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Oregon Daily Emerald I Newsroom (5411 346-5511 Display Advertising (5411346-3712 I Classified Advertising (541) 346-4343 Now in its 13th year, Game Day is published every Friday throughout the football season and is distributed on campus, at distribution sites around Eugene and at Autzen Stadium the day of the home games. Game Day is published by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. Inc., at the University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. The Emerald operates independently of the UO with offices in Suite 300 of the Erb Memorial Union. Oregon Daily Emerald P.0. Box 3159, Eugene, OR 97403 www.dailyemerald.com Motel 6 3690 Glenwood Dr. Eugene, OR 97403 (541) 687-2395 800-4-MOTEL 6 Only 1 Mile from U of O Take 1-5 South to exit 191. Accor hotels Pool Free Local Calls Kids Free Free HBO/ESPN Free Coffee Pets Welcome Specializing in the Care of German, Swedish i & Japanese m Automobiles. 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Siegel closing in on Oregon kicking records While an Oregon kicker chases records, Woods will miss the season and Dixon will back up Clemens 59-yard field goal) and was a Lou Groza Award finalist. “I’ve worked real hard and got a lot of game-like situations in this summer,” Siegel said. “I did a lot of work with the holders and snappers to develop some chemistry along with a couple of other fine things to help with my efficiency.” Woods tears ACL during fall camp A loss to Oregon’s secondary weak ens an area seen as the Ducks’ biggest question mark on defense coming into the game against Indiana. Senior defensive back Rodney Woods was lost for the season when he was defending a pass during a non-contact drill and tore his anteri or cruciate ligament during the second day of practice, Aug. 19. OREGON NOTES, page 6 CLAYTON JONES SPORTS REPORTER Before the end of the season sen ior place kicker Jared Siegel will not only hold most of the kicking records at Oregon but will also like ly be the most prolific scorer in Uni versity history. With seven more points, Siegel will pass running back Derek Loville with 272 points scored at Oregon. While Loville scored 45 touchdowns and a two-point conversion to reach his total, Siegel has kicked 146 extra points and 40 field goals to reach his mark of 266. Siegel’s 146 extra points is already a school record, and he needs six more field goals to pass Gregg McCallum’s record total of 45. How ever, Siegel doesn't take much of the credit for his success. “I think the record is more of a tribute to my teammates and the great teams I have been on over the years and the caliber of success we have enjoyed,” Siegel said. “I take ad vantage of the opportunities that my teammates present me with, because without their success 1 wouldn’t have any points at all.” Siegel looks to return to form after a junior season that saw him make only 13 of 19 field goal attempts. It was a step back from his sophomore season, when he made 20 of 24 field goals (including a school-record Can this Oregon scjuad break trends and be consistent? It’s a new year with a new Oregon Duck football team. That team has one word in mind: consistency. 1 like to be optimistic and hope past trends will be broken. I know there will be no quarter back controversy. Kellen Clemens is the man this year. Period. His confidence and play should skyrocket now that he doesn’t have to look over his shoulder and see a Jason Fife standing there waiting for him to make a mistake and get pulled. And especially after his com ing-out party against California last season, when he drove the Ducks down the field twice in the fourth quarter for touchdowns to defeat the Golden Bears. The secondary is once again a question for the Ducks, as they ranked 105th in pass defense last sea son. And that was with All-Pacific-10 Conference safety Keith Lewis, who has now gone to the NFL. Will Oregon fans once again watch the pass-happy Pac-10 conference throw over and through our defense? Maybe the secondary will gel this year, avoid injury and slow some * fleams down. > ***»»*% *. CLAiTON JONES SEVENTH INNING STRETCH But what about another mid-sea son breakdown? Is that in the fore cast? During the last two seasons Oregon fans have grown with excite ment as the Ducks race to impressive starts just to see the air get let out of their tires and their hopes left on the side of the road. Who can forget last year’s tri umphant victory over then No. 3 Michigan and a 3-0 start? And who remembers it going by the wayside after the Ducks tumbled and lost four of their next five games by a combined score of 173-53? Or two years ago when Oregon looked as though the loss of a certain No. 3 named Joey wasn’t affecting them, and they started the year 6-0? The Ducks had just defeated UCLA and hopes-were* high,* .But Dyck fans were brought back down to earth as Oregon was handed back-to-back home losses leading to a 1-6 slide to finish the season. The elements are all there for deja vu as the Ducks play national power house Oklahoma in Norman, Okla., after their game against Indiana (yes, they don’t just play basketball). If Oregon pulls off this upset, it will be HUGE! The Sooners are among the football elite and this is their year to win it all with Heisman Ttophy winner Jason White and 17 of 22 starters returning. Think of the Michigan win and multiply it by 10, and that’s what kind of upset this would be. If it did happen, the potential downfall would also be 10 times larg er and I don’t think Duck fans and their “All Ducked Out” lifestyle can handle another disappointment. Could you imagine if Oregon pulled off one of the biggest upsets in school history and lost to Idaho at home? Duck fans might just spontaneously combust, and shreds of bright yellow would litter Autzen Stadium. I’m sure everyone has heard JONES,-page 6
