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“You can never be too good.”

Previewthe only two ranked teams in

the pac-10 come head-to-head

in los angeles this weekend.

PAC-10aSU battles Cal, Stanford

travels to notre dame, the

Huskies host arizona, and the

Bruins take on the Cougars.

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arizona state @ cal (12:30 p.m. on abc)Outside the no. 23 Oregon at

no. 9 USc match-up, there are no better Pacific-10 conference battles this week. Both teams are unranked, but this game could decide whether or not that will change in the coming week. cal is coming off a blowout win over colorado State, 42-7. it will be interesting to see how cal fares with its best offensive weapon, Jahvid Best, out for this contest (injured elbow) and a recently opened quarterback controversy possibly shaping the outcome of this game. aSU is not suffering from this problem. rudy carpenter is undoubtedly the team leader. and while carpenter will be manager, the Sun Devils’ defense will make the game. Without Best on the opposing side of the field, aSU will look to stop the passing game, as both nate longshore and Kevin riley attempt to prove their value as potential leaders of their team. cal will be down early, with aSU stopping the depleted backfield and forcing cal to throw.

Key STAT: cal has relied on a 200-plus yard rushing average this season, and will rely on freshman Shane Vereen to carry the load.

stanford @ notre dame (11:30 a.m. on

nbc)Stanford comes off a strong

win over Washington, keeping the Huskies winless and helping themselves to an above .500 record for the first time since beating Oregon State in Week 1.

running back toby gerhart was injured during that game (concussion), but will likely be ready to play. gerhart is the primary option on the team, and the offense basically goes as he goes.

However, tavita Pritchard is coming off his best game of the season, as he posted three touchdowns and over 220 yards passing.

if notre Dame is able to stop the run, the cardinal must be pretty confident that Pritchard can make the plays to keep them in the game. notre Dame, on the other hand, has an offense led by quarterback Jimmy clausen and his 900 yards and nine touchdown passes. Stanford is weakest against the pass, so it will require a good day from the cardinal secondary to make this a contest.

Key STAT: Stanford quarterback tavita Pritchard has only had two games this season with a rating of over 100.

Washington @ arizona (3:00 p.m.)Washington just can’t buy

a win. now, with Jake locker missing time at quarterback for at least six weeks because of a broken thumb, coach tyrone Willingham may look to use him in other ways to save his job. locker might play tight end in some passing situations, but one thing is clear: He wants to play. “i’d rather be playing than sitting over on the sidelines,” locker said. either way, he is Washington’s best passer and rusher, and his replacement at quarterback will have tough shoes to fill. arizona has one of the country’s most explosive offenses. Willie tuitama runs this machine-offense, racking up 10 touchdowns and over 1,000 yards of passing. running back nic grigsby is just as valuable to the offense, with his seven tD’s and over 430 yards on the ground. Because they are at home, the Wildcats definitely have the advantage over a winless Washington. arizona is coming off a win over conference foe Ucla and should be amped to play this game.

Key STAT: arizona wide receiver mike thomas has had over 110 yards receiving in the last three games.

Washington state @ ucLa (7:15 p.m.)

the only team statistically worse than Washington is the cougars.

they have a mess at quarterback with both injuries and inconsistency, giving stud receiver Brandon gibson no chance to help win games. He truly is the only real threat on the offensive side of the field, although his stats may say otherwise.

it is so easy for teams to play defense against the cougars because they place their best corner on gibson and shade a safety over to his side of the field, basically double-teaming him. Ucla should be able to do that, so expect more of the same.

the Bruins have not won a game since their upset win over tennessee in week one. last week, Ucla rival Fresno State won with a touchdown late in the game after a repeated third down from an accepted holding penalty by Ucla.

this week’s game will be ugly for both teams, but may help one start to rally.

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no. 23 Oregon will travel to los angeles for a Saturday eve-ning showdown with the no. 9 USc trojans in a game that still has conference title implica-tions, despite the trojans’ loss last week.

Put simply, it could make or break either team’s season.

if the trojans were to lose their second game in a row to an op-ponent from Oregon, it would al-most surely knock them out of the BcS national championship that nearly every analyst had the team as a virtual shoo-in for. a win puts them back in the running for their seventh straight Pacific-10 conference championship.

the game is set for a 5 p.m. kick-off with a regional aBc or eSPn audience.

“this is an enormous oppor-tunity for us to get back in the conference,” USc head coach Pete carroll said. “We have to find our ways to get our wins here to go ahead and get us moving. it couldn’t be more challenging.”

For Oregon, which has no con-ference blemish yet, a win would put the Ducks back into the type of national discussion that sur-rounded them before their loss to Boise State two weeks ago. a loss could drop Oregon out of the rankings completely.

“this is a completely different animal going at them at home,” senior center max Unger said. “i don’t know what ‘normal’ is for

them but i don’t think losing is.”the trojans were ranked first

in the country before losing to Oregon State a week ago in front of a national audience. in eugene, there’s no doubt the trojans will be looking for the kind of domi-nating win that was expected of them in corvallis.

“they were undefeated and no. 1 and now they’re not, and i think there’s certainly a great-er sense of urgency on their part,” Oregon head coach mike Bellotti said.

the trojans’ rushing de-fense, which appears to be their most vulnerable area, also hap-pens to be one of Oregon’s biggest strengths.

