Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, January 05, 2011, Image 1

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    Club Scene Murder
‘City of
Roses’
A 32-year-old dance club employee
is shot and killed after a New
Years morning altercation outside
downtown night spot
See page 3, inside
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Volume XXXXI, Number 1
Wednesday • January 5. 2011
F c t n E h s l i ta
c h b p lis
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Committed to Cultural Diversity
Title Game excitement
Ducks play
for a national
championship
T he O regon D ucks from the
PA C 10 co n feren ce w ill face
the Auburn Tigers from the SEC
conference in the BCS national
c h a m p io n s h ip g am e to be
played M onday night Jan. 10
Kick o ff time from Uni versity
o f P hoenix S tadium in G len ­
dale, Ariz. is scheduled for 5:20
Mascots for the Oregon Ducks and Auburn Tigers set the stage for the NCAA college football title The BCS cham­
pionship game is scheduled to air on ESPN on Monday, Jan. 10 at 5:30 p.m. A special free broadcast will also
take place at the Hollywood Theater on Northeast Sandy Boulevard.
Oregon Ducks Quarter­
back Darron Thomas,
(right), a sophomore
who leads his team to
the Jan. 10 BCS title
game with an unde­
feated record, will face
Auburn Quarterback
Cam Newton, (left) the
season’s Heisman
Trophy winner.
p.m . E S P N will p rovide the
national television coverage.
O regon's players have a se­
rious task ahead: facing top-
ra n k e d A u b u rn a n d th e ir
HeismanTrophy-winningquar-
terback C am N ew ton. The sec­
o n d -ran k ed D ucks are also
playing in th eir first national
championship.
"W e're excited to be here,"
O regon coach Chip Kelly. "The
am ount o f support we get ev ­
erywhere, it's an exciting time to
be a D uck."
N ow com es the biggest week
in the p ro g ram 's 1 15-year his­
tory.
O regon (12-0) had a fairly
easy run through the regular sea­
son, cru sh in g team s w ith an
uptem po offense that had o p ­
ponents feigning injuries in an
attem pt to slow it dow n. T he
D ucks had one close gam e —
15-13 o v er C al — and led the
nation with 49.3 points per gam e
w hile averaging nearly 540
yards.
continued
on page 18