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■ Pac-10 game of the week
Beavers and Sun Devils face
off in Corvallis showdown
Oregon State looks
to rebound against ASU
after losing to Louisville
BY JEFFREY DRANSFELDT
SPORTS COPY EDITOR
The first quarter was merely a
respite. The 63 total Louisville points
against Oregon State, including 56 in
the final three quarters, were scored
with ease.
Looking at time of possession shows
the efficiency of the Louisville offense
— Oregon State at 39:24 and Louisville
with 20:36. Louisville maximized the
emergence of quarterback Brett
Brohm, who passed for 368 yards, and
three Cardinal running backs, who
combined for 131 yards.
This is what it looks like when
the momentum from a 2-0 start
evaporates in the onslaught of
Louisville’s high-powered offense.
Oregon State (2-1), after holding a
10-7 first-quarter lead, was over
powered in a 63-27 loss Saturday
against undefeated host Louisville.
Oregon State won’t get much of a
chance to recover as Arizona State’s
high-powered offense, averaging 48.7
points per game, comes to Corvallis
Saturday afternoon.
After Arizona State, Oregon State
hosts Washington State (3-0) and vis
its No. 13 California (3-0) and a revital
ized No. 25 UCLA (3-0), which domi
nated Oklahoma 41-24 Saturday.
First up, though, are the Sun Devils,
who totaled a school-record 773 yards
in a 52-21 rout of Northwestern Satur
day night. Its offense is run by quarter
back Sam Keller, who has thrown for
1,448 yards and 15 touchdowns in
four career starts dating back to last
season. The Arizona State offense
doesn’t merely rely on Keller’s arm but
has help from freshman running back
Keegan Herring, who has gained 367
yards, and wide receiver Derek Hagan,
Courtesy
Arizona
State quar
terback
Sam Keller
ranks sixth
nationally
in total
offense
(355.3
yards).
Keller
leads the
Pacific-10
Confer
ence in
passing av
erage
(359.3).
who has 238 yards in three games.
The only thing holding Arizona
State back last week was penalties.
It had 15 penalties for 142 yards
against Northwestern, a number it’ll
have to cut down to compete with
the likes of USC.
“We do whatever we do when we
want to do, and we still had a bunch of
penalties,” Keller said. “If we do every
thing better, we would probably have
900 yards.”
Herring’s arrival helps Arizona
State’s high-flying offense, giving the
Sun Devils an excellent running at
tack. The 5-foot-10, 179-pound run
ning back, hailed by Internet and
newspaper publications as one of the
best running back recruits in 2005, is
smaller than other running stand
outs, including Oklahoma’s Adrian
Peterson (6-foot-2, 210 pounds) and
Oregon’s own Jonathan Stewart
(5-foot-11,228 pounds).
“When Keegan gets going and gets
holes, he just runs,” Keller said.
OSU, page 15
■ Pac-10 preview
Current, former Notre Dame
coaches lock horns in Seattle
Washington coach hosts.old team for first time;
Cal plans for offensive success against Aggies
BY LUKE ANDREWS
SPORTS REPORTER
Four Pacific-10 Conference teams
will utilize the bye week and be out of
action during week four of the college
football season. This week also marks
the final few non-conference games as
teams gear up for the upcoming con
ference schedule. Four teams — Ore
gon State, Arizona State, Oregon and
No. 1 Southern California —will begin
Pac-10 play opening their respective
conference schedules.
Notre Dame (2-1) vs.
Washington (1-2,0-1)
The good news for the Huskies is
they picked up their first win of the
season last weekend against Idaho.
The bad news is that, similar to last
season, that one win came against
a sub-par team, and the road gets
tougher here on out. It begins with
Notre Dame, a team coming off
a home loss to Michigan State a
week earlier.
The Irish defeated Pittsburgh and
formerly ranked top-10 Michigan on
the road, but the Spartans spoiled
Notre Dame’s homecoming, winning
44-41 in overtime despite the heroic ef
forts of quarterback Brady Quinn. The
junior signal caller completed 33 of 60
passes for 487 yards and had a school
record of five touchdown passes.
But there is another story line to
this game.
Current Husky and former Irish
coach Tyrone Willingham has unde
niably been highlighting this date
after his firing from Notre Dame and
subsequent hiring at Washington.
Many speculated that Willingham’s
dismissal was unwarranted, and a
win against his former team may
prove that.
For Washington to have a chance
against the Irish, wideout Sonny
Shackelford and the Husky offense
must create the big play, similar to
Matt Trannon (five receptions, 136
yards) and the Spartan offense did
Saturday. Michigan State scored
four touchdowns of more than 15
yards against the Irish.
Undoubtedly, Willingham, the ulti
mate motivator, will have his Husky
team and the Husky faithful inspired to
play against Notre Dame, but the un
equal talent level will favor the Irish.
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California (3-0,1-0) at
New Mexico State (0-3)
In three losses this season, New
Mexico State has allowed an aver
age of 37 points per game. Adding
insult to injury is the fact that two of
those three games were against
UTEP (2-0, 1-0 Conference USA)
and New Mexico (3-0). Against Jeff
Tedford and No. 13 Cal’s high-pow
ered offense, which averages 44
points per game, New Mexico State
could be in for a long day.
Though Cal struggled early Satur
day against Illinois, trailing 17-7 at
halftime, the Golden Bears rallied
with 21 unanswered points, eventu
ally winning 35-20.
Even without Marshawn Lynch,
one of the Pac-lO’s best running
backs, the Cal ground game was ef
fective, gaining a combined 294
yards. Sophomore Justin Forsett
paced the Bears’ attack with 187
yards on 16 carries and two touch
downs against Illinois.
New Mexico State is led offen
sively by its big play receiver, Paul
Dombrowski, who has hauled in 22
passes for 303 yards and two scores
this season.
lukeaiidrews@dailyememld.com
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