European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday october 15, 1987 College football sex doormats hang hats in top 20 victories Over Bra Bibl Hoos ers end huskies us boost Oregon by Bobba u m . Ore a no More jokes please about the Oregon ducks quacking under pressure. After victories Over Southern California and Washington the first Lime they have beaten those learns in the same year since 1971 these ducks Are being taken seriously As Pacific 10 conference football title contenders. The ducks have just been Llie stepsisters or the  in tar so  tight end Tim Parker said Mon Day. A used to be we d go somewhere and they d throw stale bread at us and have their Duck Calls. I hink a new tradition is starting. I eople an stall ing to Lake notice of the ducks. A Little old Duck just beat up the big husky and a Trojan  after five games the ducks who Haven t played in the Rose bowl game since 1958 and Haven t played in any bowl contest in 24 years arc 41 Overall and tied with Urcla Al 2-0 in inc Pacio. Oregon and Urcla play saturday at los Angeles. We re in it Oregon coach Rich Brooks said. We re making the race  and the ducks cracked the associated press top 20 his week something that has t happened in 17 years we Aren t used to that said Parker who shared Pacio offensive player of the week honors after catching two touchdown passes in saturday s 34-27 Victory Over Southern cat. It of acis Good and we re in  now that teams respect us and fans respect us it feels  defensive Back Anthony Newman Laid hardly anyone predicted such great things for the ducks when the season began. Oregon had to replace quarterback Chris Miller a first round nil draft pick and two Lime All Pacio performer. They also had a Young and untested offensive line unproven players at punter and Field goal kicker and a defense thai had been among the worst in the country inc previous two seasons. The Mii Prises began at quarterback where 19-year old Rcd shirt freshman Bill Musgrave he surpassed expectations. He s a smart Guy under pressure said Parker a fifth year senior who has seen the Good and bad at Oregon. He s Cool As a Cucumber and the Guys respect him an and off the Field. He has a nose for getting the right things  in his first five collegiate games Musgrave has completed 85 of 130 passes Tor 1,j 76 Yards and 11 touch Downs. He s thrown Only three interceptions and is ranked fourth nationally in passing efficiency. I d be lying if 1 said he did t Surprise me with his  Brooks said. He s made great decisions. Intelli gent Lough courageous All those things you need to have he s  Musgrave also has benefited from a deep and talented receiving corps. Ten players caught passes for Oregon on saturday. We be dropped very few balls and we be made some outstanding catches Brooks said. We have Speed and we can  equally surprising has been the ducks defense. The defenders nearly shut out Colorado in their opener a -10 offensive player of the week tint Parker 10-7 Oregon Victory played respectably in a 24-14 loss at Ohio stale then made big plays in inc 29-22 Triumph Over Washington and the Victory Over Southern cat. Newman said the key to the improvement has been the switch from a 4-3 ilex defense to the More traditional three Man front. We have a lot More Speed on our defense now than we did  he said. Another thing is we swarm to the Ball. Our defensive line is playing  Brooks is in his Lith season Al Oregon. His Overall record is 44-67-4 and he s had Only three winning sea sons. The ducks never have won More than six games in one season during Brooks tenure but usually they be been respectable. The thing that s bothered me the last four years is we be always been lumped in that terrible category when we Haven t been terrible he said. Now that we be beaten some nationally recognized teams we re getting some respect. But that goes away fast when you Don t  there is a simple reason he said that he ducks arc playing so Well. We be got some Good Playan Brooks said. That s the part people Don t seem to  perhaps that won t be the Case for Long. Things arc snowballing and the Confidence is build ing Parker said. We re showing we belong in the -10." Buckeye curse to Lead big 10 by Steve Herman Bloomington ind. A Woody Hayes legendary cure on Indiana s football team is history and the future looks great for inc once struggling Hoosier program. "1 think people arc going to Start realising Indiana is playing some football coach Bill million1 said. We be stuck together and worked hard and come through a lot of  the 31-to Victory Over Ohio state