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Terrence Whitehead (24) has proven to be another option in the running game for the Ducks after a 37-yard touchdown run.
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into Saturday’s matchup, as much
as Bellotti’s warnings ring true.
The Sun Devils have been incon
sistent at best this season; they
lost to North Carolina and barely
survived Oregon State. The Devils
are undefeated in Pac-10 play, but
their only two opponents have
been the Beavers and the Cardinal.
Oregon has been doing the Ore
gon thing: steadily improving each
week as the competition improves,
working out the kinks, staying un
defeated. After six games, the Ducks
are 6-0 and ranked sixth in both na
tional polls. Onterrio Smith has ma
tured into a weekly 100-yard back
— his current streak of six-straight
games with more than 100 yards
rushing is an Oregon record — and
seems to be running headlong to
ward the Heisman Trophy.
“We’re kind of streaky,” Smith
said of his running and his run pro
tection. “We get some good things
going, kind of drop off in the middle
and pick it up in the third and
fourth quarters. So we’re trying to
have one of those games where we
sustain the effort throughout.”
Oregon quarterback Jason Fife has
found his niche, and it appears to be
the “don’t make mistakes” niche.
Fife is ranked third in the nation in
pass efficiency, a statistic that reflects
his 12-to-l touchdowns-to-intercep
tions ratio. Fife has scrambled often
to avoid sacks this season.
“He made some great scrambles
(against UCLA),” Bellotti said.
“But there were a couple other
times I felt that he could have sat
in that pocket.”
On defense, the Ducks minimized
the penalties that plagued them ear
lier in the season against UCLA but
showed a glaring weakness in giving
up big plays.
“The problem was, a lot of those
big plays were for touchdowns,” Bel
lotti said. “You can give up a big
play, but if you keep the ball Out of
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Jason Fife's 161.21 passing efficiency rating ranks him third in the nation.
the endzone, yardage doesn’t mat
ter. But yardage that results in a
touchdown is very damaging.”
And we return full circle to Ari
zona State. The Sun Devils have
been, at times, a big-play team.
Walter threw five touchdowns
against Stanford and four the week
before that against San Diego State.
Bellotti said they will sometimes go
deep 15 to 20 times per game,
where a normal team might go
deep four to eight times. The Sun
Devils receivers may have some
thing to do with it.
“They have two Bobby Wades,”
Bellotti said, referring to the Arizona
receiver who torched Oregon for
151 yards on 12 catches.
Arizona State receivers Shaun
McDonald and Daryl Lightfoot
have accounted for nine touch
downs this season.
“It’s going to come down to our
little men’s leaping ability — being
ready to jump for the high balls,”
Lewis said.
Too bad Autzen Stadium can’t
jump up for those balls, too.
Contact the sports editor
atpeterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
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conference coffee cup by any
means. Then Fortunate stuck
- around, shook hands with Hairy at
the Rose Bowl and sent Chris Grif
fith’s 46-yard boot wide to the left.
. But Fortunate isn’t with the
Ducks any more, unless she comes
back to visit every now and then.
Fortunate’s up in Pullman. Fortu
nate is kicking her feet up on a bye
week, preparing for the Cougars’
patsy game against Arizona.
Fortunate will get to kick her feet
up again after playing Oregon, be
cause WSU will have another bye
week before the Apple Cup against
Washington on Nov. 23. Then Fortu
nate will get yet another bye week
to prepare for UCLA on Dec. 7. See,
in the offseason, Fortunate did a lit
tle digit-dialing to get ABC to move
that game. Fortunate knows how to
work the system.
The lady might be spending a little
time in Berkeley this season, too. Be
cause Fortunate scheduled Gal for a
bye week Nov. 2, then consecutive
games against Arizona State, Arizona
and Stanford to close the season. All
but Arizona State are patsies.
For you, Duck fans, you can only
hope that Hairy and Fortunate settle
into a long, meaningful relationship
and have a kid and such. Maybe they
could name it Lucky.
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