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■ Game of the week
Courtesy | Stanford Athletic Department
Stanford defensive tackle Julian Jenkins (94) has totaled 43 tackles and 5.5 sacks for a struggling Cardinal defense this year.
Stanford and Oregon State
battle for postseason lives
The Beavers venture to Stanford to play the Cardinal;
the winner will barely keep their bowl hopes afloat
BY ALEX TAM
FREELANCE SPORTS REPORTER
Oregon State and Stanford
will fight for survival to remain
in contention for a bowl game
this weekend.
Both teams need a win, while
the loser will be out of the hunt
for the big postseason payday as
Oregon State (4-5 overall, 3-3 Pacif
ic-10) travels to face Stanford
(4-5, 2-4) in Palo Alto, Calif., at
2 p.m. Saturday.
After nearly defeating No. 1 USC in
a 28-20 loss at home last week, Ore
gon State head coach Mike Riley said
he hopes his team can bounce back
and not look back at what could have
been a monumental upset.
“It is truly one of those times
where we can’t look back,” Riley
said. “There can be no hangover. It
has to be our best preparation of the
year for this game.”
The Beavers have won their last
two road games against Arizona and
Washington. However, they’ve won
three straight road games only twice
since 1969.
If Oregon State wins, its bowl
future could hinge on the Civil
War game against Oregon on Nov.
20 in Corvallis.
“No matter what, when we get to
that point it will be exciting,” Riley
said. “If that’s one of the residuals,
then that’s a big deal — there’s no
getting away from that.”
When asked what worried him
most about playing Stanford, Riley
said he was “concerned in all areas
about this game.”
On defense, the Cardinal is experi
enced with 10 starters being either a
junior or senior. Senior cornerback
Leigh Torrence already has four inter
ceptions on the season, which ranks
second in the Pac-10.
Stanford had only allowed
three touchdown passes all season
before giving up four touchdowns
to Arizona State’s Andrew Walter.
The Cardinal, however, still rank
26th in the nation in scoring
defense, allowing just 18.6 points
per game.
“You’ve got to be very careful, and
at the same time, you have to be ag
gressive,” Riley said. “You have to
make some throws that are smaller
windows down (in the red zone) to
get anything. ”
Stanford head coach Buddy
Teevens said the whole success of his
defense is due to his team’s depth on
that side of the ball.
“We play a lot of people defen
sively,” Teevens said. “We roll a
lot of guys through the front and
the linebacking core. We’re way up
in the league in terms of defending
the red zone. That’s a positive
for us.”
Stanford’s passing defense will be
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severely tested against an Oregon
State offense that ranks ninth in the
nation in passing.
Quarterback Derek Anderson
is the Beavers all-time leader in
passing yardage (10,026 yards)
and touchdown passes (68). Last
weekend against USC, Anderson’s
330 passing yards put him as one of
five quarterbacks in Pac-10 history
to throw for at least 10,000 yards in
his collegiate career.
Riley said it will be important for
his offensive line to protect his quar
terback against the variety of blitzes
that Stanford plans to send.
“It all starts with protection,” Riley
said. “If you can pick (up the blitzes),
you have a better chance of being
able to throw the ball.”
Teevens said he is hoping Ander
son does “not have his best day
and for us to have our best day
against him.
“Anderson is an accurate passer
and a tough kid,” Teevens
said. “They’re not afraid to put the
ball in his hands and he makes good
decisions. The critical point is put
ting pressure on the quarterback,
but Anderson handles it well.
We’ll try to make him rush his
throws before the development of
the pass route.”
In last season’s matchup between
the two teams, Oregon State disman
tled Stanford in a 43-3 victory in Cor
vallis. Anderson threw four touch
down passes in that game, including
two to receiver Mike Hass.
Teevens said his team realizes that
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