From: crs@stein.u.washington.edu (Cliff Slaughterbeck)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
Subject: Pac Ten Review (11-21-92)
Date: 22 Nov 92 22:50:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov22.225053.7615
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle


Washington State 42, Washington 23  (The Apple Cup)

The Cougars won the Apple Cup for the first time since 1988 and 
signifigantly increased their chances of going to a bowl game for
the first time since 1987.  The game was played on a snow covered field
in Martin Stadium that really neutralized the speed of the Huskies.
Without being able to make effective use of their speed pass rush, the
Huskies were unable to put any pressure on Drew Bledsoe, who responded
by riddling the Husky secondary for 260 yards and 2 touchdowns on 18/30
passing.  Shaumbe Wright-Fair ran for 193 yards on 22 carries for 3 TD's,
including blasts up the middle for 41 and 51 yard TD's in the decisive
third quarter.  The Cougars decided to take the wind rather than the
ball in the third quarter, and ran up 29 unanswered points to turn a
halftime 7-6 deficit into a rout.  Washington's Napolean Kaufmann ran
for 96 yards on 15 carries in a losing effort.

Oregon 7, Oregon State 0	(The Civil War)

The Ducks kept their slim bowl hopes alive by beating OSU yesterday
in Corvallis.  Coupled with losses by several other teams in bowl 
contention, the Ducks look to be candidates for the Independence Bowl
against Wake Forest.  This game was YADPTB (Yet Another Defensive Pac
Ten Battle), with neither team garnering 250 total yards of offense.
The Duck defense held the Beavers to just 88 yards rushing on 51 attempts,
and allowed only 22 yards through the air.  The Beavers had 9 punts and
only 4 pass attempts.  The lone touchdown was scored on Willy Tate's
catch of a Danny O'Neil pass from the three yard line.  The score was
set up when OSU QB Mark Olford fumbled at the 22 yard line.

UCLA 38, USC 37

The Bruins finally found their offense yesterday in Pasadena, with 4th
string QB John Barnes leading the charge.  Barnes was 16/28 for 385 yards
passing and three touchdowns in the best game of the day in the Pac Ten.
The Bruins scored 21 points in the fourth quarter to turn a 31-17 deficit
into a victory, with Barnes and J.J. Stokes hitting on a 90 yard TD play
with 3:08 remaining to score the winning touchdown.  USC came right back
down the field, with USC QB Robb Johnson scoring from the 1 yard line with
0:41 left on the clock, but Nkosi Littleman broke up the Johnson pass attempt
for a two point conversion that would have won it for the Trojans.  The victory
gave the Bruins a 6-5 record, with an outside shot of a Bowl game, but it would
have to be considered unlikely at this point.

Stanford 41, California  21	(The Big Game)

Stanford gave Cal no chance to replay "The Play" on the 10th anniversary of
the most bizzarre play in college football history.  Steve Stenstrom had
three TD passes and Glyn Milburn returned a punt 76 yards for another as
Stanford retained "The Axe" yet again.  For the Bears, Barr had 270 yards
passing, including 9 completions to Sean Dawkins for 144 yards.  Russell
White became the third back in the history of the Pac Ten to rush for 1000
yards in three seasons, with his 83 yards on 19 carries.  Roberts had 117
yards for the Cardinal on 24 carries in their victory.

Arizona State 7, Arizona 6

Kevin Galbreath broke lose for a 51 yard run in the fourth quarter, and the
Sun Devil defense held the Wildcat offense in check to win in Tuscon.  The
Wildcats were killed by turnovers, with one fumble and one interception each
killing drives inside the ASU five yard line.  Steve McLaughlin hit two FG's
for the Wildcats, but missed twice from 46 and 57 yards out.  Either FG would
have won the game.  The Wildcats outgained the Sun Devils, 298-191, but just
couldn't put the ball in the end zone.  In the more good news department for
Sun Devil fans, the officials only penalized the Sun Devils 4 times for 44
yards.  The Sun Devils finish the season at 6-5, with slim hopes at best of
a bowl game.  The Wildcats at 6-4-1 are likely headed to the John Hancock
Bowl.

                    		   Conference     All Games
                                W  L T Pts OP    W  L T Pts OP
Washington                      6  2 0 219 117   9  2 0 306 148
Stanford                        6  2 0 184 130   9  3 0 296 193
Wash. St.                       5  3 0 191 193   8  3 0 306 253
USC                             5  3 0 183 153   6  3 1 234 194
Arizona                         4  3 1 131  87   6  4 1 217  98
Arizona St                      4  4 0 153 135   6  5 0 235 185
Oregon                          4  4 0 134 140   6  5 0 230 183
UCLA                            3  5 0 112 197   6  5 0 201 228
California                      2  6 0 197 204   4  7 0 284 284
Oregon St.                      0  7 1  88 236   1  9 1 163 363

Next week's game:  Notre Dame at USC

Pac Ten Pundit's Pool

Pundit			UW/WSU	UO/OSU	St/Cal	ASU/UA	USC/UCLA
Bob Willers		31/13	21/24	26/21	16/10	31/7
Marc Tremblay		38/21	27/13	99/0	10/17	31/13
Brian Hiegel		39/20	24/6	27/14	21/17	17/14
Greg Garbe		35/10	15/14	24/3	3/18	21/7
Gidi Avrahami		30/24	17/13	27/20	14/20	17/9
Eric Jaderlund		35/9	34/13	24/21	6/10	27/8
Cliff Slaughterbeck	37/14	24/21	26/25	7/14	32/21
Dave Bakken		21/24	28/14	30/21	17/14	28/10
Yong-Qin Lu		34/21	31/17	24/17	10/17	24/10
William Tell		41/20	24/20	21/23	14/23	27/10
Vegas Line		UW-14	UO-13.5	St-2.5	UA-6.5	USC-8.5

Picks of the week honors go to Dave Bakken who was the closest of our three 
pundits to pick ASU over UA, Greg Garbe who picked the one point win of
the Ducks over the Beavers but was just a smidge high on the score, and
Gidi Avrahami, who picked Stanford's win over the Bears just a smidge better
than the rest of us.  Dave Bakken was the only pundit smart enough to woof his 
Cougars over the Huskies.  Nobody got UCLA's upset of the Trojans.
In fact, thinking back, with the exception of Dave Bakken, I don't think anyone 
picked against the Huskies all year.  Kudos to  Dave and Brian, who were the
only pundits to do better than .500 this week.

Current Standings in the Pac Ten Pundit's Pool:

Marc Tremblay:		35-14-0	(2-3 this week)
Yong-Qin Lu:		35-14-0	(2-3)
Eric Arendts:		30-14-0	no entry this week
Eric Jaderlund:		34-16-1	(2-3)
Cliff Slaughterbeck:	36-19-1	(2-3)
Gidi Avrahami:		32-17-1	(2-3)
Greg Garbe:		24-17-0	(2-3)
Bob Willers:		32-23-1	(2-3)
---------------------------------------  not enough games to qualify (yet)
Brian Hiegel:		20-10-0	(3-2)
William Tell:		20-15-0	(2-3)
Dave Bakken:		12- 8-0 (4-1)
Mark Choi:		 9- 2-0	no entry this week
Shaham Parrin:		 4- 2-0	no entry this 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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