Leaf, Ducks come up short

SAN DIEGO – Oklahoma linebacker Clint Ingram made a leaping interception of Brady Leaf’s pass at the 10-yard line with 33 seconds left in the Holiday Bowl to preserve the Sooners’ 17-14 upset of the No. 6 Oregon Ducks on Thursday night.

“It was a good call, I just underthrew the ball a little bit,” said Leaf, who had moved the Ducks into position to win it. “There is not much more to it. Ingram made a nice play.”

Ingram missed the call for a blitz on second-and-9, so he was in position to get in front of Demetrius Williams for the pickoff.

“This was the biggest play that I’ve ever made in any sport,” Ingram said. “Everything we’ve gone through, everyone made plays and I just made the last one.”

Leaf said he saw Ingram.

“I just tried to put it up and take some trajectory off it a little bit to try and get the ball to (Williams) quicker and I just didn’t get it high enough.”

Said Oregon coach Mike Bellotti: “I’m proud we came back and had a chance to win this game, not just tie it up. We just didn’t make the play right there.”

Leaf had thrown a 3-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tim Day with 3:30 left to pull the Ducks to 17-14.

Leaf was booed when he came in for Oregon’s third possession of the game, and again when a scoreboard graphic noted that he was Ryan Leaf’s younger brother. Ryan Leaf, the quarterback who played for the Chargers for three seasons, was perhaps the biggest bust in NFL history.