2013: ARIZONA STATE 58, Arizona 21.
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Foster Farm’s Bowl – Utah vs. Nevada – It has been a tough past month for Utah, but this would still be a really good destination for them and they should be the pick as long as they take care of Colorado.
USC capped off its 5-2 finish to the regular season under interim head coach Clay Helton with a 40-21 home win over rival UCLA on Saturday, clinching the Pac-12 South Division title.
Paul Perkins rushed for two touchdowns for the Bruins (8-4, 5-4), who lost to USC for the first time in coach Jim Mora’s tenure.
“Toward the middle of the season, we kind of didn’t know what type of team we were”, Davis said.
His game plan was clear: Run the ball and play aggressive man defense.
Now, after a 48-28 loss to OR that renewed calls for a marquee college OR National Football League coach to take over next season, Helton is preparing the Trojans for Saturday’s rivalry game against UCLA, which will decide the Pac-12 Conference South division title.
A rematch with Stanford stands between USC and its first conference championship since 2008. I think the Beavers will move the ball and score some points, because they’ll play with some pride and energy, offensively, and I like their skill players (Victor Bolden, Jordan Villamin, Storm Barrs-Woods, etc.). “If you try to worry about anything outside of that then you’re not doing due diligence to the game. You just can’t let it define you as a player”. “Whatever happens in the end happens and I’ll be able to live with that”.
Series record: USC leads 46-31-7.
Mora was asked how hard it is to face the Trojans without Sarkisian, a longtime friend, on the opposite sideline. This bowl is the Ducks’ most likely scenario, mainly because Stanford and the victor of UCLA-USC will have an extra game on the Ducks regardless of the outcome. Officials for that game on Monday announced Motel 6 as the sponsor but didn’t say if the bid came with turn-down service.
“He came down to my school and began recruiting me”, Kessler remembers. “It would mean a lot to me if he comes back”. The two have remained friends despite coaching at rival schools in Los Angeles. UCLA’s offensive line is surrendering just 1.1 sacks a game (best in the Pac-12).
All in all, there were six lead changes.
No. 13 Stanford 38, No. 4 Notre Dame 36: STANFORD, Calif. – Kevin Hogan threw four touchdown passes and drove Stanford to the winning 45-yard field goal by Conrad Ukropina on the last play, and the Cardinal (10-2) effectively eliminated Notre Dame (10-2) from College Football Playoff contention. The belief that Shaw has instilled in his team was on full display against Notre Dame and will carry through right into the championship game.
– If the Huskies win on Friday, the conference will have 10 bowl eligible teams for the first time in its history. That will tie Wisconsin for most appearances in the Big Ten title game, which was first played between the Spartans and Badgers in 2011.
Penn State, on the other hand, will begin waiting for a bowl invitation to come their way and prepare to figure out how it can take steps forward as a football program.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Visiting teams are 25-24 in Pac-12 games heading into Friday’s matchups.
In the second half, USC converted 5 of 8 third downs.
“Quarterback play catalyzes everybody”. Watching Adams on tape can be maddening for a coach scheming against him.
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Lynch hit seven different receivers on his scoring passes and finished 9 of 14 for 222 yards – all in the first half – as the Tigers raced to a 56-0 lead.
