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Oregon Daily Emerald
Monday, November 22, 2004
“We didn’t even try to stop the ran. We knew we
had to stop the pass today. We just couldn’t stop it.
Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti after Oregon State’s Derek Anderson
threw for 351 yards and four touchdowns in the Beaver’s 50-21 Civil War victory
■ In my opinion
An ugly
finish to
Oregon's
ugly season
CLAYTON JONES
SEVENTH INNING STRETCH
It was disgusting.
Unfortunately, I had the honor of watching the
Civil War game in person (out on the freezing
photo deck just outside the press box sitting on
steel chairs instead of inside the press box ...
thanks Oregon State) and witnessed an Oregon
team get used and abused by Oregon State, 50-21.
Everybody with half a brain knew Derek An
derson was going to chuck the ball.
It didn’t matter. Oregon State offensive coor
dinator Paul Chryst could of handed his play
book to the Oregon staff and they weren’t go
ing to stop Anderson.
Oh by the way, Oregon, Mike Hass was the
Beavers’ best receiver and keeping a closer eye on
him might have been a good idea. The guy at best
runs a 4.6 or 4.7 40-yard dash and Oregon just
couldn’t contain him. His nine catches for 154
yards just opened things up for everybody else.
And something all Oregon receivers
should take a look at is how he catches the foot
ball whenever it is thrown his direction. If this guy
can get a finger on the ball, it will be caught.
To see Anderson drop back pass after pass
and find people all day was bad enough, but
the slower-than-molasses quarterback ran for
four first downs, including three of them on
third and long.
Anaerson ran tor 4y yaras Detore taKing away
the yardage he lost for sacks.
How do you let a guy that runs more like
the tin man low on oil run for nearly 50 yards?
This guy isn’t Michael Vick. Heck, this guy
runs more like William “Refrigerator” Perry
from the 1985 Chicago Bears.
The worst part is that one good hit to this guy
and he would have been done. He lowered his
shoulder while trying to go out of bounds when
Aaron Gipson popped him and took him out for
a play.
That’s right, the 179-pound Gipson
knocked the 240-pound Anderson down and
out on the turf. Imagine if the 345-pound
Haloti Ngata would have gotten a clear shot
at him.
But all the blame can’t be placed on the de
fense — the offense wasn’t much better Saturday.
The Duck offense looked stagnant all day
and quarterback Kellen Clemens seemed to be
running for his life on every play.
Oregon State made the senior-laden Oregon
offensive line look like Swiss cheese as they
got to Clemens six times and planted him into
the Reser Stadium turf many more times.
Clemens had maybe his worst day passing
and I kept hearing people asking, “How come
he can’t get the ball deep to the receivers?”
Well, if you only have a certain amount of
time to throw the ball, it doesn’t give your re
ceivers time to get down the field. That means
he needs the big uglies up front to block.
Especially Mr. Bill Swancutt.
Swancutt dominated the line of scrimmage
and wreaked havoc all day. He had three sacks,
a forced fumble and an interception on maybe
the worst shovel pass in history.
The running game looked good though, with
Terrence Whitehead rushing for more than 100
yards again, even with limited carries in the
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■ Duck football
Ducks battered by Beavers, 50-21
With bowl eligibility at
stake, OSU's offense
overwhelmed Oregon
BY JON ROETMAN
SENIOR SPORTS REPORTER
CORVALLIS — It was a disap
pointing end to a season of under
achievement for the Oregon foot
ball team.
The Ducks were hammered by
Oregon State 50-21 Saturday dur
ing the 108th installment of the
Civil War at Reser Stadium. With
the loss, Oregon (5-6 overall, 4-4
Pacific-10 Conference) failed to
qualify for a bowl game for the
first time since the 1996 season
and finished with its first losing
season in 11 years.
The Oregon State offense
proved unstoppable from its
opening drive. Quarterback Derek
Anderson torched the Ducks for
351 yards and four touchdowns,
while wide receiver Mike Hass
caught nine passes for 154 yards
and a pair of scores.
“I think Anderson and Hass
played exceptional football to
day,” Oregon head coach Mike
Bellotti said. “They are two of
the more quality players in col
lege football.”
