Weekend Picks

Last weekend seemed to prove that the Pac-10 is a three team race between USC, Cal and Arizona. Meanwhile the rest of the teams are trying to work their way up to that sixth win and become bowl eligible. Unfortunately for fans in Washington, we are just hoping for our teams to win 1 Pac-10 game.

Last Week: 4-1
Season Total: 31-9

Arizona State at No.8 USC: ASU has really taken a fall this year and now that Rudy Carpenter is not playing this one won't even be close. Danny Sullivan will take over signal calling duties against a Trojan defense who is going to blitz all day long. USC will be busy watching the scoreboard and rooting for Texas, OK State and Florida to win and get themselves back into the top 5. Expect a big day from the USC running game as QB Mark Sanchez is a little banged up too. Pick: USC

Arizona at Stanford: Arizona sits at 4-1 and is the talk of the Pac-10 right now. The surprising thing is they still haven't really played a good team and somehow lost to New Mexico. This could easily be a trap game for the Wildcats as games with Cal and USC are coming. However, Stanford as good as they have looked at times just hasn't played that well against teams that are better than them. Willie Tuitama and his 13 TD passes will make the difference in this one. After this one Arizona will be one game away from being bowl eligible. Hard to believe isn't it?
Pick: Arizona

UCLA at Oregon: A down year for both teams but OU is still fighting for a bowl game. After getting spanked by USC last Saturday the Ducks should be fired up for this one at home. Slick Rick and Mike Belloti don't really like each other, so if OU has the chance I imagine they will run up the score. UCLA could only manage 28 points at home against the WSU defense, so expect them to score somewhere in the 0-13 range against Oregon. Pick: Oregon

WSU at Oregon State: I will probably be hearing Jacquizz Rogers in my sleep tonight as he torches WSU for 200 rushing yards. Once again I am looking for improved play from Ocho Rojo and the offensive line. They have to give the RS Freshman some time to throw. I will also be looking for some shakeups in the offensive play calling. We have to start using our TE's and spread the defense out a little bit. Overall though I expect a similar game to last week but with a little bigger score. Beavs 44 Cougs 17.