Arizona Wildcats (3-1) vs. Washington Huskies (2-3)
Saturday, October 10, 7:00 PM PST
Las Vegas Favorite: Arizona -3.0
Continue reading 'Week 6 Game Matchup: Arizona Wildcats VS. Washington Huskies'»
Washington Huskies 2-3 Overall (1-1 Conference)
This Week’s Score: Notre Dame 37 – Washington 30 (OT)
Next Week’s Opponent: Arizona
Continue reading 'Pac-10 Week 5 Notes and Observations: Washington Huskies'»
There weren’t too many surprises this week, relatively speaking of course. All the teams that were favored to win won, with the exception of Oregon State, who performed their stuck with their annual practice of waiting until everyone counted them out to pick things up and earn the win.
To Sam’s credit, he did get the score prediction exactly right on that one; unfortunately it doesn’t count when the teams are swapped.
Saturday
Stanford 24 – UCLA 16 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Stanford 28 – UCLA 23 (W)
Dave: Stanford 24 – UCLA 13 (W)
Notre Dame 37 – Washington 30 (OT) (Game Matchup)
Sam: Notre Dame 35 – Washington 28 (W)
Dave: Notre Dame 34 – Washington 20 (W)
Oregon State 28 – Arizona State 17 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Arizona State 28 – Oregon State 17 (L)
Dave: Arizona State 27 – Oregon State 14 (L)
USC 30 – California 3 (Game Matchup)
Sam: California 27 – USC 24 (L)
Dave: USC 27 – California 17 (W)
Oregon 52 – Washington State 6 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Oregon 42 – Washington State 14 (W)
Dave: Oregon 49 – Washington State 9 (W)
Oregon, USC, and Stanford roll right along and leave little doubt that they are the class of the conference. But what on earth is going on with Cal? It’s hard to blame JUST the coaching or the players when it is clearly a joint effort to perform this poorly. It’s been painfully bad for the Bears who are really doing the conference no favors in silencing its critics.
Next week marks the first week of exclusively in-conference play with everyone but USC and Cal in action. Should be fun.
Sam’s Record: 25 – 12
Dave’s Record: 29 – 8
Washington Huskies (2-2) vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3-1)
Saturday, October 3, 12:30 PM PST
Las Vegas Favorite: Notre Dame -13.0
Continue reading 'Week 5 Game Matchup: Washington Huskies VS. Notre Dame Fighting Irish'»
Washington Huskies 2-2 Overall (1-1 Conference)
This Week’s Score: Stanford 34 – Washington 14
Next Week’s Opponent: @Notre Dame
Continue reading 'Pac-10 Week 4 Notes and Observations: Washington Huskies'»
I’m sorry, were you hoping that Week 4 was going to clear up some of the haziness in the Pac-10?
The list goes on. The only thing that is clear at this point is that we have no idea what to expect this season.
Saturday
Oregon 42 – California 3 (Game Matchup)
Sam: California 35 – Oregon 24 (L)
Dave: Oregon 34 – California 31 (W)
Georgia 20 – Arizona State 17 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Georgia 33 – Arizona State 17 (W)
Dave: Georgia 28 – Arizona State 24 (W)
Arizona 37 – Oregon State 32 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Oregon State 24 – Arizona 21 (L)
Dave: Arizona 24 – Oregon State 20 (W)
Stanford 34 – Washington 14 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Washington 31 – Stanford 27 (L)
Dave: Stanford 34 – Washington 28 (W)
USC 27 – Washington State 6 (Game Matchup)
Sam: USC 52 – Washington State 10 (W)
Dave: USC 52 – Washington State 3 (W)
That’s right! In a week chock full of madness, I went a perfect 5-0 in my predictions, correctly calling the Arizona and Oregon upsets. Some might call it luck. I call it… well, luck I guess.
The Oregon Cal game really is the most surprising of all. Not in that Oregon won, but how Oregon won. They dominated in every facet of the game, leaving us wondering a) Where was this team week one? b) Where was this Jeremiah Masoli the last three weeks?
This upcoming weekend’s USC vs. Cal game was drawn up by many as a battle of undefeateds, the winner taking a stranglehold on the conference. Instead, both teams enter already having lost in the conference, and the loser with two losses will be virtually out of the running for sole possession of the Pac-10 title. Go figure, huh?
