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OREGON VS. WASHINGTON

Written by: Ryan Kostecka @Ryan_Kostecka | Photo: Emerald Archives

The Oregon Ducks and the University of Washington Huskies on October 19, 2015.

The first installment of rivalry week has arrived for the Ducks.

Apart from playing in-state rival Oregon State later in the year, this week’s game against Washington features Oregon’s most hated rival.

Saturday will mark the 110th meeting between the two squads. Oregon, which currently owns a 12-game win streak in the series, will be the the underdog for the first time since the win streak began. Washington will be looking to prove that last week’s 38-point victory over Stanford was no fluke.

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Here’s how the teams stack up.

OFFENSE:

Last week was proof that no matter how All-American running back Royce Freeman plays, the outcome of the game will not be decided by his efforts alone. Freeman is the focal point of Oregon’s offense, averaging 116 yards a game this season. The offense falls on quarterback Dakota Prukop’s shoulders. At times, Prukop has shown complete control of the offense — in wins over UC Davis and Virginia — and then struggled against Colorado and Washington State.

For Prukop to be successful, he needs to take care of the ball, avoid interceptions and begin to run again. The offensive live will face a fierce and talented pass rush, so the unit must continue to evolve and bring the fight against the Huskies. Simply, Oregon will need to be creative with its play-calling by getting the ball to playmakers Darren Carrington, Charles Nelson, Pharaoh Brown and T0ny Brooks-James in space.

DEFENSE:

There haven’t been many brights spots for the Ducks on defense this year. Oregon could perhaps get freshman-sensation Troy Dye back for this week against the Huskies, but linebacker Johnny Ragin is done for the season due to injury. To stop the Washington attack, the defense much quickly become more physical.

The defensive line will have to chuck off blocks and fill gaps. The linebackers will have to get pressure on Browning and wrap up while the secondary will have to prevent big plays. Cornerbacks Arrion Springs and Tyree Robinson will have to keep UW’s receivers at bay while applying pressure on Browning to give the Ducks a chance.

Washington

OFFENSE: Advantage: Washington

Quarterback Jake Browning is quietly emerging as a potential Heisman Trophy candidate with his efforts so far this season. He’s thrown for 17 touchdowns and has a passer rating of 196.3. He’ll have the chance to build his stats against Oregon’s ever-struggling defense.

His top-three targets — Chico McClatcher, John Ross and Dante Pettis — all have four touchdowns or more on the year.

McClatcher leads the team with 313 yards, Ross leads with six touchdowns and Pettis was the main target last week against Stanford.

When running the ball, Myes Gaskin and Lavon Coleman provide a great 1-2 punch. Gaskin is the primary back, being a smaller and shiftier, while Coleman is a big power back. All offensive pieces benefit from a veteran offensive line.

DEFENSE: Advantage: Washington

For the first time since the win streak began, Washington finally has the athletes that can keep up with Oregon. The front four controlled the trenches against Stanford, which allowed the Huskies to drop seven in coverage every time. The secondary is among the nation’s best and led by All-American safety Budda Baker, the heart and soul of the defense. There are very few flaws in UW’s defense. Collectively, it has allowed 12.8 points per game this year.

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WRITTEN BY: JONATHAN HAWTHORNE @JON_HAWTHORNE PHOTO: ADAM EBERHARDT Oregon’s true freshman quarterback may get his first start versus No. 5 Washington on Saturday.

DuckTerritory.com reported Tuesday that the Ducks are “planning to start” true freshman Justin Herbert this weekend. DuckTerritory also said, “however both quarterbacks continue to take first team snaps and things could change before Saturday.”

Herbert came in to replace senior-transfer Dakota Prukop during last week’s game against Washington State.

He led the Ducks on an 85-yard touchdown drive and was 3-for-5 for 70 passing yards. Prukop was 14-of-22 in the air with 132 passing yards and one interception.

KVAL anchor and reporter Preston Hiefield confirmed DuckTerritory’s report on Twitter Tuesday afternoon.

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He then was asked directly if Prukop was still the starer: “Yeah, I mean, we’re still competing.”

After the WSU game, Helfrich said inserting Herbert into the game was just a chance to get him acclimated to NCAA football.

