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GAME DAY
Friday, October 24, 2003
Sports Editor: Hank Hager
Mindi Rice
The girl and the game
Oregon
finds fair
weather
in Autzen
The Ducks have crossed this
road before.
While fans call foul and bring
up that dreaded season — the 7-6
skeletons of2002 — there may be
some hope behind those grey Ore
gon clouds.
The skid this season, possibly a
celebration of the Michigan win
that went three weeks too long, be
gan early this year.
That should give the Ducks
plenty of time to recover and ready
themselves for at least the Civil
War and the fans that will band
wagon back into Duckville.
One would think that with all
the rain Oregon gets, the fair
weather fans would be washed
down the road to California.
Two years ago — granted it was
at the height of the Joey "Heis
man" Harrington era — students
lined up for eight-plus hours in
the EMU to get their student ticket
for the Civil War game. Some even
camped outside Autzen Stadium
the night before. Lines on ticket
Mondays lasted from 45 minutes
to two hours, even into the begin
ning of the 2002 season.
The 2003 Ducks?
Student tickets for Saturday's
Homecoming game against Stan
ford were available as late as the af
ternoon of Friday — almost five full
days after they became available.
'Ihe bandwagon has left Eugene
It was on its way to Corvallis but had
to change plans after Washington
came to town. It is now traveling to
Turn to RICE, page 13 B
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Mark McCambridge Photographer
Chris Vincent has shared starting tailback duties this season for the Ducks.
Oregon, Stanford
searching to end
three-game slides
Oregon hosts the Cardinal
after the bye week gave
Oregon players a chance to
refocus and find motivation
By Mindi Rice
Senior Sports Reporter
One team will walk away after end
ing its three-game losing streak. The
other team will have a four-game ios
ing streak.
When the Ducks face Stanford on
Saturday in their Homecoming game,
they will be on a mission.
"We have a team that wants to get
this thing back on track," Oregon
free safety Keith Lewis said. "They're
willing to go hard and practice more
intense."
Intensity was a topic of discussion
at Tuesda/ s practice.
"Practice has been a lot harder,"
punter Paul Martinez said. "More in
tensity and a lot harder. Everyone's
just picked it up."
The Ducks (4-3 overall, 1-2 Pacific
10 Conference) are picking up the
pieces after three straight losses, two
coming at the hands of conference
opponents Washington State and Ari
zona State.
With Oregon's bye week coming af
ter its three losses, head coach Mike Bel
lotti and his staff decided it was time for
some motivational techniques.
"We showed that ABC replay (of *
the Ducks' victory against Michigan)
in the (Pittman) Room last week
every night during dinner," Bellotti
said. "It was more important that
the players saw it and saw the way
that they played on offense, defense
and special teams and their reac
tions to that game.
"We made a very significant point
with that team — you've got to com
pete. If you've lost the will or desire to
Turn to OREGON, page 10B
Stanford puts faith in QB Lewis
to earn first conference victory
vvim a DacKup quarieroacK
and inexperienced offensive
line, the Cardinal seeks
its first Pac-10 victory
By Jesse Thomas
Sports Reporter
The scenario is different, but the
setting is the same.
Stanford returns to Autzen Stadium
for the third year in a row, with this
year's matchup set up as Oregon's
Homecoming game. Prior to losing
41-14 to the Ducks last season, the
Cardinal visited Autzen in 2001, also
Oregon's Homecoming, and pulled
the upset of the season in a come
ffom-behind 49-42 victory.
Quarterback Chris Lewis led the
cardinal in tne upset at Autzen two
seasons ago. With starting quarter
back Trent Edwards out with a
shoulder strain, it appears that
Lewis, the fifth-year senior, will
again take the helm.
Second-year head coach Buddy
Teevens is not worried about having
to alter his quarterback rotation — a
scenario in which three players could
take snaps on Saturday.
"The play is pretty consistent across
the board," Teevens said. "We do put
a great deal of responsibility on the
quarterbacks, getting in and out of
plays and dictating our approach
based on personnel. I feel that all of
them can do a great job with it."
Edwards suffered his injury in Stan
ford's loss to Washington State last
weekend. It was the third straight Pa
erne-10 Conference loss for the Cardi
nal. They sit at 0-3 on the bottom of
the conference.
All three of those losses have come
against top-25 teams, where the Car
dinal was outscored, 96-52. The Car
dinal's most recent downfall came in
the 24-14 loss to Washington State in
which Stanford managed to hold the
Cougars to just 70 yards rushing.
"It was a frustrating loss on Satur
day," Teevens said. "Our players
played hard in all facets of the game.
Big plays affected the outcome — they
made them and we did not. The atti
tude of the team is very solid. They re
alize how close we are and they're ex
cited to get back to work."
Stanford is 2-3 on the season, and
Turn to STANFORD, page 11B