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Samie Parker (1) beats R.J. Oliver to a ball in Arizona State's45-42 upset at Autzen Stadium on Saturday.
Jeremy Forrest Emerald
Ducks vow to
‘bounce back’
In a nearly identical situation last
year, Oregon lost to Stanford—
then returned to win the Pac-10
Adam jude
Senior Sports Reporter
All hope is not lost in Duckland.
If the Ducks can take anything
from a stunning 45-42 loss to Ari
zona State, it’s that they’ve been
there before. Not often, but they’ve
been there.
exactly one year after the Stanford
loss), Oregon was also 6-0 after con
secutive road wins. They returned
home No. 6 in the country and the
only undefeated team left in the
Pac-10. Oregon had a school-record
11-game winning streak, the second
longest in the nation.
And the rest is history. Andrew
Walter had 536 passing yards. ASU
45, Oregon 42.
“It’s just deja vu,” Oregon safety
The Ducks lost
to underdog Stan
ford on Oct. 20,
2001 — their
only loss last sea
son — in a nearly
identical situa
tion.
"We can't let ASU
beat us twice"
David Moretti
Oregon linebacker
iveitn Lewis said.
“The same thing
happened last year,
at the same point
in the season. We
gave up too many
big plays today.”
Walter, Arizona
Last season, Oregon returned
home from three road wins at 6-0,
were a top-10 team and the favorite to
run through the Pacific-10 Confer
ence. The Ducks were heavy favorites
against the Cardinal. And they had a
23-game home-winning streak, the
longest in the nation, to protect.
But the Ducks blew a 14-point
fourth quarter lead, thanks in large
part to two blocked punts, in a 49
42 Stanford win.
From then on, the Ducks’ mantra
was that they would not let Stanford
beat them twice.
“We have to come back from
this,” Oregon head coach Mike Bel
lotti said after the loss to Stanford.
They did. The Ducks won their fi
nal five games of 2001, including a
Fiesta Bowl victory that secured a
season-ending No. 2 ranking.
This season, on Oct. 19 (almost
State’s sophomore quarterback, had
a career day as he set the Pac-10
record for passing yards while tear
ing apart the Oregon secondary.
Oregon’s task now is to forget
Walter. Forget ASU.
“We can’t let ASU beat us
twice,” Oregon linebacker David
Moretti said.
After losing to Stanford last year,
the Ducks went to Pullman, Wash.,
and dropped Washington State, then
undefeated, to get back on track. This
week, Oregon faces a tough USC
squad at Autzen Stadium.
“Nobody wants to lose again.
We’ll bounce back,” Oregon tail
back Onterrio Smith said.
“It's not if you get knocked down,
but if you get back up,” Bellotti said.
Contact the senior sports reporter
at adamjude@dailyemerald.com
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