Key games turn
Pac-10 into wild, wild west
n The Pac-10 has gained respect on a national stage, and this
weeked a full lineup of conference games will begin to show
who’s the best of the best
By Peter Hockaday
Oregon Daily Emerald
A Pacific-10 Conference schedule
that has featured only one truly im
portant matchup up to this point —
last week’s Oregon-UCLA show
down — starts in earnest this week
with bowl implications left and
right.
Let the games begin
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Stanford faces Arizona in Palo
Alto, No. 8 USC travels to Oregon
State, No. 15 UCLA takes on Ari
zona State at the Rose Bowl, and,
speaking of the Rose Bowl, No. 6
Washington will try to break No. 20
Oregon’s Pac-10 stranglehold in Eu
gene.
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Arizona (2-1) at Stanford (2-1)
The big news for Stanford is bad
news. Starting quarterback Randy
Fasani injured his knee and will
have surgery on Sept. 29. The good
news? The Cardinal still have one of
the Pac-lO’s best receiving corps
and a decent backup quarterback in
redshirt freshman Chris Lewis.
Lewis came in midway through
the first quarter in Stanford’s 27-24
upset win over Texas, and head
coach Tyrone Willingham thinks
the Cardinal’s bye week could help
the newcomer.
“Now he has an opportunity to
take snaps, which gives him more
situations, develops a better history
of what he's doing,” Willingham
said. “Now, he has more informa
tion to recall and all that helps you
be a better player. ”
Arizona also comes into the game
well-rested. The Wildcats’ last game
was against San Diego State two
weeks ago. Against the Aztecs, Ari
zona allowed only 192 yards of total
offense and only 72 rushing yards.
It’ll be a battle of offense (Stan
ford) against defense (Arizona)
when the two Pac-10 powers meet.
No. 8 USC (3-0) at Oregon State
(3-0)
These teams can’t believe them
selves.
“We really haven't played any
body, to be honest with you,” said
Oregon State head coach Dennis Er
ickson.
“There are enough opportunities
throughout the country to watch top
teams drop games early in the sea
son, and they don't necessarily drop
games to teams that are better than
they are,” said Southern California
head coach Paul Hackett. “They just
lose.”
Odd, considering this is the only
r
matchup of undefeated teams in Di
vision 1-A football this weekend.
These guys should be flying high.
Somehow USC and Oregon State
feel they are tentative, untested
teams. Oregon State’s speedy of
fense and top-flight defense will try
to dismantle the Trojans, but, as Er
ickson pointed out, the Beavers
haven’t proven themselves yet.
Both teams return some of their
best players from last year. Oregon
State has Ken Simonton and
Jonathan Smith, the running back
and quarterback that led the Beavers
to a bowl berth last year. USC has
Carson Palmer, the quarterback who
could have been great last season
before he was injured at Oregon,
and his favorite target, wide receiver
Kareem Kelly.
All of this means that the Oregon
State-USC game will be a test for
both teams. Come Sunday, these
teams will believe in themselves,
one way or the other.
Washington State (1-2) at Cali
fornia (1-2)
Washington State has had Cal’s
number in recent years in this bat
tle of 1-2 teams. Although the Gold
en Bears lead the overall series 36
22, the Cougars have won six of
their last eight meetings.
On the field, California gets it
done with special teams and tight
defense. The Golden Bears’ defense
has given up less than 10 points in
the first hal f of their three games.
Washington State’s strength lies
in its two-pronged rushing attack.
Both Deon Burnett and Dave Min
nich are among the Pac-lO’s top-9
rushers.
If Cal can stop Washington State’s
running game, the .500 team on
Sunday will be the Golden Bears,
not the Cougars.
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