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Oregon quarterback Kellen Clemens (11), who ranks third in the nation in total offense (364 yards per game) and is coming off a
career-best four touchdown passes last week against Fresno State, looks to snap USC’s 24-game winning streak Saturday.
Oregon ventures
to slow dynamic
Leinart, Bush duo
The potent Trojan offense
will test Oregon's defense
by both air and ground
BY CLAYTON JONES
SPORTS EDITOR
During the course of a season,
a football team has few chances
to thrust itself into the national
spotlight and make headlines across
the country.
Oregon has that opportunity this
weekend.
The 24th-ranked Ducks (3-0) wel
come top-ranked, two-time defend
ing national champion USC (2-0) into
Autzen Stadium Saturday at 4 p.m. in
one of the most anticipated Duck
games in recent history.
“You always want to perform and
compete against the best,” Oregon
cornerback Justin Phinisee said.
“They are number one, but they do
have to come through us.”
The TYojans, who are riding a na
tion-high 24-game winning streak,
face the Ducks for the first time
since Carson Palmer and Mike
Williams beat Oregon at Autzen 44
33 in 2002. Since then, the Trojans
have had a remarkable run, going
32-1 and adding two national cham
pionships to the heralded program.
The Ducks, on the other hand, have
gone 17-15 and had their first losing
season in a decade last year.
But while Oregon head coach
Mike Bellotti said this game will
give the Ducks an opportunity to
gain some respect they lost last
season, the game is vital to them
because it’s the Pacific-10 Confer
ence opener.
“We are playing the number one
team and the two-time defending
r
use
quarterback
Matt Leinart
is the
defending
Heisman
Trophy
winner and
ranks fifth in
the country in
total offense
(360.0
average).
Leinart has a
seven-to-one
touchdown
interception
ratio this
season.
Courtesy
national champion,” Bellotti said.
“More importantly for us, it is our
first Pac-10 game. It gives an oppor
tunity to set the tone in the league.
Postseason play is determined by
league play, so league play takes on
that much more importance.”
TVojan head coach Pete Carroll ex
pects his team’s first conference
game to be a challenge, especially
coming to Autzen Stadium.
“We jump right into the schedule
in the conference against undefeat
ed Oregon, all pumped up,” the
fifth-year coach said. “I am sure
their place is going to be nuts. It is a
tremendous place to play. ... We
want to get on the road, get a win
and get back (to Los Angeles).”
The overwhelmingly favored Tro
jans (21 points as of Wednesday)
will be guided by last season’s Heis
man winner Matt Leinart. In USC’s
two lopsided victories — a 63-17
win against Hawaii and a 70-17
trouncing of Arkansas — the senior
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