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I know, I know. Any team in the Pa cific-10 Conference can beat any other team on any given blah, blah, blah. Right? Not in this situation. Not if Oregon wants to be taken seriously. This is a game of opportunity for the Ducks. The Oregon offense, which sput tered early in the season, needs to put together strong outings in ION ROETMAN ROUGHING THE PASSER consecutive games. Oregon isn’t ex pected to score 41 points and tally 646 yards every week, but having drives stall in the red zone or not being able to throw the ball down field against Arizona wouldn’t bode well for the rest of its season. While the Wildcats’ defense is ranked No. 22 in the nation for yards allowed, it surrendered five touch downs to UCLA on Saturday during Arizona’s first road game of the season. Though Oregon is ranked No. 16 in the country with 445.6 yards of of fense per game, the Ducks have struggled to get the ball into the end zone prior to beating the Cougars. Saturday’s meeting with Arizona is an opportunity for Oregon to show its scoring barrage in Pullman, Wash., was no fluke. It’s an opportunity for Williams and Day to show they can get open consistently. It’s an oppor tunity for Whitehead to reaffirm his up-and-coming status as one of the Pac-lO’s most dangerous tailbacks. Most of all, it’s an opportunity for Oregon to get back to .500 and re main in the conference race. Oh yeah, the Duck defense has some things to prove as well. Oregon was victimized once again by the big play on Saturday. Washington State was held to 374 yards of total offense, but quarter back Josh Swogger torched Oregon cornerback Marques Binns for a pair of touchdowns and wide re ceiver Michael Bumpus broke sever al tackles to return a punt 52 yards for a touchdown. Oregon faces an Arizona team that ranks dead last in the Pac-10 in pass ing offense, total offense and scoring offense. There’s no way the Ducks should allow 20 points to the Wild cats, who have reached that mark only once this season — against hap less Northern Arizona. Saturday presents an opportunity for the Oregon defense to eliminate ROETMAN, page 7B Oregon: Five blocked kicks for Ngata in career Continued from page 5B Washington State, Clemens tied the school record for most touchdowns in a game with Harrington (vs. Arizona State, 2000 and 2001) and Danny O’Neil (vs. Stanford, 1994). Clemens also had personal bests in total offense (473 yards, second all time in Oregon history), completions (36, second all-time), pass attempts (55, tied for third all-time) and yards passing (437, seventh all-time). Sustained achievement Oregon embarked on this season in search of a school-record 11th straight winning season. The Ducks’ 10 straight tied the school record set from 1902-11, while that feat has only been surpassed by three other conference opponents. USC (1962-82) and Washington (1977 97) each compiled streaks of 21 sea sons in a row, while Stanford put to gether a streak of 13 from 1923-35. Another block for Ngata Redshirt sophomore defensive line man Haloti Ngata is becoming a men ace for opposing kicking units. His blocked extra point against the Cougars marked the second block in the last three games — he had a blocked field goal against Idaho — and the fifth of his career. He blocked kicks against UCLA (extra point), USC (field Geoff Thurner | Oregon Media Services Defensive tackle Haloti Ngata blocked the fifth kick of his Oregon career against Washington State on Saturday when he turned away a Cougar extra point. It was his second block of the season, including a blocked field goal against Idaho. goal) and Washington State (extra point) as a true freshman in 2001. Stoops the sequel After Saturday, Oregon will be come the first program in the country to face two Stoops-coached teams in one season. 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