Pac-10 football year
will be competitive
By Steve Mims
CVeoec Q*Jy f
This season should be one of
the most competitive years in
recent history for tfie the Pacific
10 Conference in football, as there
are only two teams that look to
!k> the the l>est in the league, and
one is ineligible for the Rose
Bowl.
Arizona and Washington are
the class of the league and could
c onceivably go unbeaten because
they do not meet on tin* field this
year The Wildcats are the
favorite for the Rose Bowl, a game
they have never played in.
because Washington has been
banned from postseason play for
the next two years
After those two teams, the
league is a toss-up. .is the next
seven teams could finish any
where. Although parity mav not
have reached the league vet. this
should he one of the most even
ly matched years the Pot.-10 has
seen.
Here is a lirief capsule of cat h
team in the confereiu e with its
projot ted 15193 record
I Arizona Wilri
- cats: The Welti
cats’defense will
j&uSBHZL lie as solid as
in the country , as they return sev
en starters from a defense that led
the nation in scoring defense and
ranked second in both total and
rushing defense (Ipposing teams
averaged less than nine points a
year ago against Arizona
Arizona's success will depend
on the growth of quarterback Dan
White, a sophomore transfer from
Penn State White lias never
played a college game, but he
should benefit from the return of
the Calls’ three top rushers from
,i year ago. including Ontiwnun
Carter, who ran for 739 yards in
1992.
Arizona will also have the ben
efit of a friendly schedule that
allows them to skip Washington,
and meet lJSC' and Stanford at
home. On the road this year. Ari
zona does not have to face any
team that finished in the top half
of the division.
Projected record: 10-1 (over
all), 7-1 (conference)
Washington
Huskies:
Although the
Huskies cannot
advance to the
Rose Bowl, they
have the talent to win the con
ference title for the fourth con
secutive season. Like Arizona, the
Huskies also have n major ques
tion mark at quarterbai k Sopho
more Damon Hoard has thrown
only five passes in his < ollegiate
career, hut he is surrounded with
talented targets
The Huskies have two of the
best running brn ks in the con
ference in junior Napoleon Katif
man and Bono Bryant Kaufman
proved that he is the best running
hack in the conferem e b\ av er
aging ti 5 yards per carry on his
wav to a 1,04 5-yard season
Hoard also has trusty receivers
in sophomore Jason Shelley and
senior Joe Krolik
It the Huskies stav focused ill
199 !. they i an play a major role
in the Rose Bowl rate, even
though they will need a ticket to
get into the game this year
Pro jet ted ret ord: 9-2, ti-2
T 9 O X* * S use. This IS
C wliere the con*
■ gets
tricky. the
^^^pF next seven
teams i.ould finish in any order
l !S<; is as giKid of a pu k .is to fin
ish third, hut the Trojans have to
have quarterbai k Rob Johnson
step up to finish here.
New head coach John Robin
son’s running game suffered u
serious blow when starting tail
back Dwight McFadden was
injured against North Carolina
Robinson must replace McFad
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