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SPORTS Thursday, October 11, 2018 East Oregonian Page 3B COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICKS Why Pac-12 needs Washington to beat Oregon By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer If the Pac-12 wants to maximize its damaged hopes of placing a team in the College Football Play- off, No. 7 Washington needs to beat No. 17 Oregon on Saturday. The Huskies (5-1, 3-0) and Ducks (4-1, 1-1) meet in Eugene in a game that could go a long way to determin- ing which team wins the Pac-12 North. After years of dominance by the Ducks, the Huskies flipped the rivalry the last two seasons, winning both games by a combined 108-24. The Ducks’ lone loss this season was a heart-breaking giveaway to Stanford. The Huskies have not lost since the opener against Auburn in Atlanta. The best either team can do is “12-1 Pac-12 cham- pion,” but Washington’s resume would look much better than Oregon’s. The Ducks, thanks to Texas A&M bailing on a series, were stuck with one of the weak- est nonconference schedules in the country. They also, by luck of the draw, have a Pac- 12 schedule that has neither Southern California nor No. 19 Colorado. Good for rack- ing up wins, but not necessar- ily for impressing the selec- tion committee. The Huskies, meanwhile, host unbeaten Colorado next week and have already won at Utah. The Auburn game AP Photo/Chris Pietsch, File Cristobal DUCK FOOTBALL Orregon Ducks (4-1, 1-1) AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File Petersen Washington Huskies (5-1, 3-0) Saturday, 12:30 p.m., at Autzen Stadium, Eugene was a loss, but traveling cross-country and playing a Top 25 team (for now) in its backyard is probably better than beating up a cupcake at home — which is all the Ducks have to show. The Huskies could also get a lit- tle boost from their win over BYU if the Cougars finish out the season strong. The Ducks are coached by Mario Cristobal and the Huskies are coached by Chris Petersen. Colorado is the only unbeaten team in the Pac- 12 but, again, the schedule gods did the Buffaloes no favors. Rival Colorado State is mediocre at best and their big nonconference opponent, Nebraska, is in the midst of a historically bad season. Col- orado probably needs to run the table to get serious play- off consideration, and it would probably bolster the Buffs’ case if Washington was as good as possible. Many wanted to bury the Pac-12 as soon as the Hus- kies lost to Auburn. That was premature. Even now there are enough twists and turns possible to pave the way for the conference to put its champion in the play- off — but the chances are much better if that cham- pion is Washington. The picks: FRIDAY No. 23 South Florida (minus 7½) at Tulsa Charlie Strong is 15-2 coaching the Bulls ... USF 28-21. SATURDAY Missouri (plus 28½) at No. 1 Alabama Will this be the week Tua Tagovialoa throws his first fourth-quarter pass? ... ALABAMA 56-24. No. 2 Georgia (minus 7½) at No. 13 LSU. Tigers will need to con- jure up the turnover magic they had during a 5-0 start to keep up with the Bulldogs ... GEORGIA 28-17. Minnesota (plus 29½) at No. 3 Ohio State Much talk about the Buckeyes’ leaky defense, but the running game has been spotty, too ... OHIO STATE 45-20. Pittsburgh (plus 21) at No. 5 Notre Dame On Saturday, the Fighting Irish will play their second- to-last home game of the season ... NOTRE DAME 42-17. No. 6 West Virginia (minus 6) at Iowa State Mountaineers are 5-1 against the Cyclones since moving to the Big 12 ... WEST VIRGINIA 31-23. No. 7 Washington (minus 3) at No. 17 Oregon Huskies face star QB Jus- tin Herbert with a pass rush that has generated just eight sacks, six from defensive backs ... OREGON 27-24. Michigan State (plus 13½) at No. 8 Penn State Spartans can’t run (3.42 yards per carry) or stop the pass (64.5 completion rate against). Otherwise, every- thing is great ... PENN STATE 38-21. Baylor (plus 14) at No. 9 Texas After a big victory, the Longhorns better beware of improving Bears ... TEXAS 41-21. No. 10 UCF (minus 4½) at Memphis Knights and Tigers played a crazy AAC title