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Everyone contributes to record rushing day;Football Oregon;Nine Ducks get carries as Oregon piles
Byline: Adam Jude The Register-Guard
Even after LaMichael James was done adding to his ever-growing highlight reel, Oregon's rushing attack kept right on going Saturday, racking up a school-record 528 yards rushing in a 69-0 rout of PortlandState.
"When the holes are that big," James said, "anybody can run through them."
Everybody, it seemed, got a chance.
Nine Ducks attempted at least two rushes. Even Dustin Haines, the fifth-string quarterback, got in the game as a running back during mop-up time, taking a couple of handoffs from fellow redshirt freshman Daryle Hawkins, who had six rushes for 21 yards of his own.
After waiting years for his Division I breakout, nobody seemed to enjoy the opportunity more than Andres Reed.
The 25-year-old senior walk-on from Medford, a college football vagabond if there ever was one, had his most extensive action in a UO uniform, rushing 12 times for 95 yards.
That's 21 yards more than the Vikings gained as a team. Not bad for the Ducks' fifth option in the backfield.
"I was getting back into it," said Reed, a 6-foot, 218-pound powerback. "I think I'm getting back into a rhythm, and I'm seeing thingsI didn't really see before. I'm having fun with it and getting more comfortable."
A 2003 graduate of South Medford High School, Reed was a team captain at the College of Siskiyous in Weed, Calif., before leaving in 2006 to pursue academics at a Salt Lake City junior college.
He left there and briefly attended Oregon State before settling inEugene and walking on with the Ducks last year.
"Andres ran hard," center Jordan Holmes said. "And it's nice to see a guy who usually doesn't get as much reps come in and play as hardas he did. It's just great to see."
A not-so-great sight for the Ducks was Kenjon Barner going down with a groin strain in the second quarter. He watched the second half in sweats but said afterward he would be "fine."
James played only the first half and finished with a career-best 227 yards on 14 carries, the 12th 100-yard game of his career.
He had another spectacular, tackle-breaking run up the left sideline for a big gain - drawing comparisons to his unforgettable run at Tennessee a week earlier - and then scored from 35 yards out on the next play.
He also opened the scoring for the Ducks with a 66-yard burst up the middle on the game's third play from scrimmage.
"You give that kid the slightest hole, and he's going to make something happen," Holmes said. "He's so elusive and so fast ... he'll turn what should be a two-yard gain into a 50-yard gain."
The 528 yards rushing surpassed the school record of 465 set at Washington in 2007.
"I'm pretty sure the (previous) rushing record was by the guys whojust graduated a couple years ago, and they're still good friends ofours. So now we can rub that in," Holmes said, smirking.
