Beavers host streaking No. 3 Bruins
The UCLA and OSU
programs are traveling
in different directions
By Tim Pyle
Oregon Daily Emerald
No. 3 UCLA (7-0,5-0) at Oregon State
(4-5,1-5)
Not that teams should need ex
tra incentive to play well and win,
but both of these teams need good
performances and victories in this
game if they are to reach their sea
son goals.
The difference in those goals il
lustrates the vast discrepancy be
tween these two programs. While
the Bruins are seeking their first na
tional championship since 1954,
the Beavers are looking to break a
string of 27 consecutive losing sea
sons.
Following a 28-24 win against
Stanford last Saturday, UCLA
dropped to third in the Bowl
Championship rankings that de
termine who plays for the national
title in the Fiesta Bowl. The Bru
ins know they must produce im
pressive results in their final four
regular-season games to realign
the rankings in their favor. And
quarterback Cade McNown is en
tering the final leg of the Heisman
Trophy race.
Oregon State quarterback
Jonathan Smith, a redshirt fresh
man, will try to relocate the accu
racy that allowed him to pass for a
school-record 469 yards two
weeks ago at Washington. In the
Beavers’ 20-19 loss to California
CONFERENCE
last Saturday,
Smith con
nected on just
17 of 58
throws.
Sorry fann
ers, but bar
ring an upset
of catastroph
ic proportions, UCLA will ensure
Oregon State finishes an overall los
er for the 28th straight year come
Saturday.
Southern California (6-3,4-2) at Stan
ford (1-7,0-5)
A week after giving the Bruins all
they could handle, the Cardinal is
still hoping to get a firm handle on
its first conference win heading
into its matchup with the Trojans.
Having star flanker Troy Wal
ters at full strength makes Stan
ford a much better team, as is evi
denced by the 10-total points that
have separated the Cardinal from
wins the past two weeks. In those
two games, Walters has hauled in
20 passes for 323 yards.
Now that USC has made itself
bowl eligible with six wins, the
Trojans will use their remaining
three games to try to solidify their
postseason standing, After all,
USC was passed over despite its
six wins last season.
Washington State (3-5,0-5) at No. 10
Arizona (8-1,4-1)
Unless the Wildcats have a major
letdown following their 38-3 dis
mantling of Oregon last week, the
Cougars do not figure to earn their
first conference win this week.
After rolling up 268 rushing
yards on the Ducks, Arizona will
surely continue to hand off to tail
back Trung Canidate and fullback
Kelvin Eafon repeatedly. If Wash
ington State finds a way to stuff
the run, Wildcat quarterbacks Kei
th Smith and Ortege Jenkins will
simply switch gears and throw to
deadly wideouts Dennis North
cutt and Jeremy McDaniel.
Game of the Week
By Tim Pyle
Oregon Daily Emerald
California (5-3,3-2) at Arizona
State (4-4,3-2)
Neither of these teams will be
playing in Tempe, Ariz., come
early January when the national
champion will be decided there
in the Fiesta Bowl, but this game
will go a long way toward deter
mining whether or not these
teams play in a bowl game at all.
The Golden Bears and Sun
Devils have taken different
routes to their current tie for
fourth place in the Pacific-10
Conference. While Cal has sur
prised prognosticators with its
winning record, Arizona State
has shocked the experts with its
struggles.
Two of the conference’s top
offensive performers will be
showcased in this matchup.
For the Bears, wide receiver
Dameane Douglas stands out on
an otherwise stagnant offense,
which ranks last in the Pac-10.
Douglas leads the conference
and is third in the nation with 71
receptions. His average of nearly
nine receptions per game puts
him on pace to better the Pac-10
single-season reception record
of 90, which was set by South
ern California’s Keyshawn John
son in 1995.
Multi-dimensional tailback
J.R. Redmond is the Sun Devils’
most dangerous weapon. He
leads the Pac-10 in both rushing
yards per game with nearly 93
and all-purpose yards per out
ing with almost 174. His all-pur
pose output also ranks him
fourth in the country.
Cal should be wary of
Redmond’s game-breaking
capabilities because he ran for
114 yards and scored two
touchdowns (one rushing, one
receiving) in Arizona State’s
28-21 win against the Bears in
Berkeley, Calif., last season.
Linebackers Albert Dorsey,
Matt Beck and Sekou Sanyika
of Cal’s formidable defense,
which is ranked second in the
Pac-10, will be charged with
keeping Redmond contained.
Sanyika leads the Pac-10 in
tackles for loss with 20,
inlcuding seven sacks.
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