Oregon's game with Cal looked like a potential Top 15 matchup, until it wasn't.
Chase Garbers got hurt and the Bears got upset at home by Arizona.
Had they remained undefeated, 3-1 Oregon at 4-0 Cal might have gotten a look for ESPN College Game Day, although Auburn at Florida would have always been a favorite.
Washington State and USC absorbed another loss yesterday. Mike Leach says his players are "fat, dumb, lazy and entitled." Not a good look, coach. Makes me appreciate how Mario Cristobal teaches and talks about his players, practices accountability.
After just two weeks of conference play the league is down to three ranked teams, Oregon, Washington and Utah. Cal was 15th; the loss coupled with Garbers' injury is sure to drop them far.
Backup Devin Modster looked shaky in his debut, 5-12 passing for a paltry 24 yards.
It may very well be that the only ranked opponent left on Oregon's schedule is the October 19th road game at Washington.
Both SC and Stanford are likely to lose to Notre Dame, which will be another black mark on the national perception.
So far the conference is doing a very good job of eating its own, even more than usual. It's likely to have a bunch of 6-3/5-4 teams, 8-4/7-5 overall.
The Ducks are on their own as far as making an impression nationally or cracking the Top Ten.
They pretty much have to win in Seattle, partly because the rest of Washington's schedule is so favorable.
Chase Garbers got hurt and the Bears got upset at home by Arizona.
Had they remained undefeated, 3-1 Oregon at 4-0 Cal might have gotten a look for ESPN College Game Day, although Auburn at Florida would have always been a favorite.
Washington State and USC absorbed another loss yesterday. Mike Leach says his players are "fat, dumb, lazy and entitled." Not a good look, coach. Makes me appreciate how Mario Cristobal teaches and talks about his players, practices accountability.
After just two weeks of conference play the league is down to three ranked teams, Oregon, Washington and Utah. Cal was 15th; the loss coupled with Garbers' injury is sure to drop them far.
Backup Devin Modster looked shaky in his debut, 5-12 passing for a paltry 24 yards.
It may very well be that the only ranked opponent left on Oregon's schedule is the October 19th road game at Washington.
Both SC and Stanford are likely to lose to Notre Dame, which will be another black mark on the national perception.
So far the conference is doing a very good job of eating its own, even more than usual. It's likely to have a bunch of 6-3/5-4 teams, 8-4/7-5 overall.
The Ducks are on their own as far as making an impression nationally or cracking the Top Ten.
They pretty much have to win in Seattle, partly because the rest of Washington's schedule is so favorable.
