The unlikely is likely for UO
The Ducks are right where
they wanted to be.
Just don’t ask them
how they got there.
Heading into the final three
games of the regular season, Oregon
is in the thick of a Pacific-10 Confer
ence race that may be the most con
voluted, nonconventional ever.
The spectrum of possibilities for
the final Pac-10 standings still
seem endless heading into the final
three weeks—plus one if you count
Arizona and Arizona State’s Nov. 27
clash—of the conference season.
Washington (5-3 overall, 4-1 Pac
10) holds the edge with just one
league loss and a victory over Stan
ford (5-3,5-1). But the Huskies trav
el to Tucson, Ariz., to face the ex
plosive Wildcats (6-3, 3-2) on Sat
urday, and the Dawgs could easily
suffer their second loss there.
In fact, I’m betting—though not
literally, of course — that Arizona
will get revenge for Washington’s
last-second win at Arizona Stadi
um last season.
That would push the Huskies
back to the rest of the two-loss
pack. Arizona, Oregon (5-3, 3-2),
Arizona State (4-4, 3-2) and Cali
fornia (4-4, 3-2) can all stay afloat
with wins Saturday.
The Cardinal, meanwhile, have
a bye week and would gain the in
side track to the conference crown
once again with a Washington
loss. But Stanford does have to
play at Sun Devil Stadium on Nov.
13 and should lose there, especially
if Arizona State tailback J.R. Red
mond has bounced back from his
marital difficulties.
Assuming all of the above
works out, the Ducks could essen
tially be playing for a Rose Bowl
berth after they dispose of pitiful
Washington State on Saturday.
Who would have believed that
when Oregon came up a foot short
at UCLA on Oct. 9?
The game next Saturday in
Berkeley, Calif., against the Gold
en Bears will have drastic effects
on conference positioning. But does
anybody really think die Ducks
would allow Cal to sidetrack their
dreams of glory?
The Golden Bears’ defense may
be the best the Pac-10 has to offer,
but their offense is terrible. Oregon
will undoubtedly find a way to
win in the Bay Area.
That leaves Oregon State be
tween the Ducks and a possible
Pac-10 crown. If the Beavers (5-3,
2-3) don’t take care of Cal in Cor
vallis on Saturday or upset the
Wildcats — highly unlikely —
the following weekend, they will
still be seeking that sixth win that
has eluded them since 1970.
Should the stakes end up being
that high, this season’s Civil War
could be among the most intense
ever. Regardless, Oregon is bound
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