Oregon’s rushing offense has averaged more than 308 yards per game - fourth best in the na-tion - on the legs of junior legar-rette Blount and senior Jeremiah Johnson. the duo average 184 yards per game, two yards fewer than what Oregon State running back Jacquizz rodgers ran for against USc last week.

“the new kid, Blount, com-ing in from junior college has really given them another ele-ment,” carroll said. “Jonathan Stewart was a heck of a football player. But this guy runs maybe more physical, in a more physical nature about him.”

USc’s defense won’t be at full strength. Standout linebackers Brian cushing (broken bone in his hand) and rey maualuga (sprained knee) are expected to play, but their impact won’t be known until kickoff. Fellow preseason all-american taylor mays, a safety, was seen coughing

up blood on the sideline after a chest injury against the Beavers.

“(Oregon) throwing up 300-plus yards of rushing after we fol-low up a game, we didn’t play the run very well, really makes it hard on us,” carroll said.

the game will mean a little bit more for nearly half the Oregon roster who hail from california. it will be Johnson’s first game against USc in his career, while Oregon defensive end nick reed, who played on the same high school team with USc quarterback mark Sanchez, will be coming home to a large family contingent.

“We talked a lot about it’s not a visitation, it’s a business trip,” Bellotti said.

For the first time all season,

Oregon had more takeaways than giveaways last week, claim-ing four cougar turnovers to zero Duck turnovers. Keeping the turnover ratio in the Ducks’ favor is one of Bellotti’s goals each week, but against the trojans it will be more crucial than ever.

“i think we are struggling a little bit with turnovers, and it’s probably a result of the youth and inexperience at quarterback,” Bellotti said. “We are making the turn in that regard and getting better each week.”

Only a week ago, USc was the no. 1 team in the country whose quarterback, Sanchez, was con-sidered a Heisman candidate. Back at the l.a. coliseum, where the trojans have a .751 winning percentage since it opened in

1923, the Ducks expect no less than a duel with a team that beat up then-no. 5 Ohio State 35-3 on Sept. 13.

as Johnson, whom USc re-cruited as a cornerback, said, “they know what it feels like to be on top, so i’m pretty sure they want to be there again.”[email protected]

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arizona State quarterback rudy Carpenter will lead the Sun devils into Berkeley, Calif. this weekend for a game against the Cal Bears. the Bears’ quarterback situation won’t be as settled as aSU’s, however, with Kevin riley and nate longshore expected to share snaps for the home team.

Each week, a beat writer from the oppo-nent’s campus newspaper will give his or her take on the day’s match up against the ducks. this week: USC.

MiKe SCHwArTZ tHE daily troJan

Well, that was short-lived.What was supposed to be another season

of glowing superlatives for USc quickly transformed into a run-of-the-mill year with another early season upset. and after losing to Oregon State in an embarrassing fashion last week, the trojans are in scramble mode.

the defeat was so bad, head coach Pete carroll never directly referred to the game in his weekly press conference, saying only that his team had an “opportunity” waiting ahead. if that’s code for “pressure to not eliminate themselves from the national championship chase,” then opportunity is knocking.

the adjustments this week start up-front where a previously stellar offensive line was rattled by a Beaver defense replacing its entire front seven from last season. alex Parsons will step in for starting right guard

Zack Heberer, out with a sprained right toe. He will have to help protect mark Sanchez, who was sacked only once against Oregon State but rarely had time to survey the field.

USc’s injuries extend to its linebacking corps, where a highly touted group has become battered and bruised three games into the season. rey maualuga has been all but ruled out of Saturday’s game with an mcl sprain in his right knee. Brian cushing is expected to slide over from his normal strong side position to fill in for maualuga, despite a broken bone in his hand.

cushing will have to key a USc run defense that was befuddled by Oregon State’s rushing attack last week to the tune of 176 rushing yards. carroll will need a better performance from the front seven to avoid going 0-2 against the Oregon schools in the same year for the first time in his tenure. But after losing his last three games in the Beaver (Duck for cover) State, it’s safe to say that carroll is happy to be back in the comforts of the [email protected]

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USC quarterback mark Sanchez, who nearly led the trojans to a comeback win over the ducks last year, will try to bounce back from last week’s loss.

AT A GLAnCewho: no. 23 oregon vs. no. 9 USC

where: los angeles

when: Saturday, 5 p.m. aBC / ESpn

weather: 65 degrees, 40 percent chance of rain

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arizona state @ cal (12:30 p.m. on abc)Outside the no. 23 Oregon at

no. 9 USc match-up, there are no better Pacific-10 conference battles this week. Both teams are unranked, but this game could decide whether or not that will change in the coming week. cal is coming off a blowout win over colorado State, 42-7. it will be interesting to see how cal fares with its best offensive weapon, Jahvid Best, out for this contest (injured elbow) and a recently opened quarterback controversy possibly shaping the outcome of this game. aSU is not suffering from this problem. rudy carpenter is undoubtedly the team leader. and while carpenter will be manager, the Sun Devils’ defense will make the game. Without Best on the opposing side of the field, aSU will look to stop the passing game, as both nate longshore and Kevin riley attempt to prove their value as potential leaders of their team. cal will be down early, with aSU stopping the depleted backfield and forcing cal to throw.