“Not any huge statement other than trying to get him in there in this environment against those guys,” he said.

Offensive coordinator Matt Lubick also commented on the quarterback situation after the WSU loss.

“That’s something we’re re-evaluating,” Lubick said. “I thought (Prukop) did a good job. There were situations where we didn’t execute and it wasn’t his fault. We have to go back and look at the tape. We’ve always had confidence in Justin, but right now it’s Dakota’s job until we evaluate further on.”

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Washington quarterback Jake Browning looked mighty comfortable last week against Stanford as he rarely felt pressure and delivered balls to all receivers. Dye is Oregon’s best and most consistent pass rusher on the season. After missing two the last three games, Dye is healthy and ready to play. He leads the Ducks with 5.5 tackles for loss and two sacks.

He has tons of length at 6-foot-4 and uses his athletic ability as well as natural instincts to put pressure on opposing quarterbacks. If Dye can supply pressure and disrupt the Washington offense, Oregon might have a chance..

For how good Browning has been this year, Ross has been more impressive. Coming off an injury, Ross seems to have gotten bigger, faster and more explosive, which is a very dangerous thing for opponents. He leads the Huskies with eight total touchdowns (six receiving, one rushing and one on kick return) and instead of just being a fast deep threat, Ross has polished his route running, making him a complete receiver.

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If Justin Herbert does indeed start on Saturday, his best friend on offense will be his All-American running back, Freeman. It will be up to Freeman to take a significant amount of load off Herbert and apply some pressure to the Washington defense. Freeman is more than capable of controlling the game for Oregon as he averages 116 yards per game and 8.3 yards per carry with seven touchdowns this season. A big game from Freeman will allow Herbert to relax and make the Ducks multidimensional, something Washington has yet to see in an offense.

Baker is the heart and soul of the talented Washington defense. He’s in charge of the Washington secondary and provides a spark whenever lays a big hit on opposing offensive players. He’s not afraid of contact and has the unique skill set to matchup with smaller or bigger players in the slot. Oregon will try to increase the tempo against the Huskies, so Baker making sure his teammates are on the same page will be vital to the success.

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BY: RYAN KOSTECKA @RYAN_KOSTECKA PHOTO : ADAM EBERHARDT The talk around Oregon’s upcoming game against No. 5 Washington took a twist on Tuesday.

Multiple reports on Tuesday afternoon indicated that Oregon is preparing to start true freshman Justin Herbert at quarterback. If it pans out to be true, it will likely change how both teams scheme for each other during the game. Nonetheless, players such as Royce Freeman and Budda Baker will prove to be crucial pieces toward each team’s offensive and defensive arsenals.

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GAMEDAY Written By: Jarrid Denney @jarrid_denney | Photo : Adam Eberhardt When Oregon sophomore defensive lineman Canton Kaumatule addressed reporters during Oregon’s media day in August, he had a sense of optimism and relief.

This year was going to be a fresh start.

Before he ever set foot on Oregon’s campus, Kaumatule was hailed as the next savior for the Ducks on the defensive side of the football. The No. 14 recruit in the nation for the class of 2015, Kaumatule was thrown into the fire as a true freshman and struggled through an injury-plagued freshman campaign in which a concussion caused him to miss significant time.

This season was supposed to be different, though. He was healthy to start the year. His freshman season was out of the way, and with the arrival of Brady Hoke, the Ducks were shifting to a 4-3 defense that would allow him to “just be natural” and attack the football.

A 6-foot-7, 295 pound lineman who moves like a linebacker, Kaumatule was supposed to be the breakout star for a team that badly needs one. Instead, five games into the season, he is languishing on Oregon’s bench, unable to secure consistent playing time for a team that ranks 102nd in the nation in run defense.

“I would say, with him, it’s just an ability to stay focused on the task at hand,” Oregon defensive line coach Ron Aiken said. “Handle that, and then the next play, get ready after the primary play is over with — if that makes any sense. One play at a time.”

The 2016 campaign hasn’t yielded much better results than last season, when he recorded two tackles in eight games. Kaumatule has one tackle in four games this season and not a single quarterback hurry in his career.

“I haven’t been getting much playing time, but I’m doing everything I can,” Kaumatule said. “I’m going full speed. All my boys are helping me out.

