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Pac 10 Game of
the Week
USC 17 … Arizona 10
In a tough battle for the Trojans, Mark Sanchez threw a 30-yard touchdown pass
to Stanley Havili midway through the third quarter for the 17-10 lead, and the
defense did the rest, hanging on time and again. Arizona had its chances in the
fourth quarter, but the offense couldn’t get anything going with the Trojans
forcing four punts down the stretch. Mike Thomas made it very interesting on a
last-gasp punt return, but was stopped at the USC 34 as time ran out. The
Trojans scored on a two-yard Stafon Johnson run in the second quarter, while the
Wildcats answered with a five-yard Nic Grigsby run early in the third.
Pac 10
Player of the Week
Oregon QB Jeremiah Masoli completed 17-of-26 passes
for 147 yards and a touchdown with an interception, and he ran eight times for
85 yards and a score in the win over Arizona State.
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Conference |
Overall |
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W-L |
PF |
PA |
W-L |
PF |
PA |
STK |
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USC |
4-1 |
179 |
47 |
6-1 |
266 |
57 |
W4 |
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Oregon |
4-1 |
202 |
112 |
6-2 |
332 |
199 |
W2 |
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California |
3-1 |
158 |
79 |
5-2 |
265 |
152 |
W1 |
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Oregon State |
3-1 |
155 |
83 |
4-3 |
242 |
166 |
W2 |
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Arizona |
3-2 |
154 |
92 |
5-3 |
293 |
144 |
L1 |
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Stanford |
3-2 |
132 |
143 |
4-4 |
190 |
212 |
L1 |
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UCLA |
2-3 |
105 |
126 |
3-5 |
163 |
245 |
L1 |
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Arizona St |
1-3 |
75 |
123 |
2-5 |
135 |
186 |
L5 |
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Washington |
0-4 |
65 |
161 |
0-7 |
113 |
277 |
L7 |
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Wash St |
0-5 |
33 |
292 |
1-7 |
111 |
385 |
L4 |
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Games of the
Week
Aug. 30 - UCLA 27
- Ten 24 OT
Sep. 6 - BYU 28 ... Wash 27
Sep 13 - Oregon 32 - Purdue 26 2OT
Sep 20 - BSU 27 - UO 32
Sep 27 - Or St 27 - USC 21
Oct 4 - Utah 31 - Or St 28
0ct 11 - Stan 24 - Ariz 23
Oct 18 - UCLA 23 - Stan 20
Oct 25 - USC 17 - Ariz. 10 |
Players of the Week
Aug. 30 - Kevin Craft, Cal
Sep. 6 - Nic Grigsby, Ariz
Sep 13 - Kyle Moore, USC
Sep 20 - Willie Tuitama, Arizona
Sep 27 - Jacquizz Rogers, OSU
Oct 4 - Mark Sanchez, USC
0ct 11 - Jacquizz Rogers, OSU
Oct 18 - Keola Antonlin, Ariz
Oct 25 - Jeremiah Masoli, Oregon |
Conference
Roundup
Arizona
… What happened to the Air Raid offense,
or whatever Texas Tech, oops, er,
Arizona was calling its spread-like
attack? Credit USC’s defense for erasing
Rob Gronkowski and Mike Thomas, allowing
just 88 passing yards, but Willie
Tuitama has been around too long to
struggle as much as he did. The star of
the show was punter Keenan Crier, who
had a whale of a game pinning the
Trojans deep time and again. With
Washington State up next, after an
off-week, the Wildcats will be bowl
eligible, but it would’ve been nice to
have come up with a signature win over
the Trojans.
Arizona State … It’s not even
that ASU isn’t winning, currently on a
five-game losing streak, it’s that it
isn’t even close. The defense didn’t
have a prayer of slowing down the Oregon
running game, while the offense was
woefully ill-equipped to keep up the
pace. The three turnovers didn’t help
and the inability to keep drives going,
and the Oregon offense off the field,
was a huge problem. Rudy Carpenter is
trying to make plays and he’s trying to
get things going, but defense aren’t
allowing anything deep and the receivers
aren’t making things happen after the
catch. After the trip to Oregon State,
things ease up against Washington,
Washington State and UCLA, so if the Sun
Devils can come up with a win in
Corvallis could lead to a turnaround.
California … Kevin Riley was
hardly special against UCLA, but he got
the job done in the fourth quarter to
help put the game away. Jahvid Best
showed once again that he’s one of the
Pac 10’s premier difference makers, even
if he isn’t 100% healthy, while Shane
Vereen had a nice game, too, with 99
yards on 14 carries. The defense came up
with one of its better games of the
year, especially against the run, and
now comes the big test against the
high-powered Oregon ground attack. The
defensive front has to make the plays it
came up with against the Bruins.
Oregon … The running game is
making up for the potential problems
with the passing game. The offensive
line crushed Arizona State and owned the
game from the start. The Sun Devils were
never in it. The coaching staff held out
on the starting quarterback situation
until the last second with Jeremiah
Masoli getting the nod over Justin
Roper, and while the passing game didn’t
roll, Masoli ran well. Still tied for
the Pac 10 lead, the Ducks can make a
major statement if they can beat
California next week. The Rose Bowl is
still a possibility with a few breaks.
Oregon State … Didn’t Play This
Week
Stanford … Didn’t Play This Week
UCLA … UCLA is still going to be
a work in progress, especially against
the better teams. There wasn’t any
running game against Cal, and the four
interceptions, with two pick-sixes, and
the 10 penalties weren’t a plus. Kevin
Craft has to be more consistent and he
can’t keep making big mistakes.
With USC to
finish up, the Bruins have to win their
next three games, Oregon State, at
Washington and at Arizona State, to go
to a bowl.
USC … Is the Arizona offense
that mediocre or is the USC defense
really that strong? It seems to be a
little bit of both. The Trojans held
time and again when its own offense
couldn’t put the game away. Stafon
Johnson was fine, but Joe McKnight was
held under wraps as the USC running game
was fine, but nothing special gaining
151 yards. Mark Sanchez is an elite
talent, but he tries to gun it too much;
he’s fearless with that arm.
Washington … Washington is just
flat-out woeful. Losing Jake Locker
shouldn’t be an excuse for this part of
the season. The defense wasn’t remotely
close to making a key stop against Notre
Dame, the offense under Ronnie Fouch
didn’t go anywhere, and at times, it
looked like an Irish scrimmage. With a
trip to USC up next, there’s no real
chance of pulling off the win, or even
making it close, unless the team can
come up with one thing it does well.
There was nothing to build on from the
loss to the Irish.
Washington State … Didn’t Play
This Week