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| Arizona St
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| Oregon St
| Stanford
UCLA
| USC |
Washington
| Washington St
Pac 10 Game of
the Week
Stanford 24 ... USC 23
On fourth and goal from the ten, Stanford pulled off one
of the biggest shockers of all-time when Mark Bradford
fought his way for a touchdown catch to tie it. Derek
Belch hit the extra point for the lead, and then the
defense held on with its fourth pick of the night. John
David Booty threw for 364 yards, highlighted by a
63-yard pass play to Fred Davis and a 47-yarder to
Ronald Johnson, but overthrew his receivers late for two
key interceptions, and threw one for a 31-yard Stanford
pick six from Austin Yancy in the third. USC outgained
the Cardinal 459 yards to 235.
Pac 10
Player of
the Week
Stanford QB Tavita Pritchard went 11-of-30 for 149
yards, a touchdown and an interception in the win over
USC.
Conference Roundup
Arizona
… A
week after ripping apart Washington State, the Arizona
offense went into the tank against Oregon State,
regressing in the running game and getting an awful
performance from Willie Tuitama. Blame the offensive
line. Tuitama didn't get rid of the ball quickly enough
on several plays, but he never had a chance on most
others, getting sacked eight times and needing to rush
several throws. The running game was fine, with Nick
Grigsby doing a good job again, but after a disastrous
first half, the Wildcats needed to start chucking. Now
they get a ticked off USC.
Arizona State … Beating Washington State was
hardly easy, and for the first time all year, the
running game got a good game out of Ryan Torain, but
averaged 1.8 yards per carry, mainly because of the pass
protection problems, but the Sun Devils found a way to
win. 6-0 is 6-0, and after the Washington game, the real
season starts with all the Pac 10 big boys ahead over a
key four-game stretch. To win and stay in the Pac 10
title race, the offensive line can't play as poorly as
it did this week after allowing seven sacks. Rudy
Carpenter was under pressure all game long, and therw
two interceptions, and now he'll need more protection in
the upcoming shootouts.
California … Didn’t Play This Week
Oregon … Didn’t Play This Week
Oregon State … Oregon State might have just
turned its season around. The running of Yvenson
Bernard, the play of the defense, and better play from
its quarterback than Arizona's led to the easy win. Sean
Canfield was hardly sharp, throwing two picks and just
139 yards, but he didn't have to try to make the big
plays like Willie Tuitama did. The OSU defense dictated
the action, with the pressure into the backfield coming
from all sides. It'll have to come up with eight sacks
again next week to have a shot at beating Cal.
Stanford … The offense stunk against USC until
the final six minutes, but the defense got decent
pressure on John David Booty, and came up with the big
interceptions to change the game around. It helped that
USC wasn't sharp, but give credit to the Cardinal
defensive front for holding up stunningly well against
the run. This was an all-timer of a win for the program,
and now head coach Jim Harbaugh will become a hot
property. However, give credit to the heart of QB Tavita
Pritchard for overcoming a shaky start to come through
with the clutch throws needed to pull this off.
UCLA … The Bruins had better figure out the
quarterback situation in a real hurry. Either Ben Olsen
or Pat Cowan have to gut it out, despite not appearing
to be able to late a whole game, or the running game
will have to do a whole bunch more than it did against
Notre Dame to have any shot against Cal in two weeks.
McLeon Bethel-Thompson simply can't play, at least he
couldn't against the Irish. The only way the Bruins
could've lost that game was by screwing up. Seven
turnovers and 11 penalties later, Merry Christmas, Notre
Dame.
USC …There's enough blame to go around for this
all-timer of a gaffe, and Stanford deserves credit for
coming through in the clutch, but this one might be on
John David Booty. He threw for 364 yards and two long
touchdowns, but he air mailed too many throws in the
second half for interceptions. Also blame the lack of
rushing production, and while it might seem too easy to
blame all the injuries, there's no excuse to only
average 2.5 yards per carry against Stanford. Can USC
come back from this? No. Losing to Stanford kills
national title dreams. It's Rose Bowl or bust now.
Washington … Didn’t Play This Week
Washington State … The Cougars are going to be
kicking themselves for the loss to Arizona State. To win
this game, it needs to get pressure on Rudy Carpenter.
With seven sacks, check. It needed to get more from the
passing game. 369 yards to 217, check. 11 penalties
hurt, but the real killer was an interception for a
touchdown that put the Sun Devils ahead in the third.
The Cougars played well, but it allowed three key
drives, and the pick-six, and that was the difference.
ASU came through, and Wazzu didn't. This was a game the
Cougars had to have with a trip to face a rested Oregon
up next.
| |
Conference |
Overall |
Home |
Away |
| |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
STR |
W |
L |
W |
L |
|
Arizona State |
3 |
0 |
108 |
55 |
6 |
0 |
220 |
85 |
W6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
UCLA |
3 |
0 |
129 |
62 |
4 |
2 |
168 |
143 |
L1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
California |
2 |
0 |
76 |
51 |
5 |
0 |
197 |
122 |
W5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
USC |
2 |
1 |
97 |
62 |
4 |
1 |
184 |
103 |
L1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
Oregon |
1 |
1 |
79 |
62 |
4 |
1 |
218 |
117 |
L1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
Oregon State |
1 |
2 |
77 |
100 |
3 |
3 |
165 |
151 |
W1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Arizona |
1 |
2 |
91 |
96 |
2 |
4 |
170 |
169 |
L1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
Stanford |
1 |
3 |
75 |
164 |
2 |
3 |
112 |
164 |
W1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
Washington |
0 |
2 |
55 |
71 |
2 |
3 |
135 |
126 |
L3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Washington State |
0 |
3 |
54 |
118 |
2 |
4 |
165 |
205 |
L3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
Saturday, October 6 |
| 4:00 PM |
Arizona
State 23 ... at Washington State 20
CFN Prediction: ASU 36-21 ASU -8.5 |
| 4:00 PM |
at Oregon State
31 ... Arizona 16
CFN Prediction: OSU 34-27 OSU -4 |
| 7:00 PM |
Stanford
24 ... at USC 23
CFN Prediction: USC 48-13 USC -38 |
| 8:00 PM |
Notre
Dame 20 ... at UCLA 6
CFN Prediction: UCLA 40-17 UCLA -20.5 |
Past
Pac 10
Games of the
Week
Sept. 1 -
California
45 ... Tennessee 31
Sept. 8 -
UCLA
27 ... BYU 17
Sept. 15 -
New Mexico
29 ... at Arizona 27
Sept. 22 - UCLA 44 ... Washington 31
Sept. 29 -
California
31 ... at Oregon 24
Oct. 6 - Stanford
24 ... at USC 23
Past Pac 10 Players of the Week
Sept. 2 - California RB Justin Forsett
Sept. 8 - Washington State QB Alex Brink
Sept. 15 - Oregon State WR Sammie
Stroughter
Sept. 22 - Oregon QB Dennis Dixon
Sept. 29 - California WR DeSean
Jackson
Oct. 6 - Stanford QB Tavita Pritchard