Last season the Trojans beat the Ducks 35-10 in Los Angeles. USC has won the last three games against the Ducks, and the past two at Autzen. He's not taking the beating he used to take, and that's keeping him fresh and healthy."ĮXTRA POINTS: Saturday's game the first meeting between two top-10 teams in the 41-year history of Autzen Stadium. He's able to run out of bounds and duck his head a little bit. "He's using his eyes a lot better, and the one thing he's doing is avoiding contact when it's not needed. "He's improved a lot from last year," said Oregon offensive tackle Geoff Schwartz. Overall, the 5-11, 230-pound junior is averaging 134.29 rushing yards and is ranked sixth nationally. Stewart earned Pac-10 offensive player of the week honors with the effort. With his catches and a kickoff return, Stewart had a total of 305 all-purpose yards in Oregon's 55-34 victory over the Huskies. His rushing yards were the second-most in Oregon history and the most in the Pac-10 this season. Stewart had 31 carries for a career-high 251 yards and two touchdowns. This is a guy that runs with quickness and speed and finesse."ĭON'T FORGET J-STEW: Tailback Jonathan Stewart is also grabbing attention after his big game against Washington last weekend. Dennis is not like (Washington's) Jake Locker. He ran through everybody," Carroll said about Young. "There's nobody that's ever been that fast, that big, that strong. The Trojans (also 6-1, 3-1) will zero in Dixon, as well as stopping Oregon's rush.īut USC coach Pete Carroll doesn't buy into the comparisons to Vince Young. He's certainly caught the attention of No. 4 by and was on 's Experts Poll.ĭixon was also added to the Maxwell Award watch list for college player of the year, joining Oregon tailback Jonathan Stewart. As a result, Dixon is averaging 308.2 yards in total offense, 11th-best nationally.ĭixon has thrown a touchdown pass and run for a score in each of Oregon's games this season, which has been marked by a bond he with offensive coordinator Chip Kelly and his embrace of the team's speedy spread-option offense.ĬBS's had Dixon ranked third in the Heisman watch, behind Florida quarterback Tim Tebow and Kentucky quarterback Andre Woodson. He can run, too, with 416 yards and seven touchdowns this season. He has an efficiency rating of 165.81, fourth in the nation. The Heisman buzz is growing around Dennis Dixon.įor good reason: Dixon has completed 138 of 199 passes for 1,728 yards and 16 touchdowns.
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