It wasn’t a great weekend for the Pac-10, but it wasn’t debilitating either. The favorites won, the underdogs lost. It happens. There are plenty of games left for redemption.
Visual rendition of Oregon vs. New Mexico
1. Oregon Ducks. I once was on a basketball team that was up 46-1 at halftime. I used to think that was a beating. Then Saturday happened.
2. Arizona Wildcats. If we were to make judgments about the whole season based on one week of play, we’d all be very interested in Arizona @ Oregon on Nov. 26.
3. USC Trojans. Only Washington State gave up more points on opening weekend and the Cougars pretty much give up the most points every week. So there you go, your 2010 Trojans, where the defense is better than Washington State.
4. Oregon State Beavers. The loss to TCU isn’t the end of the world. In fact, it’s basically business as usual in Corvallis. But still, it’s disappointing. OSU needs to start winning some of these games.
5. Stanford Cardinal. Not much to take from a game against Sacramento State. In fact, I got nothing.
6. Cal Bears. Not much to take from a game against UC Davis. In fact, I got nothing.
7. Arizona State Sun Devils. Not much to take from a game against Portland State. In fact, I got nothing. Whew, wearing out the copy and paste function here, people.
8. Washington Huskies. Here, I found a song for all you media types who keep shoving Jake Locker down our throats. Skip to 1:07 on the video. 54% completion percentage and another loss. These are the facts.
9. UCLA Bruins. Bad quarterbacking, bad defense and the schedule only gets harder. The rest of the month goes Stanford, Houston, @ Texas. Ouch.
10. Washington State. This was the most disappointing performance of the weekend with apologies to UW, OSU and UCLA. The Cougars looked as bad as ever and you have to question if Paul Wulff is making any progress. No wait, you don’t have to question that. It’s obvious that he’s not.
Image courtesy of http://www.marktoon.co.uk/people.htm (with an obvious personal alteration).
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