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Ducks, Beavers set to play most
important Civil War in 35 years
T he A ssociated P rfs >
Oregon ,md O regon State are breaking from their late-
N ovem ber tradition: For the first tim e in 35 years, both
teams have m ore to lose in the Civil W ar than just pride.
Oregon (7-3 overall, 5-2 P ac-10) and Oregon State (7-3,4-
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3) are both going to a bowl gam e, the first time that has
happened since 1949. This S aturday’s gam e at
Autzen Stadium will be the m ost im portant in the
series since 1964, when both team s needed the win
to go to the Rose Bowl.
O regon State w on that day, 7-6. The Beavers later
lost to M ichigan 34-7, O S U ’s last trip to the
p ostseason.
This tim e the Beavers need a victory to clinch at leas t third
place in the P ac-10, an accom plishm ent that seemed years
away at the beginning o f the season, when O S U ’s primary
goal was ending its 28-season streak o f losing records.
“ I’m so excited for Oregon State,” said D ucks defensive
back Michael Fletcher. “I’m excited for the state ofOregon.
Everything is on the line here — state bragging rights,
bow l gam es, everything.”
Stanford (6-1 P a c -10) can earn a berth in the Rose Bowl
against W isconsin if it beats California on Saturday. And
W ashington (5-2) will go to the Holiday Bowl if it defeats
W ashington State, as expected.
T hat leaves third place — and the Sun Bow l in El Paso,
Texas — up for grabs. The w inner between Oregon and
O regon State likely w ill go to that game, and the loser
Joey Galloway has Mike H olm gren’s
attention.
W ith a f o u r- c a tc h , 8 8 -y a rd
perform ance in Seattle’s victory over
defending Super Bowl cham pion
D enver, G allow ay show ed his coach
and bargaining nem esis that he’s a
unique player.
G allow ay’s achievem ent cam e with
three days o f practice. He missed
training camp, the exhibition season
and the first eight gam es in his 100-
day contract holdout.
“ He m ade two great catches. They
were important catches in the outcome
team that prides itself on in-
your-face defense.
M ia m i
has
sh o w e d
u n c h a ra c te ristic o ffe n siv e
f la ir so fa r th is se a so n ,
disposing archrival New York
94-88 at M adison Square
G arden on Sunday.
U nlike Portland, w hich made
over its roster follow ing a
d is a p p o in tin g p o sts e a s o n
run, the Heat have stuck to
probably will end up going to Hawaii for either the A loha
or Oahu bow ls on Christm as Day.
O f course, should Stanford lose and W ashington win, the
Huskies would get the Rose Bowl berth, and the D ucks
would be in line for the Holiday Bowl. Ifboth Stanford and
W'ashington lose, the Civil W ar would take on monumental
importance, as Oregon would be playing for a spot
in the Rose Bowl, and O regon State a spot in the
Holiday.
“ I have no idea,” Beavers coach D ennis Erickson
said when asked about the bow l possibilities. “ I
ju st coach. I ju st know w e’re at least in H aw aii for
sure, and that’s a pretty good deal.”
The last tim e both the Ducks and Beavers both w ent to a
D U C K S
bowl was Jan. 1,1949, when Oregon lost in the Cotton Bowl
to Southern M ethodist 21-13, and O regon State lost in the
Pineapple Bowl to Hawaii 47-27.
Since 1974, Oregon has won 19 o f 24 against the Beavers.
The Ducks are 3-1 under coach Mike Bellotti, w ith the only
loss coming last year in Corvallis, 44-41 in double overtime.
Both teams have w on four straight this season, but the
Beavers m ight be the favorite, considering both their
offense and defense has been better statistically than
O regon’s. After 29 years ofpent-up frustrations, O SU also
might have the em otional edge.