Key STAT: cal has relied on a 200-plus yard rushing average this season, and will rely on freshman Shane Vereen to carry the load.

stanford @ notre dame (11:30 a.m. on

nbc)Stanford comes off a strong

win over Washington, keeping the Huskies winless and helping themselves to an above .500 record for the first time since beating Oregon State in Week 1.

running back toby gerhart was injured during that game (concussion), but will likely be ready to play. gerhart is the primary option on the team, and the offense basically goes as he goes.

However, tavita Pritchard is coming off his best game of the season, as he posted three touchdowns and over 220 yards passing.

if notre Dame is able to stop the run, the cardinal must be pretty confident that Pritchard can make the plays to keep them in the game. notre Dame, on the other hand, has an offense led by quarterback Jimmy clausen and his 900 yards and nine touchdown passes. Stanford is weakest against the pass, so it will require a good day from the cardinal secondary to make this a contest.

Key STAT: Stanford quarterback tavita Pritchard has only had two games this season with a rating of over 100.

Washington @ arizona (3:00 p.m.)Washington just can’t buy

a win. now, with Jake locker missing time at quarterback for at least six weeks because of a broken thumb, coach tyrone Willingham may look to use him in other ways to save his job. locker might play tight end in some passing situations, but one thing is clear: He wants to play. “i’d rather be playing than sitting over on the sidelines,” locker said. either way, he is Washington’s best passer and rusher, and his replacement at quarterback will have tough shoes to fill. arizona has one of the country’s most explosive offenses. Willie tuitama runs this machine-offense, racking up 10 touchdowns and over 1,000 yards of passing. running back nic grigsby is just as valuable to the offense, with his seven tD’s and over 430 yards on the ground. Because they are at home, the Wildcats definitely have the advantage over a winless Washington. arizona is coming off a win over conference foe Ucla and should be amped to play this game.

Key STAT: arizona wide receiver mike thomas has had over 110 yards receiving in the last three games.

Washington state @ ucLa (7:15 p.m.)

the only team statistically worse than Washington is the cougars.

they have a mess at quarterback with both injuries and inconsistency, giving stud receiver Brandon gibson no chance to help win games. He truly is the only real threat on the offensive side of the field, although his stats may say otherwise.

it is so easy for teams to play defense against the cougars because they place their best corner on gibson and shade a safety over to his side of the field, basically double-teaming him. Ucla should be able to do that, so expect more of the same.

the Bruins have not won a game since their upset win over tennessee in week one. last week, Ucla rival Fresno State won with a touchdown late in the game after a repeated third down from an accepted holding penalty by Ucla.

this week’s game will be ugly for both teams, but may help one start to rally.

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no. 23 Oregon will travel to los angeles for a Saturday eve-ning showdown with the no. 9 USc trojans in a game that still has conference title implica-tions, despite the trojans’ loss last week.

Put simply, it could make or break either team’s season.

if the trojans were to lose their second game in a row to an op-ponent from Oregon, it would al-most surely knock them out of the BcS national championship that nearly every analyst had the team as a virtual shoo-in for. a win puts them back in the running for their seventh straight Pacific-10 conference championship.

the game is set for a 5 p.m. kick-off with a regional aBc or eSPn audience.

“this is an enormous oppor-tunity for us to get back in the conference,” USc head coach Pete carroll said. “We have to find our ways to get our wins here to go ahead and get us moving. it couldn’t be more challenging.”

For Oregon, which has no con-ference blemish yet, a win would put the Ducks back into the type of national discussion that sur-rounded them before their loss to Boise State two weeks ago. a loss could drop Oregon out of the rankings completely.

“this is a completely different animal going at them at home,” senior center max Unger said. “i don’t know what ‘normal’ is for

them but i don’t think losing is.”the trojans were ranked first

in the country before losing to Oregon State a week ago in front of a national audience. in eugene, there’s no doubt the trojans will be looking for the kind of domi-nating win that was expected of them in corvallis.

“they were undefeated and no. 1 and now they’re not, and i think there’s certainly a great-er sense of urgency on their part,” Oregon head coach mike Bellotti said.

the trojans’ rushing de-fense, which appears to be their most vulnerable area, also hap-pens to be one of Oregon’s biggest strengths.

Oregon’s rushing offense has averaged more than 308 yards per game - fourth best in the na-tion - on the legs of junior legar-rette Blount and senior Jeremiah Johnson. the duo average 184 yards per game, two yards fewer than what Oregon State running back Jacquizz rodgers ran for against USc last week.

“the new kid, Blount, com-ing in from junior college has really given them another ele-ment,” carroll said. “Jonathan Stewart was a heck of a football player. But this guy runs maybe more physical, in a more physical nature about him.”

USc’s defense won’t be at full strength. Standout linebackers Brian cushing (broken bone in his hand) and rey maualuga (sprained knee) are expected to play, but their impact won’t be known until kickoff. Fellow preseason all-american taylor mays, a safety, was seen coughing

up blood on the sideline after a chest injury against the Beavers.