While Bellotti’s compliments
were accurate, they were likely un
derstated. Anderson shredded the
Oregon secondary, hitting open re
ceivers in stride and fitting the ball
into tight spots when his receivers
were covered. The Scappoose na
tive completed 24 of 41 passes and
Lauren Wimer | Senior photographer
Oregon State wide receiver Marcel Love catches one of Derek Anderson’s four touchdown passes in the Beaver’s 50-21
triumph over the Ducks Saturday at Reser Stadium. Love caught six passes for 72 yards.
was intercepted only once.
Hass found ways to get open all
night and burned the Duck sec
ondary on several skinny post pat
terns for big gains. The success of
the Portland native made life easi
er for Oregon State’s other pass
catchers. Wide receiver Marcel
Love and tight end Joe Newton
burned Oregon across the middle
of the field, capitalizing on slant
patterns and seam routes
throughout the evening.
Love caught six passes for 72
yards and a touchdown, while
Newton finished with five recep
tions for 66 yards and a score.
Even when the Duck defense
seemingly had a play stopped, An
derson — who will never be mis
taken for fast — escaped the pocket
and ran for several key first downs.
The senior finished with 19 yards
and a touchdown on the ground.
The Beavers’ leading rusher was
tailback Dwight Wright, who was
held to 60 yards in 16 carries.
“We didn’t even try to stop the
run,” Bellotti said. “We knew we
had to stop the pass today. We
just couldn’t stop it."
While the Beavers (6-5, 5-3)
had no trouble moving the ball
down the field, the Duck offense
CIVIL WAR, page 8
■ Men's basketball
Oregon beats Idaho State in opener
The Ducks outrebounded the
Bengals 50 to 25 en route to a
77-51 win in their season opener
BY CLAYTON JONES
SPORTS EDITOR
An emphasis on defense and rebounding in
practice all week paid off for the Oregon bas
ketball team as the Ducks cruised past Idaho
State 77-51 at McArthur Court in their season
opener Friday night.
Oregon held Idaho State to 15 first-half
points and doubled the Bengals up on re
bounds 50 to 25.
“When you look out on that floor and see
the expression on their faces and how hard
they defended in the first half and stopping a
team on 25 out of 31 opportunities, that’s im
pressive,” Oregon head coach Ernie Kent said.
“Especially with a young team this early on.”
To help out on the boards after being outre
bounded by a Western Oregon team last week
that didn’t have a player over 6-foot-7, the Ducks
set goals for themselves before the game for
each player to get a certain amount of rebounds.
“We had the coaches on the sidelines telling
us the rebounding totals,” Oregon’s Ian Cross
white, who led the team with nine rebounds,
said. “They made sure to tell us how many we
needed to get (to reach our total).”
Oregon’s 26-point victory was led by a bal
anced scoring attack. The Ducks had four play
ers in double figures with Crosswhite and 17
year-old freshman Malik Hairston leading the
team with 15 points a piece.
The flashiest two points for Hairston came
Danielle Hickey | Photo editor
Oregon’s Ian
Crosswhite (11)
and Matt Short (5)
trap Idaho State’s
David Schroeder
during the Ducks’
77-51 victory over
the Bengals Friday
night at Mac Court.
Crosswhite had 15
points and a team
high nine rebounds
in the game.
in the first half when he juked two Idaho State
players and drove baseline for a reverse lay-in.
“That’s just creativity,” Kent said about the
play. “That’s nothing we can coach. Guys un
derstand when they have to make that kind of
move and he made it.”
Hairston’s 15 points was the most by an
Oregon freshman in a first game since Terek
Brown’s 26 against Hawaii-Hilo in 1995.
Along with Hairston’s 15 points, fellow
freshman Bryce Taylor dropped in 11 points,
including three three-pointers.
Kent cautions that despite the freshmen’s
success early on, everybody needs to let them
develop.
“This is a young team and the fans just
need to be parents and watch them grow and
enjoy them,” Kent said. “We don’t need to
put too much pressure on them. I’ll handle a
all the expectations.”
Despite Kent’s forewarnings about the fresh
men, Hairston said they weren’t too nervous
about it being their first game.
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