Pac-10 Recap

The first weekend of Pac-10 play was a wild one, without any upsets.

You know going into the game that in order to stay close and possibly upset #1 USC the Cougar offense had to play lights out. It would be an understatement to say they didn’t deliver losing to the Trojans 47-14. Alex Brink only through for 165 yards and made some costly mental mistakes. His interception was just plain stupid and his disgust with a screen play call caused him to chuck the ball into the ground and draw an intentional grounding penalty near his own goal line. The secondary is one of the worst in the country and just got shredded by John David Booty who was 28 for 35 with 4 TD’s. You knew it was going to be a long day when USC went for it on 4th and 2 on the 1st drive and scored the TD.

Down to their 3rd-string QB to start the 4th quarter UCLA used its running game to defeat the Huskies 44-31. Washington’s Jake Locker was 9 of 23 for 63 yds. through 3 quarters before heating up in the 4th. Although Locker finished with 216 yards and 4 Tds he did not look sharp at all. His accuracy was horrible and he showed that as a freshman he is not prepared to lead his team to a big road victory yet. The Husky defense knew UCLA was going to run the ball yet their top two Rbs finished with 193 and 109 yards respectively. I believe we are seeing the real Husky team, the one that will continue to finish with non-winning seasons.

Brink struggles against USC as Cougs fall 47-14 [Seattle Times]

Huskies can't stop UCLA in 2nd half, fall 44-31 [Seattle Times]

Justin Forsett leads No. 6 Cal’s quick start in 45-27 win over Arizona [USA Today]

Sun Devils rally past OSU [Oregon Live]

Cardinal just can’t hang on [San Jose Mercury News]