Scout.com: 2009 CFN Pac 10 Expert Picks, Schedules, More

2009 CFN Pac 10 Expert Picks, Schedules, More

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Posted Nov 3, 2009

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Click on each team for game recaps, thoughts, schedules and more and scroll down for the games, results, players of the week and the conference roundup.

2009 Pac 10 ... Week 10

	CFN EXPERT PICKS	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Michael	Clucko	PICK
3:30	Oregon -5.5 at Stan.	OR	OR	OR	OR	ST	OR
3:30	Wash St at Ariz. -31	AZ*	AZ	AZ	AZ*	AZ	AZ
3:30	Wash. at UCLA -4	UC	WA	WA	UC	WA	WA
7:00	Oregon St at Cal -7	OS	CA*	OS	CA*	OS	OS
8:00	USC -11 at ASU	SC*	SC	SC	SC	AS	SC
	Straight Up	40-15	44-11	44-11	40-15	25-30	45-10
	ATS	21-28-1	21-28-1	24-25-1	23-26-1	21-28-1	21-28-1

Pac 10 Standings
	Conf.		Overall
Oregon	5	0	7	1
Arizona	3	1	5	2
Stanford	4	2	5	3
USC	3	2	6	2
Cal	3	2	6	2
Oregon St	3	2	5	3
Arizona St	2	3	4	4
Wash.	2	3	3	5
UCLA	0	5	3	5
Wash St	0	5	1	7
Players of the Week 10/31 Jer. Masoli, QB UO 10/24 Allen Bradford, RB SC 10/17 Nick Foles, QB Az 10/10 Jac. Rodgers, RB OSU 10/3 Toby Gerhart, RB Stan 9/26 J. Masoli, QB Oreg. 9/19 Jahvid Best, RB Cal 9/13 Reggie Carter, LB UCLA 9/5 Toby Gerhart, RB Stan. Games of the Week 10/31 Cal 23, ASU 21 10/24 USC 42, OSU 36 10/17 USC 34, ND 27 & ASU 24, UW 17 10/10 Wash 36, Ariz 33 10/3 ND 37, Wash 30 9/26 Ga 20, ASU 17 9/19 UW 16, USC 13 9/13 USC 18, Ohio St 15 9/5 LSU 31, Wash. 23 Scoreboard California 23 at Arizona State 21 - Arizona State can't get stop in loss to Cal - Cal beats Sun Devils in final moments CFN Prediction: Cal 31-21 Line: Cal -7 at Oregon 47 USC 20 - USC gets steamrolled over by the Ducks - Oregon destroys USC in dominant win CFN Prediction: USC 33-27 Line: USC -3.5 Notre Dame 40 vs. Washington State (in Arlington) 14 Washington State can't stop Irish passing CFN Prediction: Notre Dame 45-14 Line: Notre Dame -29 at Oregon State 26 UCLA 19 - Oregon State holds off a tough UCLA rally - UCLA finally get O going in loss to Beavers CFN Prediction: Oregon State 31-17 Line: Oregon State -9.5

GAME OF THE WEEK

California 23 … at Arizona State 21
Cal PK Giorgio Tavecchio nailed a 24-yard field goals with 21 seconds to play to come back to beat ASU. In an ugly game, the two teams combined for 23 penalties and five turnovers, but the Cal passing game worked with Kevin Riley throwing for 351 yards with first quarter touchdown passes from 11 yards out to Jahvid Best and 12 yards away to Marvin Jones. But that was it for Cal getting in the end zone with Tavacchio hitting three field goals. ASU tied it in the second quarter with a three-yard Jovon Williams touchdown catch from Samson Szakacsy on a trick play and a 80-yard Kyle Williams touchdown catch from Danny Williams, but only managed a six-yard Cameron Marshall touchdown run the rest of the way.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Oregon QB Jeremiah Masoli completed 19-of-31 passes for 222 yards and a score and ran 13 times for 164 yards and a score in the win over USC.

