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'Gess'-ing Game
Heisman candidate Jason
Gesser says beating Oregon
would be sweeter than
beating close rival UW
Adam Jude
Senior Sports Reporter
Gess who’s ready for the Ducks?
Jason Gesser, the Washington State
senior quarterback, has said that he
wants to beat Oregon more than hat
ed intrastate rival Washington.
That’s a big statement, but it
makes sense, considering the recent
history of the Oregon-Washington
State rivalry.
Two years ago in Pullman, Gesser
broke his leg as he was hit for a sack,
as the Ducks squeaked out a 27-24
victory in overtime.
Last season, Gesser had three
passes fall incomplete in the game’s
final drive, the last on a questionable
non-call in the end zone as time ex
pired. Oregon spoiled the Cougars’
undefeated season, 24-17.
“We are better than Oregon,”
Gesser said after that 2001 game,
which he finished 17-of-37 for 249
yards. “But we didn’t play better on
the field today. We should have.”
This season, Gesser hopes, will be
different. And by many accounts, it is.
Gesser, not Oregon’s quarterback,
is a legitimate Heisman Trophy can
didate. The Cougars, ranked No. 5 —
their highest ranking ever, are fa
vored in the game and favored to win
the Pacifie-10 Conference title.
Gesser has led the Cougs to an 8-1
overall record — their only loss was
to No. 3 Ohio State — and to the top
Courtesy Washington State Media Services
Jason Gesser leads the conference in pass-efficiency rating. In his senior season,
Gesser has led the Cougars to an 8-1 record and the top of the Rac-10 Conference.
of the Pac-10, where they’re in the
driver’s seat for the Rose Bowl.
“I was getting tired of using two
hands to show our ranking,” Wash
ington State head coach Mike Price
told WSU’s Daily Evergreen. “We
haven’t gotten to the point where we
can hold up one finger yet, but at
least we’re down to one hand.”
But the Gougs want nothing
more than to beat the Ducks. Ore
gon has won four-straight against
Washington State.
“From what I heard, the players
were talking about it during the sum
mer,” Price said. “They’re anxious,
because no one on this team has
ever beat Oregon.”
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A Honolulu, Hawaii, native, Gesser
leads the conference with a 150.8
passing efficiency rating. His Heisman
campaign was kicked off last summer
with a 25-foot billboard in Dusty,
Wash., population 10, a spoof of Ore
gon’s New York billboard campaign
for Joey Harrington last season.
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Gesser is the top quarterback in
school history, which is saying
something considering WSLPs histo
ry of great quarterbacks, which in
cludes Drew Bledsoe, Mark Rypien
and Ryan Leaf, to name a few.
Gesser passed WSU legend Jack
Thompson on the school’s career
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