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Eagles ride luck to win over Panthers
Philadelphia extends its
winning streak to seven
games with a win over
Carolina on Sunday
By Bob Brookover
Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Lady Luck
and the Eagles first made eye contact
six weeks ago at Giants Stadium. Now
they are a happily married couple on
a seven-week honeymoon that just
might last through the first day of Feb
ruary in Houston.
Sure, the first-place Eagles are good.
They proved that again Sunday
with a 25-16 victory over the Carolina
Panthers at Ericsson Stadium. They
improved to 9-3 and extended their
winning streak to seven games — the
longest for an Eagles squad since
1980, when coach Dick Vermeil's
team won eight in a row on its way to
the franchise's one and only trip to
die Super Bowl.
As they prepare for another huge
game against the Dallas Cowboys on
Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field, the
Eagles are tied with the St. Louis Rams
for the best record in the NFC. If they
beat the 8-4 Cowboys, the Birds will
have a two-game lead in the NFC East
and be in the driver's seat for a third
straight division tide.
The Eagles did a lot of things right
against the Panthers, who had won five
of their previous six home games. They
continued to come up with big plays at
crucial times — the most recognizable
trademark of coach Andy Reid's re
silient team.
That said, it should also be noted
that the Eagles had another delightful
encounter with Lady Luck, who has
been by their side ever since Brian
Westbrook's miracle punt return on
Oct. 19 at the Meadowlands.
This time, she made her presence felt
by messing with the left foot of Caroli
na's John Kasay, who went into Sun
da/s game as the second-most-accurate
kicker in the NFC. He left the stadium
as the game's most obvious goat after
missing field-goal attempts of 32, 38
and 49 yards as well as an extra point.
"It's a little bit of luck," Eagles de
fensive end Brandon Whiting said.
"The field out there was a little bad.
But we put them in those fourth
down situations."
Birds linebacker Carlos Emmons
did not want to hear about luck.
"1 don't think it's luck," he said. "I
think his skills weren't there today."
The Eagles' David Akers, on the
other hand, had no problems putting
the ball between the uprights. The sec
ond-most-accurate kicker in NFL his
tory connected on attempts from 35,
48, 38 and 29 yards out. Fie also saved
a touchdown by pushing Steve Smith
out of bounds on a first-quarter kick
off return.
There were other obvious contribu
tions and turning points for the Eagles.
For instance, the Birds found them
selves in an immediate crisis when
Donovan McNabb's string of 127
passes without an interception came
to an end on the first offensive play of
the game.
Defensive end Mike Rucker inter
cepted a short pass intended for full
back Ion Ritchie, giving Carolina the
ball at the Eagles' 36-yard line. Quar
terback lake Delhomme and running
back Stephen Davis moved the ball
to the 2, but the Panthers had to set
tle for Kasay's only successful field
goal attempt.
McNabb and the Eagles' offense im
mediately atoned for their first
turnover in five games by driving 68
yards on 10 plays for a touchdown.
Two runs by the incredibly talented
Westbrook accounted for 28 yards on
the drive, and McNabb dodged a heavy
rush and connected with Ritchie for a
first down on a third-and-2 play. Duce
Staley finished the drive with a 2-yard
touchdown run.
"I think what you saw from the Ea
gles today was a team that sustained
drives and put points on the board,"
McNabb said.
Just as important was their ability to
keep Carolina from putting points on
the board.
The Panthers got inside the red
zone four times in the first half and
walked off the field at halftime with
just three points.
On a third-and-3 play from the Ea
gles' 16 late in the first quarter, defen
sive tackle Corey Simon stood up Rod
Smart, who was then tackled by N.D.
Kalu a yard shy of a first down.
After Westbrook fumbled a punt re
turn, with former Eagle Mike Caldwell
recovering, early in the second quarter,
the Panthers proceeded to pick up just
2 yards before Kasay missed again.
The Eagles then drove 55 yards to set
up a 35-yard field goal by Akers. McN
abb kept the drive going twice, first by
hitting Todd Pinkston on a third-and-7
play and then connecting with Freddie
Mitchell on a third-and-14 play.
The ultimate red-zone frustration
followed for the Panthers when they
reached the Eagles' 8-yard line and de
cided to go for a first down on fourth
and 1 only to come up an inch short
when Whiting turned Davis sideways.
"You could see just a little light be
tween the ball and the chain," Whiting
said. "It was supposed to be an outside
slant, but I saw a guard pulling, and I
followed him inside."
(c) 2003, The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune
Information Services.
ROETMAN
continued from page 7
over the roof of our house in what
equated to the bottom of the ninth,
leading to a bitter outburst filled with
spitting, swearing and bat tossing.
Emotions run even higher during
traditional sporting events. My friend
Brandon and 1 have made a habit of
playing racquetball at the Student
Recreation Center this year. We've
just started learning the game, but we
consider ourselves decent at the sport.
Now, Brandon may be one of the few
people who hates losing more than I
do. And since I've lost only once to
my combative counterpart, I have
been on the viewing end of quite a
few heated eruptions.
The most entertaining tantrum oc
curred when he lost a racquetball bet
for a case of beer. Along with spewing
out four-letter words loud enough for
all of Eugene to hear, he used his rac
quet to smash the plastic container
that holds the balls. He proceeded to
put the balls back into the container
and fire it into a trash can with an "if
you talk to me I'll punch you in the
face" look smeared all over his face.
Plenty of people say my family,
friends and I are too competitive. If I
received a nickel for every time
someone told me, "it's just a game,"
my tuition would be paid for. I say
being a competitive person is a good
way to release stress. Whether you're
barking at a teammate during a sand
lot baseball game or yelling at the TV
when your favorite NFL team is in
the playoffs, releasing your emotions
is healthy.
Contrary to how I must sound, I
am innocent of being psychotic. I am,
however, guilty of being a sports nut
and a competitive freak.
That's not so bad, is it?
Contact the sports reporter
at jonroetman@dailyemerald.com.
His opinions do not necessarily
represent those of the Emerald.
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54-51, at McArthur Court.
"Our defense is what won us the
game because our offense wasn't
clicking," Brandi Davis said of the win
against the Jayhawks. "We know if we
play good defense, we're going to win.
We'll take this and leam from it."
As a team, Oregon made 29 percent
of its shots from the field and was 62
percent from the free throw line.
Kraayeveld had her 20th double
double of her career with 10 points
and 10 rebounds, while Davis and
center Andrea Bills led the Ducks with
14 points each.
"There really is no excuse for why
we played so poor," Smith said. "But
we did hang in there defensively and
played really tough."
The Ducks outrebounded the Jay
hawks, 39-37, with 24 of their re
bounds coming defensively.
Oregon took the lead for the final
time Friday on a layup by Davis with
1:42 remaining.
"1 just saw an opening and thought
it was the wisest move," Davis said. "I
was actually looking for a foul, but I
was happy I could help the team."
In the final 34 seconds, point guard
Corrie Mizusawa hit four free throws
in six attempts to ensure the three
point win.
Bills led Oregon with 31 points in
the two games, while Kraayeveld had
28 points and Davis added 23.
Kraayeveld and Bills were named to the
All-Tournament team, and Kraayeveld
also won tournament MVP honors.
"We're excited about this win, to be
5-0, and it's really going to help us
coming in to these next two games,"
Kraayeveld said.
Oregon makes a mini-road trip to
Portland for a game against Portland
on Thursday.
Contact the senior sports reporter
at mindirice@dailyemerald.com.
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