From: crs@milton.u.washington.edu (Cliff Slaughterbeck)
Subject: Pac Ten Review (9/26/92)
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 07:20:37 GMT

Another pretty good week for the Pac Ten, going 5-3 to raise the out
of conference mark to 17-7-1, with five more out of conference games
to play.  It was nearly 6-2, with Arizona just missing a last second
FG that would have upset Miami at the Orange Bowl.  In addition, ASU
played very well at Nebraska, but lost by 21 points despite outgaining
the Cornhuskers offensively.  The Beavers, on the other hand just got
blown away.  Don't forget to send in your Pac Ten Pundit's Pigskin
Picks by Thusday AM at the latest in order to be included in this
weeks preview.  Special congratulations go to newcomer Yong-Qin Lu
who went 8-0 this week to take the lead in the Pundit Standings
after two weeks.  I haven't yet decided what percentage of the weeks
pundits must enter to be eligible for the grand prize (which I have
also not decided what it will be, but rest assured, it will be 
something very cheap.)  I suppose that I will try and rig it so that
I win, and don't have to worry about it.  Hmm, I'll think more about
it during the week, and try and let you know the rules after I
make them up.

California 27, at Kansas 23

Marc Tremblay		KU  31	Cal 21
Bob Willers		KU  31	Cal 17
Yong-Qin Lu		Cal 35	KU  24
Eric Jaderland		Cal 28	KU  21
Gidi Avrahami		KU  35	Cal 31
Eric Arendts		KU  32	Cal 28
Cliff Slaughterbeck	Cal 28	KU  17
Vegas Line		KU by 6

Score this one for Eric Jaderland.  The Bears rebounded from their loss at
Purdue with a strong running game featuring Heisman candidate Russell White
who carried 39 times for 153 yards and a touchdown defeating nationally ranked
Kansas in Lawerence on national TV.  Cal rolled up 416 yards of offense against
the Jayhawks who came into the game ranked #2 in the nation in total defense.
The game was close the whole way, as Cal was able to score points, but turned
over the ball four times which helped keep the Jayhawks close.   The Cal defense
did an exceptional job of keeping Kansas QB Chuck Hilleary from doing much 
through the air, holding him to 8-24 for only 99 yards with two interceptions.
Hilleary did hurt the Bears on the ground, where he picked up 113 of the 
Jayhawks 174 rushing yards on thirteen carries.  Cal had a 16 and one half
minute advantage in possession time, due mostly to White's running.

Washington State 39, at Fresno State 37.

Marc Tremblay		WSU 28	FSU 14
Bob Willers		WSU 38	FSU 17
Yong-Qin Lu		WSU 45	FSU 31
Eric Jaderland		WSU 38	FSU 35
Gidi Avrahami		WSU 35	FSU 31
Eric Arendts		WSU 34	FSU 28
Cliff Slaughterbeck	WSU 24	FSU 10
Vegas Line		WSU by 2

What a shootout this game turned out to be.  Due to the late start time (7PM
Pacific), I don't have stats from the paper, but the game was shown in Seattle
on Prime Sports Northwest, and I did get to see it on the boob tube.  The game
was just the sort of offensive game you might have guessed (well at least Eric
Jaderland guessed it pretty closely).  Fresno State came into the game leading
the nation nin total offense at 520+ yards per game, and WSU was also in the
top 20 in total offense.  The Cougars won the game with strong running from
tailback Shaumbe Wright-Fair who had over 100 yards rushing, and QB Drew
Bledsoe's strong right arm.  I believe he had about 350 yards passing including
the game winning drive in the final minutes.  The Cougars had to do without
their regular kicker Aaron Price, son of head coach Mike Price, who was left
home with the flu.  The walkon kicker who replaced him missed 3 extra points
and a field goal, or the score may have been even higher.

Arizona 7, at Miami 8

My preview:

Arizona is completely overmatched by the Mighty 'Canes (tm).  C'mon, why
even play the mismatch?  The only real question is whether or not the
Wildcats can come within the 38 points that Florida A&M lost by, right?
Well, Miami's starting QB, Gino Toretta, is questionable with an injury
and the Blowhards may be caught looking forward to next week's matchup
with Florida State.  It could happen....NOT!