Sam’s Record: 22 – 10
Dave’s Record: 25 – 7
Washington Huskies (2-1) vs. Stanford Cardinal (2-1)
Saturday, September 26, 6:00 PM PST
Las Vegas Favorite: Stanford -7.0
Continue reading 'Week 4 Game Matchup: Washington Huskies VS. Stanford Cardinal'»
Washington Huskies 2-1 Overall (1-0 Conference)
This Week’s Score: Washington 16 – USC 13
Next Week’s Opponent: @Stanford
Continue reading 'Pac-10 Week 3 Notes and Observations: Washington Huskies'»
AllPac10.com was excited to accept an invitation to join CBSSports.com’s Blog Poll, which is run by Brian Cook who runs a great Michigan blog over at www.mgoblog.com. You can read more about the premise by heading over to the Blog Poll via the link below, but it is essentially just like a coaches or media poll except it is made up by top blogs across the country!
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| Rank | Team | Delta |
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| 1 | Florida – Certainly not the annihilation we thought it would be but a win nonetheless. | |
| 2 | Texas – Solid revenge win over Texas Tech this week. |  1 |
| 3 | Alabama | 1 |
| 4 | California – On paper this team is capable of winning every game it plays, but we still have a LOT to learn about how they will do with ultra-high expectations. | 2 |
| 5 | Penn State | |
| 6 | Mississippi | 1 |
| 7 | LSU | 3 |
| 8 | Southern Cal – I’m not ready to write the Trojans off yet. Would it really surprise anyone if they won out? |  6 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 2 |
| 10 | Ohio State | 2 |
| 11 | Boise State – Entertaining win on the road against Fresno State. | 1 |
| 12 | Virginia Tech – Very nice win against a strong Nebraska team. | 1 |
| 13 | Miami (Florida) – Is the U back? The exciting Jacory Harris makes me want to believe after another fantastic performance against Georgia Tech. | 8 |
| 14 | Cincinnati – Impressive win in Corvallis. Tony Pike deserves to be mentioned as one of the best signal callers in America. | 2 |
| 15 | TCU | 1 |
| 16 | Oklahoma State | 1 |
| 17 | Georgia – Offense looks spectacular all of a sudden. | 3 |
| 18 | Michigan | 4 |
| 19 | Florida State – Welcome back to the Top 25 after a stunning win in Provo. | |
| 20 | Houston | 4 |
| 21 | Auburn | 4 |
| 22 | Washington – Welcome back to relevance Husky football. Sarkisian didn’t wait long to pick up his first signature win with the program. | |
| 23 | Brigham Young – A huge loss at home equals a huge drop in the rankings. BCS looking pretty tough right now. | 14 |
| 24 | Nebraska | 5 |
| 25 | Missouri | |
| Last week’s ballot | ||
Wow. What a week. Overall a pretty good one for the Pac-10, avoiding a repeat of last year’s out-of-conference disaster week three going 6-2 this week.
Oh, and that one conference game? Yeah, that one was kind of a doozy.
Hats off to Washington for earning themselves some much deserved national attention, and for confirming what we already knew; the trip to the Rose Bowl this year is going to be a pretty wild ride. Strap in.
Saturday
California 35 – Minnesota 21 (Game Matchup)
Sam: California 37 – Minnesota 17 (W)
Dave: California 38 – Minnesota 17 (W)
Washington 16 – USC 13 (Game Matchup)
Sam: USC 38 – Washington 23 (L)
Dave: USC 41 – Washington 17 (L)
Oregon 31 – Utah 24 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Oregon 34 – Utah 30 (W)
Dave: Utah 31 – Oregon 28 (L)
Iowa 27 – Arizona 17 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Arizona 24 – Iowa 20 (L)
Dave: Iowa 17 – Arizona 13 (W)
Washington State 30 – Southern Methodist 27 (OT) (Game Matchup)
Sam: Southern Methodist 38 – Washington State 28 (L)
Dave: Southern Methodist 42 – Washington State 24 (L)
Cincinnati 28 – Oregon State 18 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Cincinnati 34 – Oregon State 28 (W)
Dave: Cincinnati 38 – Oregon State 34 (W)
Stanford 42 – San Jose State 17 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Stanford 38 – San Jose State 17 (W)
Dave: Stanford 41 – San Jose State 14 (W)
Arizona State 38 – Louisiana-Monroe 14 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Arizona State 30 – Louisiana-Monroe 17 (W)
Dave: Arizona State 27 – Louisiana-Monroe 10 (W)
UCLA 23 – Kansas State 9 (Game Matchup)
Sam: UCLA 28 – Kansas State 13 (W)
Dave: UCLA 20 – Kansas State 10 (W)
Neither of us saw the Washington State or Washington wins coming, and I must admit; we were probably more surprised by the Cougars win. It took a Bo Levi Mitchell implosion, but credit the Cougs for taking advantage of the opportunity and never quitting out there.