“(Oregon) throwing up 300-plus yards of rushing after we fol-low up a game, we didn’t play the run very well, really makes it hard on us,” carroll said.

the game will mean a little bit more for nearly half the Oregon roster who hail from california. it will be Johnson’s first game against USc in his career, while Oregon defensive end nick reed, who played on the same high school team with USc quarterback mark Sanchez, will be coming home to a large family contingent.

“We talked a lot about it’s not a visitation, it’s a business trip,” Bellotti said.

For the first time all season,

Oregon had more takeaways than giveaways last week, claim-ing four cougar turnovers to zero Duck turnovers. Keeping the turnover ratio in the Ducks’ favor is one of Bellotti’s goals each week, but against the trojans it will be more crucial than ever.

“i think we are struggling a little bit with turnovers, and it’s probably a result of the youth and inexperience at quarterback,” Bellotti said. “We are making the turn in that regard and getting better each week.”

Only a week ago, USc was the no. 1 team in the country whose quarterback, Sanchez, was con-sidered a Heisman candidate. Back at the l.a. coliseum, where the trojans have a .751 winning percentage since it opened in

1923, the Ducks expect no less than a duel with a team that beat up then-no. 5 Ohio State 35-3 on Sept. 13.

as Johnson, whom USc re-cruited as a cornerback, said, “they know what it feels like to be on top, so i’m pretty sure they want to be there again.”[email protected]

conference play heating up california

Battle for the top of the pactHE paC-10prEviEW

the ducks look to keep USC down and lead the pac-10

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arizona State quarterback rudy Carpenter will lead the Sun devils into Berkeley, Calif. this weekend for a game against the Cal Bears. the Bears’ quarterback situation won’t be as settled as aSU’s, however, with Kevin riley and nate longshore expected to share snaps for the home team.

Each week, a beat writer from the oppo-nent’s campus newspaper will give his or her take on the day’s match up against the ducks. this week: USC.

MiKe SCHwArTZ tHE daily troJan

Well, that was short-lived.What was supposed to be another season

of glowing superlatives for USc quickly transformed into a run-of-the-mill year with another early season upset. and after losing to Oregon State in an embarrassing fashion last week, the trojans are in scramble mode.

the defeat was so bad, head coach Pete carroll never directly referred to the game in his weekly press conference, saying only that his team had an “opportunity” waiting ahead. if that’s code for “pressure to not eliminate themselves from the national championship chase,” then opportunity is knocking.

the adjustments this week start up-front where a previously stellar offensive line was rattled by a Beaver defense replacing its entire front seven from last season. alex Parsons will step in for starting right guard

Zack Heberer, out with a sprained right toe. He will have to help protect mark Sanchez, who was sacked only once against Oregon State but rarely had time to survey the field.

USc’s injuries extend to its linebacking corps, where a highly touted group has become battered and bruised three games into the season. rey maualuga has been all but ruled out of Saturday’s game with an mcl sprain in his right knee. Brian cushing is expected to slide over from his normal strong side position to fill in for maualuga, despite a broken bone in his hand.

cushing will have to key a USc run defense that was befuddled by Oregon State’s rushing attack last week to the tune of 176 rushing yards. carroll will need a better performance from the front seven to avoid going 0-2 against the Oregon schools in the same year for the first time in his tenure. But after losing his last three games in the Beaver (Duck for cover) State, it’s safe to say that carroll is happy to be back in the comforts of the [email protected]

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USC quarterback mark Sanchez, who nearly led the trojans to a comeback win over the ducks last year, will try to bounce back from last week’s loss.

AT A GLAnCewho: no. 23 oregon vs. no. 9 USC

where: los angeles

when: Saturday, 5 p.m. aBC / ESpn

weather: 65 degrees, 40 percent chance of rain

why you Should watch: are the ducks pretenders or contend-ers in the pac-10? What about the trojans? this game is the marquee conference game of the weekend, pitting the only two ranked teams in the league against one another. it could easily pave the way toward the pac-10 championship for either team.

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it’s true: college football play-ers really are just like the rest of us.

after all, classes started mon-day for them, too.

no. 23 Oregon got back to the books monday, nearly a month after some Pacific-10 conference schools began. at USc, Oregon’s opponent this weekend, school has been in session since aug. 25.

although many Oregon players take advantage of summer classes to work ahead in their progress toward a degree, football has been almost the sole responsibility for the play-ers since fall camp opened aug. 4. Sophomore quarterback Jeremiah masoli took summer classes after his year at city col-lege of San Francisco, and said 500-person classes was the big-gest change.

“it’s going to be a heavy load for me, but we have so much set up for us i don’t think it’ll be much of a problem for me,” masoli said.

all student-athletes at Or-egon have several tools at their disposal to help with academ-ics. every freshman must be in “study hall,” otherwise known as Services for Student athletes, for a certain number of hours per week until they prove their

academics won’t suffer with-out it. Students can reserve appointments with tutors in specific fields of study for free, and they can use SSa’s multiple computer labs.

“it’s always funny when people screw up in school and can’t pass classes because they’re not try-ing,” senior defensive end nick reed said. “all you have to do is show up. if you have trouble, ask for help. it’s so simple.”

the start of classes didn’t mean much to 18 Oregon play-

ers who have finished their degree or will complete it by the end of fall term. the list in-cludes reed, who will graduate after three years and one term in December.

