Pac-10 This Week

Thu., Sept. 18, 1997

By Mike Sando mikejs@completebbs.com

Arizona State wins at Miami. UCLA wins at Texas. WSU is a double-digit road favorite against a Big Ten team. Washington is favored against Nebraska. Oregon State remains undefeated during its bye week. Hey, the Pac-10 might be OK this year. As usual, point spreads (in parenthesis) are for entertainment purposes only.

Saturday’s games

Arizona at Ohio St. (-17)

Dick Tomey seen browsing in Talent Gap. The pick: Buckeyes 35, Wildcats 17

BYU at No. 14 Arizona St. (-8-1/2)

TV: Fox Sports Network, 6 p.m. Who needs Jake Plummer, Terry Battle, Juan Roque, Derrick Rodgers and Keith Poole? Bruce Snyder apparently doesn’t. The pick: Sun Devils 31, Cougars 17

Fresno St. at Oregon (-16-1/2)

Ducks make up ground on Huskies in race for WAC title. The pick: Ducks 30, Bulldogs 14

Oklahoma at California (-4-1/2)

TV: Fox Sports Network, 3:30 p.m. Barry Switzer caught with loaded firearm on Sooners alumni bus. The pick: Bears 37, Sooners 17

No. 21 Stanford (-11-1/2) at Oregon St.

Stanford surrendered 11 sacks in ‘96 loss to Beavers. In technical terms, we refer to that as a complete aberration.

The pick: Cardinal 27, Beavers 13

No. 7 Nebraska at No. 2 UW (-3-1/2)

TV: ABC, 12:30 p.m.

Washington just a smidge better than Central Florida.

The pick: Huskies 21, Cornhuskers 17

No. 19 WSU (-9-1/2) at Illinois

TV: ESPN2, 9:30 a.m.

Illinois QB Mark Hoekstra is majoring in speech communication. Leon Bender likes to talk, too.

The pick: Cougars 31, Illini 14

Last week: 3-4 Season to date: 10-6

, DataTimes MEMO: This sidebar appeared with the story: league overall W L PF PA W L Washington St. 2 0 65 55 2 0 Oregon 1 0 16 9 2 0 Arizona St. 0 0 0 0 2 0 Washington 0 0 0 0 2 0 California 0 0 0 0 1 0 Oregon St. 0 0 0 0 1 0 Stanford 0 0 0 0 1 1 Arizona 0 1 9 16 1 1 UCLA 0 1 34 37 1 2 Southern Cal. 0 1 21 28 0 2

This sidebar appeared with the story: league overall W L PF PA W L Washington St. 2 0 65 55 2 0 Oregon 1 0 16 9 2 0 Arizona St. 0 0 0 0 2 0 Washington 0 0 0 0 2 0 California 0 0 0 0 1 0 Oregon St. 0 0 0 0 1 0 Stanford 0 0 0 0 1 1 Arizona 0 1 9 16 1 1 UCLA 0 1 34 37 1 2 Southern Cal. 0 1 21 28 0 2

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