Media needs to take a Luke-sized chill pill this week
11 acn i: uon t worry, i m not going
to do what everybody thinks I’m go
ing to do, which is just flip out.
The sports
movie connois
seur immediate
ly knows that
line is from “Jer
ry Maguire.”
And this track is
n’t a memo, it’s a
mission state
ment.
Right now,
the Eugene me
dia is pulling a
Jerry Maguire
and just flipping
out over the
Luke
Ridnour/Luke Jackson story. We all
know the tale. Young basketball play
ers declare early for draft. Town
mourns loss. People jump off building^.
Peter
Hockaday
TWo minutes for
crosschecking
wVjLy sports anchor Mark Larson
practically cried on Tuesday night’s
news. If you can call it news, because
according to Larson, “We have con
firmation tonight that Luke Ridnour
is leaving Oregon early for the NBA, a
decision he is expected to make pub
lic this Thursday or Friday.”
Confirmation. Hmmm. Of course,
that came after news anchor Rick
Dancer’s introduction, where he told us
“I got a message on my answering ma
chine about this at about 4 o’clock to
day. A friend of mine is friends with
someone who’s connected... ” and then
he trailed off. You know, I have a friend
of a friend of a friend who’s connected
in at Kansas, and he says Kirk Heinrich
missed that last shot of the tide game
because Heinrich’s got mob connec
tions and he didn’t want KU to cover
the spread. Can you believe that?
Larson and the rest of the Eugene
media need to step off the window sill.
Even it Luke and Luke declare for the
draft this week, neither is likely to hire
an agent, which means both have the
option to pull out of the draft at any
time until seven days before the draft
in late June. That’s what Arizona’s Ja
son Gardner did last year.
So the big story more like a bedtime
tale, for sleeping only. It’s going to be a
long time before we actually know
whether or not Luke and Luke are go
ing. But if I might digress into an om
budsman moment here, you won’t see
a story in the Emerald (other than my
random thoughts, which nobody cares
about anyway) without a quote from a
Luke. We don’t have any “uncon
firmed sources” at the Athletic Depart
ment, and we won’t make ’em up.
Unless I hear something from the
guy who hands me my towel at the
Rec Center.
Kidding.
So when you hear later this week
Ryan Shaw
(27) is
currently
atop the
running back
depth chart,
but that
could
change in
the coming
spring
practice
weeks.
Adam Amato
Emerald
Football
continued from page 9
adjustment in studying is also in
the works for the football players.
“I really haven’t experienced
college life too much because I’ve
been too busy in meetings,”
DuRocher said. “I’ve just been
keeping my nose in the books and
stuff, but once football is over, I’ll
probably be able to see college life
a little bit more.
“You’ve just got to put in more
work than in high school. You do
your reading, and you’re good to
go. You don’t have Mom and Dad
looking over your shoulder telling
you to do homework.”
Scrimmage this,
scrimmage that
There were no clear winners
from Oregon’s scrimmage Satur
day. Ryan Shaw, said head coach
Mike Bellotti, is still the front
runner for the starting running
back spot, although there is no
official word.
The same goes for just about
every unfilled spot, including the
wide receiver position opposite
Samie Parker.
“The running backs, I was
pleased,” Bellotti said. “Terrence
Whitehead and Chris Vincent did
some things, but I don’t think it
was enough. In my mind, Ryan
Shaw is still a solid guy. We’re going
to look at more opportunities for
each of them in full contact drills.”
Bellotti said the Ducks will focus
more on execution of plays this
week leading up to the team’s sec
ond scrimmage Friday. They will
then have a third scrimmage the
following Friday before the spring
game on May 3.
Meanwhile,
in Beaver land...
Oregon State also held a scrim
mage over the weekend, although
it didn’t have the same tone
as Oregon’s.
In head coach Mike Riley’s first
spring scrimmage of his second
stint at the helm of the Beavers,
the look was much different than
the regular season. Starting quar
terback Derek Anderson and start
ing running back Steven Jackson
were both held out of the workout.
“I wanted to see our quarter
backs and how they reacted,” Ri
ley said. “We need another guy or
two to step up at that position (be
hind Anderson). We need to find
other running backs other than
Steven Jackson.”
Contact the sports reporter
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
that Luke and Luke are declaring for
the NBA Draft, stop before you put
that rat poison in your Busch Light.
Put it back under the sink, and save it
for later. And go watch “Jerry
Maguire,” because as you know, the
human head weighs eight pounds.
Track 2: He laughed, he cried, he
swore, and now Roy Williams is back
at North Carolina. I had the privilege
of crowding around Coach Williams
last year at the NCAA Tournament
for quotes, and it’s all true. He’s a
nice-as-apple-pie type guy.
But if I’m a UNC fan right now, I
don’t want Roy Williams rolling into
Chapel Hill. I mean, the man has
been to four Final Fours, two title
games and still doesn’t have a ring
fancier than a wedding band. Eeesh.
Good luck Heels.
Track 3: Michael Jordan’s retiring,
and what I’ll miss most are the com
mercials. Seriously. Early in his ca
reer, there were the edgy Spike Lee
joints. Then there were the Jordan
Bird “off the light, through the
rafters, off the scorer’s table, nothing
but net” classics. Then there were
the “Everybody wants to be like
Mike” Gatorade commercials. And
this year, we’ve gotten the “Gladia
tor”-like slow motion stuff capping
his entire career and the Wizards MJ
vs. Bulls MJ classic. Hopefully they’ll
start rolling out Jordan Viagra and
Jordan denture cream commercials
in the coming years.
And that’s that. A measly three
tracks. Oh well. I’m off to go picket at
the Lukes’ house for the next few
months. Who’s coming with me?
Who’s coming with me
besides.. .Flipper.. .here?
Contact the sports editor
atpeterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
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Adam Kriz is Pac-10 Field Athlete of the Week, but said he won't let it get to his head.
Track
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“I’m trying not to let it go to my
head or anything,” Kriz said. “Some
one must have a really good sense of
humor, that’s what I’m guessing. I’d
like to think that there are other
people who are throwing farther.”
Girls just want
to have fun
Senior Jenny Brogdon jumped 5-7
at the Pepsi Invitational on Saturday.
That mark is more than two inch
es shorter than her personal best,
four inches short of where she feels
she should be and six inches short
of her ultimate goal.
But to Brogdon, it’s just about
having a good time.
“I had the most fun I have ever
had at a meet ever this last week
end,” Brogdon said. “Instead of go
ing away from the meet saying ‘I
could have’ or ‘I should have,’ I had
so much fun, and that’s all that mat
ters in the long run.”
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