“i don’t want college to be over, but it’s nice to know that right now all i really have to worry about is football and Writing 122,” said reed, a his-tory major who is tied for sixth all-time on Oregon’s tackles for loss list with 40.

Senior running back Jeremiah

Johnson’s transition from high school in los angeles to Oregon wasn’t as smooth as reed’s. He admitted to being lost in cam-pus during his freshman and sophomore years, adjusting to life away from home.

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there was nothing fluke-ish about it.

USc (2-1, 0-1 Pacific-10 con-ference) was soundly beaten by Oregon State (2-2, 1-1 Pac-10) on Sept. 25. the Beavers’ offensive and defensive lines controlled the line of scrimmage all game long, and the defense made critical plays when it mattered most.

Where did this leave the Pac-10? in shambles. the only two ranked Pac-10 teams will meet at the coliseum in los angeles on Saturday. and neither team is likely to make the national cham-pionship game unless some im-probabilities turn into realities.

Still, USc remains USc. and the prospect of beating the trojans in their home stadium after their embarrassing (to put it mildly) loss will require incredible effort, concentration and guile.

the trojans under head coach Pete carroll have a knack for not losing games. carroll enters Sat-urday’s contest with a record of 78-15 in los angeles … a stag-geringly high win record of 84 percent, and only once in carroll’s eight years have the trojans lost by more than a touchdown. this is aided by a steady flow of elite high school talent coming through the ranks; USc is consistently lauded with high rankings for its recruiting classes.

Witness the team’s running back depth, where sophomore phenom Joe mcKnight splits time with juniors Stafon Johnson and allen Bradford, sophomore c.J. gable, and redshirt freshman marc tyler, all of whom were heralded high-school athletes. mcKnight leads the bunch with 175 yards on 25 carries in USc’s three games, but the trojans have split 77 car-ries between the five. though carroll has instituted more com-petition in the wake of the loss to Oregon State, mcKnight, a shifty

runner and good receiver from the backfield, may see most of the carries against the Ducks. in case the trojans are not satisfied with their backfield weapons, fullback Stanley Havili is used in both the running and passing games and is a strong blocker to boot.

at wide receiver, arkansas transfer Damian Williams has been something of a revelation in the passing game, leading the team in catches and receiving yards. Fellow wideouts Patrick turner, ronald Johnson and Vidal Hazel-ton are all big and fast but can be inconsistent, and freshman tight end Blake ayles could become more of a factor.

Junior quarterback mark San-chez has received mixed reviews during his first year as full-time starter for USc. Sanchez has com-pleted over 66 percent of his passes for 737 yards and 10 touchdowns, and his offensive line — left guard Jeff Byars was USc’s only return-ing starter on the line from 2007 — has allowed two sacks thus far. Following up a 35-3 drubbing of then-no. 5 Ohio State with a loss to Oregon State — and throwing a costly interception in the fourth quarter — has led to questions of Sanchez’s consistency, which he has every opportunity to address in conference play.

What will the trojans defense

look like Saturday? the void at middle linebacker left by senior rey maualuga (who sprained his medial collateral ligament in his right knee) will be filled by red-shirt freshman chris galippo, who is recovering from summer back surgery, and senior outside linebacker Brian cushing, who broke a bone in his right hand against Oregon State but will play Saturday. carroll will be looking to his defensive charges to pick up the slack, particularly the front seven; sophomore defensive end everson griffen and junior de-fensive tackle averell Spicer were demoted to backups for their poor performances against the Beavers. But senior defensive tackle Fili moala, who is expected to be one of the first defensive players taken in the 2009 nFl Draft, is a force inside, and former walk-on defen-sive end clay matthews (brother of Oregon linebacker casey mat-thews) leads USc with two sacks and two fumble recoveries.

Several eyebrows may rise at the fact that USc’s leading tackler is a member of the secondary, but the two safeties anchoring the defense — Kevin ellison and taylor mays — are crucial to overall success. ellison’s 21 tackles and four pass breakups are trojan bests, and mays’ size (6-foot-3, 230 pounds) and speed (4.4 40-yard dash) give

the most disciplined offenses trouble. mays has a tendency against playing up to his physical gifts; against Oregon State, he was flagged multiple times for horse-collar tackles.

carroll, the architect of the potent USc defense (10th nation-ally in overall defense), is to college football cult heroism what Soren Kierkegaard is to philosophy. carroll’s non-profit foundation, a Better l.a., aims to provide opportunities to inner-city resi-dents, and a profile of carroll in la magazine (aptly and humor-ously titled, “23 reasons Why a Profile of Pete carroll Does not appear in this Space”) revealed a personal side to carroll that fea-tures an aversion to consuming liquids, an enthusiastic approach to recruiting, and an affinity for regular sojourns into rough los angeles neighborhoods … in the middle of the night, without a se-curity detail.robert Husseman [email protected]

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the hype surrounding Oregon’s secondary — the “D-Boyz” — and their leader, senior rover Patrick chung, built to a fevered pitch this preseason, including songs in their honor on sports-talk radio and national press clippings galore. chung says the secondary’s chosen moniker isn’t about hype, it’s about unity in the defensive backfield and pride in the team’s performance.

the name debuted last year in the back-and-forth between chung and free safety matt Harper, who were known to keep up a near constant string of chatter in the defensive backfield.

