“This was an important victory for us at this juncture of the Pac-12 season”, coach Taras Liskevych said.
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The 15th-ranked Cardinal has established a nice rhythm offensively after struggling in a 16-6 loss to Northwestern in the season opener.
Colorado getting clobbered by 3+ score margins in both of their last outings as well, compared with relative market size and current trends, makes it easy to understand ESPN’s decision to go with Washington at Stanford at the same time for their late night game.
The Wildcats racked up 644 yards of total offense – 368 yards of which were on the ground – while holding the Beavers to a meager 249. “We want to run the ball”.
The story of the game may very well be Cal’s QB Jared Goff faceplanting on the national stage – Goff completed 25 of 47 passes for 340 yards, 2 TDs, and 5 INTs.
This season, Johnson played in four games and had 8 receptions for 41 yards. The Cardinal look to keep the good times going against the Bruins when the Pac-12 contenders clash Thursday night at Stanford Stadium. This was followed by Oregon State on Sunday, which, unlike the Ducks, entered the weekend looking to bounce back from a crushing three-set loss to Stanford on Friday. Langsdorf headed the ball into the bottom right corner to give Stanford a 3-0 advantage on his fourth goal of the season, tied for the team-high alongside junior forward Jordan Morris’ 4 goals. After four consecutive wins to open the season, a loss to ASU and a few devastating injuries have dampened hopes in Westwood. The Sun Devils are 10th in the Pac-12 in scoring. True freshman Orlando Bradford had three touchdowns this week, not worthy? But the Bruins then fell victim to a letdown and lost at home to Arizona State 38-23.
Linebacker Rommel Mageo is the only member of the Beavers’ defense that has had more than one sack this season.
Now, however, the fact that USC and Oregon have looked down on (most of) the rest of the Pac-12 this century has to be discarded. The Utes have defeated two straight ranked opponents in Oregon and California. The Cardinal are now ranked in the top 20 of Division I football with a record of 4-1. After being blown out by UCLA and Stanford, the Wildcats turned things around last weekend when they blew out Oregon State 44-7. RB Myles Gaskin had 22 carries for 134 yards and 1 TD. Hogan has been on a roll in recent weeks, and it would not be a surprise to see him replicate that kind of efficiency against a UCLA defense that has been decimated by injuries.
UCLA is 0-7 ATS in its last seven games in October. WSU averages 82.0 yards per game rushing, last in the conference…. The way most of us perceived that game before the season is certainly not the way we perceive it in the present tense.
-RB Remound Wright has seven rushing touchdowns in the past three games.
At home, I like Stanford to win by a touchdown. The secondary, which accounted for just one interception last season, has three already led by CB Marcellus Pippins with two….
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-RB Paul Perkins hasn’t cracked 100 rushing yards in either of the past two games, which hardly seems possible.
