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Stoops, Barnett meet in Big 12 clash of titans Keith Whitmire The Dallas Morning News (KRT) Saturday’s Colorado-Oklahoma game is a much-anticipated matchup of the Big 12’s two divi sion leaders. The teams haven’t met since 1999, although they al most collided last year in the Big 12 championship. It will be Oklahoma’s unmerciful defense against Colorado’s power running game, led by the nation’s leading rusher, Chris Brown. But most of all, it will be a meeting of the minds. Colorado coach Gary Barnett and Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops are, if not the two best coach es in the league at the moment, cer tainly the two most intriguing side line commanders. Stoops has a national title and a reputation as a gambler who knows the odds better than the house. There’s little mystery to the straight-talking Stoops, unless you want to know about a particular in jury or what trick play the Sooners will pull next. Barnett, on the other hand, can be a hard guy to figure out. He’s still known mostly for the resurrection he conducted at Northwestern, lead ing the perennial Big Ten doormat to the Rose Bowl. But the last two years, he’s revived Colorado’s program in midseason. This year’s run to the top of the Big 12 North is looking remarkably simi lar to last year’s Big 12 title run. A year ago, Colorado had a heart breaking loss in the season opener, looked totally outclassed in another loss, lost its starting quarterback and had an internal controversy between a player and a coach. That’s all happened again this year. The Buffs opened the season with a 19-14 loss to rival Colorado State, recalling last year’s two-point opening loss to Fresno State. Starting quarterback Craig Ochs went down to an injury, just like last year, and the Buffs looked terri ble in a 40-3 loss to Southern Cal. Just like last year, when Ochs went down and the Buffs were throttled by Texas, 41-7. Barnett deserves some credit, too, although he probably deserves some blame for the slow starts the last two seasons. He’s not perfect and cer tainly has his detractors in the Col orado media. Two seasons ago his motivational tricks — including a threat to re move the logos from the Buffs’ hel mets — couldn’t revive a 3-8 season. But this season the Buffs look as if they’re ticketed for the Big 12 title game again. Even if Colorado turns in a USC like performance on Saturday, which is a possibility given OlFs speed demons and goblins on de fense, recent history says you can never count out these Buffs. (c) 2002, The Dallas Morning News. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services. The Weekly Sports Poll Now that’s more like it. Now those sports fans are coming out of the woodwork. Hey, sports fan, nice to meet you. Ready to do it again? The Weekly Sports Poll shattered all records for participation as 43 people weighed in on how many games they thought the Oregon football team would win over the rest of the season. Yes, the words “shattered,” “43,” and “poll” were all in the same sentence right there. Come on, people, let’s show the world how Oregon fans really love their sports. Vote in this week’s poll. We think we’ve got a doozy of a question for this week, too. Everybody’s talking about it, everybody’s dissecting it, so tell us: What do you think about the new Duck? If you were at the game last week, you saw it hatch out of its egg. You saw it crawl around the field like it was the “Green Goblin” or something. So now, tell us what you really think about it. Go to www.dailyemerald.com, click the “sports” link and scroll down a little bit, cast your eyes to the right-hand side of the page and cast your ballot. Last week’s poll results went a little something like this: 41.9 percent of the people thought Oregon would win six more games this season. 39.5 percent said “four." 16.3 percent said “two." 2.3 percent said “none.” Looks like it’s good to be in the minority on this one; it’s now impossible for the Ducks to win six more games this season. Get out the vote. See you online. (1/(8} ? (g y Wew /ofees TVo A/w’ Plays Two New Voices The Sea is a Rest (ess Whore by Brian Boone < Gabe Dickinson waiting to be Exiled bv Nate Bloch Arena Theatre Room 104- VilTard Hall Oct. 31, Nov. 1 & 2 8 PM (No Late Seating) UO Tickets- EMU 346-4363 PHOTO SPECIALS OCT. 28-NOV. 3 2ND SET FREE! 3x5 prints: 12 exp $2.25 24 exp $4.25 36 exp $6.25 4x6 prints: 12 exp $3.25 24 exp $6.25 36 exp $7.25 From 35mm C-41 full frame color film. IPanoramic, hall-frdme, and negatives excluded.) 20% OFF APS PROCESSING: 15 exp. (one sell $4.40 25 exp. (one set) , $6.66 40 exp. (one sell $9.40 Allow 1-2 days for APS processing. 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Cost $6 Flu Vaccination for faculty/staff/eligible dependents over 13 years of age Clinics Saturday, October 12 and Saturday, November 9, from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Beginning October 16 Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, from 8:00 - 9:00 am Area C in the University Health Center Cost: Vaccine free for those who present their UO ID and Blue Cross Insurance Card Vaccine $10 for UO faculty/staff/retirees who do not have Blue Cross Insurance Who should get the Flu Shot? • Persons 50 years and older • Persons with any of the following conditions: Long term heart or lung condition, kidney disease, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, asthma, and conditions which compromise the immune system. • Women who will be in the second or third trimester of pregnancy during flu season (Nov. - April). • Physicians, nurses, staff, and anyone else coming into close contact with people at risk of serious influenza. 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