■ Oregon notes
Colvin catching on to potent Oregon offense
Playing in place of an injured Demetrius Williams,
the freshman had two scores against Washington
BY BRIAN SMITH
SPORTS REPORTER
Oregon receiver Cameron Colvin en
joyed a coming out party last Saturday
against Washington.
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Colvin caught a career high six balls
for 45 yards and two touchdowns
while filling in for fellow wideout
Demetrius Williams, who is still nurs
ing a turf toe injury.
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The freshman got involved early,
catching four passes during the Duck’s
first possession of the game. His fourth
catch of the drive was a 16-yard touch
down while Husky cornerback Sam
Cunningham clawed at his legs and
jersey in an attempt to keep him out of
the end zone.
“Basically, Cameron wasn’t even
supposed to be in there on the first
touchdown,” Oregon head coach Mike
Bellotti said. “But he made the most of
it. I’m glad that he responded with key
catches, and made the best of the op
portunity. Because when you produce
you will see more opportunities. If
Demetrius is not ready to go, Cameron
will need to step into the spotlight and
pick up the slack.”
Colvin again found the end zone
with 15 seconds left on the clock in the
first quarter on a 7-yard strike from
Kellen Clemens.
Colvin’s she receptions tied him with
tight end Tim Day for most catches by
an Oregon receiver against Washing
ton last week.
“It just worked that way,” Bellotti
said. “There is not a conscious deci
sion unless we know we have a
matchup we like, and we’re going to
go at that person and try to get the ball
in their hands.”
The De La Salle High School gradu
ate now has 12 catches on the year for
134 yards and two touchdowns and
with Williams questionable for the Cal
game, Colvin will have another chance
to step up and prove that he belongs in
the deep and talented Oregon receiv
ing corps.
Oregon on the poll radar
For the first time since Week 3 of the
college football season, the Ducks are
receiving poll consideration.
The Ducks started the year
ranked in both major polls — the
ESPN/USA Today Coaches Top 25
and The Associated Press Top 25 —
finding themselves as high as No.
23 in the AP, before losing their sea
son opener to Indiana.
And now, after winning four
straight, the Ducks are once again
catching the attention of voters. The
most recent AP poll shows the Ducks
receiving 11 votes, while in the
ESPN/Coaches poll, the Ducks merit
ed 21 votes.
Oregon
freshman
wide receiver
Cameron
Colvin caught
a career-high
two
touchdown
passes last
week against
the Huskies.
Danielle Hickey | Photo editor
“I think we are starting to get
noticed,” Bellotti said. “We dug our
selves a hole, but as I’ve said many
times, if you’re going to lose, you’re go
ing to lose early. It’s the last poll that
we want to get votes (for) and we
want to make sure we stay within
striking distance of the conference
championship.”
While votes are a good thing, the
Ducks are still far behind breaking into
the top 25. Eighty-one votes separate
the Ducks and No. 25 Boston College
in the ESPN/Coaches poll, while 58
votes stand between No. 25 Texas El
Paso and Oregon in the AP poll.
History deems November
a good month for Ducks
Under Bellotti, the Ducks have gone
21-7 in the month of November. Three
of those losses have come at the hands
of Oregon State (1998, 2000, 2002),
two by Washington (2002, 2003) and
one each at Arizona State (1997) and
Washington State (2002). The Ducks
are 13-1 at Autzen Stadium and 8-6
away from home in the month of No
vember with Bellotti at the helm. Only
once in Bellotti’s tenure have the
Ducks lost more than one game in No
vember during a single season, when
they went 1-3 in 2002, losing to Wash
ington State, Washington and Oregon
State in consecutive weeks.
Clemens carving own
niche as starter at Oregon
Kellen Clemens continues to cement
his place among the other great Ore
gon quarterbacks in school history. Af
ter becoming the undisputed starter
against California in 2003, Clemens
has gone 7-4 including three come
back victories.
Over the last four and a half games,
Clemens has completed 65 percent of
his passes (109 for 167), including 70
percent of his attempts (21 for 30)
against Arizona. During that stretch,
he has thrown for 1,266 of his 2,012
yards this year. With his 161 rushing
yards, Clemens is 17th in the nation in
total offense (271.6 avg.).
His 473 yards of total offense against
Washington State ranks second all
time, 25 yards behind Bill Musgrave’s
performance against BYU in 1989.
b riansmith @ dailyemerald. com
Erik R. Bishoff | Photographer
Oregon junior quarterback Kellen Clemens is ranked 17th in the nation in total offense and will look to improve on those numbers
Saturday against California. In his last four and a half games he has completed 65 percent of his passes.