Reviewing a high-scoring Saturday
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FROM PULLMAN -- Keeping with the weekend's Las Vegas theme, we'll call Saturday a good time to have bet the "over." There were high, lopsided scores all over the place, including the game featuring Washington State's next opponent. Read on.
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For today's newspaper, we wrote about the quarterback situation -- again -- and what Connor Halliday's performance on Friday might mean for the competition there. ... CougCenter writes about the use of the dreaded "quarterback controversy" tag.
In other Pac-12 action yesterday ...
Washington 52, Portland State 13 -- It was the definition of a tune-up game for the Huskies as they jumped to a 45-0 halftime lead and it was over from there. UPDATE: Forgot to link this Jim Moore column a couple days ago.
Ohio State 35, California 28 -- Brendan Bigelow had a big day for Cal, which showed much better in this loss than it did the previous two weeks.
Stanford 21, USC 14 -- The Cardinal did it again, beating the Trojans for the fourth consecutive season. Stanford's new quarterback was the difference.
Arizona 56, South Carolina State 0 -- Sure, the Wildcats aren't as satisfied with wins over the little guys, but they're happy about a 3-0 start.
Fresno State 69, Colorado 14 -- If this isn't what rock bottom looks like, it's only because Buffaloes fans have to endure nine more games this season. The Cougars will be facing a Colorado team next week that already looks down for the count. Or, as The Daily Camera called it, playing "a whole new standard of dreadful."
Missouri 24, Arizona State 20 -- The Sun Devils' offensive woes were on display for the first time this season.
UCLA 37, Houston 6 -- The Bruins finish their non-conference schedule unbeaten, two impressive performances taking them into Pac-12 play.
Oregon 63, Tennessee Tech 14 -- With the patsies out of the way, Oregon prepares for Arizona.
Utah 24, BYU 21 -- Utah fans gave BYU a second chance at a field goal by storming the field too early, but the final 36-yard try clanked off the upright and the Utes escaped with an important win.
Christian Caple can be reached at christianc@spokesman.com. Twitter: @ChristianCaple