Bears'
offense
breaking
records
Echemandu and McArthur
could lead the Golden Bear
offense to its first victory
over the Ducks in 10 years
By Jesse Thomas
Sports Reporter
This weekend could mark a 10-year
reunion for Cal.
It was 10 years ago that the Golden
Bears last defeated the Ducks.
The 1993 game in Berkeley is sig
nificant because of how Cal (5-5 over
all, 3-2 Pac-10) managed to win the
game. The Bears overcame a 30-point
first-half deficit to prevail over Ore
gon, 42-41.
That game is in the past. And Ore
gon has dominated the series for the
past nine meetings, winning with a
combined score of 212-103. Saturday
night's meeting should be different.
Head coach JeffTedford will take to
the sideline to try to outsmart his for
mer colleague Mike Bellotti in a bat
tle of brilliant offensive minds.
"1 have tremendous respect for him
and will always have tremendous re
spect for him," Tedford said. "I'm sure
there'll be kind words in wishing each
other well but again, (it's about)
wanting to compete and wanting your
team to win."
And Cal has some stars back on the
roster that haven't faced Oregon in a
long time. Senior tailback Adimchi
nobe Echemandu will make his re
turn. Echemandu hasn't played
against Oregon since the 2000 season
after missing back-to-back seasons be
cause of personal reasons.
The Lagos, Nigeria, native is now
making up for lost time. Echemandu
has emerged as one of the Pac-10's
premier rushers, already having
gained 1,009 yards on the ground.
Echemandu is averaging 5.5 yards
per carry thus far this year and 132.8
rushing yards per game in his last five
appearances. He already ranks No. 7
on Cal's all-time single season rushing
list and has become just the 10th play
er in Golden Bear history to rush for
more than 1,000 yards.
Echemandu isn't the only star on the
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Senior tailback Adimchinobe Echemandu (18) has rushed for 1,009 yards this year.
Cal team to have earned more than
1,000 yards this season. Junior wide re
ceiver Geoff McArthur is second
among all NCAA Division I-A players
in total receiving yards at 1,037.
McArthur has earned more than 100
yards receiving five times this season. If
he has another big game against the
Ducks, McArthur could break the sin
gle season receiving record for the
Bears. Dameane Douglas set the team
record of 1,150 yards in 1998, catching
100 passes that season.
McArthur has only caught 58 pass
es thus far, averaging 17.9 yards per
catch. In Cal's last game at Arizona
State, McArthur brought down only
four passes, but earned 160 yards, av
eraging 40 yards per catch.
Tedford praised McArthur after the
game, calling him one of Cal's most
consistent players. But McArthur
seems to be staying humble about the
whole situation.
"It gives me chill bumps to know
he thinks so highly of me," McArthur
told the Contra Costa Times earlier
this week. "He has molded me."
After the game, McArthur contin
ued to give praise to his fellow team
mates and credited Cal's success on
their behalf.
"We were running on all cylin
ders," McArthur told the Contra
Costa Times. "Our offensive line was
opening holes, Aaron (Rodgers) was
throwing balls where they needed
to be."
If Cal is running on all cylinders
against Oregon, it will be a difficult
team to beat. Echemandu can cause
havoc on the ground and McArthur
could scorch the Oregon secondary.
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers is coming
off his finest game of the season after
passing for 307 yards and three touch
downs against the Sun Devils.
As the Golden Bears come off their
finest offensive showing all season —
throwing up 51 points last weekend
— the Bears will look to earn the first
win in Autzen since 1987. It could be
a blowout like it was against the Sun
Devils or possibly a second-half
comeback like the 1993 showdown.
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Ducks hope to maintain focus
for four quarters against Cal
Oregon has lost four of its
last five games; the Ducks
are searching for intensity
and consistency Saturday
By Jon Roetman
Sports Reporter
When Demetrius Williams hauled
in an 85-yard touchdown pass from
Kellen Clemens on Saturday against
Washington, it appeared Oregon's
losing ways had come to an end.
The scoring toss gave the Ducks a
^10-0 first-half lead over the Huskies,
which seemed fairly secure after a 35
0 trouncing of Stanford a week prior.
But as quickly as it seemed that
Oregon had broken old habits, the
Ducks returned to form by allowing
42 unanswered points, leading to
their fourth loss in the past five games.
"We felt real confident going in to
halftime," Williams said of the Ducks'
10-7 lead at the break. "When we
came back out, it was a different
game. We didn't have the same inten
sity."
Saturday's loss to the Huskies re
called a scenario painfully similar to
last season. Just as the Oregon gets
that winning flavor back against Stan
ford, a Washington school slaps the
taste out of its mouth the following
week.
Oregon linebacker Jerry Matson
said the Ducks have to remember
how good it feels to win if they are to
avoid last season's collapse.
"Our break surely wasn't that
long," linebacker Jerry Matson said.
"It's kind of disappointing to go right
back into (the loss column).
"At least we got to taste victory and
have some incentive for our guys to
play. Hopefully we haven't forgotten
what it took to get there, and hopeful
ly we can return real soon."
Oregon players and coaches alike
know that Oregon must maintain its
focus for the entire game in order to
be successful. In the Stanford win,
Oregon's focus and intensity carried
into the fourth quarter when, despite
leading 28-0, the Ducks held the Car
dinal out of the end zone with a sev
en-play goal line stand. In their four
losses, the Ducks either started slow or
came out flat in the second half.
Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti
was pleased to hear what his players
were saying about wanting to play a
complete game.
"Those are my exact words," Bellot
ti said. "I like the fact that they say that
they believe that. It's very important
(to be focused). No matter how we
play in the first half, we have to play
four full quarters and maybe more.
We haven't done that as often as we
need to, and that's the challenge to
this group of kids."
With JeffTedford leading an exciting
California team into Autzen Stadium,
Oregon players know they'll have to be
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