We’re all pushing together.”

Aiken and Hoke said Kaumatule is still practicing with the same high motor that earned him a 5-star ranking out of high school. But fans began asking questions when Kaumatule was missing from Oregon’s two-deep depth chart prior to the Ducks’ season-opener against UC Davis. He played scarcely in that game, and two weeks later he didn’t play a single snap during Oregon’s nailbiting 35-32 loss to Nebraska.

By that point, Kaumatule stopped being made available during post-practice media sessions.

According to Oregon’s coaches, it hasn’t been an injury or discipline issue.

“Effort has not been a problem with him,” Hoke said. “It’s more just pad level. Sometimes instincts play a part of that, and your football intelligence.”

For those looking for an absolute answer to Kaumatule’s absence, it doesn’t exist at this point. But Aiken said improving his hip and back flexibility could be key to getting him up to speed.

“He’s just a little tight in the hips,” Aiken said.

“That slows you down as far as running, it slows your upper body down as far as moving. So we’ve gotten that a little bit looser.”

Some Oregon fans have been baffled by Kaumatule’s lack of production to this point, partly because he was listed as the fourth-best lineman in his class by ESPN and Scout. In Kaumatule, many Duck fans saw and still see a replica of one of the best players in Oregon history: DeForest Buckner.

Kaumatule and Buckner both spent their prep careers at Punahou High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. Both are massive players who can thrive at every position on the defensive line. After the San Francisco 49ers selected Buckner in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft, it only stoked the

“He could be a guy that would dominate for us; he’s just got to continue to take it one step at a time.” expectations.

Aiken said the difference between Buckner and Kaumatule was that Buckner gained weight and got bigger after he arrived at Oregon. Before Kaumatule arrived in Eugene, he was “already pretty big and strong.”

Canton’s brother, Luke Kaumatule, is now a senior tight end at Stanford and was in the same high school graduating class as Buckner. Both players were seniors when Canton was a freshman.

The three teammates all garnered 3-star rankings or better from ESPN, but never played in a high school game together.

Punahou was part of the private school division in Hawaii. In that league, freshman were not allowed to play on varsity.

“It got to the point in the state championship game where it would have been nice if Canton was playing with us,” Luke Kaumatule said. “He came up to practice with the varsity as a freshman and was just tearing up our O-line.”

Luke recalls memories of watching his brother play in their fathers’ adult football league — when Canton was still in middle school.

“My dad told him ‘just beat up the guy in front of you,’” Luke Kaumatule said. “The problem was, he would forget about the ball carrier. The whole play he would just be driving that offensive lineman back so far. My dad would pull him on the side and be like ‘what the hell are you doing! You’ve got to rip and release!’”

Buckner was similar to Kaumatule in the sense that it took time for his physical gifts to manifest as on-field production. The light came on for Buckner during his sophomore year in 2013, when he finished with 39 tackles. For now, Canton continues to run with Oregon’s scout team, meaning Oregon’s first team offense is tasked with stopping one of the most physically gifted linemen in the nation on a daily basis.

“He’s got tremendous size, tremendous length.

Pretty much everything you want in a defensive lineman,” Oregon center Jake Hanson said. “It’s obviously a big difference blocking Canton versus some of the other scout team linemen. He’s really good.”

The Ducks have consistently started Rex Manu at defensive tackle this season, while Drayton Carlberg has been one of the first Oregon linemen off the bench. They have each recorded six tackles and combined for two sacks on a team that ranks 116th out of 128 teams in total defense (490.4 yards per game). Manu and Carlberg each came to Oregon in the same 2015 recruiting class as Kaumatule — Manu was the 64th ranked defensive tackle in the class, while Carlberg was ranked 65th

by ESPN. Oregon has never welcomed a recruit with a ranking as high as Kaumatule’s since ESPN began releasing rankings in 2006. Still, he remains glued to the bench while Oregon has yet to find an answer anywhere else on the roster.

Despite the discouraging results at this point, a breakout could be just around the corner. Aiken, Kaumatule and several Oregon offensive linemen said before Oregon’s matchup with Washington State last week that Kaumatule had his best week of practice of the year.

