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Catching on

Jeff Maehl came from the left side and sprinted across the middle of the field on the 47-yard line. As he reached the left hash mark, a 15-yard strike zoomed into his hands, delivered from quarterback Justin Roper.   A split second after the pass was lodged in Maehl’s hands, Oregon State free safety Al Afalava leaned his left shoulder and helmet into the chest and head of Maehl and clotheslined the Duck receiver to the Autzen Stadium turf. Full story

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Oregon shows no ill effects from Stanford loss

When the No. 11 Oregon Duck football team jumped out to an early 31-7 lead against visiting Arizona State last weekend at Autzen Stadium, it looked as though it had all but forgotten about their dramatic upset in Palo Alto, Calif., the week prior.   The Ducks came out firing with a five-play, 59-yard drive that took just 57 seconds and resulted in a LaMichael James four-yard touchdown scamper. Full story

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Wildcats use last year's game as motivation, lesson

When the Arizona Wildcats (6-3, 4-2 Pacific-10 Conference) visited Autzen Stadium last year they found themselves down two scores just over a minute into the first quarter. And after struggling their way to a 48-17 deficit at halftime, the Wildcats were able to bounce back with 28 straight points before ultimately coming up short as the Ducks sealed the 55-45 victory. Full story

Game Day

Ducks: Run it up on 'Zona

Listen to me, Oregon football players — I have a message for you: Don’t listen to me. You go out, take this week one game at a time, and win the day. I’ll watch at home on television and enjoy myself. If you win, oh, how I will enjoy myself.

Points of debate

Lucas Clark: All season long I’ve been comparing this year’s Oregon Duck football team to that of the national title contender in 2007 when Heisman Trophy hopeful Dennis Dixon was running the zone-read offense with pure elegance. And while the Ducks are no longer in the top 10 and battling for a shot at the BCS national title game, they are still fighting to win out and claim their first Pac-10 title since 2001.

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Catching on

Jeff Maehl came from the left side and sprinted across the middle of the field on the 47-yard line. As he reached the left hash mark, a 15-yard strike zoomed into his hands, delivered from quarterback Justin Roper.   A split second after the pass was lodged in Maehl’s hands, Oregon State free safety Al Afalava leaned his left shoulder and helmet into the chest and head of Maehl and clotheslined the Duck receiver to the Autzen Stadium turf.

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Catching up with D.J. Davis

This week the Daily Emerald caught up with junior wide receiver D.J. Davis on Thursday to talk about pastimes outside of football, the NFL, and bowling. Little known to the rest of the school, Davis is an excellent bowler and frequents Eugene bowling alleys during the off-season.

Cal, Stanford meet in annual Big Game Saturday

Arizona State at UCLA (1 p.m. Saturday)   Arizona State comes into the game after humbling 44-21 loss to then-No. 14 Oregon last Saturday. The defense, which had been stout all year, had no answer for LaMichael James and the Ducks offense and gave up 388 total yards (268 on the ground).