From: crs@stein.u.washington.edu (Cliff Slaughterbeck)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
Subject: Pac Ten Preview (11-07-92)
Date: 5 Nov 92 18:22:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov5.182202.21051
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

Washington at Arizona	(game of the week)

For the second straight week, the Huskies take on an opponent in
the top 15.  This week, however, the game is on the road in Tuscon.
Last week, both the Huskies and Wildcats unleashed pwerful running
games of 250+ yards, while holding their opponents in check on
the ground.  The key to this game will be who can establish the
run.  If the Huskies can run, they will be able to pass as well and
the game could turn into a rout.  The same is not true of the 
Wildcats, who pass only as an occaisional change up.  Both teams
are extremely good at rushing the QB.  I look for Washington to
use Napolean Kaufmann a lot, especially when running behind
Lincoln Kennedy on the weakside.  Jay Barry will be used as a changeup
and to give Kaufmann some rest.


Arizona State at Washington State

The Cougars are fighting a little bit of history.  For the last few
years, they have started off with a bang and then collapsed about
half way through the season to limp home with a 6-5 kind of record.
This year was no exception, as the Cougars won their first six, and
have dropped their last two ball games against USC and Oregon.  ASU 
will provide a good test for the Cougars.  This game features two of
the better QB's in the league in Grady Benton and Drew Bledsoe.  Both
teams like to pass a lot, and both teams can run as well.  Look for a
score in the thirties.

Southern Cal at Stanford	(game of the week #2)

The Trojans have a real shot at reaching to one of the big Jan. 1 Bowl
Coalition contests if they can win this game and their season finale
against the Irish.  The Cardinal was humiliated last week in Seattle
in a contest that was expected to be competitive.  I expect Robb Johnson
and the tailback duo of Crayton and McFadden to move the ball against
a tough Stanford defense mostly on big plays--especially to Curtis
Conway.  The Cardinal will counter with Steve Stenstrom throwing to
Glyn Milburn and Steve Stenstrom handing off to Glyn Milburn and letting
Milburn return punts and kickoffs.  Look for YADPTB (Yet another 
defensive Pac Ten battle), with neither team garnering 300 yards of 
total offense but the score will still probably be in the 20's or
high teens.

California at Oregon

Both teams are coming off big wins last week that helped to pull the
team back into minor bowl contention.  Oregon upset WSU in Pullman last
week, which should have been no surprise--they haven't lost there since
1983, while the Bears beat the Baby Bears 48-12 in a game that saw the
re-emergence of Russel White as a threat offensively.  Once again, both
teams like to run the ball and play defense.  The difference is that
Cal can throw the ball to Sean Dawkins, whereas Danny O'Neil doesn't
have that kind of target to throw to.  Still, the game is in Eugene,
and should be close (although all of our pundits pick Cal).

Oregon State at UCLA

Who would have thought two months ago that this matchup would be for the
cellar of the Pac Ten.  Almost everybody and their brother figured 
UCLA to challenge for the league title, but after an incredible rash of
injuries, the Bruins are down to the manager and water boy at back up
QB.  Peter Reiher informs me that the chances of 2nd string QB Rob 
Walker returning are 50-50 and that if he doesn't play, 4th string QB
John Barnes will start again.  The linebacking corps will mostly be
back, but the defensive line won't.  Sigh.  The Beavers love to run
the ball, and may have some success against the dinged up Bruins.  The
question is whether or not the Bruins can score any points offensively.
At least Sean Lachapelle should be back, even if Kevin Williams won't.


			Current Standings

                                W  L T Pts  OP   W  L T Pts  OP
Washington                      5  0 0 148  43   8  0 0 235  74
USC                             4  1 0 123  85   5  1 1 174 126
Arizona                         3  1 1 102  63   5  2 1 188  74
Wash. St.                       3  2 0 126 112   6  2 0 241 172
Stanford                        3  2 0  80  97   6  3 0 192 160
California                      2  3 0 147  98   4  4 0 234 178
Arizona St                      2  3 0 100  97   4  4 0 182 147
Oregon                          2  3 0  84 114   4  4 0 180 157
Oregon St.                      0  4 1  58 158   1  6 1 133 285
UCLA                            0  5 0  39 140   3  5 0 128 171

Pac Ten Pundits Pool:

Pundit			UW/UA	ASU/WSU	SC/St	UC/UO	OSU/UCLA
Gidi Avrahami		19/13	20/23	21/17	30/20	20/21
Dave Bakken		24/14	21/31	24/17	28/24	21/14
William F. Tell		17/10	13/28	21/17	27/17	14/6
Marc Tremblay		17/6	17/21	24/27	28/17	14/17
Bob Willers		20/7	37/31	28/10	24/16	13/17
Brian Hiegel		31/10	27/20	24/17	28/15	13/28
Eric Jaderlund		28/10	21/30	24/13	35/17	7/20
Eric Arendts		24/10	24/27	26/23	21/20	17/24
Cliff Slaughterbeck	37/14	33/38	23/16	35/21	21/20

As always, I accept entries that arrive before gametime (12:30 PST)
at my computer, although, for obvious reasons, they will not be
included in this post.


Marc Tremblay:		28- 6-0	(4-1 last week)
Yong-Qin Lu:		27- 7-0	(4-1)
Cliff Slaughterbeck:	31- 9-1	(4-1)
Eric Jaderlund:		30-10-1	(4-1)
Eric Arendts:		25- 9-0	(3-2)
Gidi Avrahami:		24-10-1	(4-1)
Bob Willers:		25-15-1	(3-2)
---------------------------------------  not enough games to qualify (yet)
Brian Hiegel:		16- 4-0	(3-2)
Mark Choi:		 9- 2-0	no entry last week
William Tell:		15- 5-0	(4-1)
Greg Garbe:		19- 7-0	(4-1)
Shaham Parrin:		 4- 2-0	no entry last week
Dave Bakken:		 3- 2-0 (3-2)
Ed Chen:		 3- 2-0	no entry last week

Minimum 2/3 games necessary for qualifiying for the grand prize
of a hat given to the winner of pundits picks poll.

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Cliff Slaughterbeck           * 
Dept. of Physics, FM-15       *   Hey Matt!  The diffusion pump is full of
University of Washington      *   water again!
Seattle, WA 98195             *
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