■ Arizona notes
For victory, Wildcats need
to protect their quarterback
Arizona seeks its first
Pac-10 win against the
Ducks at home this week
BY scorn. ADAMS
SPORTS REPORTER
Arizona continues a quest for its
first conference win of the season this
week after turning the ball over five
times last Saturday against Stanford
en route to a 20-16 loss. The belea
guered Wildcats (1-5 overall, 0-3 con
ference) have not tasted victory since
their Sept. 10 win over Division I-AA
Northern Arizona.
Aside from five turnovers, Arizona
played a defensively sound game, al
lowing only 195 total yards to the
Cardinal. It marked an all-time low
for the Wildcats under second-year
head coach Mike Stoops. As stingy as
they were, the Wildcats failed to
record any takeaways of their own.
On offense, Arizona’s committee
of tailbacks churned out 110 yards on
the ground. Mike Bell ended the
game with 88 rushing yards to lead
the Wildcats and Gilbert Harris
added 56 of his own. Both tailbacks
broke the goal line once, accounting
for Arizona’s two touchdowns of the
game. Off-setting 34 of the team’s
rushing yards were five sacks surren
dered by Arizona’s offensive line.
Quarterback Richard Kovalcheck
seemed to be running for his life for
most of the game, taking big hits and
fumbling the ball two times — both
were recovered by the Cardinal. Ko
valcheck also tossed two intercep
tions and passed for 161 yards.
For Stanford, quarterback Tfent
Edwards and kicker Michael Sgroi
combined for all 20 points scored by
the Cardinal. Edwards hooked up
with Anthony Kimble and Michael
Horgan for a pair of 10-yard touch
down passes and Sgroi booted two
field goals and two extra-point con
versions to lead Stanford to its sec
ond-straight win.
The two biggest keys to a victory
for Arizona are limiting its turnovers
and protecting Kovalcheck. When
Kovalcheck throws on the run his
Courtesy
Arizona quarterback Richard Kovaicheck has tossed as many interceptions (10) as
touchdowns this season for the 1-5 Wildcats.
accuracy is subpar at best. Both of his
interceptions last week were thrown
after he was forced out of the pocket.
Turning over a new leaf
After posting the nation’s best
record for fumble recoveries last sea
son, the Wildcats have taken the ball
away just seven times in 2005 and
have produced points on just one of
those turnovers. Meanwhile, the of
fense has thrown 10 interceptions
and has lost the ball on the ground
seven times for 17 total turnovers.
Nine of those turnovers have led to
points for the opposition. The Wild
cats rank last in the Pacific-10 Confer
ence in turnover margin (-10).
Backing the hackers
Arizona’s linebacking corps has
fallen on tough times recently, much
like the rest of Stoops’ squad. The
linebackers have been hit the hardest
by injuries, resulting in only two con
secutive games in which Stoops
could start the same three lineback
ers. Among the wounded Wildcats
are five-game starter Dane Krogstad
(out indefinitely with a knee injury),
and potential starters Ronnie Palmer
and Randy Sims. Palmer had not
played in a regulation football game
since high school prior to last week
against Stanford, but he made the
most of his appearance, teaming up
with defensive end Jonathan Ttirner
for a combined sack of Edwards.
A young dandy at wideout
Freshman wide receiver Mike
Thomas had a career-best eight
catches against the Cardinal and
upped his team-best totals to 31 re
ceptions for 394 yards. That gives
him one more catch than arguably
Arizona’s most prolific wideout Bob
by Wade, who had 30 grabs for 454
yards as a freshman in 1999.
Seeing red
Arizona’s red alternate jerseys
were introduced to the fans this year,
but the team has not won a game
when wearing them. The jerseys
failed to do the trick last week against
Stanford and didn’t phase then-No.
12 Purdue, who held off the Wildcats
31-24 on Sept. 17. Do not be sur
prised if Stoops opts for his team to
wear their traditional blue home uni
forms against Oregon.
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Chung: Tackier outlines plans for the season
Continued from page 3B
else that you really like.”
Chung’s enthusiasm on the field
also radiates to his off-field activities.
He is a political science major with
possible plans for law school.
Chung has big plans for himself and
the future of Oregon’s defense as well,
which he summed up very simply.
“Dominate, win the rest of our
games, go to a big bowl, and take
it home,” Chung said of the team’s
plans. “And I just want to
be known. I don’t want to be the
best, I just want to be known like
‘He was good.’”
Chung will be one of four team
captains for Saturday’s game against
Arizona in Tlicson.
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