“(Harper) always used to say, ‘We them D-boys, we them D-boys,’ all the time. after that it’s just been the D-boys on and on,” chung said. “it’s just about us taking pride in making every play and working harder than anybody else.”

While each member of the secondary has his share of highlight reel hits and eye-popping career numbers, chung seems to be the most deserving of any hype the media may give him, as his nine tackles against Washington State last week moved the four-year starter to no. 10 on the Ducks’ all-time tackles list.

a similar performance this Saturday at the los angeles coliseum could move him up again, as he stands just 11 tackles shy (at 323) of mark Kearns (334, 1986-89) for ninth.

chung is on the watch list for the Bednarik award, nagurski trophy (both awards for college Defensive Player of the year), and, along with Jairus Byrd

and Walter thurmond iii, the Jim thorpe award (Best Defensive Back in college Football).

if this sounds to you like a dream senior season for any college athlete, you’re right. that’s why chung chose to withdraw his name from the nFl draft this spring and come back for one more season.

“Senior year is a big year for you as a player,” chung said. “if i would’ve left, i wouldn’t have been ready. i feel like there’s always something you can get better at. you can never be too good.”

But it’s not completely about football. chung said that in hindsight he feels foolish for even considering leaving his college degree unfinished after working so hard in the classroom during his time here. chung will be finished with his degree at the end of fall term.

“i don’t know what i was thinking at the time but i came to my senses, i know that, and came back to get my degree,” he said.

chung’s career at Oregon has arguably been as high-profile and highlight-filled as any Oregon defensive player, ever. the fact that he stands among the program’s luminaries on the all-time lists and has been tabbed for so many potential awards is no surprise, considering he walked onto campus his freshman year and immediately impacted the Duck defense. chung has started every game of his 43-game career at Oregon, a distinction shared by fellow senior pre-season all-american max Unger.

Secondary coach John neal considers chung’s freshman season a turning point for the Oregon secondary, which

had at times been a weak point in previous seasons. chung’s freshman secondary unit was himself, the rookie, and the veteran core of aaron gipson, Justin Phinisee and J.D. nelson.

“those guys really changed things. they were winners and leaders,” neal said. “Pat was just a young guy then and he had some good guys to look up to. He followed in their footsteps and then did it even better and at a higher level.”

this season hasn’t been as productive for chung yet, as his team-leading nine tackles against the cougars are his highest total so far. But chung isn’t sneaking up on anybody anymore either, and offenses have started to plan against him specifically with certain formations and shifts.

“Sometimes teams scheme me out but sometimes i had the opportunity to make the play and didn’t make the play. it can go both ways,” chung said. “you just have to do your job and if i can’t make the play hopefully the guy next to me can make the play.”

“i’m sure there’s some strategy sometimes of not trying to challenge him,” neal said. “the plays ended up at him against Washington State and he responded at an extremely high level and was a completely dominating football player.

“Which is, i think, one of the mysteries of football: How many guys can really make plays on defense? there’s just not that many, and he’s a playmaker. that makes him a pretty special player.”[email protected]

Rover Patrick Chung now stands tenth all-time for tackles in school history

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USC head coach pete Carroll speaks to the media after last year’s 24-17 loss in Eugene to the ducks. He hopes to stop USC’s 1-game losing streak.

USC hopes to recover after last week’s upset to oSU

Even the ducks have to go back to classes at some point

Conner JAy | EmEr ald arCHivES

oregon rover patrick Chung almost left a year early for the nfl draft last winter, but has returned to lead one of the nation’s top secondaries.

TAyLor SCHefSTroM | pHotogr apHEr

Jeremiah Johnson is second for the ducks with 440 rushing yards this season. like the rest of the ducks, Johnson came back to school this week, nearly a month after USC.

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82Consecutive games that USC has

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AUGUST30 vs. Washington (W, 44-10)

SePTeMBer6 vs. Utah State (W, 66-24)

13 at purdue, (W, 32-26)

20 vs. Boise State, (l, 32-37)

27 at Washington State, (W, 63-14)

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11 vs. UCla, tBa

25 at arizona State, tBa

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8 vs. Stanford, tBa

15 vs. arizona, tBa

29 at oregon State, 4 p.m.

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SePTeMBer13 vs. ohio State (W, 35-3)

25 at oregon State, (l, 27-21)

oCToBer4 vs. oregon, 5 p.m.

11 vs. arizona State, 12:30 p.m.

18 at Washington Stae, 12:30 p.m.

25 at arizona, 7:15 p.m.

noveMBer1 vs. Washington, tBa

8 vs. California, p.m.

15 at Standford, 4 p.m.

29 vs. notre dame, 5 p.m.

deCeMBer6 at UCla, 1:30 p.m.

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2008 oreGon statisticaL Leaders

rUSHinGl. Blount

J. Johnson

PASSinGJ. roper

J. masoli

reCeivinGJ. Williams

E. dickson

t. Scott

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t. Ward

J. Byrd

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S. Johnson

PASSinGm. Sanchez

reCeivinGd. Williams

p. turner

J. mcKnight

defenSiveK. Ellison

B. Cushing

K. maiava

t. mays

r. maualuga

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touchdowns this year. Seven ducks scored on the

ground last year.

