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sped for the game, knowing what it's
all about and growing up in Oregon."
The past sue Civil War games have
gone to the home team, with two be
ing decided by a 3-point margin.
Last year, Oregon traveled to Cor
vallis and returned with a 45-24 loss
to the Beavers. This season, the
Ducks want a reversal of fortune and
to continue the Autzen Stadium
winning streak.
"You don't want to prepare for it
any differently," corner Justin
Phinisee said. "It's a big game, but the
big thing is to stay focused with all the
hype coming around. Of course you
want to have some fun with it, be
cause when you look back when
you're 30, you don't want to have
been all intense about the game; you
want to have some fun because it is
the rivalry."
The rivalry game has bowl implica
tions for the Ducks and Beavers.
Should Oregon win, they could end
up at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas,
while a loss could send them to the
Dec. 24th Las Vegas Bowl.
While the Ducks are keeping bowl
possibilities in the back of their
minds, for now Oregon is concentrat
ing on finishing the season with a vic
tory against their in-state rival.
"They are playing very good foot
ball, and they have the best running
back — not just in this conference,
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Sophomore tailback Terrence Whitehead (24) is the Ducks' leading rusher this season with 625 yards and six touchdowns. He also has 21 receptions for 194 yards.
but probably in the nation," Bellotti
said. "It's a very good team that is
playing well."
Oregon State leads the Ducks in
every category except passing efficien
cy and punt and kickoff returns.
"It's the funnest game to play, re
gardless of records, just because
there's so much emotion and
so much tradition involved," Mat
son said. "My best friend's on
the team and we get to play each
other. It makes it that much more
competitive."
Oregon State (7-3, 4-2) is coming
off a 43-3 home win against Stanford.
The Beavers finish their season with a
game against USC on Dec. 6.
"I'm always excited every week,"
Floberg said. "But there's a little extra
there when it's Civil War week."
Contact the senior sports reporter
at mindirice@dailyemerald.com.
MICHIGAN
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didn't. She sent him to Oak Ridge
Military Academy in North Carolina
for a summer, with the idea that he
would enroll as a full-time student in
the fall.
Chris overslept for the admission
test. He figured his mom would forget
about military school. Sorry, wrong
mom. She looked for another school.
"Wherever I go," he told her, "I've
gotta play football, I've gotta play
football."
Irene found Fork Union Military
Academy in Virginia, and off he went.
Chris thought he would hate it. He
had no idea how much. He had to
rise at dawn, to the sound of
"Reveille." He had to shine his shoes.
He had to wax the floors. Classes were
serious. Study hall was mandatory.
Fork Union was way out in the
country, nowhere near any kind of
downtown or even a mall. He had
limited access to telephones, and
there were no girls at the school.
"Fork Union was pretty bad," he
said. "They just seemed to lack rea
soning skills at Fork Union. There
were times when you'd get in trouble
— you wouldn't even get in trouble.
"We had things called sticks. They
would stick you for so many demerits.
And then there were times you would
go and report your stick to the head
officer, which would be a grown man,
and tell him what happened. They
had the power to reduce the demerits
that you were given. Sometimes they
didn't reduce them. It was like they
just lacked reasoning skills.
"I remember one time I told the
guy I didn't deserve this stick because I
didn't do anything wrong. So he says,
'Well, we're going to leave the stick on
for all the stuff you've done that we
didn't catch you for.' I'm like, 'What?! ?
What does that mean? What are you
talking about?' And they're like, 'I
know you've done something and got
away with it.'
"And that's why every time I speak
of Fork Union, it won't be nice."
Nobody actually liked the disci
pline, but most kids learned to accept
it. Chris never did. He thought they
wanted him to respect authority, even
when the authority was wrong. He felt
the authority was often wrong, and he
let the authority know it.
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