Coach Lambright leads Washington into Lincoln
Three Pac-10 teams go
on the road to battle
national powerhouses
By Tim Pyle
Oregon Daily Emerald
No. 18 Southern California (3-0 over
all, 1-0 Pacific-10 conference) at No.
10 Florida State (2-1)
The Trojans have their work cut
out for them against the Seminoles
in Tallahassee, Fla.
Florida State is used to having
an unblemished record at this
point in the season and is proba
bly still steaming from its 24-7 loss
to North Carolina State on Sept.
12.
Last season, the then-No. 23
Trojans played the then-No. 5
Seminoles dose in Los Angeles,
losing 14-7 in a defensive battle.
Two of the most explosive wide
receivers in the country, R. Jay
Soward of USC and Peter Warrick
of Florida State, should provide
more fireworks this season.
To get to 4-0, USC will need to
have defensive success like the
Wolfpack against the Seminoles.
But the offensive speed and talent
Florida State possess makes that
unlikely.
Oregon State (2-1,0-1) at Arizona
State (1-2,0-1)
Who would have thought that
the Beavers would have a better
record than the Sun Devils head
ing into this game?
Arizona State was being hyped
as a possible national-title con
tender, not to mention conference
champion, before the season be
gan. Now, the Sun Devils are sim
ply trying to right the ship after
losses to Washington and Brigham
Young to start the season.
Oregon State is usually a cure
all for most any opponent, but the
Beavers think they have improved
behind new quarterback Terrance
Bryant and second-year head
coach Mike Riley. Redshirt fresh
man tailback Ken Simonton leads
the Pac-10 in rushing at 100.7
yards per game.
J.R. Redmond, Arizona State’s
multi-purpose threat, will be look
ing to find the end zone with regu
larity again after scoring three
rushing touchdowns in the Sun
Devils’ 34-15 defeat of North
Texas last week.
Ther teams combined for six in
terceptions and seven sacks last
season in the Sun Devils 13-10
win in Corvallis.
Washington State (3-0) at California
(2-D
Following three mediocre wins
against poor competition, the
Cougars will begin defense of their
1997 co-conference title against the
Golden Bears.
A game like last season’s offen
sive explosion, when Washington
State cruised to a 42-6 halftime
lead and 63-37 win on the strength
of Ryan Leafs right arm, is not
likely. Now, both these teams rank
in the top half of the Pac-10 defen
sively and in the bottom half on of
fense.
Cougar defensive backs Lamont
Thompson and Chris Martin, who
each have three interceptions, will
try to corral California wideout
Dameane Douglas, who is tied for
the Pac-10 lead with seven recep
tions per game.
No. 16 Arizona (3-0,1-0) at San Diego
State (0-2)
The Wildcats figure to win their
eighth straight
game, a streak that
dates back to last
season.
However, the
Aztecs gave Ari
zona a scare in
1997, when the
Wildcats recovered from a 21-0
deficit to win 31-28 in Tucson, Ariz.
Suddenly offensive-minded
Arizona will have its quarterback
duo of Keith Smith and Ortege
Jenkins throwing deep to wide re
ceivers Dennis Northcutt and Jere
my McDaniel, who both average
six catches per game at more than
14 yards a pop.
No. 3 UCLA (0-0,2-0) at Miami (Fla.)
(0-1,2-1)
MIAMI—The approach of Hur
ricane Georges on Thursday led
Miami to cancel Saturday’s game
against No. 3 UCLA, although the
door was left open for a makeup
date at the end of the season.
School officials had held firm
to the belief that the game could
be played as scheduled, but the
posting of hurricane warnings in
the Miami area Thursday morn
ing led them to reconsider. The
decision was made during a call
between Miami president Tad
Foote and UCLA chancellor A1
Carnesale.
“After a general discussion with
Chancellor Carnesale and the ath
letic directors regarding the safety
of students, fans and everyone
concerned, it was mutually decid
ed that it would be a mistake to
play the game,” Foote said.
The announcement came hours
before UCLA was to leave for Mia
mi, where their arrival was sched
uled shortly before the area was to
begin feeling the effects of
Georges.
— The Associated Press
MARK MCTYRE/Emerald
The No. 8 Huskies try to avenge last season’s 27-14 loss to the Nebraska Comhuskers in Seattle.
Pac-10 Standings
Conference Overall
1. Arizona 10 3 0
USC 10 30
Wash. 10 2 0
4. Oregon 0 0 3 0
Wash. St. 0 0 3 0
UCLA 0 0 2 0
California 0 0 2 1
8. Oregon St. 0 1 2 1
Arizona St. 0 1 12
Stanford 0 1 12
Top 25 Football Schedule
No.2 Nebraska vs. No.9 Washington
No.3 UCLA at Miami
No.4 Tennessee vs. Houston
No.5 Kansas State vs. N.E.
Louisiana
No.6 LSU vs. Idaho
No.8 Florida vs. Kentucky
No.10 Florida State vs. No.18 USC
No.11 Virginia at Duke
No.14 Wisconsin vs. Northwestern
No.15 Colorado vs. Saylor
No.16 Arizona at San Diego State
No.17TexasA&Msvs. North
Texas
No.19 West Virginia vs. Tulsa
No.20 Oregon vs. Stanford
No.21 Virginia Tech vs. Pitts
burgh
No.22 Alabama at Arkansas
No.23 Air Force at TCU
Game of the week
By nm ryie
Oregon Daily Emerald
No. 9 Washington (2-0,1-0) at No.
2 Nebraska (3-0)
The Huskies will be trying to
do precisely what the Corn
huskers did to them last season
in Seattle — upset the higher
ranked home team.
A talented Washington team,
which was ranked No. 2 going
into the game against the
Huskers a season ago, was ex
pected to contend for the nation
al title. Instead, then-No. 7 Ne
braska rolled over the Huskies
27-14 on its way to a co-national
championship with Michigan.
The Huskers ran all over
Washington to the tune of 384
yards rushing and knocked
quarterback Brock Huard out of
the game in the first quarter.
Coming off a sloppy 20-10 de
feat of Brigham Young, Washing
ton will need a near-perfect effort
to become the first team to beat the
Huskers in Lincoln, Neb., in seven
years. But history is on the Huskies
side — they were the last team to
emerge victorious from the Sea of
Red with a 36-21 win in 1991.
New Nebraska head coach
Frank Solich has picked up
where Tom Osborne left off, us
ing much the same systems on
both offense and defense that
Osborne rode to success.
Quarterback Bobby New
combe is listed as probable (sore
knee) for the game, as is tailback
DeAngelo Evans (knee). Full
back Joel Makovicka, who
plowed through the Washing
ton defense for 129 yards on 12
carries last season, will also lead
the Huskers’ ground attack.
Washington’s offensive line,
which has permitted just one
sack on 81 pass attempts, needs
to sustain its near-flawless pro
tection of Huard in the new,
wide-open Husky offense.
If the Huskies are able to keep the
game close, Huard will have to di
rect his second miracle of the young
season for Washington to prevail.
However, a miracle in the corn
fields looks to be even less likely
than the 42-38 win, dubbed the
“miracle in the desert,” that
Huard engineered at Arizona
State in the season opener.
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