[Quack Attack]

Oregon Head Coach Mike Bellotti

Opening Remarks: "It's exciting to be back for the 2008 football season, despite the fact that we are mourning Todd Doxey. He will be forever with us in our hearts. Our players are committed to honoring his memory. With that said, we are excited about opening our season against Washington because it's a Pac-10 game, it gets our team's attention, it's on TV and we have three weeks to prepare for Jake Locker, one of the best players in the Conference.

Our quarterback situation is of interest, we have 4-5 players competing for that spot. We have a pretty good supporting cast on offense, Max Unger leads us on the line. Jaison Williams will probably be our all-time leading receiver in Oregon history. Defensively, we can talk about our secondary a lot. We have three three-year starters and they are tough, athletic and play makers. The play maker is the difference. We are not trying to contain we are trying to attack. We are excited and seem to be healthy."


On Jeremiah Johnson: "Jeremiah is totally healthy. He ran a 4.4 40 a few weeks ago, and is totally ahead of schedule. I see it much like I did last year as a 1-2 punch. LeGarrette [Blount] is a power runner, he can break a lot of tackles and run north to south. Jeremiah is one of the best athletes on the team, he is a jitter bug in terms of his skill. They will compliment each other. I see them protecting each other, and pushing each other."

On the Conference race: "I think that USC has the best talent coming back, ASU is better, and UCLA will be better. I think its a tremendous Conference, both from a coaching standpoint and a player standpoint. You've got to have support people because the quarterback can't do it on their own. It's a dog fight and you have to protect your players and be healthy."
Oregon ROV Patrick Chung

On playing special teams: "I love special teams. Playing defense is focused work, but special teams is more fun. I like running down on kicks, trying to get the returner. I just like being on the field."