He hasn’t begun to cause nightmares for offensive coordinators in the same way that Buckner did all of last season. But coaches and players still believe Kaumatule is the type of player who could blow up entire plays singlehandedly.

“That’s what we saw a few days ago in practice,” Aiken said, shaking his head and smiling. “He could be a guy that would dominate for us; he’s just got to continue to take it one step at a time and not try to think too far ahead of what he’s doing at the present moment.”

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Written By: Gus Morris @justgusmorris | Photos : Adam Eberhardt When Oregon faced Washington State last weekend, they lost more than just the game. In the third quarter, when the game was beginning to get out of hand, senior linebacker Johnny Ragin III went down, clutching his left leg after a tackle. Trainers rushed to help him off the field and Oregon’s leading tackler was carted away.

But Ragin exiting the game seemed to light a fire under the Ducks, who played some of their best defense of the game after his injury.

“I’d say that helped us a little bit — not helped us in terms of like him getting hurt — but as far as like emotionally, I feel like it did,” linebacker A.J. Hotchkins said. “[It] kinda gave us a spark. I feel like in the third quarter, we started playing a little better on defense, started getting stops, and from there, we just started to compete a little bit more.”

Head coach Mark Helfrich also praised his team’s reaction, saying they didn’t get down on each other and kept fighting.

“I was really proud of our reaction to that and how the guys stuck together and competed through that,”Helfrich said. “Obviously injuries are the worst thing about this whole deal, but how they stuck together was very encouraging.”

Despite Oregon’s positive play after he left the game, Ragin’s injury turned out to be serious. It was announced in a report by the Register Guard earlier this week that Ragin will miss the rest of the season.

This is another huge blow for a struggling Oregon defense, which is already dealing with injuries to prominent members of the defense like Hotchkins and defensive lineman Jalen Jelks and Drayton Carlberg.

Ragin was also an emotional leader for this Ducks team. He was part of the group of senior leaders that addressed the team following losses to Nebraska and Colorado.

He also has a team-high 29 tackles this season.

“His presence on the field and in the locker room will be missed sorely but the next guy has got to step up,” Oregon linebackers coach Don Pellum said.

“Whoever is on the field is going to have to do a little more. Because Johnny was really good at seeing a real big picture and being like a coach,” Pellum said. “So everyone else is going to have to grow up faster now.”

The question now turns to who will fill the Ragin-sized gap at the weakside linebacker.

At the time of his injury, Oregon was rotating about “five or six guys” at the position, according to Pellum.

De’Quan McDowell, Ragin’s backup in the Washington State game, finished the game admirably with four tackles.

He could be in line for more minutes in Ragin’s palce. Freshman La’mar Winston could also be a beneficiary of this situation.

Ragin has remained a vocal leader at practice this week despite not being able to play. Linebacker Jonah Moi said that everyone has been stepping up in Ragin’s absence, both freshmen and veterans alike.

“There’s definitely a lot of young guys stepping up,” Moi said. “The DB’s are talking a lot more, you know the older guys, Reggie [Daniels], Tyree [Robinson], just getting us lined up.”

That’s a good sign for the Ducks as they will welcome No. 5 Washington to Autzen on Saturday.

Johnny Ragin III after getting injured.

De’Quan McDowell (54) Johnney Ragin’s replacement running back.

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BY: EMERALD SUBMISSIONS PHOTO: TAYLOR WILDER **Editor’s Note: This feature is an essay from the opponent’s student newspaper on why Oregon will lose.

This week’s edition is from Alexis Mansanarez, the sports editor at the The Daily of the University of Washington.** Thirteen will be Washington’s lucky number as it travels to Autzen Stadium to face Oregon on Saturday night. The Ducks (2-3, 0-2 Pac-12) have not have much success recently as they will travel back to Eugene on a three-game losing streak.

The Huskies (5-0, 2-0 Pac-12) hope to claim bragging rights over their northwest rival for the first time in 12 years. Led by quarterback Jake Browning and the Pac-12’s top scoring defense, the UW will do the unprecedented and beat Oregon on its own turf.

In the past, Washington had trouble scoring against and containing Oregon on both sides of the ball. This season, the undefeated Huskies show no signs of slowing down, bringing the conference’s best scoring offense to face one of the Pac-12 worst scoring defenses in the Ducks.

