Stanford beats No. 8 Oregon 51-42, becomes bowl eligible.

Surely the Oregon Ducks were on the high wave of emotion after beating USC last weekend. They controlled their own destiny toward their march to the Rose Bowl.

Then they traveled to Palo Alto and faced a Stanford Cardinal team that punched them right in the gut. Stanford flat out bullied Oregon up and down the field on their way to winning 51-42. Read More…

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 Oregon in Rose Bowl driver’s seat

It was definitely fright night in Eugene on Halloween night for the USC Trojans as the Oregon Ducks whooped on the Trojans beating them 47-20. And those 47 points were the most allowed by the Trojans in 1996. Read More…

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 Ducks beat down Dawgs, prepare for Trojans’ visit

Coming off their bye week the Oregon Ducks took a trip to the land of purple and gold. Yep, they traveled north to face the Washington Huskies. Read More…

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 Oregon beats UCLA 24-10, moves to top of Pac-10

With Oregon’s 24-10 win over UCLA they have moved to the top of the Pac-10 standings. The Ducks are currently 3-0 in conference and 5-1 overall. Read More…

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 Football: Week four review in the Pac-10

In week four we saw the race for the Pac-10 crown get all shook up. Also, USC RB Stafon Johnson had a serious weight lifting accident the other day. Let’s all hope for a speedy recovery.

Arizona
Arizona went into Reser Stadium with several injuries and also starting a new QB. They didn’t figure to leave Corvallis with a win, but they shocked Beaver nation with their 37-32 win. The ‘Cats have found a new starter in Nick Foles who went 25 or 34 for 254 yards and three touchdowns.

RB Nic Grigsby only carried the ball once, but went down with a shoulder injury and didn’t return.

Arizona State
The Sun Devils almost upset then-ranked No. 21 Georgia. It took a Bulldogs field goal at the end of the game to capture the win. The Sun Devils got torched by Georgia WR A.J. Green for 153 yards. It was the second year in a row that he worked over the Sun Devils’ secondary.

Cal
Cal went to Autzen Stadium as the No. 6 ranked team in the country. They left with only one field goal and getting outplayed, out coached and flat out whooped by the Oregon Ducks 42-3. We learned Cal can be man-handled and Jahvid Best can, in fact, be bottled up. Best was held to just 55 yards rushing. It put a serious dent in his Heisman hopes.

Oregon
As mentioned, Oregon whooped Cal 42-3. We learned Oregon can still put on a lot of points as they seemed to have found their rhythm again. It looks like it will continue next week as they face Washington State. Having Oregon be in sync two week in a row will probably not be good for the rest of the Pac-10.

Jeremiah Masoli went 21 of 25 for 253 yards and three touchdowns. TE Ed Dickson caught all three of the touchdown passes. The Oregon passing game was really spot on against Cal and the running game kept piling up yards.

The Oregon defense was once again stellar and the looked unbelievably fast on Saturday.

Oregon State
The Beavers are not the same team they’ve been these past several years. I don’t see them “over achieving” this season as they usually do. I know, they’re known for their slow starts and then winning late. But, this team just seems to be missing something.

Luckily, they have the Rodgers brothers. If not for James and Jaquizz the Beavers would be stuck in quicksand.

Don’t be surprised if we see a starting QB change from Sean Canfield to Lyle Moevao. Moevao did see action in the loss to Arizona and he played well. The change might be the rally-cry this team needs.

Stanford
For the second week in a row Chris Owusu returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown. Last week’s was 94 yards and this week’s was 91 yards against Washington.

The Cardinal used Toby Gerhart to muscle past the Huskies 34-14. Gerhart carried the ball 20 times for 200 yards and a score. Stanford is 3-1 on the season and in each of three wins Gerhart reach the 100 yards mark. Their loss came to Wake Forest as Gerhart only reached 82 yards.

Recipe for victory: Give the ball to Toby and let him run.

UCLA
UCLA had the week off. Time to rest and get healed up where they can.

The Bruins are a team that looks like they can play with any other Pac-10 team and really give them fits. So far they’re playing well.

USC
What to think of the Trojans. They barely beat Washington State, they have a lot of injuries, and their offense isn’t scoring like we’re all used to seeing. The defense is playing well and really giving the offense their chances to win games. They’re still the team to beat, in my opinion. But, it’s looking more and more like they’re vulnerable this season.

Washington
Washington didn’t last long in the polls having dropped out after Saturday’s 14-34 loss to Stanford. I don’t think their USC victory was a fluke, still. Stanford is a good football team and the Huskies just got caught. I think they bounce back and upset Notre Dame in South Bend.

Washington State
The Cougars were certain to get blown out in this game. After all, USC was coming off their upset loss at the hands of Washington and needed to blast their next opponent to show the nation they would be alright. But that didn’t happen. The Cougs’ only lost by 21 (I know, “Only?”) and managed to keep the Trojans scoreless during the second and third quarters. Maybe something of a moral victory there?

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