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8_________ CkckAMAS T he P rint Wednesday, October 21, 1998 Cross Country jh sidel W es Volleyball A reverse co-ed quads vol leyball tournament is being held this Saturday, Oct. 24, Cost is $50 per team and the tournament is limited to eight teams only. Play begins at 8:30 a.m. af ter an 8 a.m. captain's meet ing. For more information, con tact Jake Harwood at ext. 2418 or at 649-2897. Entries must be received by Thursday, Oct. 22. FCA Come and learn about the fun, challenge and adventure of the Christian life! The Fellowship of Christian Athletes meets every Thursday from 12-1 p.m. in Randall 012 for fellowship, games, food and fun. Everyone is welcome. Softball Clackamas takes on Mt. Hood at today in scrimmage play. The Cougars, the most pros perous team of the '90's is set to take on the Saints at 2 p.m. on the Clackamas softball field. For Sale: '87 Red VW Jetta, tinted windows. NEW clutch, flywheel, transmission, alternator and battery. 177K miles. $4000 OBO. Leave message @ 271-0615. For Sale: '92 Chevy Camaro RS, teal. Excellent condition, LOADED. A.C., cruise, T-tops, 10-disc CD changer, tape deck, AM/FM, alarm, good tires, power windows, 1 owner. 132K miles. $7200 OBO. Leave message @ 657-7650. For Sale: Olympus OM-2 camera w/bag, filters and three lenses. Call 381-4824 for info. OuAÜTy CONTROl SîRip 80% G rey 80% C rey 60% G rey Clackamas gears up for region meet The men's and women's cross country squads head to Bush Park in Salem to compete in the Southern Region Championships this Saturday, October 24. Mt. Hood is favored to capture both the men's and women's titles, but Clackamas is vying for the upset in the men's division. The women's squad has shown great improvement in recent weeks, according to Clackamas Head Coach Mike Hickey. Polls: Traditions lost in bowl alliance Continued from page 7 ing into the months of Decem ber and January? The bowl alliance was devel oped for one reason and one rea son only—to determine the best college football team in the country. Simple fact: when teams lose and teams win, it creates com petition between fans. They each think their team is #1. What happens come January 4th when the self-acclaimed Fi esta Bowl is over and done, and Ohio State comes out on top over UCLA despite a late-season loss to Michigan? Then you have Oregon's trouncing Penn State in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day to fin ish with only one loss as well. How does this decide a cham pion? The only thing that changed was that traditions were lost when the bowl alliance was con structed. Five teams finish all with one loss but one of those teams gets to say they are the best because a handful of sportswriters voted for them in the same polls that saw teams moved around the Top 25 each week? You can argue all you want about how Ohio State is going to go undefeated and so it will be simple to determine a cham pion. Going undefeated is quite an accomplishment. Not in the Big 10, however. In a conference believed to be the weakest of the three most prolific conferences [Big 10, Pac-10 and SEC], Ohio State simply does not have the sched ule that Florida State or UCLA has. A true champion can only be honestly determined if every team played the same sched ule. Needless to say, that will never happen. So, is the bowl alliance a good solution? Of course it is. Do we gain anything from it at all? No way. This is a great year to watch college football. Rankings or not, this January should be an interesting one. Whether you are a Gator fan, a backer of the Volunteers, or a Bruins fanatic, one thing will be certain this year —your team is #1 in your mind. Does college football need a playoff system like the NFL has? I hope not. It's college football. Droughns: Ducks' top rusher lost for year Continued from page 7 UCLA, but he also gave up three costly fumbles. If he broke his leg the first time he left the game, this is an unbelievable feat. Even if he broke it the second time, he still played most of the game with badly damaged ankle ligaments. “He’s one of the toughest kids I’ve ever had the great fortune to coach;” said Head Coach Mike Bellotti. This loss is a tremendous blow to the offense, which ranks 2nd overall and 8th in rushing with 240.8 yards per game. “It was a tremendous shock," said Bellotti. "We lost a great player on defense in Peter Sirmon (one of the nation’s top inside linebackers), and everybody stepped it up a notch. I expect the same response to the loss of Ruben.” Droughns ranks 4th in the na tion in rushing yards per game with 164.8 yards per game, lead the na tion with an average of 7.4 yards per carry, was 4th in scoring aver aging 13.2 points per game, and ranked 10th in all-purpose yards with 173.6 yards per game. In only five games, Droughns had amassed 824 yards rushing and 9 touchdowns. His 824 yards al ready ranks him 11th on the Ducks single season rushing yardage list. He has had three games in which he has had over 200 yards rushing. No other Oregon player has had that many in a career. Droughns did it in half a season. Ruben Droughns may go down in history as the toughest player to ever play at Oregon; but in the end it may cost the Ducks a lot more than just one loss. VISIT AMAZING THAILAND December 10-24, 1998 Visit the southwestern Tour Buddhist temples, islands of Thailand in markets, museums and the Andaman Sea historical sites in Bangkok and Ayuthaya Join a Cultural tour of Thailand • Tour Buddhist temples, markets, museums, historical sites in Bangkok andAyuthaya • Cultural Seminars provided by Silpakom University • Business and Industry Tours 60% G rey 40% G rey . 20% G rey Attend a public slide show and presentation. Location: Clackamas Community College Rm. CC127 Time: Date: 7-9 PM October 21,1998 , For more information contact Don Paul Shula at (503) 657-6958 ext. 2324 Sponsored by Clackamas Community College's International Committee and Silpakorn University in Thailand.
