Pac 10 Conference Roundup - Week 12

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Posted Oct 17, 2007


Pac 10 conference roundup, standings, player and game of the week

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.

 Arizona | Arizona StCalifornia | Oregon | Oregon St | Stanford
UCLA | USC | Washington | Washington St

Pac 10 Game of the Week
Arizona 34 ... Oregon 24
Arizona jumped out to a 31-14 halftime lead on Mike Thomas touchdown catches from 34 and 46 yards out along with an Antoine Cason 42-yard interception return or a touchdown and a 56-yard punt return for a score. Oregon scored on its first drive on a 39-yard Dennis Dixon touchdown run, but he later injured his knee and was lost for the rest of the game. With Brady Leaf under center for the Ducks, Arizona blitzed time and again and forced plenty of mistakes, but Oregon got within seven points late in the fourth on a 17-play, 71-yard drive finishing up with a two-yard Andre Crenshaw touchdown run. Arizona was able to all but put the game away by answering with a 46-yard field goal, but needed help from the replay booth as QB Willie Tuitama was ruled down before he fumbled the ball away to Oregon. Oregon outgained Arizona 463 yards to 322.

Pac 10 Player of the Week
Washington RB Louis Rankin ran 21 times for 224 yards and a touchdown in the win over California

Conference Roundup

Arizona … Arizona's gameplan against Oregon appeared to do a 180-degree change after Dennis Dixon got hurt. Led by a brilliant day from Spencer Larsen and a great push from Yaniv Barnett, the defense got to Brady Leaf early and often and forced several misfired and several near-interceptions. However, when things got tight, and the Wildcat offense started to sputter, the defense started to have problems with the Duck power game. Arizona took its foot off the gas and played not to lose in the second half, and almost lost. Of course, the Cats won, and now has a chance to become bowl eligible with a win at Arizona State in two weeks.
Arizona State … Didn’t Play This Week
California … What the heck is going on? Cal lost to Washington by getting pounded on up the middle over and over and over again. The defensive tackles got erased but the UW interior line, and the supposedly high-powered Bear offense never got on track. Is the team really this bad, or is it a letdown factor with the season going down the tubes? At the moment it's a little of both, but a win over Stanford would put a Band-Aid on the situation and ensure a decent bowl since there aren't going to be many eligible Pac 10 teams.
Oregon … Oregon fans might point to the loss of Dennis Dixon early against Arizona as the main reason for the loss, but a national championship team finds a way to get around the landmine. Give credit to the defense for stepping up in the second half and keeping the game alive until the offense could get something going, and also credit the O line, and RB Jonathan Stewart, for pounding their way to within a score late. All is not completely lost. If the Ducks can beat UCLA and Oregon State, they still might be off to the BCS.
Oregon State … The Beavers are quietly putting together a strong second half of the year with five wins in the last six games. They were able to force several Washington State mistakes, got touchdowns instead of field goals, unlike last week against Washington, and now is assured of a bowl game going into the Civil War against Oregon. Having a healthy Yvenson Bernard is vital, but he tweaked a knee against the Cougars. Lyle Moevao has been fine stepping in at quarterback, but he's not ready to carry the entire attack.
Stanford … Didn’t Play This Week
UCLA … Didn’t Play This Week
USC  … Didn’t Play This Week
Washington … The Huskies did a tremendous job of overcoming the loss of Jake Locker by plowing their way over California. This was a manhood game with UW beating the Bears up on the interior and controlling the game in the second half. While it's obviously not a plus to lose Locker, everyone else stepped up their play now that more were able to get involved. Yes, Washington has other players who can produce. The season might have been dying, but with a win in the Apple Cup against Washington State, and potentially ruining Hawaii's dream year, could end things on a huge high note with a world of excitement for 2008.
Washington State … A week after chucking it around for 449 yards in a big win over Stanford, Alex Brink couldn't stop giving the ball to Beavers with interception after interception killing any hope for a win over Oregon State. He was under a little bit of pressure, but it's not like OSU was hitting him on every play. The running game failed to pick up the slack even though Kevin McCall ran well in stretches. Now the bowl dream is gone and head coach Bill Doba might have coached his final home game for the Cougars.

  Conference Overall Home Away
  W L PF PA W L PF PA STR W L W L
Arizona State 6 1 230 150 9 1 342 180 W1 6 0 3 1
Oregon 5 2 270 177 8 2 409 232 L1 5 1 3 1
USC 5 2 182 119 8 2 307 160 W2 4 1 4 1
Oregon State 5 3 215 198 7 4 303 249 W2 5 1 2 3
UCLA 4 3 213 168 5 5 252 249 L3 3 2 2 3
Arizona 4 4 240 229 5 6 319 302 W3 4 2 1 4
California 3 5 205 221 6 5 326 292 L2 4 2 2 3
Washington 2 6 237 279 4 7 317 334 W1 2 4 2 3
Washington State 2 6 155 267 4 7 266 354 L1 4 2 0 5
Stanford 2 6 128 267 3 7 201 305 L3 1 5 2 2

Thursday, November 15

9:00 PM

at Arizona 34 ... Oregon 24
CFN Prediction: Oregon 34-27  Oregon -12

Saturday, November 17

3:30 PM

at Washington 37 ... California 27
CFN Prediction: Cal 37-17  Cal -7

6:30 PM

Oregon State 52 ... at Washington State 17
CFN Prediction: OSU 26-23  Wazzu -2

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
Oct. 13 - Oregon State 31 ... at California 28
Oct. 20 - at UCLA 30 ... California 21
Oct. 27 - at Oregon 24 ... USC 17
Nov. 3 - at Oregon 35 ... Arizona State 23
Nov. 10 -
Arizona State 24 ... at UCLA 20
Nov. 17 -
at Arizona 34 ... Oregon 24

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
Oct. 13 - Oregon State LB Alan Darlin
Oct. 20 - Oregon RB Jonathan Stewart
Oct. 27 - Arizona QB Willie Tuitama
Nov. 3 - Oregon DE Nick Reed
Nov. 10 - USC RB Chauncey Washington

Nov. 17 - Washington RB Louis Rankin

 

  

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