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Welcome Emerald and J-School
alumni to Homecoming 2005
Tailgate with us at our hospitality tent
at the east gate of Autzen Stadium
Sat. Nov. 5, 11:00 a.m, through halftime.
Score Points for the
Beavers or Ducks!
Fourth Annual ♦ November 1-16
Any fan who donates blood on behalf of the Ducks or Beavers,
November 1 -16, statewide, will help their school win the Civil War
Blood Drive — and most important, help save lives in Oregon.
Call 1-8OO-6IVE LIFE or in Lane County, call 541 -484-9 1 1 1, to schedule
a blood donation at your nearest blood drive.
- www.CivilWarBloodDrive.com -
O! UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
American
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will be pivotal
or the Ducks
against
California.
Wet weather puts
focus on defense,
running game
Oregon s defense will face
the task of stopping Cal's
high-powered offense
BY SHAWN MILLER
SPORTS EDITOR
November isn’t kind to Northwest
college football fans, and with a pre
dicted 60 percent chance of rain Sat
urday, No. 15 Oregon and No. 23 Cal
ifornia are preparing accordingly.
“Weather should be a factor,” Cal
head coach Jeff Tedford said.
That means more emphasis on each
team’s running game, where Oregon
has played between hot and cold all
season and Cal has succeeded.
The Ducks rank sixth in the Pacif
ic-10 Conference in rushing offense
with nine touchdowns and an aver
age of 137.1 yards per game. Mean
while, the Bears rank second, scoring
19 times on the ground and gaining
247 yards per game.
“They have two backs that average
over 100 yards a game,” Oregon head
coach Mike Bellotti said. “That’s a
difficult proposition.”
Cal sophomore running backs Mar
shawn Lynch (108.8 avg.j and Justin
Forsett (108.4) rank fourth and fifth, re
spectively, in the conference for rush
ing yards per game. Lynch, who aver
aged a conference best 8.8 yards per
carry last season, played in reserve for
current NFL running back J.J. Arring
ton, who led the nation with 2,018
rushing yards last season. Forsett is
currently having the breakout season
that Lynch enjoyed one year ago, aver
aging 8.2 yards per carry.
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Tailback Justin Forseti, seen here earlier this season against Illinois, has sparked the
Bears’ ground game in Marshawn Lynch’s absence.
“You have to make sure you play re
ally good, strong gap defense,” Oregon
linebacker Anthony Thicks said. “You
get one big explosion play to the house
and it changes the shape of the game. ”
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