It'll be close, but Oregon should take Cougars Beavers face tough game with Bulldogs B\ Tr.u \ Sumner Emerald Sports Editor Looking ahead to Oregon's date with the high s< oring Washington State (iougars. one thing seems eerilv similar he tween tins game and List week's Iti It) win over Arizona Both games feature a team th.it is i oming off a loss that should have been a win lust as the Dm ks were com mg oil a heartbreaking loss the week before the Arizona game (let us not rehash that). Wash ingtnn State is coming off a painful 18-17 (does the score sound familiar?) loss that should have been a win. Southern California drove 'll vards in the final 4 I 2 minutes of last Saturday’s game tor a touchdown and the winning two point conversion to hand the Cougs their first loss of the season The Cougars are mad and Washington Slate coach Mike I’ric e hopes they slav that wav "What we need to do," I’rii e said is to keep that mad on Also. I’rii e points out that no one on the current Washington Stale roster has ever beaten a I)u( k football team "No one on this team has ever beaten tile t'niversitv ot Oregon in a football game." he said "I reallv haven't talked {to the team) about it. but it i mild be ,i motivating factor Mav be I should bring it up W ould it be presumptuous In assume that he probabk doesn't need to? Oregon lias beaten the Con gars four straight times dating li.u k to l‘IB4 when Washington State outscored the I links r.() 4 1 High scoring affairs seem to be becoming tradition between these two schools In the last live meetings betweeu the Con gais and Dm ks, the losing team has averaged more than _'H points per game with the win nei s running it up at a i lip ol more than tti points a contest Before the season began most observ ers pit ked the Cou gars to finish ill nr near the hot Inm nl thi' I’ai ilit HI standings Kven with .1 new corn'll, .1 ncu ipiarterhai k (twice) .mil .1 lieu ntlensive line I lie ( nug.u s .ire sin king it to those ol us u ho doubled them Washington St.ite is now 1 1 overall .mil 1-1 in i onlerem e |d.i\ lust iiliout everyone who saw lust Saturdav's loss to IS( agrees that the Cougars should he r>-0 and 2-0 The Cougars are leading the I’ai 10 in si oring at I t H points per game High scoring Wash inglon State teams are not tin usual, hut what is turning heads around the nation is the (anigar defense Pac-10 Football use IK I V Oregon Arifona ()n»gt»n Si Washington M Stanford An/onj Si W ashington ( alitornia ( ont Overall WIT V\ I I 100 M 0 lOO 2 20 2 10 MO 2 1 0 i 10 II0 220 M0 M0 12 0 1 VO 00 0 VI 0 O 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 M) —Saturday’s (iames_ Washington staff at ()regon Oregon Staff at I r**sn«> Stale V\ ashmgtt >n at t !St Art/ona state at l ( I A San lose state at t aldorma Notre Dame at Stanford Ihi'\ re ,n t it \ arils In fairness to the Heaver run mug tracks It should he noted th.it the (aunhuskers toed off on quarterback Nil k Schichtle sai king him I 1 times for HU sarils in losses The Heavers played semi-re spei (ably mi defense, but il was once again a pathelu offensive atlai k that hetraved them I lie Hon vs aren't worth a dam when it i omes lime to move the ball I resno Slate on the other hand sports a -10 ret old on the season and averages almost >00 yards per game in total otlense l lie Bulldogs si ore al a 4 i II i lip while playing the kind ol defense that is traditional at !■ resno Sure, the Bulldogs have an easier si hedule. but remember the Heavers had to struggle for a 17 (0 win ovei Division lAA Boise State \lso Oregon State was the hist team to beat I resno ill the regular season I he Bulldogs have the motivaliou Fresno Stale by a touchdown I resh oil the stunning win uv ei Washington State South ern California entertains the Washington Huskies this week end I 'St has to be feeling tin kv attei last w eekend I lie Trojans were dow n I 10 lo thi> ('nilgais u ln*ii in steps n*dshirl fri'slnti.in quarter li.uk. 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