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Football continued from page 11 people’s admission, too small, too slow out of high school, yet I think he is a tremendous receiver who we truly covet.” Howry has averaged 54.6 yards per game this year, and if he keeps up that pace he will not break the total yards record. He would need to average 78.8 yards per game, as suming the Ducks head to a bowl, in order to break that record. But Howry, who has notched four touchdowns and averages three catches per game, seems likely to achieve the records in those categories. “He did come on a little slower than a lot of people expected, slower than even he wanted to, but he has once again developed into that pri mary guy on offense,” quarterback Jason Fife said. Don’t Duck When the Oregon Athletic De partment carted a massive “egg” to midfield before Saturday’s loss to USG, it may have hatched more than a new mascot. Because it certainly hatched a controversy. Many Oregon students have re acted negatively to the new mascot, despite the Athletic Department’s clear statement that the new Duck is not intended to replace the beloved Donald mascot. The Athlet ic Department is currently negotiat ing an agreement with The Walt Dis ney Company to continue using Donald’s image. Insulting injury Fife came down with a cold Sun day, adding “insult to injury,” ac cording to the junior quarterback. Perhaps he meant it added injury to insult. Fife wasn’t the only Oregon player to come out of the weekend with an injury. Onterrio Smith woke up with a sore left knee Sunday morning and sat out of practice on Monday and Tuesday. Smith, who said he is “about 75 percent,” is still not com pletely positive he will start Saturday. "(Howry) is a tremendous receiver who we truly covet" Mike Bellotti Oregon head coach But Smith is taking his injury in stride. When asked Tuesday if was receiving any shots to help him through the pain, Smith said “1 was in (the training room) screaming like a little baby. “I don’t like needles,” Smith said, chuckling. “I never have and I never will.” In other injury situations, back up wide receiver Keith Allen did not practice Monday with an in jured knee but could play this weekend, while tackle Michael De lagrange, out with a sprained ankle, is not likely to play. Bad timing Stanford officials denied Oregon’s request to move Saturday’s game to an evening start to accommodate a broadcast on the Oregon Sports Net work. That means kickoff will hap pen at its originally scheduled time, 12:30 p.m. Contact the sports editor atpeterhockaday@dailyemerald.com. ...I Jeremy Forrest Emerald Keenan Howry needs two more touchdowns and six more catches to break the Oregon records in both categories. Hager continued from page 11 didn’t need those anyway. I’ll be the first to admit that yeah, when handed those ThunderStix re cently at Autzen, I was the first to in flate them and pound them together as though there was no tomorrow. When in Rome ... But that doesn’t mean I’ll endorse the damn things, or will be disap pointed next season when the Pac 10 ban comes into effect. Seriously, when did Oregon fans need a noisemaker to be loud and support the Ducks? It’s not as though the Autzen expansion took away the home-field advantage. Well, not that much, at least. Reportedly, USG head coach Pete Carroll and Oregon Athletic Direc tor Bill Moos were at the forefront of the ban. It’s excellent to see two of the conference’s sharpest minds put into motion a sensible act. I see a bit of a correlation be tween winning and sensibility in the Pac-10. Didn’t think I’d ever see John Mackovic from Arizona try to pull a ban like this. Wildcat fans probably couldn’t make half the noise Oregon fans do anyway. When I first noticed the things while watching the Major League Baseball playoffs, I never thought that any one fan would be so unruly and ignorant as to use them against a player. Well, I must’ve misunderstood some of the fans in this country. Not only did the Angels fan look bad Sunday when rapping Reggie Sanders in the back, she also gave fans a black eye. I’ve seen fans run on the field, do a striptease on hockey ice and general ly just act stupid. But come on, to hit a player with an inflatable piece of plastic is not only stupid — really, what’s it going to do to Sanders any way — but absolutely poindess. Besides, whose goal is it to spend upwards of 8500 to go the seventh game of the World Series and get kicked out for getting two seconds of television exposure? Boggles the mind. It truly does. Hey, this whole Pac-10 idea could be a national craze. Ban the Thun derStix — especially for Anaheim Angels’ fans — and anything else that has no place in stadiums and arenas. There could be a no-horns ban — or, better yet, how about the first fan who does “the wave” gets a free ticket out of the stadium. I can see it now. Fans behaving like human beings. Verbal taunts are okay of course, but come on, hurling ThunderStix 10 rows down from you when your team is losing is, well, pretty childish. Gome to think of it, though, aren’t most serious sports fans usually children at heart, anyway? Oh well, I guess the sporting soci ety of this country just isn’t ready for real cheering. Rat-a-tat tat, rat-a-tat tat. Oh yuck. Contact the sports reporter at hankhager@dailyemerald.com. His views do not necessarily represent To place an ad, call (541) 3464343 or stop by Room 300 Erb Memorial Union Classifieds Classifieds: Room 300, Erb Memorial Union P.O. Box 3159, Eugene, OR 97403 E-mail: classads@dailyemerald.com Online Edition: www.dailyemerald.com Horoscope by Linda C. Black TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 30). 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