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Redshirt senior Matt Floberg said his favorite aspect of football is the relationships within
the team. Floberg will graduate after fall term.
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lineman, I work in the trenches. I feel
like I've always been one to do that
dirty work that nobody else wants to
do — play the role that doesn't nec
essarily get all the attention, but it's
important to the team.
“That's OK with me. I don't care
about the attention — I enjoy playing
for my team, and my role is to block
and I'll gladly accept that. That's what
I enjoy doing."
Floberg's love of football is from
the camaraderie as much as the sport
itself.
"Relationships on the team is
probably what I enjoy most," Floberg
said. "That sense of connection you
have with one another that comes
from not only being friends but sac
rificing together and working hard
together."
As a senior in high school, Floberg
was on a Jesuit team that finished 12
1 in the state 4A semifinals. He was
named Oregon's 4A Defensive Player
of the Year by The Oregonian and
ranked as the top fullback in the
Northwest by Superprep Magazine.
"My senior year, we were a very
close group," Floberg said. "Every
body on the team was good friends.
We all hung out together. That was
the best part. We were pretty success
ful just because we were so close."
Floberg gets that same family feel
ing with his Duck teammates and
said they support each other on and
off the field.
His coaches and teammates con
sider Floberg an integral part of the
Oregon squad.
"Matt brings experience, dedica
tion and leadership," head coach
Mike Bellotti said. "He's a solid
blocker inside. Just his experience
and calm demeanor are very impor
tant to us."
The redshirt senior is spending his
final season enjoying every game. He
was injured for Michigan and unable
to play, but said it was a close second
to the 2001 Fiesta Bowl as his favorite
game as a Duck.
"After each game this year, espe
cially the Pac-10 games, I think 'that's
the last time I'll play Washington
State or play Arizona again' or 'I'll
never play Stanford again," Floberg
said. "I've been here a long time, so
it's kind of weird to think that this is
my last opportunity."
After fall term and football season
conclude, Floberg will be an Oregon
graduate. He wants to travel overseas
and spend some time in Europe,
joining his college-age brother who
will be studying in Prague.
"Being a student athlete, I was here
in the summer, so I never really had
a chance to travel," Floberg said. "Af
ter that I plan on coming back to
Portland and starting my career —
start being a working man, I guess."
In between the traveling and work,
chances are there will be two con
stants: movies and Jerry Seinfeld.
"I'm kind of a movie buff,"
Floberg said. "I've got a reputation of
knowing a lot of worthless movie
and Seinfeld trivia, so people joke
around and try and stump me and
everything."
"Relationships on the
team is probably what I
enjoy most. That sense
of connection you have
with one another that
comes from not
only being friends
but sacrificing
together and working
hard together."
Matt Floberg
Oregon senior fullback
Floberg's favorite movie genres are
drama — particularly organized crime
movies — and straight comedy. His fa
vorites include the first and second
"Godfather," "Casino" and "Saving
Private Ryan."
"He's a huge movie buff and he
loves 'Seinfeld,'" quarterback and
good friend Jason Fife said. "If you
just give him some trivia, he eats it
up. He's just like any college kid
right now. He's trying to figure out
what he wants to do and prepare
himself for later on in life."
Floberg will graduate with a de
gree in business administration, but
he is unsure what he will do once he
returns from Europe.
"I don't exactly know what I want
to do, and I think it needs a little
more looking into before I decide,"
Floberg said. *The one thing I would
be looking for is just the ability to
meet a lot of people and make a lot
of connections."
Through those connections, he'll
find a place that feels like a family.
Contact the senior sports reporter
at mindirice@dailyemerald.com.
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