Dickson, Crenshaw get involved in Oregon offense.Byline: NOTEBOOK By Rob Moseley The Register-Guard A week after going without a reception in Oregon's season opener, UO tight end Ed Dickson led the No. 18 Ducks with six catches in Saturday's 66-24 victory over Utah State at Autzen Stadium The stadium is tucked between the Willamette River and Coburg Hills. The uniquely shaped bowl blends in with the wooded Eugene landscape. The shape also allows for unique acoustics, making it one of the loudest stadiums in NCAA Football for its capacity. He still managed to finish with a goose egg, this time in the touchdown column of the stat stat adv. With no delay. adj. Immediate. STAT Stat! Clinical medicine adverb Fast, quickly, immediately, schnell, vite Lab medicine noun sheet. And just barely. Dickson's 33-yard catch and run in the second quarter ended at the 1-yard line, with LeGarrette Blount picking up the scraps for Oregon's fourth touchdown. "Ed had talked to me all through this week like, `You've got to give me a catch man, came on.' " UO quarterback Justin Roper said. "He kind of gave me grief. And then he gets tackled on the 1, and I started giving him grief. `You didn't even want to score when I give you the ball, why would I give it to you?' " Joking aside, the Ducks were more than happy to get their junior tight end involved Saturday against the Aggies. Dickson was Oregon's second-leading receiver last season, and is one of the most athletic receivers at his position in the conference, if not the nation. After Roper was knocked out of the opener against Washington with a concussion concussion Period of nervous-function impairment that results from relatively mild brain injury, often with no bleeding in the cerebral cortex. It causes brief unconsciousness, followed by mental confusion and physical difficulties. , Dickson was employed in pass protection more than pass routes. That changed this week. "I was hungry," Dickson said of not even having a pass thrown his direction a week ago. "I'm a competitor. Those plays where we didn't make a play on third down or something like that, I was grinding grinding, process by which surface material is removed from an object, usually metal, by the abrasive action of a rotating wheel or a moving belt that contains abrasive grains. my teeth, like, I want to get out there." Dickson finished with 70 yards on his six catches against the Aggies. Running back Andre Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] also played a bigger role in the offense Saturday, though not necessarily the one Oregon had envisioned coming in. Crenshaw was limited against UW by a lingering lin·ger v. lin·gered, lin·ger·ing, lin·gers v.intr. 1. To be slow in leaving, especially out of reluctance; tarry. See Synonyms at stay1. 2. Achilles' injury suffered in fall camp, but was to be used at both running back and slot receiver against Utah State, UO coach Mike Bellotti Robert Michael Bellotti (b. December 21, 1950 in Sacramento, California) has been the head coach of the University of Oregon football team since 1995. His accomplishments at Oregon include an 11-1 season and #2 national ranking in 2001. Education M.S. said. Once Jeremiah Johnson was injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. Saturday, Crenshaw was utilized exclusively at running back. He finished with 72 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries, adding two receptions for 29 yards. "It's always fun when you can help out the team," Crenshaw said. Game beginning to slow down a little for Harper Chris Harper finished 4-of-6 passing for 40 yards and a touchdown Saturday, a week after the true freshman True freshman is a term used in NCAA sports, indicating that an athlete is playing the sport in his first year of college, rather than redshirting for one or more years to protect future college eligibility. third-string quarterback went without a passing attempt in situational work against Washington. "I just felt a lot more comfortable today," Harper said. "I just let it rip." The Ducks called run-pass option plays for Harper against the Huskies, on which he elected to scramble. He completed his first attempt against the Aggies for six yards to tight end Malachi Lewis, and later hit Rory Cavaille in the back of the end zone while rolling out from the 3-yard line. "Everything's slowing down a lot," Harper said. "I'm just going through the process. It felt a lot more like high school today. Not downgrading downgrading A reduction in the quality rating of a security issue, generally a bond. A downgrading may occur for various reasons including a period of losses, or increased debt service required by restructuring a firm's capital to include more debt and less Utah State or anything, but that's just how much it slowed down for me." Confusion precedes Harper's TD completion The play before Harper's touchdown pass in the third quarter was a 31-yard screen play to Crenshaw that the Ducks were lucky to run without being flagged for having too many men on the field. In a scene reminiscent of the confusion late in last year's Civil War, Oregon's punt team ran out on the field prior to the snap. There, it encountered a confused UO offense - as it was only third down. |
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