Pac-10 picks and power rankings
Pac-10 picks
Oregon State 23, Washington 16: But Beavers’ injuries provide UW an opening
WSU 24, Stanford 17: Cougs’ inability to score is perplexing
California 27, USC 24: Neither teams’ offense exactly in sync
ASU 30, UCLA 24: Bruins’ QB picture is beyond ridiculous
Last week: 5-0. Season: 28-15.
A shout out …
Navy’s 46-44 triple-overtime victory over Notre Dame not only ended a 43-game losing streak to the Irish, it got classes canceled Monday for all Midshipmen.
Boos
South Florida, ranked No. 2 in mid-October, is falling as fast as that cow that dropped onto the hood of a car near Lake Chelan. The Bulls, losers of three straight and 1-3 in the Big East, figure to get well at Syracuse on Saturday.
Stat central
Hawaii is ranked No. 10 and 12 in the two human polls of the BCS. But five of six computers used in the formula don’t have the Warriors in their top 25.
Just sayin’
Guy Morriss, Baylor coach, describing to the San Antonio Express-News the desperate state of the Bears (3-6), who play Oklahoma next: “It’s kind of like when the farmer comes home and there are two crying babies waiting for him and mama’s run off with the milkman. We better go out and play. We’ve got to do something.”
Bud Withers
Pac-10 power rankings
By Bud Withers, Seattle Times college football reporter
Team (last week)
Comment
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Oregon (1) 8-1
Oddly, Jaison Williams’ favorite candy is lemon drops
2
USC (3) 7-2
Poll finds 71% of Trojans fans find fight song annoying
3
Arizona State (2) 8-1
AD Love miffed: Erickson never mentioned they’d lose
4
California (5) 6-3
Tree people say they prefer Sun Bowl over Emerald
5
Oregon State (4) 5-4
Free eggplant dip for first 1,000 Huskies fans in Reser
6
UCLA (6) 5-4
In spare time, Dorrell reads Grisham, want ads
7
Arizona (9) 4-6
But Wildcats getting interest from Guantánamo Bowl
8
Stanford (7) 3-6
After Mukasey, Senate to probe how Cardinal beat SC
9
WSU (9) 3-6
Octogenarians still recall Holiday Bowl win years ago
10
Washington (10) 3-6
Some team reunions, Huskies hold at work-release farms