in Columbus last saturday could be a signal of where Indiana is headed. We Veall got a dream to make in a Good respect Able football program Mallory said. Hopefully we re on the right track. The must important thing to do now is to come right Back and be ready Friday night for Minnesota. Until saturday no Indiana football team had beaten the buckeyes since 1951. Hayes in his first season As Ohio state coach reportedly was so angry thai he vowed it would never happen again. Saturday s game was the first meeting Between inc schools since Hayes death earlier this year. There was one tie in 1959, but the buckeyes won each of the other 30 games they played inc longest current Streak of domination by one major team Over another in the country. Mallory a former assistant at Ohio state under Hayes and a longtime Friend was a 16-year-old High school Junior from Sandusky and was attending his first College game that Day in 1951 when the Hoosick last beat the buckeyes. The Victory undoubtedly was the biggest for Mallory in his four seasons As Indiana coach and perhaps one of the biggest Ever Tor a program Long overshadowed by an immensely successful basketball tradition. Losing football was an almost accepted Way of life Al Indiana which has had Only five winning seasons in the past 40 years. Only one Indiana coach in the past 66 years has compiled an Overall winning record none since to Mcmillan left in 1947. When Mallory came to Indiana in 1984 after successful coaching slops Al Miami of Ohio Colorado and Northern Illinois he inherited a five game losing Streak and a program in disarray under its third coach in three years. The hoosiers stretched their losing Streak 10 a school record 16 games by losing Alt 11 during the 1934 season although eight of the losses were by a total of 49 Points and seven of inc 11 teams that beat them later appeared in Post season bowl games. Mallory immediately went to work he brought in some Junior College players found a Way to beef up a miserable running game promoted a lock of red shirts to the varsity and started winning. On tuesday Indiana was ranked 20th in the weekly associated press poll. Indiana s Success has been engineered by Junior quarterback Dave Schnell ranked third in the nation in pass ing efficiency through five games he has completed 69 of 111 posses for 1,055 Yards and 10 touchdowns. Senior Ernie Jones a caught 30 passes for 576 Yards and eight touchdowns and Sophomore Anthony Thompson has rushed for 507 Yards and five touch Downs. Orangemen juiced up for Battle with Penn St. Syracuse . A Syracuse coach Dick Macpherson s philosophy of taking one game at a time could not be More appropriate this week. The game is against Penn state it s the biggest thing that we be been involved with. And i can t imagine any Home game in inc future being any More important said Macpherson in his seventh year As Syracuse coach. A Victory for the Isth ranked Orange men against loth ranked Penn state would move Syracuse closer to claiming Eastern football supremacy for the fist time since 1971. To would also silence those who have questioned whether Syracuse whose weak Early schedule included Virginia tech and Miami of Ohio is really As Good As its 5-0 record. Syracuse has not beaten Penn state in 16 straight tries since 1971. Penn state Dice to Ait car 42-3 in slate College pa., but Syracuse has a history of playing the Villany Lions Lough in Syracuse. Penn state. 5-1, ii favored by a Field Goat. Every year Penn slate is the big game but this year it s bigger because we re 5-0, and people Are saying we Haven t played anybody yet Saint Junior offensive tackle Craig Stock pc. This u ill show we can play with the big  among those m the sellout crowd of 50,000 Al the Carrier dome will be scouts from several postseason bowl games including inc Orange fiesta Florida Citrus Gator Sun and possibly the Cotton bowl. Since inc glory Days of inc 19505 and 1960s, Syracuse has been to Only two minor bowls the Independence bowl in 1979 and the defunct Cherry bowl two years ago. But a Victory Over Penn state would out inc orangemen Back in the running for a major bowl. The excitement Over football is unusual at a school that has became a basketball Power since the decline of the football program in the 1970s. In fad the Start of practice this week for the basketball team a preseason National no. I pick in some quarters has almost been lost in the surge of football mania on Campus. It would be like heaven. Just Beautiful Macpherson said of beating College football s defending National champions