For Michigan to win the Big Ten, they need to first win their division, and the best chance for Michigan to do that is for Ohio State to win against Michigan State. The Ducks upset Stanford, 38-36, in Palo Alto last weekend and are on a four-game winning streak with healthy quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. Still, they are susceptible to the run, allowing at least 4.3 yards per rush in every Pac-12 game this season but one (against Colorado). Our backs are to the wall and we’ve got to find a way to beat UCLA this weekend. If Utah wins its final two games to finish 7-2 in the conference, it will need USC to lose one of its last two games.
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The Ducks and Trojans were preseason picks to win the Pac-12’s North and South divisions, with USC the overall conference favorite – but both faltered.
PHOENIX The Pac-12 considers itself the toughest conference in college football, a league that offers few easy games during its nine-game schedule. Great for the Wildcats. The other? Washington State vs Colorado. The Cougars won 30-24. This game has been a game where it comes down to turnovers.
Who do you think will win and why? “The years we’ve won that battle, we’ve won, and the years we haven’t, we haven’t”. They could become the 10th Pac-12 team to land in a bowl game. “That’s how important it is”.
The Big Game may help determine the Pac-12 North title. OR has been brutal against the pass this season, exacerbated by a recent foot injury to starting FS Tyree Robinson. He expects everyone else to play, unfortunately.
The Trojans have talent, no question, led by wide receiver Juju Smith-Schuster and cornerback/returner/receiver Adoree Jackson, and a lot of skill and size on an offense orchestrated by the solid quarterback, Cody Kessler. It’s the longest active streak in the FBS.
USC senior cornerback Kevon Seymour, also a boyhood friend, said there would be no surprises playing against Adams. We will put stuff in the locker rooms. On the flip side, they’re 16-5 in true road games under, and they’ll be on the road the next two weeks at Utah and at USC.
But Cravens and the USC defense has more to prepare for than just Freeman.
“Well, prideful guys, prideful coaches and everybody improving. It’s going to be a lot of fun to play against them”.
Adam Green of ArizonaSports.com wrote a piece about sign stealing and quoted Coach Rodriguez on his tactics that will be different this week. OR beat Cal 44-28. “If he gets in trouble, he knows where to go with the ball”.
“I don’t think we’ll do the curtain thing, but I understand why”, he said.
Junior WR Cayleb Jones had five receptions for 126 yards and one TD against Utah, giving him his third 100-plus yard receiving performance this season, seventh of his career.
In the Pac-12, Utah is playing UCLA and Stanford faces rival California, while Alabama gets Charleston Southern and Florida faces Florida Atlantic.
OR defensive end DeForest Buckner has 13 tackles for loss, including 71/21/2 sacks. It’s a MUST SEE video. “They rise up. I would hope that could happen again for us”.
The lone tie came in 1987.
– In 43 conference games played to date, the visiting team is 23-20.
Series Record: USC leads 37-19-2.
2013: ARIZONA STATE 58, Arizona 21.
2011: Arizona 31, ARIZONA STATE 27. OR and USC have both experienced their fair share of bumps and bruises this season, but have both responded resiliently. The difference in the two teams seems to be that Arizona State’ defense has an edge over Arizona and Arizona has an edge on offense. ASU and UA are both fresh off of atoning wins against Washington and Utah, respectively.
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Arizona at Arizona State, no line: The quickest shooter in the Duel in the Desert will be the team that needs the win to go bowling. They had a chance to land in a bowl game for the first time in almost a decade, but to often, no matter how competitive, they fell short.
