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Jared Siegel attempts a field goal during practice Tuesday. The senior place kicker is seven points away from passing Derek Loville on Ore
gon’s all-time scoring list. He also needs six more field goals to pass Gregg McCallum’s Oregon record of 45.
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