Pac-10 action centered on Golden State
Only four Rac-10 games will be
played this week, but three
of those take place in California
Around the Pac-10
Mindi Rice
Freelance Sports Reporter
This week in the Pacific-10 Confer
ence, all roads lead to California.
While Oregon hosts the Huskies in the
northern-most matchup, Saturday’s
other three games will be played in
Berkeley, Palo Alto and Los Angeles.
Washington State and UCLA have
the week off, giving each team an ex
tra week to rest up for its respective
rivalry game Nov. 23. The rest of the
Pac-10 will spend Saturday shuffling
for a bowl game.
Arizona (3-7,0-6 Pac-10)
at California (6-4, 3-3),
12:30 p.m.
California is having a season no one
saw coming. After going 1-10 in 2001,
the Golden Bears are currently 6-4,
with their two remaining matchups
against teams with losing records.
One of those teams, Arizona, has
the last-place rushing defense in the
Pac-10, as well as the last-place
standing in the Pac-10.
In last year’s meeting, Arizona
snapped a 10-game league losing
streak with a 38-24 win at home.
However, the Wildcats have lost 17
of their last 19 games, and are 2-12
in the Pac-10 under current head
coach John Mackovic.
Tuesday night, 41 Arizona players
met with university president Peter
Likins, who, according to The Asso
ciated Press, told them not to give up
on the season.
California doesn’t have to worry
about its players giving up this year.
“We're enjoying every minute of
this season,” Golden Bears tight end
Tom Swoboda said.
California quarterback Kyle
Boiler earned Pac-10 Offensive
Player of the Week honors after
throwing for 213 yards and five
touchdown passes in Saturday’s 55
38 win over Arizona State.
Things are looking Golden for the
Bears this week, and with a win over
Arizona, they will guarantee their
first winning record since 1993.
Oregon State (6-4, 2-4)
at Stanford (2-7,1-5),
2 p.m.
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Running back Kenneth Tolon (26) scored the first Cardinal touchdown against Oregon on Nov. 2. Tolon has played a key part this
season for Stanford's offense. Tolon and the rest of the Stanford squad face Oregon State in Palo Alto, Calif., this weekend.
Arizona State looks to ride Trojan horse to victory
The Sun Devils will travel to USC
in a contest that will determine
both teams’ bowl fate this year
Game of the week
Mindi Rice
Freelance Sports Reporter
Arizona State (7-4, 4-2
Pacific-10 Conference)
at No. 8 USC (7-2, 5-1), 4
p.m., TBS
In this week’s sole clash of Pac-10
teams with winning records, Arizona
State travels west to visit No. 8 USC.
While the Trojans have had the
advantage recently, winning three
of the last four, the Sun Devils are
the only Pac-10 team not on the
losing side of a series with USC.
In last year’s matchup, hosted by
USC, the Trojans ended a four
game losing streak with their 48-17
victory. Trojan quarterback Carson
Palmer threw for 295 yards and
three touchdowns, completing 18
of his 26 passes. The USC defense
took three interceptions from Ari
zona State after Sun Devil starting
quarterback Jeff Krohn suffered an
ankle injury in the second quarter.
Andrew Walter, Arizona State’s
current quarterback, has looked
unstoppable against many teams
this season. In Saturday’s 55-38
loss to California, Walter passed for
477 yards and four touchdowns,
giving him four games this season
in which he has passed for 400 or
more yards. Walter also broke the
Arizona State single-season passing
record, having already thrown for
2,992 yards.
“He’s thrown more balls over 55
yards than guys should throw in a
season,” USC head coach Pete Car
roll said.
Arizona State defensive end Ter
rell Suggs also broke a record Satur
day. With 19.5 sacks this season,
Suggs broke the Pac-10 and Arizona
State single-season records for sacks.
Suggs has 39.5 career sacks as a jun
ior. The Arizona State record for ca
reer sacks stands at 41.
USG can only hope to stop both
Suggs and Walter, while Palmer looks
to break a record Saturday.
Palmer currently stands second
on the Pac-10 all-time lists for total
offense and passing, and is seventh
in touchdown passes. He needs only
290 yards to become the career
passing leader for the Pac-10.
“Their offense fits together and
when it’s flowing nicely they are a
tough team to stop,” Arizona State
head coach Dirk Koetter said.
USG has won its last four games,
including a 44-33 win over Oregon at
Autzen on Oct. 26, after a three
point loss in overtime to Washington
State on Oct. 5.
Saturday, the Trojans defeated
Stanford in a 49-17 blowout. Palmer
threw for 317 yards and four touch
downs, and USG scored on seven of
their twelve possessions while
Palmer was in the game. Though for
Palmer, it wasn’t enough.
“I'm mad, I'm frustrated and I'm
angry. The whole offense is,” Palmer
said. “We should have scored every
time we had the ball.”
Palmer and the Trojans may have
more to be angry about after Satur
day. The Sun Devils have a good shot
at ending another four-game Trojan
streak.
Mindi Rice is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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