Pac 12 Football Teams Just How Good Are These Teams
Oregon Live Take on this week in Pac 12 football “ A 27-9 victory over Cal didn’t exactly calm the fears in Trojan-land that mighty USC (a humbling No. 13 AP) will never live up to its lofty pre-season hype.
As Bill Plaschke of the LA Times put it, “What happened to a USC team that last season outscored its final four opponents by 101 points? What happened to a college football team so potentially overwhelming it began this season ranked No. 1 even though it had not played a meaningful game in two years?” … the Trojans welcome a bye week to recover physically and emotionally
More USC – Cal win wiped away some of the Stanford hurt, but at times it was painful to watch, says Gary Klein … Matt Barkley continues to struggle a bit … road to “rehab” slow and painful
Arizona Wildcats – Worse shutout loss since 1991 for de-clawed Cats, who were horrible in the red zone … five turnovers, six trips to the red zone with zilch to show for it. It was not pretty for the Cats in Autzen … Ryan Finley grades like my old Algebra teacher … the day-after story talks about the Cats’ Dead (er, Red) zone issues
Arizona State Sun Devils - In wake of 37-7 domination of Utah, looks like the QB job is Taylor Kelly’s and he’s not just keeping the seat warm for Michael Eubank … “That was a good football team, and we totally dominated them” – Todd Graham.
Cal Bears - Battle of the trenches went to USC. Seven sacks told the story. Maynard saw Morgan Breslin in his dreams … Tedford’s contention that Cal is a bowl team looks kinda shaky … No rest for the weary, and $100 to park at the Coliseum? … “I understand we’re 1-3, but there’s a lot of football left to be played” — Jeff Tedford
Washington State Cougars - Leach’s decision to eschew field goal part of the second-guessing after shocking loss to Buffs … can you believe WSU had a 31-14 lead with eight minutes left and had the ball on the Colorado 19? … another O-lineman goes down … sorry, Bill Moos, this was a classic example of “Cougin it”
Colorado Buffaloes – Seven days after becoming a national punch line, the much-maligned Buffs pull off a miracle finish. “The fans were putting the last shovel of dirt on us” — Jon Embree … Colorado passing game comes alive in the Palouse
UCLA Bruins - You-know-who (T.J. Simers) writes about being foolish enough to buy into “this Jim Mora walks on water” hoopla … Bruins’ safety Tevin McDonald says, “all of the doubters will come back” after numbing loss to Beavers … Franklin slowed down from 180 to 45. OSU’s Poyer says, “he was a Heisman candidate. I don’t know if he is anymore” … video of Jim Mora’s post-game presser. … Rose Bowl sizzles while Bruins fizzle … In-N-Out: UCLA the day after; Beavers in the AP Top 25, Bruins out
Utah - Utes equate the embarrassment in Tempe to last year’s woeful loss to Cal …
Utes launch second Pac-12 season with a resounding thud
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