Ducks, Beavers will let pads do talking
Learning from recent
mistakes, not much is being
said to stir up emotions
on the eve of the Civil War
106th Civil War
Adam Jude
Senior Sports Reporter
All’s quiet on the Civil War front.
A little too quiet.
If you didn’t know any better,
you’d think this was just another
week.
“For me, it’s just a ballgame,” said
Oregon junior linebacker Kevin
Mitchell, who hails from Orange,
Calif. “I don’t buy into the whole
rivalry stuff.”
Are you kidding? It’s Civil War
week. No war of words? No trash
talking?
Anyone?
“You just have to make sure
they can’t take a line here, a line
there and a line from somewhere
else and make it into a quote. You
just have to be careful,” Oregon
State senior guard Mike Kuyk
endall told the Corvallis Gazette
Times. “We don't want to give
them an extra motivation. There's
enough motivation with the game,
so we don't need to give them any
thing extra.”
But that doesn’t mean the Ducks
and Beaver like each other now,
does it?
“I’m sure once the game starts, all
the politeness will be thrown out
the window,” Duck linebacker
David Moretti said. “That’s all just
window dressing right now. We’re
always urged not to do the trash
talking, especially to the media.
“We want to do the talking with
our pads.”
That hasn’t been the case in the
past few weeks.
The lack of traditional trash talk
that surrounds this year’s Civil
War can be attributed to the ab
sence of Oregon and Oregon
State’s best jabbers. Duck safety
Keith Lewis, who’s never shied
away from controversial com
ments, has been banned from me
dia interviews after telling a Seat
tle radio station two weeks ago
that Washington quarterback
Cody Pickett was “overrated.”
Similarly, Oregon State line
backer Richard Siegler, always ea
ger to throw in a quick jab about his
opponent, was not one of seven
Beavers selected by head coach
Dennis Erickson to talk to the press
this week. In the week leading up to
Oregon State’s loss to Washington
on Nov. 9, Siegler mocked the
Huskies, who at the time had lost
three straight.
Lewis and Siegler paid for their
comments, and the Ducks and
Beavers don’t want to make the
same mistake again. Washington,
meanwhile, has turned its season
around because of the bulletin
board material.
“It seems like ever since Siegler
called us out, that our team has re
ally decided to flex its muscle,”
Washington’s Elliott Zajac told The
Seattle Times earlier this week.
“Since that comment, it seems
everybody has been on the same
page, putting a lot more into prac
tice and playing a lot harder.”
As much as they’re not saying, the
Ducks and Beavers are aware of
what’s at stake Saturday in Corvallis.
“It’s the biggest game of the year,”
Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti
said. “For one, it’s the last game of
the year. Two, because it’s for all the
marbles, in a sense. It’s the in-state
rivalry, and we’re playing for a
better bowl game.
“We have a lot to play for.”
And there is the bowl seeding at
stake. With four teams tied for fifth
in the Pacific-10 Conference, in
cluding Oregon and Oregon State,
another loss could be detrimental.
Then, of course, there’s pride, and
bragging rights for the next year.
“Growing up in Oregon, it gives
you a better understanding of what’s
going on,” said Ducks fullback Matt
Floberg, a Portland native. “You’re
either a Beaver or a Duck. There’s
no in between.”
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Kevin Mitchell (39) and the Ducks are avoiding the trash talk this Civil War week.
2000 War pitted teams
in fight for postseason
The Rose Bowl was on the line
when the teams met in Corvallis
104th Civil War
Mindi Rice
Freelance Sports Reporter
So much can change in two years.
On Nov. 18, 2000, Oregon State host
ed the Ducks in the 104th Civil War.
Both teams had dreams of the Rose
Bowl, but an Oregon State win com
bined with a Husky win in the Apple
Cup sent Washington to Pasadena.
The Beavers had a 14-0 lead after the
first quarter, but after scoring a touch
down to make it 23-13 with 14 minutes
left in the game, the Ducks were confident
they would get another comeback win.