Browning enters the weekend with the second best pass efficiency (196.3) in the FBS and has a total of 17 touchdowns under his belt and plenty of targets to look to against Oregon’s shaky defense. Wide receivers John Ross III, Dante Pettis, and Chico McClatcher have just over 800 yards combined, more than half of what Oregon has allowed all season.

With tight end Darrell Daniels,

tailback Myles Gaskin, and true freshman receiver Aaron Fuller also making large contributions on offense, the Huskies will have no problem moving the ball down the field.

What has plagued Washington in the past is Oregon’s explosive offense, but this year the Huskies have a dynamic defense that can even stop one of the nation’s running backs. If the UW could stop Heisman-hopeful Christian McCaffrey, it will have no trouble stopping Royce Freeman, who averages 8.3 yards a carry.

The Ducks have been mediocre protecting their quarterback, and Washington’s defensive front is hoping to exploit that. The Huskies are good for a conference-leading total of 21 sacks for a loss of 123 yards, and they can do more than just rush the pocket.

Washington leads the nation in fumble recoveries (11) and takeaways (15), and have added 52 points to the scoreboard off turnovers. A mistake from Dakota Prukop could be the deciding factor in Saturday’s game, and with two interceptions on the books, the nonstop pressure of Washington’s ‘Death Row’ will surely cost Prukop.

The UW has arguably its best team since its championship season in 1991.

Just as Oregon has fallen from the top of the Pac-12 North, so will its 12game winning streak.

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Brenden Schooler: From Junior College probable to Oregon’s starting safety

BY: JACK BUTLER @BUTLER917 Photo: ADAM EBERHARDT In late June, Brenden Schooler was sitting at his home in Mission Viejo, California, eating dinner when his father entered the room with news he had been waiting for.

“I was sitting in my kitchen eating Sushi and my dad came in and said, ‘You got an offer’,” Schooler said. “There was an email saying, ‘Hey, you got cleared.

You got into the school and we are going to send you a letter of intent’ ... We printed it out and sent it right back.”

Despite being first-team California Large School all-state, first-team all-Orange County and named as the CIF Southern Section West Valley defensive MVP during his senior season, Schooler had no Division I offers until Oregon reached out to him. But in the second week of the season, Schooler was named Oregon’s starting safety.

The Ducks offered Schooler lat in the recruiting process, but head coach Mark Helfrich was confident in what he saw.

“He’s big, he can run, he can hit, he is physical ... That’s a rare combination for a high school kid,” Helfrich said.

The offer was exciting for Schooler, but it was a huge relief for him and his family.

“I thought I was going to get more looks but I didn’t. It was disappointing,” Schooler said. “So when they came I was like finally someone sees something in me.”

As a true freshman, Schooler is playing a key position in Oregon’s defense, and he has been playing well. He ranks No. 2 on the team in solo tackles with 19

Oregon saftey Brendam Schooler comes off the field after a defensive stop during Oregon’s 51-33 loss to Washington State in Pullman, Wash. on Oct. 1.

and he leads the team with two interceptions.

“I feel like I adjusted really well,” said Schooler. “I just need to get used to the speed and the size of everyone, but after I did that it all just started clicking for me.”

He stabilized a position that was in flux. Oregon’s starting corner Tyree Robinson was originally set to play safety, but the depth at corner was lacking so he made the switch. That provided Schooler with an opening, and he worked his way to the starting position and gained the coaches’ trust.

“He won the job because he beat somebody out. That was simple,” said secondary coach John Neal. “I can’t ask him to do more than he has done. I have asked him to do more than any freshman I can remember.”

Schooler has a simple formula for his success, and that is hard work. His strives to take no plays off and prove to the coaches that he deserves to be out there. He wants to pay attention to things on the practice field as well as in the meetings.

“I just come here everyday and I work my tail off,” said Schooler. “[I] do everything I can just to help myself be better and overall just help the team get that win.”

From high school to starting for a Power Five football team — all of which was far from guaranteed — Schooler has quickly turned into a versatile, reliable safety.

But he still has one more stage to develop in, according to Neal.

Oregon saftey Brendam Schooler on Oct. 1.

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