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EARTH POLL www.earth-poll.org/foe Photo of Sarah Peters by John Giustina welcome back... vs California*' friday, September 27 7:00pm vs #4 Stanford Saturday, September 28 7:00pm vs Portland' monday September 30 7:00pm vs #1 north Carolina* Sunday, September 29 1:00pm ‘Enter to win back to school prizes, including gift certificates for Safeway, Papa John’s Pizza and free textbooks (at the 9/27 volleyball match, a $300 value courtesy of the UO bookstore). Admission to volleyball and soccer is FREE for UO students with current UO photo ID. Photo of Lindsay Closs by Eric Evans Harrington thrown to wolves by inconsiderate Lions coaching staff We knew it wouldn’t be long until Joey Harrington was thrown head first into the NFL mosh pit. But Week 3? Joey Harrington, Detroit Lions starting quarterback. It’s now offi cial, announced Wednesday by the Lions that the rookie will start for the first time Sunday. We get the concept. The Lions have a beautiful new stadium, Ford Field, and Sunday’s game is the home opener against the Green Bay Packers. The Lions are look ing for their first win of the season, and for mer starter Mike McMahon was throwing like a sixth grade girl. So they made a strong de cision and put in the rookie, the new guy, the fresh meat. It’s the right move. It’s also the wrong move. If there was ever a rookie quarter back in the NFL that could handle being a rookie quarterback in the Peter Hockaday Two minutes for crosschecking NFL, it’s Harrington. Oregon fans know how cool he is. He’s ice on a football field. But ice can melt. Especially when ice is protected by the worst offensive line in the league outside of Houston. The Lions’ o-line has given up nine sacks for a loss of 71 yards this season. Yes, that’s in two games. Detroit quarterbacks have thrown one touchdown pass, McMa hon’s lone strike in the first game against the Miami Dolphins. Maybe the Detroit line just doesn’t like McMahon. The former starter was sacked nine times in 48 pass at tempts, a rate of 5.3 attempts per sack. Harrington still hasn’t been sacked in 18 pass attempts. Hmm. Doesn’t matter. It’s still not smart to send Harrington into battle against Green Bay. Detroit head coach Marty Momhinweg knows it, and it may not have been his decision. “1 didn't expect to make this deci sion so early,” Momhinweg told De troit reporters Wednesday. “To be quite honest with you, I was hoping to wait at least until the bye week and then sit back and be able to eval uate Mike and be able to evaluate Joey's progression.” McMahon himself sounds almost relieved to be getting over to the sidelines. “I think everyone was kind of ex pecting this, especially with our sit uation,” McMahon told reporters. “It is a business. A business decision was made, and you have to live with it.” And like any business, there is a possibility of damaging the product. Harrington was a long-term invest ment for the Lions; why use him self ishly for the short-term? During the entire preseason, even when Harring ton was outperforming McMahon, Momhinweg stuck to his statements about waiting on the rookie, saving him until he was ready. But pressure is a punk. There is more pressure in Detroit than any other NFL market because the Lions have been so horrible for so long. Momhinweg should have resisted the pressure and waited until Har rington had at least a half-year of backup experience under his belt. Instead, Harrington’s being thrown to the wolves. Maybe they won’t tear him to pieces. Contact the sports editor atpeterhockaday@dailyemerald.com. His opinions do not necessarily represent those of the Emerald. 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