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If the Huskies want to win, they
need to protect Pickett. The Sun Dev
ils lead the Pac-10 in quarterback
sacks with 32 for minus-227 yards.
//We are playing a very
hot team..."
Rick Neuheisel
Washington head coach
The Huskies also need to protect
the ball. Arizona State linebacker
Mason Unck leads the league in fum
bles forced, while fellow linebacker
Josh Amobi leads the Pac-10 in fum
bles recovered.
“We are playing a very hot team
coming off a great win over the de
fending Pac-10 champions,”
Neuheisel said.
Saturday’s game comes down to
the quarterbacks playing well and
keeping the ball moving forward.
Whichever team is more successful
will move ahead in the win column.
Mindi Rice is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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Arizona State quarterback Andrew Walter (16) looks to extend his hot streak.
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bad, either, as senior strong safety
Troy Polamalu was named by
Sports Illustrated as one of five
“Terminators” in college football
this season.
He was described as a player
“boasting an otherworldly combina
tion of speed, strength and athleti
cism ... who can single-handedly
kill off drives and wreak havoc on
game plans.”
Polamalu has 34 tackles for the
Trojans in his third year as a
starter and has become USG’s first
All-American first team safety
since 1989.
“Troy Polamalu is one of the best
players I’ve ever coached, “USC
head coach Pete Carroll said.
“Pound for pound, he is our
strongest player and he has been a
star in our off-season conditioning
program. I can’t imagine a better
safety in college football in 2002.”
The Trojans aren’t suffering
from injuries like they were last
year, but linebacker Aaron Gra
ham is out to a hip injury and tail
back Darryl Poston is out with a
back injury, among others.
USC is one win ahead of the
Ducks in Pac-10 play, but sits right
behind Oregon in 15th in the Asso
ciated Press Poll, making Saturday’s
matchup all the more anticipated.
The Ducks had several streaks
snapped in Saturday’s loss to Ari
zona State, and USG is coming off a
strong win over No. 22 Washington,
but history does not prove favorable
to the Trojans.
It’s a question of whether history
will repeat itself.
“It is an important opportunity
for our team to go up against a team
that was so hot last year and is off to
another great start this season,”
Carroll said. “Oregon has been very
effective in the Pac-10 over the last
couple of years, so we’re looking for
ward to this game.”
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