It’s going to be a great challenge
to us and an opportunity that we
are really looking forward to,”
Koetter said.
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