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Pac-10 Notebook For
10-19-2006
By Jeff Zell
Posted: 7:00 am PDT 2006-10-19 |
Courtesy Of Wager
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Jeff Tedford's next job won't be as
a politician.
Two years ago, his Cal Bears were all but Rose Bowl-bound until Texas head coach Mack
Brown publicly begged for the spot. In the meantime, Tedford said he would stay out of the
mess and let it all fall into place.
It turned out that Brown received the votes his Longhorns needed to send them to Pasadena,
which sent the Golden Bears to the Holiday Bowl, where they were waxed by Texas
Tech.
With the addition of a fifth BCS bowl game, it appears the Bears are BCS-bound this season
barring some type of colossal collapse. Of their remaining opponents, all but USC are
unranked and three of the four games are in Berkeley.
Cal was the last team to beat USC in the regular season. Do the Bears have a shot to do it
again?
All Tedford has been talking about is taking each game "one game at a time"so
that the Bears don't "stub their toe."
California hosts Tyrone Willingham's Washington Huskies, who are without their injured
playmaker, QB Isaiah Stanback, who has thrown for 10 TDs and rushed for 3 this season.
Cal is favored by 23.5 on WagerWeb.com.
NON-TROJAN-ESQUE: USC hasn't won any of its past three games by more than a
touchdown; should this be cause for concern in USC land? "This is a different year,
and this is a different team," Trojans coach Pete Carroll told The Associated Press.
"I think we're fortunate to be 6-0. It's really hard to win. How many teams have won
all their games? We're really, really young."The Trojans must figure out all the
kinks before Nov. 11, when they begin a three-week stretch with three different teams in
the top 16.
BEAVER DEFENSE: Oregon State hasn't given up a fourth quarter touchdown in the past
four games. While that statistic may be good, the one that matters, the Beavers' 2-2
record in the past four games, isn't that great. The Beavers rank third in the Pac-10 in
total defense. In the second half of OSU's 27-17 win over Washington, the defense allowed
only 77 yards. The Beavers head to Arizona for a night game with the Wildcats on Saturday
as 2.5-point favorites on WagerWeb.com.
A LOOK AHEAD: UCLA heads to South Bend to represent the Pac-10 against Notre Dame,
with the Irish nearly two-touchdown favorites. To make matters worse for UCLA, Patrick
Cowan, the QB filling in for injured Ben Olson, got punched in the throat in the Bruins'
loss to Oregon and was under doctor's orders not to talk on Monday. ... Oregon
(-3.5) plays Washington State looking to stay on the heels of Cal and USC.
... After Arizona State scared USC, the Sun Devils play Stanford and are
favored by 22.5.
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