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GAME DAY
Friday, November 7, 2003
Sports Editor: Hank Hager
Adam Amato Photo Editor
Oregon’s defense will look for similar success against Cal's Aaron Rodgers as they did in the first half against Washington.
Ducks, Bears ready for fight
under night's lights at Autzen
Oregon's regular season
woes have the Ducks
hoping for success against
the visiting Golden Bears
By Mindi Rice
Senior Sports Reporter
The Ducks are trying to get back on
track.
They're moving along with an al
most "business as usual" feel, accord
ing to their head coach, while coming
off a conference loss is something
Oregon is a little more accustomed to
this season.
"(This week is) hard focus, contend
to the end and finish things," Oregon
head coach Mike Bellotti said Tues
day. "We'll work very hard in practice
with a positive attitude about what we
can do this week."
Heading into Saturday's 7 p.m.
game against California, the Ducks
are coming off more than just a con
ference loss, though. They're coming
off the second game of the first back
to-back losses to Washington since
the early '90s.
"Every single one of our losses this
year has been opportunities to make
plays that we haven't made," quarter
back Kellen Clemens said. "(This
week is) making the plays, doing it
one play at a time, one series at a time,
one quarter at a time and one game at
a time."
On Saturday in Seattle, Oregon had
a promising first half. After a field goal
and an 85-yard Clemens' pass to
Demetrius Williams, the Ducks went
into the locker room at halftime with
a 10-7 lead.
Unfortunately for the Ducks, their
days as the comeback kids have re
versed. This season, Oregon has lost
to Utah and Washington after hold
ing a 3-point lead at halftime. Against
Utah, the Ducks gave up one touch
down in the second half. At Washing
ton, they gave up 42 unanswered
points, leading to a 42-10 loss.
"We've got to be consistent in what
we do and the intensity level and just
taking care of business and making
plays," senior linebacker Kevin
Mitchell said. "We've got to work on
some gap controls, defensive wise. It's
just a matter of us executing and get
ting ready throughout the week."
Oregon's best preparation has been
the cold weather. After practicing in
39-degree weather on Tuesday, which
was warmer than Monday's practice,
the Ducks will be ready come Satur
day's late kickoff.
"We're going to be practicing in
(the cold) all week," Clemens said.
"We're going to be used to it — it
won't be as much of a shock to our
system."
The shock would come if the Ducks
get a fifth loss on Saturday. Oregon is
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UO quarterbacks keep Ducks
afloat on team's sinking ship
Kellen Clemens is still learning.
Football is just a game to some,
but to most players, it's one of those
life experiences where you learn
along the way.
Clemens will be a good quarterback.
He's already a good quarterback.
While the Ducks sit alone at sev
enth in the Pacific-10 Conference,
Clemens is still the second-rated quar
terback in that conference.
And that's while he and senior Ja
son Fife trade significant amounts of
playing time. Although Clemens has
completed seven more passes than
Fife has attempted, Fife is the team's
second-leading rusher with 195 yards
and five touchdowns.
All in all, Bellotti's quarterback-by
committee system is essentially alive
and well.
While some have called for Fife to
Mindi Rice
The girl and the game
start after spending last season as the
Ducks' lone quarterback, Clemens
needs the starting experience for up
coming Oregon seasons.
Clemens doesn't have next year's
job locked up quite yet, though. He'll
have competition from Johnny
DuRocher, the Graham, Wash., fresh
man who has spent this season as No.
3 behind Clemens and Fife with the
intent to redshirt.
DuRocher graduated early to join
the Ducks in last spring's drills, giv
ing him an advantage over fellow
freshmen Dennis Dixon and Brady
Leaf, also fresh-from-high school
quarterbacks.
With a spring battle brewing at
quarterback and the current season
sinking in a "Pirates of the Caribbean"
fashion, some Ducks may be having a
difficult time focusing on the tasks
ahead- California, UCLA and Oregon
State.
Those games are potential
blowouts if the recent Oregon squad
is the one that shows up for all three
games. The Ducks have some things
to work on to turn this season
around.
But not much time. If things are
going to happen, they've got to hap
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