game last season at UCF; Memphis looking for pay- back ... UCF 38-31. No. 15 Wisconsin (plus 7½) at No. 12 Michigan The winner brushes off its playoff hopes ... MICH- IGAN 28-17 No. 14 Florida (minus 7) at Vanderbilt Gators have lost to the Commodores just once since 1989 ... FLORIDA 27-17. No. 16 Miami (minus 6) at Virginia Hurricanes are still work- ing that Turnover Chain, with a plus-five margin and 14 takeaways ... MIAMI 34-24. No. 19 Colorado (plus 7) at Southern California Virginia Tech grad trans- fer Travon McMillan is powering the Buffs’ run- ning game with 528 yards and 6.29 yards per carry ... COLORADO 34-28, UPSET SPECIAL. Tennessee (plus 14½) at No. 21 Auburn Can Tigers’ stalled offense find some traction against the worst run defense in the SEC? ... AUBURN 27-7, BEST BET. No. 22 Texas A&M (minus 2½) at South Carolina Gamecocks expect to have QB Jake Bentley (left knee) back in the starting lineup ... TEXAS A&M 27-21. TWITTER REQUESTS Texas Tech (plus 7) at TCU, Thursday — @ tbaum15 The Big 12 race promises to be entertaining and messy ... TCU 31-28. Nebraska (plus 3) at Northwestern — @ GBR1995 Cornhuskers trying to snap a school-record nine- game losing streak ... NORTHWESTERN 27-25. Mississippi (minus 6½) at Arkansas — @ WhiteCitrus— Rebels and Razorbacks have played a lot of wild games lately; Arkansas has won four straight and six of eight, average margin 34-29 ... ARKANSAS 34-29. Duke (plus 3) at Georgia Tech — @russomatty Blue Devils have won three of the last four meet- ings ... DUKE 23-21. Last week: 16-9 straight; 13-11-1 against the spread. Season: 105-31 straight; 72-62-2 against the spread. Upset specials: 4-2 (straight up). Best bets: 2-4 (against the spread). Oregon women picked to repeat as Pac-12 champions By JANIE MCCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO — Kelly Graves began his afternoon address at Pac- 12 media day describing the expectations for his tal- ented, favored Oregon team for the “2019 and ‘20” sea- son ahead. The good-natured coach could only chuckle once he was politely corrected that it’s 2018-19 then recovered beautifully, noting the fol- lowing year should be just as special given that two of the Ducks’ biggest stars — Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard — are juniors. “That might work out, too,” he quipped Wednesday. Yes, this upstart program has big plans for years to come. The Ducks have been picked to repeat as Pac-12 women’s basketball cham- pions. Last season, Oregon made the regional final of the NCAA Tournament after winning the conference reg- ular-season and tournament titles. But this is the first time in program history that con- ference coaches have picked Oregon to come out on top. The Ducks, with four returning starters after con- secutive runs to the Elite Eight, have been pushing each other in practices that are among the most com- petitive these women can remember since arriving on campus. “I think our demeanor stayed the same but just the experience of having gone through at least these last two years of achieving getting to the Elite Eight, I think this year we know what it takes to get there,” Ionescu said. The Pac-12 announced the preseason poll Wednes- day, with Oregon receiv- ing 11 first-place votes by the conference coaches. Stanford was chosen sec- ond with the only other first- place vote. Oregon State was picked third and California fourth. In Eugene, you won’t hear Graves and his players talking about a Final Four run, not at this stage. It’s about working every day, striving for success at the end but “not necessarily an ulti- mate goal,” Graves said. “I think our players understand how good we are and where we are in the women’s basketball land- scape. We’re certainly capa- ble of doing great things,” Graves said. “We know a lot of things have to happen, but we’re good enough.” Oregon State features three players 6-foot-7 or taller — 6-9 freshman Andrea Aquino from Para- guay, 6-8 senior Joanna Gry- mek and 6-7 freshman Patri- cia Morris. “It’s interesting, the short- est coach and the tallest team. ... 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