“I had no doubts,” then-junior quarter
back Joey Harrington said after the game.
“We had the ball at the 10-yard line, we
score, we cut it to three points with six,
seven, five minutes left, it didn't matter
— because we'd batded back all year.”
Harrington fumbled the ball, and
Oregon State’s DeLawrence Grant re
covered, giving the Beavers a chance to
run down the clock.
The Ducks got the ball back before
the end of the game, but Harrington
gave up one of his five interceptions to
end Oregon’s hopes of winning.
“I was getting really good reads on the
quarterback and seemed to know where
he was going,” Beaver safety Jake
Gookus said.
Gookus picked three of five intercep
tions Oregon State got from Harrington.
Oregon State’s win gave the Beavers
a 10-1 season finish.
“When you go 10-1 at a school that
has never been 10-1, and was at rock
bottom a few years ago, it doesn't get
any better than that,” Erickson said.
“I thought the key to the game was
going up 14-0 and forcing them to play
catch-up all game long,” Oregon State
quarterback Jonathan Smith said.
The Beavers scored 17 points before
Oregon scored its first touchdown.
Two years later, the Ducks and
Beavers are competing in Corvallis
again. This year, instead of fighting over
the Rose Bowl, the teams are fighting
over breaking even in the Pac-10.
So much can change in two years.
Mindi Rice is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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lot of pressure sometimes because it’s often a a
third-down situation when I get in there, and it may
not go that great. There’s some pressure, but I’m
willing to work hard all week, all year, four years...
whatever, I’m ready for it. This
being the last senior game, of
course I want to play. I don’t
know how many reps I’ll get,
but I want as many as I can get.
Q) You interned at the
Springfield Police Department
last year. What did you gain
from that experience?
I was pretty sure I wanted to
be a police officer, but I didn’t
have any idea what a being a
police officer was like. The in
ternship allowed me to learn
what it was really like. All I knew about being a
police officer was from television and the media.
The internship sealed the deal. I can’t wait. It’s
awesome. It’s everything I hoped and imagined it
would be. At some point, I’m going to end up a
police officer.
Q) Who’s faster, you or Sarnie Parker?
I’d say Sarnie. I have the fastest recorded time. I
guess it was a good day on the new turf and Sarnie
wasn’t there that day. I’ve faced him in track, and
100 meters is a little long for me, but even in 50
meters indoors he can get me. He’s blazing.
Q) Are you going to run track again this year?
Amundson
I’m thinking about it. I still have to talk to (condi
tioning coach Jim Radcliffe) about it. I don’t like
track that much. I like the meets, but practices are
real tough. I remember getting dizzy after one drill
and almost getting sick last year. It was terrible. But
I love the relay, the team aspect of it. I don’t like the
100,1 get too nervous. It’s a precision sport, and if
you do it right, it feels so good.
Q) Do you golf?
Yeah, I took a golf class this summer. My girl
friend, Katie Cunningham, is on the golf team. I
haven’t played her yet, and I don’t want to. I’m
pretty good, but she’s too good. It would be embar
rassing (laughs). I love golf. It’s frustrating, but it’s a
lot of fun.
Q) Your ideal foursome?
It would be fun to play with some of the greats,
but I wouldn’t want them to see me play. If I had to
pick, I’d say (quarterback) Jason Fife, we did some
golfing this summer, (fullback) Matt Floberg, my girl
friend and maybe throw Tiger Woods in there, too. I
need to learn from someone.
Q) What are you going to miss most about being
a Duck?
The stadium, the crowd, and just playing at
Autzen. Everything. I don’t know if I’ll miss practice
that much, but everything else. It’s been awesome.
It’s weird how fast it flies. Four years seems like a
long time, but it’s gone by like that (snaps his fin
gers). In a flash. It’s been challenging, but it’s been
the most fun four years of my life.
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