Pac-10 Picks

Wed., Sept. 13, 2000

Cal at No. 19 Illinois (-14): Tom Holmoe’s Bears have one win over a ranked team in his 3 years. The pick: Illinois 35, Cal 20

No. 3 Michigan (-5.5) at No. 14 UCLA: This is the Bruins’ second game against the No. 3 team in three weeks. It will also be their second win. The pick: UCLA 26, Michigan 21

No. 9 Washington (-3.5) at Colorado: Can the Huskies stop freshman RB Marcus Houston? No. The pick: Colorado 21, UW 17

Idaho at Oregon (-21): Joey Harrington passed for 362 yards against Wisconsin. Idaho gave up 505 passing yards against Montana. You do the math. The pick: Oregon 55, Idaho 30

Washington State at Utah (-10): Utah is 0-2 against the Pac-10 this season. WSU is 1-16 against the Pac-10 since the Rose Bowl. The pick: Utah 28, WSU 24

San Diego State at Arizona (-17.5): Ortege Jenkins is only completing 38 percent of his passes. That’s not enough to run up the score against the Aztecs. The pick: Arizona 25, San Diego State 10

Colorado State (-4) at Arizona State: ASU has problems at almost every position. The pick: Colorado State 28, ASU 21

No. 5 Texas (-13) at Stanford: Texas beat Stanford 69-17 last season. But this is a better Stanford team, right? After all, last year Stanford lost to San Jose State. No way that could happen again. The pick: Texas 45, Stanford 12 Last week: 3-5 straight up; 1-7 against the spread. For the year: 7-8 straight up; 4-11 against the spread.

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