Marc Tremblay		UM 45	UA 14
Bob Willers		UM 45	UA  7
Yong-Qin Lu		UM 35	UA 10
Eric Jaderland		UM 42	UA 13
Gidi Avrahami		UM 35	UA 10
Eric Arendts		UM 38	UA 10
Cliff Slaughterbeck	UM 35	UA 17
Vegas Line		UM by 28

Sheesh!  I almost anti-woofed the Wildcats into winning the game!  The
Hurricane offensive line was unable to do anything to the Arizona defense
who held the Mighty Canes to 2, yes that is right, 2 yards of rushing.
It was a tight defensive contest the whole game, with the winning margin
being a safety that the Hurricanes scored in the first quarter.  The 
Wildcats rushed for 170 yards of offense and through for 86, while the
Hurricanes Gino Toretta completed 26/46 for 289 yards to go with the
two yards rushing.  Thw Wildcats missed winning this game by about the
same margin as Florida State missed winning last year against the
Blowhards--about 14 inches.  Steve McLaughlin missed a 51 yard FG attempt
wide right as time ran out that would have won it for 'Zona.  I guess
I will take credit for this one, as my 18 point margin for the Canes was
closer than anybody else's.

Arizona State 24, @ Nebraska 45

Marc Tremblay		Neb 35	ASU 10
Bob Willers		ASU 16	Neb 14	(he's from ASU....)
Yong-Qin Lu		Neb 31	ASU 10
Eric Jaderland		Neb 20	ASU 14
Gidi Avrahami		Neb 21	ASU 10
Eric Arendts		Neb 35	ASU 17
Cliff Slaughterbeck	Neb 24	ASU  7
Vegas Line		Nebraska by 17

Score this one for Eric Arendts.  All of those breaks which went against
the Cornhuskers last week went for them this week.  The Sun Devils turned
the ball over five times to lose in Lincoln despite outgaining the Nebraska
team 514 yards to 369.  The Sun Devil offense was very balanced with Mario
Bates 118 yards on 23 carries leading the Sun Devils 251 yards on the ground
while two QB's , McGee and Benton, combined for 263 aerial yards on 19-27
passing.  The Cornhuskers were led by the three pronged rushing attack of
Jones (17-111), Lewis (6-78), and Brown (17-64) in their 319 yard rushing
attack.

UNLV 6, @ Oregon 59

Marc Tremblay		UO 24	UNLV 7
Bob Willers		UO 23	UNLV 7
Yong-Qin Lu		UO 21	UNLV 7
Eric Jaderland		UO 30	UNLV 17
Gidi Avrahami		UO 28	UNLV 24
Eric Arendts		UO 37	UNLV 16
Cliff Slaughterbeck	UO 31	UNLV 13
Vegas Line		No line allowed against teams from Nevada.

Another one for Mr. Arendts.  So much for the struggling Duck offense.
The Ducks rushed for 399 yards on 58 carries and scored 59 points
which is 15 more than they scored in their first three games combined.
They also held the Rebels to only 9 yards rushing in 29 attempts.  Key
man was tailback Sean Burwell whose 153 yards led the team.  This was
the biggest scoring output for the Ducks since 1916.

Oregon State @ Utah

Marc Tremblay		Utah 17	OSU   3
Bob Willers		Utah 20	OSU  13
Yong-Qin Lu		Utah 14	OSU   7
Eric Jaderland		OSU  31	Utah 30
Gidi Avrahami		Utah 24	OSU  17
Eric Arendts		Utah 31	OSU  24
Cliff Slaughterbeck	OSU  17	Utah 16  (upset special!!!)
Vegas Line		Utah by 9.5

Seems to be a three way tie for this one, with Willers, Avrahami,
and Arendts all predicting a 7 point Ute victory.  Yong-Qin Lu also
predicted the same margin, but was clearly farther from the actual
score than the other three.  Frank Dolce, the Utah QB threw for
403 yards and three TD's completing 24/33 for the Utes leading his
team to victory.  The Utes held the OSU wishbone attack to a measly
126 yards of first half offense, and put the game far enough out of
reach that the Beavers had to scrap any real hope of catching up
with it in the second half.  OSU QB Olford did end up with 87 yards
on 20 carries to lead the Beavers.