What caught us most off guard about the Huskies win was the way they won it; holding the Trojans to only 13 points. With the explosive Jake Locker at the helm we were considering the possibility of a shootout; but 16-13? Wouldn’t have expected the Trojans to get outscored by 10 by the Idaho Vandals. As they say, that’s why they play ‘em.
Splitting the Arizona and Oregon games leaves us with the same record through three weeks; 20-7.
And now we move on to primarily conference play; let the fun begin.
“We’ve got a tremendous football team. We’ve got kids that are talented, kids that want to work hard; we’ve just got to change their mindset. It’s going to take a little time, but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen fast”
– Steve Sarkisian at introductory press conference as new UW head coach on Dec. 8 2008.
Did you really mean this fast Sark? I mean let’s put things in perspective. Last week, Washington ended the nation’s longest losing streak against Idaho. It was a blowout win for a program that desperately needed the taste of victory again. Now all of a sudden, that 0-12 season seems like a distant memory.
The scene at Husky Stadium in the aftermath of the 16-13 win over #3 USC harkens back to the early ‘90’s when this U-Dub program was one of the elite programs in America. While the 2009 Huskies are not to be confused with any of Don James’ legendary teams, the Sarkisian era is off to a magnificent start.
Continue reading 'Jake Locker leads Washington Huskies to stunning upset over USC Trojans'»
USC Trojans (2-0) vs. Washington Huskies (1-1)
Saturday, September 19, 12:30 PM PST
Las Vegas Favorite: USC -18.5
*AllPac10 Game of the Week*
Continue reading 'Week 3 Game Matchup: USC Trojans VS. Washington Huskies'»
Washington Huskies 1-1 Overall (0-0 Conference)
This Week’s Score: Washington 42 – Idaho 23
Next Week’s Opponent: USC
Continue reading 'Pac-10 Week 2 Notes and Observations: Washington Huskies'»
I can’t really sum it up a whole lot better than Sam did when he texted me shortly after all of the days action was officially in the books;
“College football is a trip.”
No amount of number crunching or game watching can put you in a position to see it all coming. Every week you find yourself shaking your head and just saying “wow”. Isn’t that what makes it so great, though?
Saturday
Wake Forest 24 – Stanford 17 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Stanford 27 – Wake Forest 21 (L)
Dave: Wake Forest 24 – Stanford 21 (W)
Washington 42 – Idaho 23 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Washington 45 – Idaho 14 (W)
Dave: Washington 45 – Idaho 23 (W)
UCLA 19 – Tennessee 15 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Tennessee 31 – UCLA 20 (L)
Dave: Tennessee 20 – UCLA 13 (L)
Cal 59 – Eastern Washington 7 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Cal 52 – Eastern Washington 13 (W)
Dave: Cal 56 – Eastern Washington 6 (W)
Hawaii 38 – Washington State 20 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Washington State 28 – Hawaii 23 (L)
Dave: Washington State 24 – Hawaii 17 (L)
USC 18 – Ohio State 15 (Game Matchup)
Sam: USC 35 – Ohio State 20 (W)
Dave: USC 38 – Ohio State 13 (W)
Arizona 34 – Northern Arizona 17 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Arizona 42 – Northern Arizona 10 (W)
Dave: Arizona 45 – Northern Arizona 9 (W)
Oregon 38 – Purdue 36 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Oregon 38 – Purdue 27 (W)
Dave: Oregon 41 – Purdue 24 (W)
Oregon State 23 – UNLV 21 (Game Matchup)
Sam: Oregon State 37 – UNLV 28 (W)
Dave: UNLV 31 – Oregon State 21 (L)
After starting off the season 8-1 on our predictions, week 2 was not so good to us. We were both happy to be wrong on UCLA as they picked up an impressive upset win in Tennessee, and frustrated with a Cougars loss that sets up the very real possibility of a winless season. Splitting on Stanford and Oregon State brings us both to 6-3 on the day, 14-4 on the season.
And it won’t get any easier from here!
Idaho Vandals (1-0) vs. Washington Huskies (0-1)
Saturday, September 12, 12:30 PM PST
Las Vegas Favorite: Washington -20.5
Continue reading 'Week 2 Game Matchup: Idaho Vandals VS. Washington Huskies'»
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