“ It’s been a very important gam e for us every year for bowl
aspirations, and it’s not been that w ay for the B eavers,”
Bellotti said. “This year it is. You w ant to play som ebody
that is a w orthy opponent, and O regon State is a very
w orthy opponent.”
o f the game,” Holmgren said M onday
after his Seahaw ks took a tw o-gam e
lead in the AFC W est with a 20-17
victory o ver the B roncos in the
Kingdome.
P laying 22 plays, G allow ay had
catches o f 39 and 28 yards to help set
up a field goal and the w inning
touchdow n in the fourth quarter as
Seattle (7-2) w on its fourth straight
gam e.Not since 1984, when they won
12 o f their first 14 gam es, have the
Seahaw ks had such a good start.
H olm gren m ade a prom ise to the six
team s left on S eattle’s schedule;
K ansas City (tw ice), Tam pa Bay,
O akland, San Diego, D enver and the
N ew Y ork Jets: They will see a lot
more o f Galloway.
For exam ple, H olm gren anticipates
G allow ay to be in about 3 0 p lay sn ex t
Sunday in K ansas City. H e said
G allow ay reported he was not sore
M onday.
“W e’ 11 m ake a real concerted effort to
use him in certain situations and do
certain things with him,” he said. “W e
co u ld n ’t do that last w eek.”
H olm gren said he d idn’t m ake up his
m ind about using G allow ay against
D enver until S aturday, w hen he
activated him. He was w orried about
getting G allow ay injured in the game
after the holdout.
A ssociated P ress
for T h e P ortand O bserver
On the strength o f Portland State
U niversity’s m ost successful football
season since m oving to the N CA A 1-
AA level in 1996, H ead Coach Tim
W a lsh an d q u a rte rb a c k Jim m y
B lanchard have been nam ed to their
respective ballots for national honors.
W alsh is a finalist for the Eddie
R obinson 1-AA Coach o f the Year
Award, while Blanchard is acandidate
for the W alter Payton 1-A A P layerof
the Y ear Award. Both nam es will be
listed w hen the ballots are released to
85 voter next week. The w inners will
be announced M onday, D ec.6.
W alsh has been the architect o f the
P S U ’s v ery su c ce ssfu l b u ild in g
project at N CA A 1_AA level. This
season, he has led PSU to a ranking
o f 13th in the nation, and the V ikings
are on the cusp o f their first Big Sky
Comference championship going into
Saturday’s game at Northern Arizona.
A win w ould give PSU a share o f the
Big Sky tittle and an autom atic berth
into the N CA A playoffs. It would
likely m ean hom e-field advantage
w hen the playoffs begin on N ov.27,
as well. All w ould be firsts for the
V iking since m oving to 1-AA level,
and w o u ld o cc u r in ju s t P S U ’s
second year o f p lay o ff eligibility. In
leading PSU at an 8-2 record this
season, W alsh's Viking are already
guaranteed theirbestyearsince 1994.
The seventh-year head coach has
also m oved up to num ber tw o on
PSU ’s all-tim e coaching victory list
with4S. W alsh has m asterm inded the
building o f program s that includes an
extrem ely talented jun io r class, with
A ll- A m e r ic a n
c a n d id a te s
in
B lanchard, running back C harlie
Dunn and wide receiver Terry Charles.
Rem arkably, W alsh has built the
r
Isaiah Rider will miss
tonight’s gam e against
th e C h arlo tte H ornets
b e c a u s e th e A tla n ta
H aw ks suspended him
for a series o f violations that date
back to the start o f training camp.
R ider’s one-gam e suspension was
announced after he skipped practice
M onday to take care o f a personal
problem.
“W e felt J.R .'s conduct has been
detrim ental to team chemistry, not
ju st to his checkbook. From Day 1, his
ta rd in ess has
been
a
problem , and
the only step
we have left is
su sp e n d him
for a g am e,”
Hawks general
m anager Pete
Babcock said.
Rider will also
be
fin e d
$65,853.66,or
I-82nd o f his
$ 5 .4 m illio n
salary.
