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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. ... I’ve learned that I
really like tall posts,” Bea-
vers coach Scott Rueck said,
later acknowledging he’s
“5-4 point-five with shoes.”
AP Photo/Jeff Chiu
Utah’s Daneesha Provo, far left, and teammate Megan
Huff, second from left, pose with Arizona players Sam
Thomas, third from top left, and Aarion McDonald, be-
low Thomas, along with Oregon’s Ruthy Hebard, top,
and Sabrina Ionescu, bottom, and Stanford’s Dijonai
Carrington, top, and Kiana Williams, bottom, during
NCAA college basketball Pac-12 women’s media day in
San Francisco on Wednesday.
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