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Wr Jaison Williams

lt fenuki tupou

lg Jordan Holmes

C max Unger

rg mark lewis

rt Jacob Hucko

tE Ed dickson

Wr Jeff maehl

Wr terence Scott

QB Jeremiah masoli

rB Jeremiah Johnson

usc oFFense

Wr patrick turner

lt Charles Brown

lg Jeff Byers

C Kristofer o’dowd

rg Zack Heberer

rt Butch lewis

tE anthony mcCoy

Wr vidal Hazelton

QB mark Sanchez

fB Stanley Havili

tB Joe mcKnight or C.J. gable

uo deFense

CB Jairus Byrd

dE Will tukuafu

dt ra’Shon Harris

dt Cole linehan

dE nick reed

CB Walter thurmond iii

SlB Jerome Boyd

mlB John Bacon

WlB Spencer paysinger

fS t.J. Ward

rov patrick Chung

usc deFense

dE Kyle moore

nt averell Spicer

dt fili moala

dE Everson griffen

SlB Brian Cushing

mlB Chris galippo

WlB Kaluka maiava

CB Cary Harris

fS taylor mays

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pK matt Evensen

p Josh Syria

Kr andre Crenshaw, patrick Chung

pr Jairus Byrd

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lS Zach taylor

usc sPeciaL teams

Kr ronald Johnson, C.J. gable

pr Joe mcKnight

p greg Woidneck

pK david Buehler

Snp Chris pousson (pat), Cooper Stephenson (p)

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immovable force meets brute force in this match up of pure power. Cushing is a Butkus award nominee for best linebacker in the na-tion (with teammate rey maualuga, who will almost certainly miss the game with a sprained mCl in his right knee). He’s been ques-tionable with a broken bone in his right hand since USC’s loss to

oregon State, which could be a problem against oregon’s legar-rette Blount. if you need to know how he runs, just look at his nick-name: Blount force trauma. Blount is averaging 96 yards per game this season and leads oregon with 481 yards. He ran for 3 tds at Washington State — look for more this week.

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oregonians on USC’s roster.

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against USC in their last three meetings. 6-6

record between oregon and USC in the last 12 meetings between the teams.

82Consecutive games that USC has

been ranked in the ap top 25.

19.0

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AUGUST30 vs. Washington (W, 44-10)

SePTeMBer6 vs. Utah State (W, 66-24)

13 at purdue, (W, 32-26)

20 vs. Boise State, (l, 32-37)

27 at Washington State, (W, 63-14)

oCToBer4 at USC, 5 p.m.

11 vs. UCla, tBa

25 at arizona State, tBa

noveMBer1 at California, tBa

8 vs. Stanford, tBa

15 vs. arizona, tBa

29 at oregon State, 4 p.m.

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AUGUST30 at virginia (W, 52-7)

SePTeMBer13 vs. ohio State (W, 35-3)

25 at oregon State, (l, 27-21)

oCToBer4 vs. oregon, 5 p.m.

11 vs. arizona State, 12:30 p.m.

18 at Washington Stae, 12:30 p.m.

25 at arizona, 7:15 p.m.

noveMBer1 vs. Washington, tBa

8 vs. California, p.m.

15 at Standford, 4 p.m.

29 vs. notre dame, 5 p.m.

deCeMBer6 at UCla, 1:30 p.m.

2008 usc scHeduLe

2008 oreGon statisticaL Leaders

rUSHinGl. Blount

J. Johnson

PASSinGJ. roper

J. masoli

reCeivinGJ. Williams

E. dickson

t. Scott

defenSiveS. paysinger

p. Chung

t. Ward

J. Byrd

W. tukuafu

ATT66

65

ATT76

48

no.20

20

18

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458

PCT52.6

58.3

ydS.288

266

271

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ydS484

381

AvG.14.4

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6.8

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Td3

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2

Td8

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95.2

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60

SoLo21

16

19

20

13

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7

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31

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4.0-17

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C. gable

S. Johnson

PASSinGm. Sanchez

reCeivinGd. Williams

p. turner

J. mcKnight

defenSiveK. Ellison

B. Cushing

K. maiava

t. mays

r. maualuga

ATT25

16

20

ATT92

no.16

10

7

GAin182

115

103

PCT66.3

ydS.234

149

53

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5

4

ydS737

AvG.14.6

14.9

7.6

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4.9

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2

1

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1

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2.5-6

3.5-9

1.5-3

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60Californians on oregon’s roster.

LeGarrette bLount( 9 ) rUnning BaCK

047.4

points per game oregon is averaging this season.

