■ Oregon notes
DANIELLE HICKEY | PHOTO EDITOR
Devan Long, seen here against Arizona State last week, looks to continue his streak of recording a sack in each of his last seven games.
Long uses tenacious effort
to disturb opposing QBs
Oregon looks to avoid its first 0-2 start in Pacific-10
Conference play for the first time since the 1996 season
BY BRIAN SMITH
SPORTS REPORTER
The play-making ability that Ore
gon defensive end Devan Long dis
plays is just a matter of effort.
“He has the ability to turn that cor
ner, lower his pad level and fight and
claw and scratch and get to the quar
terback,” Oregon head coach Mike
Bellotti said.
That fighting and clawing mentali
ty has turned Long into one of the
most-feared defensive ends in the Pa
cific-10 Conference. Long leads the
Pac-10 in tackles for loss this season
(8.5) and has extended his tackle for
loss consecutive game streak to sev
en. For his career, Long has 26.5 tack
les behind the line of scrimmage for
a loss of 133 yards.
“He’s a complete defensive end,”
Bellotti said. “He does a great job in
pass rush, but he’s very capable of
stopping the run, and he has pride in
his entire game. He’s not a one-di
mensional player.”
In addition to recording tackles for
loss, Long leads the team in sacks
(four for 40 yards) for the second
straight year. He finished with 11.5
sacks last year — one and a half
away from tying the Oregon school
record of 13. His 2004 total gives him
a share of the Pac-10 lead, and puts
him into a tie for ninth on the
school’s career sack list (16).
“He’s a true defensive end,” Bellot
ti said. “And I would call him a defen
sive lineman. I think he would appre
ciate that better.”
Good out of the gates
Oregon looks to avoid its first 0-2
start in conference play since it
dropped the first five conference
games in 1996. In addition, 1996 was
the last time the Ducks did not go to a
bowl game, and their 6-5 record over
all was the worst during Mike Bellot
ti’s tenure. The Ducks have lost their
first two conference games only five
times — 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993 and
1996 — in the past 23 years.
First-half TD drought
The Ducks’ scoring woes have
been due in large part to the fact that
they have not scored a first-half
touchdown in three out of their four
games this season. The results trans
late into the Ducks’ three losses to In
diana (23-0 at half), Oklahoma (10-0)
and Arizona State (14-6).
Ten straight, maybe?
Oregon junior quarterback Kellen
Clemens has upped his streak of
consecutive games with a touch
down to nine, dating back to last
season. Clemens started his streak
last year against Washington and
has surpassed former Oregon quar
terback Joey Harrington — who put
together a streak of eight games
from 2000 to 2001. Jason Fife holds
the record, with touchdown passes
in 12 straight, while Akili Smith ac
cumulated a run of 11 games in
1997-98.
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