‘Joey Heisman?’ UO thinks so
■ Other quarterbacks put up
better numbers Saturday,
but despite Joey’s off day,
the Ducks still get a win
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
With the eyes of the Heisman
Trophy voters watching Saturday,
three quarterback candidates
passed for more than 230 yards.
But Joey Harrington wasn’t one
of them.
In Florida, Rex Grossman com
pleted 33-of-51 passes for 362 yards
and two touchdowns, but the
Gators lost 34-32 to Tennessee.
In Virginia, Miami quarterback
Ken Dorsey was 21-of-44 passing
for 235 yards and one touchdown
as the Hurricanes survived, 26-24,
at Virginia Tech.
And down in Fresno, Calif.,
there was senior quarterback
David Carr, a Heisman longshot
after losing two games this season,
throwing for 432 yards and six
touchdowns in a 70-21 blowout
against Utah State.
Meanwhile, in Eugene, Har
rington connected on ll-of-22
passes for a modest 104 yards in
Oregon’s 17-14 Civil War win. But
he might get the benefit of the
doubt in some voters’ minds, giv
en that the weather wasn’t exactly
favorable.
Harrington didn’t need to wor
ry about impressing his team
mates.
“Joey should win the Heisman,
why shouldn’t he?” Oregon cor
nerback Rashad Bauman said.
“He’s the best quarterback by far.
If you’re going to pick the Heis
man off stats, that’s B.S. because
everybody has a different format.
Rex Grossman is at a passing
If
Adam Amato Emerald
Senior quarterback Joey Harrington shows his emotion before walking onto the field
at Autzen Stadium for the last time Saturday.
school. If Joey put the ball up 50
times every game, then he would
throw for 800 yards.
“Joey has two 1,000 yard rush
ers behind him, and he’s still up
for the Heisman. Nobody’s done
that. Nobody.”
Saturday was an important day
for Harrington and other candi
dates as it was their last chance to
impress the voters. The four final
candidates for the Heisman Trophy
will be announced today during
ESPN’s “SportsCenter” at 3 p.m.
Should Harrington be includ
ed, he would get a free trip to New
York to be on hand for the Heis
man Trophy presentation, which
will take place Saturday at 4 p.m.
PST on ESPN.
“I’d love to (go),” Harrington
said. “It’s an honor. It’s a thrill to
even be considered at this point.
We won the football game, and
that’s.all you can do. Leave it up
to the voters.”
If it were up to Oregon head
coach Mike Bellotti, there would
be no doubt that Harrington
would be included. Bellotti hopes
the Civil War game won’t hurt his
quarterback’s chances.
“Joey is one of the best football
players to play here or any
where,” Bellotti said. “I don’t
think he’s worried about stats. I
never have either. There’s only
one stat that counts and that’s
winning.”
Now it’s time to see whether
“Joey Heisman’s” 24-3 career
record as a starter is enough for
him to win college football’s top
individual award.
Emerald assistant sports editor Jett Smith
can be reached
jeffsmith@dailyemerald.com.
Civil War
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sociated Press and coaches’ polls — the
highest ranking in school history.
So the possibility remains for Ore
gon to climb to second in the final BCS
rankings on Dec. 9 and play Miami in
the Rose Bowl. If not, Oregon is set
with the Fiesta Bowl and a date with
Big 12 champion Colorado.
But it’s out of the Ducks’ hands now.
For Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti,
Saturday’s victory, close or otherwise,
was all that mattered.
“We’ve comeback from our one loss
and won the undisputed Pac-10 cham
pionship,” Bellotti said. “I think we
can play with anybody in the nation. A
win is a win, whether it’s 56-55 or 17
14 or whatever.”
For three quarters, the only scoring by
either side had come by way of field
goals, as Oregon State took a 6-3 lead into
the fourth quarter. And then, with 14:36
to play, Beavers punter Carl Tobey kicked
it to Oregon punt returner Keenan
Howry, and the game was changed.
Howry ran the ball up the middle
and was never touched, sprinting 70
yards for the score and the 10-6 lead.
“Keenan’s punt return gave us the
spark,” Harrington said. “I don’t know
how to describe today. We just could
n’t get anything moving. And once
Keenan hit that return, then every
thing picked up from there. ”
Until that point, Harrington and the
Oregon offense struggled. Eight of the
Ducks’ first 10 offensive drives were five
plays or less. The Oregon State defense
had held Harrington to just 8-of-19 pass
ing for 66 yards in the first three quarters.
“Defensively, we were all over the
place,” Oregon State head coach Den
nis Erickson said.
But on their first series of the fourth
quarter, the Ducks were moving, and
most of the time, it was with Maurice
Morris leading the way. The senior tail
back had his name called on 10 of the 13
plays, including the last one where he
ran up the gut and through two Beaver
defenders into the end zone. The eight
yard scoring run gave the Ducks the
comfortable 17-6 lead with 4:40 to play
and gave Morris the last of his 102 yards.
“Maurice was running harder than I’ve
ever seen him run,” said senior fullback
Josh Line, who got his first cany of the sea
son. “He justwouldnotbedenied.”
But neither would the Beavers.
Smith led the Oregon State offense
down the field and connected on a
clutch 24-yard touchdown pass to
Josh Hawkins. Then he hit Shawn
Kintner for the two-point conversion
to cut the margin to 17-14.
But after not completing the onside
kick, the game appeared over. Oregon
had the ball with less than two min
utes to play. Then on a third-and
nine, Harrington rolled left and was
hit from behind by Kyle Rosselle,
who popped the ball loose.
The Beavers regained possession
and had hope of a game-tying field goal.
But Smith, on a third-and-17, looked
right and fired a pass that ended up in
Bauman’s hands and ended Oregon
State’s season with a losing 5-6 record.
Beaver tailback Ken Simonton’s ca
reer came to a close with an 84-yard
performance — falling 29 yards short
of his fourth-straight 1,000-yard sea
son. Oregon’s Onterrio Smith, who
suffered a strained knee in the second
quarter, picked up 30 yards to push his
season total to 1,007; Smith is the
ninth Duck to reach that mark.
Smith and the Ducks can now
shoot for a first-ever 11-win season in
a bowl game in Tempe, Ariz., or
Pasadena, Calif.
“I’m sure there’s going to be a trivia
question about who was the only Pac
10 team to win a championship twice
in a row and not go to the Rose Bowl,”
safety Keith Lewis said. “Nothing is
going to add up to the Rose Bowl. But
I’ll play anywhere to play with this
bunch again.”
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