CONFERENCE ROUNDUP

Arizona … Didn’t Play This Week

Arizona State … California 23 ... at Arizona State 21 ... Arizona has come up with big breaks and some nice late plays this year, most notably the win over Washington, and now it got bit the other way by failing to stop Cal on a final drive after stuffing the Bear offense for three quarters. The defense did a nice job all game long of keeping Jahvid Best from going crazy, but the secondary struggled, especially on the final drive. On a two-game losing streak, now the Sun Devils are in big trouble with USC and at Oregon up next. The defense is there to have a chance in both games, but the offense has to be more consistent and the penalties have to slow down after committing 11 for 123 yards.

California … California 23 ... at Arizona State 21 ... Cal might have been shaky and it might have committed too many penalties and made too many mistakes, but after the ugly two-game losing streak a few weeks ago, now the momentum has shifted. With the win, the Bears are on a three-game winning streak with two home games against Oregon State and Arizona coming up. At the moment, Cal looks like the Pac 10’s No. 3 team which might mean a Holiday Bowl spot this year if everything breaks right. The defense had a relatively nice day, considering the Cal secondary has been abysmal, with Mike Mohamed making 12 tackles with 11 solo.

Oregon … at Oregon 47 ... USC 20 ... In a dominant performance that established the program as one of the elite in the nation, Oregon rumbled at will and USC had no answer for Jeremiah Masoli or LaMichael James running the ball. The defense did its part, especially in the second half, led by T.J. Ward who made ten tackles with a tackle for loss and an interception. Now the Rose Bowl is there for the taking, but there’s a tough game at Stanford next week and sure shootouts against Arizona State, Arizona, and Oregon State to follow.

Oregon State … at Oregon State 26 ... UCLA 19 ... The positive: Sean Canfield continues to throw extremely well and the offense is producing. When needed, the attack came through when it had to as it found a way to get a win. The negative: UCLA’s offense is among the worst in the nation and it came up with way too many yards on the Beaver defense. That’s not a plus with a high-octane Cal team coming up next, but if Canfield can stay hot, 300 yards against the bad Bear secondary are a must.

Stanford … Didn’t Play This Week

UCLA … at Oregon State 26 ... UCLA 19 ... UCLA showed a spark of life on offense, even if it was for the final few minutes of the fourth quarter. For an attack that hasn’t done anything this year, getting 323 passing yards from Kevin Prince is meaningful, but the defense that was so strong at times couldn’t come up when needed in the final moments. It took trick plays for Oregon State to get two touchdowns, but that doesn’t make the loss any better. Fortunately, Washington and Washington State are up next. A bowl game is still possible, but the offense has to keep up the momentum and the defense has to be stiffer.

USC … at Oregon 47 ... USC 20 ... What happened to the USC defense? It’s not just that Oregon cranked out big yards; it’s that the defense couldn’t come up with tackles or stops needed to keep short to medium gains from being long ones. The offense wasn’t that bad, even though Matt Barkley only threw for 187 yards, but there were several false start penalties and the whole team was out of sync once Oregon started rumbling. This was bad, but a BCS at-large bid is still possible by winning out. After next week’s trip to Arizona State, the last three games are at home.

Washington … Didn’t Play This Week

Washington State … Notre Dame 40 ... vs. Washington State (in Arlington) 14 ... The Cougars never had a chance against an offense as efficient and as effective as Notre Dame’s, and the O never had a prayer of keeping up. Once again, Jeff Tuel and the passing game stuck with the short-to-medium passing game and did nothing to scare the Irish secondary deep, while the running game only came up with 104 yards and two scores. Next up is Nick Foles and an Arizona passing game that should be able to rip up the Cougar secondary without a problem.

Saturday, Nov. 7
Washington State at Arizona
USC at Arizona State
Oregon State at California
Oregon at Stanford
Washington at UCLA

Saturday, Nov. 14
Arizona at California
Arizona State at Oregon
Oregon State at Washington
Stanford at USC
UCLA at Washington State

Saturday, Nov. 21
Oregon at Arizona
Arizona State at UCLA
California at Stanford
Oregon State at Washington State

Saturday, Nov. 28
Arizona at Arizona State
Notre Dame at Stanford
UCLA at USC
Washington State at Washington

Thursday, Dec. 3
Oregon State at Oregon

Saturday, Dec. 5
Arizona at USC
California at Washington