Rider said he
n o tif ie d th e
team at the start
o f practice he
w o u ld
not
p a rtic ip a te
Mike Dunleavy
A ssociated P ress
T he c a le n d a r m ig h t o n ly re a d
November, but if early season play is
any indication, T u esd ay ’s m eeting
between the Portland Trail Blazers
and M iami Heat could take place once
again in June.
Steve Sm ith, Scottie Pippen and the
rest o f the new -look Blazers visit
M iam i A rena on T uesday night in a
p o s s ib le N B A F in a ls p re v ie w
betw een two o f three team s that are
o ff to a 6-1 start.
Portland w arm ed up for the clash o f
co n feren ce titan s w ith a 131-95
thrashing o f A tlanta on Saturday
night. T he gam e proved to be an
exhibition o f the Blazers athleticism ,
depth and versatility that could lead
them to a title.
“W e w eren ’t running it up, w e w ere
ju st playing b asketball, and they
happened to run into us on a bad
night for them ,” D am on Stoudam ire
said. “T his is the first tim e this year
that w e ’ve really pot a team aw ay
w hen w e were supposed to .”
The Blazers will b e hard-pressed to
m atch those gaudy num bers Tuesday
night against a Pat R iley-led H eat
Walsh, Blanchard in line for
national football awards
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p rogram w ith far less than the
NCA A 1-AA limit o f 63 scholarship
number in the high 30’s at the division
ii level 55 this season. W alsh has put
the success o f his program in the
capable hands o f Jim m y Blanchard.
The junio r quarterback has simply
been the m ost accurate quarterback
in the nation. This season he has set
a new NCAA all-division record by
throw ing 310 passes w ithout an
interception. He has shattered the
old 1-AA mark by almost 100 and is
still going. Overall, Blanchard has
thrown 28 touchdowns and ju st one
interception. He ranks fifth in the
nation in passing efficiency after
leading the nation in 1998. In the past
two years, he has 42 touchdowns and
ju st tw o interceptions. B lanchard’s
5 5 0 -y ard p assin g e ffo rt ag a in st
M ontana on O ct.2 led the V ikings to
a 51-48 win over the than-second
ranked G rizzlies and set the stage for
possible Big sky title Blanchard has
com pleted m ore than 60% o f his
passes for 2,745 yards in an offense
that is equally balanced run and
passes. In fact, the Viking has called
m o re ru n n in g p la y (3 8 7 ) th an
Blanchard has throw n passes (315).
Portland State concludes its regular
season this Saturday at N orthern
Arizona. Game time is 5 :05 p.m. PDT.
The gam e can be heard on KFXX 910
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theirgun sd esp iteap airo ffirst-ro u n d
playoff flops. A s a result, th ey ’re o ff
to their best start ever.
“W e are a team th at's m aturing and
playing together, ’’Riley said. “W e’ve
been together three or four years
now. W e are getting to know each
other.”
Standings
Blazers — 1 st place, Pacific Division.
Heat — 1 st place, Atlantic Division.
Hawks suspend Rider
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Seahawks have 2-game division lead
A ssociated P ress
Blazers, Heat to meet in clash of division leaders
because two o f his three vehicles
were dam aged w hile parked in the
Omni H otel’s valet parking, and items
were m issing from his room.
Rider cam e to the H aw ks in A ugust
from the Portland Trail Blazers, saying
he was looking forw ard to a new start
in A tlanta, but began by m issing the
opening o f training camp.
Rider, whose history ofN B A offenses
dates back to his first pro practice
with the M innesota Tim berw olves in
1993, w hen he show ed up late, has
been adding to his list o f offenses
ever since. It includes feuds with
c o a c h e s a n d c o n v ic tio n s fo r
m a riju a n a
possessio n
a n d
assault.
B abcock
s a id
he
does not
re g re t the
d e a l th a t
b ro u g h t
Rider to the
Hawks.
" W e knew
his history
e x tre m e ly
w e ll,"
B abcock
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