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get guys like Nate coming over here."
What's the biggest change for
LiaBraaten, aside from physically
moving to the other side of the ball?
"Just the mentality," he said. "On
offense, you have a place to be and
you have to execute that with preci
sion every time. On defense, it gives
you more of a chance to let loose out
there."
Injury update, anyone?
Enoka Lucas suffered a high ankle
sprain during Oregon's scrimmage,
Bellotti said. He is day-to-day, as is fel
low offensive lineman Shawn Flana
gan.
"It'll be interest
ing to get him out there and see what
he can do," Bellotti said. "We need to
force that issue. Hopefully he's
healthy enough to take a lot of reps
and we can get him an opportunity."
To think, Washington would
have been eligible
The Pacific-10 Conference is about
to add a seventh bowl to its postsea
son lineup.
The conference is close to an agree
ment with the Silicon Valley Football
Classic, located in San Jose, Calif. The
game would be the seventh-seeded
team for the league, immediately fol
lowing the Emerald Bowl. The bowl
was formerly known as the Diamond
Walnut Bowl, and it is located in San
Francisco.
The caveat: The Silicon Valley Clas
sic hasn't exactly cemented itself a sol
id foundation.
Played in tiny Spartan Stadium,
which seats 30,456 and is home to
—
The Ducks re
ceived the services "
of wide receiver
Demetrius
Williams at Tues
day's practice. He
missed the scrim
mage after suffer
ing a concussion
during the April 6
practice.
Also, corner
back Marc Walker,
who strained a
hamstring before
spring practice
started, got back
on the field Tues
day.
San Jose State, the bowl game has nev
er established a major sponsor, which
is usually necessary for postseason
games. It has been on the potential
chopping block each season before
squeaking through with enough fi
nancial backing to play the game.
Also, with 11 games on the docket
for each Pac-10 team this season —
down from 12 a year ago — teams
must have winning records to become
bowl eligible. The conference has sent
seven teams to the postseason just
once in its history — in 2002.
Isn't that illegal in a rivalry?
All Southern California's Pete Car
roll did last season was win a share of
the national championship.
The fourth-year head coach
brought the Trojans their first postsea
son no. l ranKing
since 1972. It was
the team's second
straight top-10
finish, which has
n't happened
since 1988-89.
So what does
he do now?
Well, living in
Los Angeles and
all, he heads
straight to the
dean of the area's
coaches: John
Wooden.
According to the
Daily Trojan, Car
roll met the former
UCLA basketball coach at a USC jour
nalism class last week.
Wooden went as far as to compare
Carroll's surge with the Trojans — a
record of 29-9 in three seasons with
USC — with his 10 national champi
onships.
"It's a tremendous compliment,"
Carroll said. "The year that I was off
in New England there was a friend
of mine that gave me coach Wood
en's 'Blue Book'... I was reading the
book and I came to the point where
it said in his 17th year he won his
first national championship. ... But
then he won 10 out of the next 11
and seven straight.
"I had to close the book and try to
ingest that thought because what hit
me was once he got there he knew ex
actly what he wanted to do and how
he wanted his program run."
Contact the sports editor
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
''It'll be interesting
to get (Marc Walker)
out there and see
what he can do. We
need to force that issue.
Hopefully he's healthy
enough to take a lot
of reps and we
can get him an
opportunity."
Mike Bellotti
Oregon head coach
Julian H. Gonzalez Detroit Free Press
Southern California head coach Pete Carroll, seen here holding the Rose Bowl trophy after the Trojans’ victory over Michigan in January,
recently met famed UCLA basketball head coach John Wooden. Wooden complimented Carroll on his work with USC.
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