Pac-10 picks and power rankings
Pac-10 picks
California 28, Washington 17: However, Bonnell and Bears have met before
Washington State 26, Oregon State 21: Ought to be a good time to catch Beavers
Last week: 3-1. Season: 31-16.
A shout out …
Sylvester Croom of Mississippi State, first African-American head coach in the Southeastern Conference, likely will have his contract extended after leading the Bulldogs to their sixth victory against four losses. “He’s the brush we’re painting this picture with,” says AD Larry Templeton.
Boos
Joe Glenn of Wyoming flipped off the Utah sideline last week after Utes coach Kyle Whittingham ordered an onside kick ahead 43-0. What was either of them thinking?
Stat central
Navy outscored North Texas 35-28 - in the second quarter. The Midshipmen won 74-62 in the highest-scoring regulation game in NCAA Division I-A history.
Just sayin’
Bob DeCarolis, Oregon State athletic director, expressing dissatisfaction to The Oregonian with Pac-10 action on the missed replay opportunity last week late in the Washington game: “God forbid if we had lost. I had about 30 people use the same words with me. They said we would have had a riot on our hands. It would have been like a soccer game in some third-world country.”
Bud Withers
Pac-10 power rankings
By Bud Withers, Seattle Times college football reporter
Team (last week)
Comment
1
Oregon (1) 9-1
All his life, Phil Knight has yearned to be No. 2
2
Arizona State (2) 9-1
Erickson still wary Phil Luckett might be officiating
3
USC (3) 8-2
During bye, attended O.J.’s memorabilia-heist hearings
4
Oregon State (5) 6-4
Revealed: Replay official was engrossed in Xbox game
5
California (4) 6-4
Bears offer to sell bowl eligibility to Huskies
6
UCLA (6) 5-5
Bruins fans want Neuheisel - for office-pool advice
7
Arizona (7) 4-7
Some UA fans think wrong coach is on leave
8
WSU (9) 4-6
Abdollmohammadi starring; headline writers striking
9
Stanford (8) 3-7
At such times, ask: “What would Buddy Teevens do?”
10
Washington (10) 3-7
Apple Cup moved to intramural fields north of stadium