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Keith Lewis (16) has two interceptions this season and returned one for a touchdown against Nevada.
LEWIS
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has faced before.
"You've got to prepare for this game
like you would any other game,"
Lewis said. "You can't put more em
phasis on this game than you would
in any normal Pac-10 game. It's just
any normal opportunity, a big oppor
tunity, but it's another opportunity.
That's how we're going into it. We're
preparing for it as we would prepare
for Western Oregon University.
"I would love to come out and
make that big play. Just to make state
ment: Make that big hit or make that
interception, just to get everything
going on the right track."
What Lewis does against Michigan
could set the tone for his senior sea
son, a year that could vault him into a
high-round NFL selection come the
2004 draft.
KEITH LEWIS
Before the Ducks: Lewis rushed for 1,800 yards and 25 touchdowns his
senior season at Valley High School in Sacramento, Calif. He earned second
team all-state honors as an outside linebacker/strong safety his senior year.
With the Ducks: Entering Saturday’s game, Lewis has started 27 games
with Oregon. Earned second-team AII-Pac-10 defensive honors last season
after grabbing five interceptions and 80 tackles, good for third on the Ducks.
But regardless of what Lewis does
after his time at Oregon, he will be re
membered.
He will be remembered for the
things he said, his plays on the field,
and the one day he didn't step on
the field.
But that would be cruel. To re
member Lewis for the day where he
was helpless would be, well, unfair.
Instead, remember him for a year
where he helped the Ducks to their
best record in school history.
"We still should have gone to the
national game, but the Fiesta Bowl
wasn t a bad place either, Lewis said.
"We still got to play against a top
team. For us to be able to beat them,
is an awesome feeling.
"I came in and we won the Holi
day Bowl, and everything went up
from there. I have a lot of rings to say
that, yeah, I played in this game, I
played in this game, and I played in
that game.'"
On Saturday, he's got a chance to
play in another game.
Contact tiie sports editor
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
MICHIGAN
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throw the football, but Oregon is go
ing to be a much different deal here.
'They have tremendous skill."
And even though Michigan Stadi
um averages 110,648 fans a game —
nearly double that of Autzen Stadi
um's 56,471 — the Wolverines are
pumped about the opportunity of
playing in Eugene.
"One of the comments that was
made to me this morning is it's an ex
citing place to play," Carr said. "The
coach that I was talking to said the
players really got excited to play there
because it is so loud."
Michigan has faced Oregon three
times before — most recently in
1973 — and has outscored the Ducks
59-0. Ail three matchups were played
in Ann Arbor, Mich.
So what is Oregon head coach
Mike Bellotti's take on Oregon trying
to score against the Wolverines for
the first time and just a week after
Michigan blanked the Fighting Irish?
"There's not a lot of weaknesses
that you see that are very apparent to
the eye and even more so when you
look at them on film," Bellotti said.
'They do a great job, they're very well
coached, they play hard, they play
fast and they have great athletes.
"Obviously, we're going to have to
work very hard. I think we're going to
have to take some chances and roll
the dice a few times."
Michigan's defense has been given a
lot of credit lately, but with the Wolver
ine offense averaging nearly 45 points
a game and ranked second nationally
with a 530-yard average on total of
fense; the offensive by no means is the
junior varsity to the defense.
Quarterback John Navarre and tail
back Chris Perry are two who can
take a bow and receive the recogni
tion for such offensive prominence.
Perry enters the Oregon game cur
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points per game.
Navarre's name can be seen in sever
al all-time career categories for Michi
gan quarterbacks. The fifth-year senior
ranks fourth with a 24-8 record among
his 32 starts, and is second in career
passing touchdowns with 52.
He also needs to only pass six
times against Oregon to become the
Wolverines' first quarterback in histo
ry to throw 1,000 times.
But Navarre's prominence is
viewed no different by the Oregon
defense than Arizona's Nic Costa or
Nevada's Andy Heiser ever was.
"We try to come out every game
and play hard," defensive tackle Igor
Olshansky said. "We won't treat this
game any differently except that it
gives us an opportunity to show that
we have national recognition against
top-ranked opponents."
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