8number of oregon players who have scored rushing

touchdowns this year. Seven ducks scored on the

ground last year.

uo oFFense

Wr Jaison Williams

lt fenuki tupou

lg Jordan Holmes

C max Unger

rg mark lewis

rt Jacob Hucko

tE Ed dickson

Wr Jeff maehl

Wr terence Scott

QB Jeremiah masoli

rB Jeremiah Johnson

usc oFFense

Wr patrick turner

lt Charles Brown

lg Jeff Byers

C Kristofer o’dowd

rg Zack Heberer

rt Butch lewis

tE anthony mcCoy

Wr vidal Hazelton

QB mark Sanchez

fB Stanley Havili

tB Joe mcKnight or C.J. gable

uo deFense

CB Jairus Byrd

dE Will tukuafu

dt ra’Shon Harris

dt Cole linehan

dE nick reed

CB Walter thurmond iii

SlB Jerome Boyd

mlB John Bacon

WlB Spencer paysinger

fS t.J. Ward

rov patrick Chung

usc deFense

dE Kyle moore

nt averell Spicer

dt fili moala

dE Everson griffen

SlB Brian Cushing

mlB Chris galippo

WlB Kaluka maiava

CB Cary Harris

fS taylor mays

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pK matt Evensen

p Josh Syria

Kr andre Crenshaw, patrick Chung

pr Jairus Byrd

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lS Zach taylor

usc sPeciaL teams

Kr ronald Johnson, C.J. gable

pr Joe mcKnight

p greg Woidneck

pK david Buehler

Snp Chris pousson (pat), Cooper Stephenson (p)

Hld greg Woidneck

immovable force meets brute force in this match up of pure power. Cushing is a Butkus award nominee for best linebacker in the na-tion (with teammate rey maualuga, who will almost certainly miss the game with a sprained mCl in his right knee). He’s been ques-tionable with a broken bone in his right hand since USC’s loss to

oregon State, which could be a problem against oregon’s legar-rette Blount. if you need to know how he runs, just look at his nick-name: Blount force trauma. Blount is averaging 96 yards per game this season and leads oregon with 481 yards. He ran for 3 tds at Washington State — look for more this week.

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Since the first day of fall camp, coaches mike Bellotti and chip Kelly have had twinkles in their eyes while talking about the ball Jeremiah masoli throws.

they raved about his strong arm and his quick release, and we saw that release give the receiving corps trouble in his first appearance against the Huskies. He did manage to connect with wide receivers Jeffrey “the maelstrom” maehl and Jaison Willams for touchdowns in the game while completing 9-of-17 passes for 126 yards, but on several of the incomplete passes the ball simply arrived early, before the receivers were used to it being there.

On Saturday against the Washington State cougars, with a full week of first team reps and no cheap-shot concussion, masoli and his receivers looked totally in sync. masoli completed nearly 60 percent of his passes for 161 yards and two scores, both to Williams.

One of them was a short completion that the receiver turned into a touchdown run. the other was a perfect, thread-the-needle bullet to Williams in the back of the endzone.

the good news is this: not only have the Ducks found a quarterback, they’ve found one who, by early accounts at least, throws a ball that Williams seems able to hold on to. all three of Williams’ touchdown grabs have come from masoli.

and trust me, Duck fan, you need Williams catching balls to compete. i know many of you have given up on Williams, but he is an invaluable weapon on the outside with his natural athletic ability, his size and his speed.

all of that said, i think the quarterback page at Oregon is about to turn past Justin roper and nate costa. the younger quarterbacks of Oregon, with masoli in the lead, have been forced out of the shadows and into the limelight, and don’t expect them to go quietly back to the sidelines. When talented young prospects like Darron thomas, chris Harper and masoli start to gain experience, they will be too valuable on the field to put back on the shelf. For all of you chomping at the bit for roper to get healthy again and take back his spot leading the offense, let’s take a quick look at some numbers.

masoli’s numbers, even at this early juncture, stack up well against roper’s. masoli has completed 28-of-48 passes this season; that’s a 58.3 percent clip,

and the highest efficiency rating of any Duck quarterback who has taken the field this season. roper has completed 40-of-76, (52.6 percent), close to six percent fewer than masoli.

then there is the touchdown-to-interception ratio, always a crucial category for a gunslinger. roper has thrown four interceptions this year. Some have come on very questionable throws for a college quarterback, and these picks go along with just two touchdowns. that’s right — two.

masoli, conversely, has thrown four touchdowns, offset by … wait for it … a whopping zero interceptions.

roper and costa have never been anything but gracious and polite young men when i have spoken to them and i wish them no ill will, but these are the facts as i see them. roper has contributed much to the program in times of great need, and he has played with heart and poise. costa has done nothing wrong, other than being the victim of what seems like a congenitally weak knee.

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Uo noTeS | fraternal conflict on either side of the line of scrimmage on Saturday

knowing that it’s a big campus,” said Johnson, who was recruit-ed by USc as a cornerback. “it was a big change but i got used to it. you learn real quick.”

reed’s over-arching advice? “Just go to classes,” he said. brothers reunitedtwo sets of brothers will

be on the same field Saturday. trojan senior defensive end/

linebacker clay matthews and Oregon sophomore middle linebacker casey matthews will join the tupou brothers, Or-egon’s senior offensive tackle Fenuki tupou and USc defen-sive tackle christian tupou, in the l.a. coliseum. christian, a 6-foot-2, 280-pound sopho-more nosetackle, is listed as a probable starter, helping the possibility that the brothers could meet along the line. the

matthews brothers have a lin-eage to USc, where their father, clay, was an all-american line-backer in 1977 who played on the trojans national title team in 1974. their uncle, Bruce, was an all-american offensive guard in 1982. the younger clay is a 6-foot-3, 240-pound senior who is expected to be in the rotation at defensive end.

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