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Remaining Pac-10 unbeatens face off Saturday
Top-ranked Southern California hosts Andrew Walter
and the 15th-ranked Sun Devils in Los Angeles
BY ALEX TAM
FREELANCE REPORTER
For the second straight week, two
top-ranked and undefeated teams
from the Pacific-10 Conference will
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square off for one of the country’s
biggest games.
After defeating California last week
for its 14th consecutive victory, No. 1
USC (5-0 overall, 2-0 Pac-10) will
battle No. 15 Arizona State (5-0,2-0) in
Los Angeles at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.
USC, the co-defending national
champion, has won the last four
meetings between the two teams in
cluding last season’s 37-17 victory in
Tempe, Ariz.
Nevertheless, TVojans head coach
Pete Carroll said his team under
stands the Sun Devils pose a
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dangerous threat to ending their 17
game home winning streak.
“Arizona State is flying high right
now and we are excited about the
challenge,” Carroll said. “This is a
terrific football team that we are go
ing to be playing. We come into this
game with high hopes.”
The key matchup in the game will
be how USC’s defense handles the
high-octane Arizona State offense.
The Sun Devils rank second in the
Pac-10 in scoring offense (34 points
per game) and passing offense (274.2
yards per game).
“Arizona State is the best team at
going downfield and making you pay
the price if you don’t cover well,”
Carroll said.
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No. 8 California
hosts suprising
first-place Bruins
In other action, Oregon State looks to avoid an 0-3 start
in Pac-10 play when the Beavers travel to Washington
BY SCOTIJ. ADAMS
FREELANCE REPORTER
Two of the Pacific-10 Conference’s
four California schools square off
against each other this weekend as
No. 8-ranked California (3-1 overall,
1-1 conference) hosts UCLA (4-1
overall, 2-0 Pac-10) in Berkeley, Calif.
Going into week eight of the col
lege football season, UCLA has de
feated conference foes Washington
and Arizona and is currently tied for
first in the Pac-10 with No. 1 South
ern California and No. 19 Arizona
State. The Bruins continue to shock
and impress the nation under sec
ond-year head coach Karl Dorrell,
who feels that his squad will need
nothing less than a perfect game to
defeat Cal on Saturday.
“They (Cal) have the best de
fense/offense in the conference right
now, and they look that way on
tape,” Dorrell said. “It’s a great chal
lenge for our program.”
For marquee players in this game,
look no further than the offensive
backfields of both teams. This game
features two of the top tailbacks in
J.J. Arrington of Cal and Maurice
Drew of UCLA. Both backs are
ranked number one and two in the
Pac-10 in rushing yards. As well, Cal
features last week’s Pac-10 Player of
the Week, junior quarterback Aaron
Rodgers. Rodgers has been giving de
fenses all they can handle all season
and is best-known for throwing to
senior flanker Geoff McArthur, a 2003
second team All-American.
Cal comes into this game reeling in
the wake of a heartbreaking 23-17
loss to USC last weekend in Los An
geles. Despite the magnitude of the
loss, Cal head coach Jeff Tedford has
assured his players have put the loss
behind them.
“It’s great that sometimes the play
ers are more resilient than the
coach,” Tedford said. “They prac
ticed very well (Monday) ... they un
derstand we still have a lot of oppor
tunity left ahead of us.”
UCLA is riding a modest four-game
winning streak after making a track
meet of last week’s game against Ari
zona , which ended in a 37-17 victory.
Last season the Bruins defeated
Cal in Pasadena in an overtime
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