Oregon Daily Emerald
Monday, October 3, 2005
“If you go to the supermarket, it’s a nightmare. Any
where you want to go... you want to have dinner, you
gotta nave a reservation. Even if you want to go to the
toilet, you need a reservation. ”
Formula 1 race-car driver Juan Pablo Montoya taking about
what a madhouse Monaco turns into during race week.
■ In my opinion
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SHAWN MILLER
FULL-COURT PRESS
Weekends
are days for
football —
exclusively
I need your honest opinion.
Is it wrong for me to spend the weekend in
front of the television watching football?
My girlfriend thinks it is.
Here’s the deal: I told her from the time
that we became “we” that September
through January is reserved for football. I
have been up front with the fact that Satur
days and Sundays in the fall are my days —
time for me to relax and unwind.
That doesn’t mean that I don’t care about
her or want her to share in my love for the
sport, but she cannot get mad when I tell her
to stop talking because it’s third and long and
my team needs to convert. Of course I always
get the, “Well I should just leave since you
don’t want to focus on me!”
Damn skippy! Or maybe just shut your
noisemaker for two consecutive minutes.
Perhaps I am not the sensitive, cry-my-eyes
out-while-watching “Terms of Endearment”
type, but I know how to take care of a lady.
I have no problem taking time out of my
schedule on Monday through Friday, except
for three hours for “Monday Night Football”
and “ESPN College Football Primetime” on
Thursday nights. But seriously, this is my life.
College football is my job, my passion, my fu
ture and my escape.
The bottom line is that for the past three
months I have been preaching that weekends
will be spent either watching games in person
or on the television. So now that it is three
months later, why is it necessary to complain
about it?
For instance, last Sunday when I was
watching football, it felt like I was being
poked in the side saying, “When’s it over?” I
seriously wondered what in the hell was go
ing on; am I not dating a mature adult that
has a license and a car?
So I told her that I had been warning her
for months and that this Sunday was no dif
ferent than the rest. And that next Sunday
would be similar. Honestly, she said some
thing that made me want to laugh and
scream at the same time.
“Well you could have reminded me. ”
I pulled a John McEnroe and shouted,
“You cannot be serious! ”
She was, but in the end I watched the foot
ball that I wanted to. I did have to compro
mise and let her watch television on my other
set, but I dibbed sound first.
The thing is that she is not the only person
that acts like this. I have encountered it by
countless women from the time I was young.
First it was my mom, and since it has trans
ferred from girlfriend to girlfriend.
My goal is to get to the point where I can
watch the games, do my thing and not be
bothered with negative statements and com
plaining. I don’t know if I will ever reach that,
but I’m sure going to try.
Advice for my fellow football brothers: be
strong, stand up for football and put your
woman in her place. Which if you are lucky,
is right next to you on the couch.
smiller@ daily emerald, com
Sloppy UO overpowers Stanford
Ducks are penalized 16 times for 170 yards
in 44-20 win against struggling Cardinal
BY SHAWN MILLER
SPORTS EDITOR
It wasn’t always pretty. In fact,
it started out down right ugly, but
Oregon (4-1 overall, 1-1 confer
ence) overcame an early deficit to
wrap up its first Pacific-10 Confer
ence victory of the season — 44-20
over Stanford (1-2, 0-1) on Satur
day.
By the time the first quarter was
over, the Ducks trailed 10-7.
After the opening kickoff was a
touchback, the Ducks’ first series
began with Oregon quarterback
Kellen Clemens being sacked for a
six-yard loss. Oregon then drove
down the field to the Stanford 21
yard line, where they turned it
over on downs. The Ducks had
two plays for which they only
needed to gain one yard but failed,
and Stanford came away with the
ball and holding the Ducks with
out any points on the opening se
ries.
Stanford then punted on its first
series and Clemens threw an inter
ception on the first play of Ore
gon’s second series. That was
about as bad as it got.
Clemens, who threw for 292
yards in the first half, had touch
down passes on three consecutive
possessions during a 12 minute 27
second stretch of the first and sec
ond quarters.
“We thought the great match-up
for us was our receivers against
their secondary,” Oregon head
coach Mike Eellotti said.
Stanford connected on a 31-yard
field goal with six seconds remain
ing in the first half to cut the half
time score to 21-13.
The Ducks began the second
half by forcing Stanford into a
three and out for negative 10
yards. That wasn’t the only good
series for the Oregon defense as it
allowed only 15 total yards in the
second half.
“I was really pleased with the
way our defense came out to play
that second half,” Bellotti said.
“We overcame some of our own
mistakes, our inability to contain
in the first half. It really made the
whole difference.”
Keyed by the return of defensive
end Devan Long, the Ducks pres
sured the backfield and forced
Stanford quarterback Trent Ed
wards to scramble.
“In the first half, they victimized
him. He was one of the culprits in
terms of not finishing plays,” Bel
lotti said. “(In the second half) he
just did some things with effort,
which is what we have come to
expect of Devan Long. ”
Long had missed the past three
games after suffering a leg injury
in the season-opener against
Houston on Sept. 1 and it showed
early.
“The first half I was blowing up,
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Marcus Larson | For the Emerald
Oregon wide receiver Demetrius Williams came up clutch in the first quarter
of a 44-20 victory over Stanford on Saturday. Williams caught four passes for
103 yards, including a 43-yard grab on the Ducks’ first scoring possession.
Oregon deflates after strong start
Nicole Barker | Senior photographer
Outside hitter Mira Djuric powers up for a kill against the Stanford Cardinal on Friday.
Though Oregon lost the match in three games, Djuric added to her Pac-10 lead in
points per game, tallying 18 kills and two aces.
Ducks show progress in their three-game loss
to defending NCAA-Champion Cardinal
BY LUKE ANDREWS
SPORTS REPORTER
For the second consecutive
night, the Oregon volleyball team
remained competitive with a
ranked opponent, but No. 3 Stan
ford withstood an early battle in
game one to hand the Ducks their
fourth straight Pacific-10 Confer
ence loss Friday in front of a sea
son-high
1,040 at
McArthur
Court.
The
much
improved
Ducks,
despite
losing in
three games, 30-28, 30-15, 30-23;
showed many positive signs
against the Cardinal, the defend
ing NCAA Champions and win
ners of 14 matches in a row.
Oregon captured an early 10-9
lead in the first game and traded
points with Stanford until reach
ing a 28-28 tie to set up a dramat
ic finish.
But as great teams do, Stanford
found a way to win. A service er
ror by Oregon was followed with
a kill by All-American outside hit
ter Kristen Richards to give the
Cardinal a 30-28 win.
Though Oregon did improve on
its serving, it was the Ducks’ four
service errors compared with
Stanford’s one that proved to be
the difference in the first game.
Oregon committed only six to
tal service errors against the Car
dinal, a vast improvement con
sidering Oregon committed 14 in
four games against Stanford the
previous night.
The Ducks out-hit Stanford
“If we play like we did in the last
two games against Cal
(on Thursday) and first game
tonight, we’re frightening. ”
Jim Moore | Oregon head coach
0.373 to
0.370 and
had only
four total
errors in
the first
game.
“If we
play like
we did in
the last two games against Cal
(on Thursday) and first game
tonight, we’re frightening,” Ore
gon first-year head coach Jim
Moore said. “We can be very,
very scary, and we have to play
that way to be successful.”
Outside hitter Mira Djuric led
the Oregon attack and showed
why she is one of the Pac-lO’s
most highly regarded freshmen.
The Serbian native, who entered
the weekend ranked atop the Pac
10 in points per game with 5.48,
finished with 10 kills and hit
0.769 for the initial game.
“They have a really good
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