San Jose State 13, at Stanford 37

Marc Tremblay		St 27	SJS 17
Bob Willers		St 38	SJS 17
Yong-Qin Lu		St 35	SJS 14
Eric Jaderland		St 24	SJS 10
Gidi Avrahami		St 24	SJS 20
Eric Arendts		St 28	SJS 24
Cliff Slaughterbeck	St 28	SJS  6
Couldn't find the Vegas line for this game.

Yong-Qin racks up this pick.  The Spartans hung tough in this one, and
were only behing by 9 points in the fourth quarter after Jensen ran a
fumble back 95 yards for the touchdown.  They decided to try and surpise
the Cardinal with an onside kick and failed.  The Farm boys took in
the ball after getting such good field position for another score to
help put the game away.  The game was defensive in nature with SJS getting
only 38 yards rushing and 117 passing, while the Cardinal could only get
141 yards rushing on 44 carries and 204 yards passing on Stenstrom's 13/26
and Butterfield's 1-1 for five yards.  Glyn Milbrun picked up 81 yards on
17 carries for the Cardinal.

San Diego State 7, @ UCLA 35

Marc Tremblay		UCLA 21	SDS  17
Bob Willers		SDS  38	UCLA 31
Yong-Qin Lu		UCLA 31	SDS  25
Eric Jaderland		UCLA 28	SDS  24
Gidi Avrahami		UCLA 20	SDS  13
Eric Arendts		UCLA 24	SDS  21
Cliff Slaughterbeck	UCLA 27	SDS  26
Vegas Line		UCLA by 6

Give this one to Gidi.  A strong Bruin defense held Marshall Faulk to 118
yards on 23 carries, less than half of what he had been averaging coming
into the game.  If you discount his 46 yard TD run, you can see how well
the Bruins held him in check for most of the game.  The key was getting
to Faulk in the backfield, before he got to the hole.  UCLA forced Faulk
into 8 tackles behind the line of scrimmage.  Meanwhile, the Bruin offense
was in high gear, racking up 471 yards of offense, including 330 on the
ground, led by the tailback tandem of Deron Washington (who also plays
some fullback ) 14-114, and Kevin Williams 19-96.  Robb Walker completed
20-32  for 141 yards and no interceptions  as well as two TD's for the
Bruins.

Standings		Conf	W  L  T		All 	W  L  T
Washington			1  0  0			3  0  0
Washington State		1  0  0			3  0  0
Stanford			1  0  0			3  1  0
UCLA				0  0  0			3  0  0
USC				0  0  0			1  0  1
California			0  0  0			2  1  0
Oregon State			0  0  1			1  2  1
Arizona				0  1  1			1  2  1
Oregon				0  1  0			2  2  0
Arizona State			0  1  0			1  2  0

Next Week's games:  (Send your Pac Ten Pundit's Picks by Thursday!!!)

USC @ Washington
Temple @ Washington State
UCLA @ Arizona
Arizona State @ Oregon
Oregon State @ California
Stanford @ Notre Dame
California has a bye.

Current Standings in the Pac Ten Pundits Pigskin Picks Pool:

Yong-Qin Lu:		 8-0-0	(8-0 this week)
Eric Arendts:		 7-1-0	(7-1)
Marc Tremblay:		 7-1-0	(7-1)
Eric Jaderland:		11-3-1	(7-1)
Cliff Slaughterbeck:	11-3-1	(7-1)
Gidi Avrahami:		10-4-1	(7-1)
Bob Willers:		 8-6-1	(5-3)

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Cliff Slaughterbeck           * 
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University of Washington      *   water again!
Seattle, WA 98195             *
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