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When it was all said and done,
the Ducks were left with a dizzy
ing 56-55 victory that kept their
Rose Bowl dreams alive for anoth
er week.
“That game itself is just sort of a
blur, but I remember the positives
of it,” Bellotti said. “Really amaz
ing football games in terms of the
finish (the last two years). It’s hard
to even describe it.”
While it’d be tough to top 111
combined points in one game, the
two offenses on the Autzen Stadi
um turf Saturday night have the
: firepower to produce another
shootout. Arizona State, led by
quarterback Jeff Krohn and tail
back Delvon Flowers, are third in
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"Arizona State has a
winning record and they
are one of the top scoring
teams in the conference.
They’re scary.”
Mike Bellotti
Oregon head coach
“Arizona State has a winning
record and they are one of the top
scoring teams in the conference.
They’re scary,” Bellotti said. “Ari
zona State will give you 10 or 15
different looks, and we have to be
prepared to not lose sight of what’s
happening.”
New Sun Devils head coach
Dirk Koetter, a former Oregon as
sistant under Bellotti, knows all
about the Autzen Stadium atmos
phere and the challenges that the
noise presents to the opposition.
“Anybody who has ever been
there knows it is one of the loud
est stadiums in the country,”
Koetter said.
And Oregon hopes to give its
crowd reasons to be even more
rowdy than usual. Against Wash
ington State, the Ducks’ running
game was unstoppable and their
defense was top-notch for the most
part. Should the Ducks continue
with their goal of a Pac-10 title,
they’ll need both facets of their
game to again be clicking.
And as for that former home
winning streak of theirs?
“We’d like to start another one,”
Peelle said.
Stanford benefits from
experienced seniors
By Jonathan Okanes
Knight Ridder Newspapers
STANFORD, Calif. — Look up
and down Stanford’s starting de
fense and try to find a player who’s
not a senior. C’mon, try it.
The offense? It doesn’t have as
many seniors, but there are nine re
turning starters from last season.
This year’s Cardinal is one of the
most experienced teams in the coun
try. All 11 starters on defense are sen
iors or redshirt juniors. The offense is
almost as experienced, with a hand
ful of the impact players in their final
seasons on The Farm.
With so many players reaching
what should be the pinnacle of their
college careers, this had to be the
year Stanford made an impact.
The Cardinal has done that. Stan
ford enters Saturday’s game at
Washington ranked 10th in this
week’s Associated Press Top 25.
The Cardinal has skyrocketed to
sixth in the latest Bowl Champi
onship Series rankings.
Much of Stanford’s success can be
attributed to the play qf its seniors.
Guard Eric Heitmann and center
Zack Quaccia anchor an offensive
line that is among the best in the
country. Running back Brian Allen is
having his finest season, averaging 86
rushing yards per game. On defense,
free safety Tank Williams, linebacker
Coy Wire and defensive end Austin
Lee are big reasons Stanford leads the
Pac-10 and is 11th in the country in
run defense.
“The fact that we have so many sen
iors, that also means we have so much
more experience within the team,” Her
mann said. “I think that that experience
more than anything else has helped us
get to where we are right now. ’ ’
Coach Tyrone Willingham said he
didn’t necessarily target this season as
one that could be special despite so
many of his best players being seniors.
But some of the players said they real
ized as far back as their freshman sea
sons that this year could be special.
“We used to talk about that our
freshman year,” senior defensive
end Marcus Hoover said. “When we *
used to do scout team, every time
one of us would make a play, you
would hear ”01,’01.’We all came in
as freshmen, we all believed that we
were the best recruits in the world.”
The class of 2001 experienced a
taste of success as sophomores, when
the Cardinal went to the Rose Bowl.
Heitmann said that year’s senior class,
featuring players such as Troy Walters
and Todd Husak, had a profound ef
fect on this year’s senior class.
“I think our group of players really
learned a lot from their examples and
their leadership,” Heitmann said.
“We’re just trying to convey that same
message to the team at this point. ”
NOTES: Saturday’s game will not
be televised. ABC is airing the USC
Oregon State game while Fox Sports
Net will show Washington State
UCLA. Stanford’s game at Arizona on
Nov. 10 has been moved from 6 p.m.
to 4 p.m., and will air on ABC.
© 2001, Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek,
Calif.). Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune
Information Services.