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Pacific-10 Conference-leading de
fense. Much of the Ducks’ offensive
woes start at the quarterback posi
tion, where Jason Fife has struggled
and was even replaced by Kellen
Clemons in the third quarter of last
Saturday’s loss to Washington.
“He’s having some situations now
that are probably the result of some
inexperience,” Bellotti said. “Over
all, he’s done a great job and been a
great leader.”
Bellotti said he had no plans to-re
place Fife again Saturday. But Fife
isn’t the only offensive question.
Onterrio Smith is out of the contest
with a knee injury, and the Ducks
will turn to freshman Terrence
Whitehead and redshirt sophomore
Ryan Shaw at tailback.
Then there’s the question of Ore
gon’s normally-steady special teams,
which have sputtered in many ways
recently.
“There’s a challenge on special
teams for us to win that battle,” Bel
lotti said. “That’s obviously the one
area we can say, here we have a
great place-kicker and our punter’s
doing a great job, and we have the
return people to break a game open,
so certainly we’re looking to make a
statement in that area.”
On the Oregon State side of the
ball, the Beavers will ride the legs
of running back Steven Jackson
' and a stifling defense. The Oregon
State defense is first in the Pac-10
in several categories including
total defense.
Erickson said the game could
very well be decided by defense, on
either side of the ball.
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“When you get down to this time
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But according to McEwan, the
Civil War is always about more
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“There’s a certain pride to it, own
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Because it’s a war out there.
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