Recap: Ducks take five-game winning streak into Pullman next week
Continued from page 7
Leaf got the call and orchestrated
Oregon’s final scoring drive in six
plays, resulting in Finley’s first touch
down reception of the season.
“(The coaches) told me that I’d get
a series here or there,” Leaf said. “I
just tried to prepare myself that I am
going to play today. It was a rush.”
The Oregon defense stayed intact
after Finley’s touchdown catch, shut
ting down the Golden Bears in four
plays of their overtime possession,
three of which were incomplete pass
es by quarterback Joe Ayoob. Ay
oob’s last pass of the game on fourth
and eight sailed over the head of
wide-open David Gray, sending the
58,309 in attendance into a frenzy.
“A win like that validates what you
do as a team and our belief in our
selves,” Oregon head coach Mike Bel
lotti said. “Our defense, except for
one or two plays, worked their tails
off and they did a great job. ”
Ayoob struggled against Oregon’s
defense, completing only 10 of 26
passes for 88 yards and no touch
downs. He was sacked three times
and threw three interceptions.
California relied on its vaunted
running game to keep the game in
reach. Sophomore Marshawn Lynch
finished with 189 yards on 25 carries
and two touchdowns.
Yet the Ducks’ defense made the
stops when they needed to most, in
cluding on the final play of regulation
when kicker Tom Schneider missed a
53-yard field as time expired, sending
the game into overtime.
Dixon, in his first career start, was
15 of 26 for 139 yards and one
touchdown — a 24-yard strike to
wideout Demetrius Williams for the
game’s first score. Dixon was also
intercepted once.
Leaf, who made his first appear
ance in the third quarter, was 9 of 13
for 93 yards and one touchdown.
“Dennis did a great job as well
today,” Leaf said. “It’s a lot more
comfortable when you’ve got two
quarterbacks that can go out there
and win.”
The game was tied after each quar
ter. Following Williams’ touchdown
reception, Cal blocked a Matt Dragich
punt, which rolled out of bounds at
the Ducks’ one-yard line.
Steinberg: Agent says Williams
'is a nice guy with a big heart'
Continued from page 8
movie featuring Cuba Gooding Jr.
and Tom Cruise. In 2001, Steinberg
filed a lawsuit in federal court
against ex-partner David Dunn of
Athletes First, claiming he was
preparing a blackmail scheme to
discredit him and steal 40 of his
clients. Dunn and employee Brian
Murphy accused Steinberg of in
competence and erratic behavior,
according to a 2002 article in ESPN
The Magazine.
Then part of Steinberg, Moorad
& Dunn, Inc. (SMD), Steinberg
received a $44.6 million
verdict in 2002. The jury found
Dunn and Murphy guilty of
unfair competition.
Steinberg now runs Leigh Stein
berg Enterprises.
On Friday, he criticized the
NBA’s new 19-year-old age limit
for players.
The NBA age limit forces individ
uals to attend school when they
don’t want to, he said. Those stu
dent-athletes then take the fewest
classes possible.
The rule has no basis in a free so
ciety, said Steinberg, who added
that he’d rather focus on helping
dedicated student-athletes graduate.
“You ought to have players on a
college campus that want to be col
lege athletes,” Steinberg said. “That
way you can regulate them. You can
tell them, ‘Don’t take money from
agents ...’ There are enforceable
standards. (Students are)
motivated. They want to be there.”
Steinberg also discussed Philadel
phia Eagles wide receiver
Terrell Owens, who played in last
season’s Super Bowl only 50
days after spraining his right ankle
and fracturing a bone in his
lower leg. Owens reportedly signed
a waiver releasing his team any
legal liability.
His mistake came when Owens
publicly demanded a new contract
from Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie,
Steinberg said.
Owens didn't get a contract, and
was recently suspended indefinitely.
“Terrell Owens is entirely within
his right to request a new contract
— privately, quietly,” Steinberg
said. “The minute that you stick an
owner up against the wall publicly,
you are ensuring you won’t get a
contract offer. ”
Miami Dolphins running back
Ricky Williams — a Steinberg client
whose odd behavior combined with
brief retirement sparked massive
media coverage — is a nice guy
with a big heart, Steinberg said.
Williams, like anyone else, does
n’t have to play football, Steinberg
said. But Steinberg didn’t like that
the athlete retired right before train
ing camp in 2004, or Williams’
statements defending his marijuana
use. Williams returned this season
after a four-game suspension for a
positive drug test.
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Lynch scored on the next play.
Oregon responded in the second
quarter, driving 53 yards in 10 plays
to set up Paul Martinez’s 29-yard field
goal. Dixon was 6 of 7 passing on the
drive for 45 yards.
Cal tied the game just seconds be
fore half with a 21-yard field goal by
Schneider, which was set up after
Brandon Hampton intercepted Dixon
in Oregon territory.
Oregon regained the lead midway
through the second half with a steady
dose of Terrence Whitehead.
The senior back gained 29 of his
team-high 119 yards in Oregon’s
opening possession, setting up a 49
yard field goal by Martinez.
On Cal’s next possession, Ayoob
was sacked by linebacker Anthony
TYucks who also stripped the ball and
recovered it at the Bears’ 18-yard line.
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Whitehead finished with 191 total
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Cal responded and, following
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third quarter.
But both defenses held strong in
the final quarter before Leaf’s touch
down pass to Finley clinched the
game in overtime.
The victory gives Oregon its fifth
straight win and eighth of the
season — the Ducks best record
since 2001.
“It’s a great feeling. The team’s
pretty excited about it, but we’ve got
to get immediately into Washington
State and be 9-1,” Leaf said.
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