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Oregon Daily Emerald
GAME DAY
Friday; October 10, 2003
Sports Editor: Hank Hager
Adam Amato Photo Editor
Oregon defensive tackle Junior Siavii has one sack for an 11-yard loss, one fumble recovery and 19 total tackles in six games this season.
Sluggish offenses meet
when Ducks. ASU do battle
Oregon and Arizona State
enter the game needing
a win to remain in the
Pac-10's title race
By Hank Hager
Sports Editor
The Ducks and the Sun Devils are
the poster boys for the Pacific-10
Conference.
Both teams have enjoyed success in
past seasons but are on a downward spi
ral entering Saturday's game at Sun Dev
il Stadium in Tempe. The parity that has
claimed the conference has struck both
Oregon and Arizona State this season.
'This Pac-10 is chaotic filled with tal
ent and upsets every week," Oregon
linebacker Jerry Matson said. "I can't tell
you who the best or worst team is, the
bottom five or the top five. I still think
ASU is one of the favorites in the Pac-10.
They've got a lot of weapons.
"You can't take anyone lightly be
cause there is so much talent. One
week somebody beats the No. 3 team,
and then we get beat. It's so up and
down so I respect anyone."
The matchup is between two teams
hungry for a win. Combined, the
Ducks (4-2 overall, 1-1 Pac-10) and
Sun Devils have lost five straight.
Arizona State (2-3, 0-2) has be
come sluggish offensively in losses to
Iowa, Oregon State and USC. Ore
gon has been slowed in a blowout
loss to Washington State and a let
down to Utah.
Both teams are dangerous.
"We're going to be two rabid ani
mals fighting in this game," Oregon
quarterback Jason Fife said.
The rabid animals both have offens
es that could take off at any moment.
Oregon is ranked first in the confer
ence in passing yards with 290 per
game. The Sun Devils have slipped to
sixth at 252 yards per game.
Memories of last season's 45-42 Ari
zona State win sit in both team's minds.
Sun Devils' quarterback Andrew Walter
threw for 536 yards in that game, and
Arizona State hung 35 points on the
board in the second half for the win.
"That was a huge win for us," Ari
zona State head coach Dirk Koetter
said. "They were undefeated and
ranked sixth in the nation at the time.
At that time, no one was able to go
into Eugene and win.
"We went in there and had a great
day; the kind of game you are irfihe
Turn to OREGON, page 10B
Watch the Ducks, Sun Devils;
they'll put on a show in Tempe
It's going to be quite the offensive
battle on Saturday inTempe.
Something extraordinary is going
to come from either the Ducks or Sun
Devils. And it's not going to come
from either teams' defense.
Don't believe me? Look at the 2000
and 2002 seasons, respectively.
Don't remember them? Well,
you're sure missing out on some pret
ty interesting memories.
In 2000, the Ducks had their
throats in the pits of their stomachs.
They'd been on a five-game winning
streak heading into the game at Sun
Devil Stadium. Arizona State looked
to be a minor match on Oregon's
road to a prominent bowl.
« „.Oregon was set to Ipse in an upset
Hank Hager
Behind the dish
against the Sun Devils that day, but
with just 33 seconds left in the game,
the football gods made running back
Mike Williams drop the ball at Ari
zona State's 17-yard line.
The gods made Oregon recover that
loose ball and on the next play, gave
Justin Peelle hands of gold. The tight
end caught Joey Harrington's pass in
the end zone and tied the game at 49.
After Josh Frankel missed a field goal
— Jiis eighth miss in 12 attempts at that
point in the year — the Dudes respond
ed when they got the ball back from the
Sun Devils. This time; Allan Amundson
raced to the far comer of the end zone
and put the Ducks up, 56-49.
Arizona State outlasted the Oregon
defense, but then, the gods finished
their day at Sun Devil Stadium. They
made Todd Heap miss a pass on a two
point conversion, and the Ducks, and
their fans, could breathe a sigh of relief.
"I'm in complete and total shock
right now," Harrington said after the
game. "We played so hard out there.
Turn to HAGER, page 11B