Pac-10 Bowl Matchups

VALERO ALAMO BOWL: Arizona vs. Oklahoma State
DISCOVER ORANGE BOWL: Stanford vs. Virginia Tech
BRIDGEPOINT EDUCATION HOLIDAY BOWL: Washington vs. Nebraska
BCS National Championship: Oregon vs. Auburn

Pac-10 Week 13 Scores

Arizona State 55, UCLA 34

#1 Oregon 48, Arizona 29

Washington 16, Cal 13

#6 Stanford 38, Oregon State 0

Notre Dame 20, USC 16

Week 12 Scores from the Pac-10

Here are the Week 12 scores from the Pac-10. Oregon State trouncing USC was a surprise to me. Stanford continues to dominate.

Washington Huskies 24, UCLA Bruins 7

#6 Stanford Cardinal 48, Cal Golden Bears 14

Oregon State Beavers 36, USC Trojans 7

Week 10 Scores from Pac-10

Here are the Week 10 scores from the Pac-10:

#1 Oregon 53, Washington 16

California 20, Washington State 13

UCLA 17, Oregon State 14

#13 Stanford 42, #15 Arizona 17

USC 34, Arizona State 33

Washington Pac 10 Teams; 2010 Pac 10 Washington Team Schedules

Ah, the great state of Washington. Home to the Washington Huskies and the Washington State Cougars, both beloved Pac 10 teams. The Washington vs Washington match-up this year will be on December 4th at Washington State. The weather can be a little unpredictable, but fans always pack the Pullman Stadium regardless. The intra-state match-ups are always my favorite and if I had to pick a single game to attend on either of the Washington's schedules, the December 4th game would be it!

Here are the schedule for the two Washington Pac 10 teams:

2010 Washington Huskies Football Schedule
(home games in italics)
09/04/10 at BYU PT
09/11/10 vs. Syracuse
09/18/10 vs. Nebraska
10/02/10 at USC
10/09/10 vs. Arizona State
10/16/10 vs. Oregon State
10/23/10 at Arizona
10/30/10 vs. Stanford
11/06/10 at Oregon
11/18/10 vs. UCLA
11/27/10 at California
12/04/10 at Washington State



2010 Washington Cougars Football Schedule
(home games in italics)
09/04/10 at Oklahoma State
09/11/10 vs. Montana State
09/18/10 at SMU Dallas
09/25/10 vs. USC
10/02/10 at UCLA
10/09/10 vs. Oregon
10/16/10 vs. Arizona
10/23/10 at Stanford
10/30/10 at Arizona State
11/06/10 vs. California
11/13/10 at Oregon State
12/04/10 vs. Washington (Apple Cup)

Jake Locker back with the Huskies

This past December, Jake Locker had made the decision to put his NFL career on hold to finish out his four years with the Washington Huskies. These past couple of weeks, Locker would have begun practice with his NFL team but is instead battling out the sweat and pain with this alma mater one last time. Jake Locker is completely content with his decision, knowing that he can have his cake and eat it too. The college experience is very important to him and the NFL can wait twelve more months without him. The Huskies Head Coach is in complete agreement with his star player and is happy to have him return to the team. Locker is assumed to still be the No. 1 pick for the 2011 NFL Draft so there’s no worries.

UW spring practice update

Will Shamburger, a freshman safety for the Washington Huskies, may be seen quite frequently on the field this next season. Huskies Head Coach Steve Sarkisian has been continually impressed and pleasantly surprised by this go-getter kid. Shamburger has been continuously brought all he has to each practice to make up for sitting out last season with an ACL injury he suffered playing basketball for his high school team. He started the UW spring practices strong and, with only seven left, and he has managed to catch everyone‘s attention.

Andru Pulu turned himself in

Andru Pulu, of the Washington Huskies, has finally turned himself in to the police. Pulu had been suspended by his Head Coach indefinitely for an undisclosed violation. The Washington Huskies athletic department had nothing to say on the matter, but the Times has reported that Andru Pulu was being investigated for the assault of a 22-year-old house party attendee.

Too bad Pulu screwed up, because he was expected to return next season as the starting defensive end. Andru Pulu was a true star of an athlete on the field, but apparently doesn’t know where to leave his aggression. With spring practice only two weeks away, this will be the time for a new star athlete to step up their game.

Pac-10 ranked high in attendance at fourth

The Pacific 10 Conference has proven to be highly recognized in the nation, coming in at fourth in the nation for average attendance (54,186) among the BCS conferences. The following are the schools, in order of attendees:

1. USC... 84,799 - Although USC had fallen down the ranks, they managed to make their way back up the list and into the highest attended football program in the conference. This is the seventh consecutive year for the Trojans to be in the lead.
2. UCLA... 64,547 - UCLA is ranked at No. 25 in the nation
3. Washington... 64,356 - Washington is ranked No. 26, right after UCLA in the nation
4 .California... 59,472 - This attendance earns Cali the No. 30 spot in the nation.
5. Oregon... 58,544
6. Arizona State... 48,556
7. Oregon State... 42,328
8. Stanford... 41,436
9. Arizona... 35,656
10. Washington State... 25,909

The leading BCS conferences include the SEC at No.1, the Big Ten taking second and the Big 12 at third.

Washington State Cougars

Well Pac-10 fans...this will be my last post on the histories of your beloved teams! What ever will I chat about? Any suggestions? While you think about that one, I will give you a bit of information on the Washington State Cougars.

The Washington State Cougars football team was established in 1893 and has a 492–475–45 (.508) overall record. Located Pullman, Washington, the Washington Cougars play in the Memorial Stadium.

The Cougars home field has the lowest capacity of any Pac-10 stadium, so every game is jam-packed with screaming fans. Currently, Paul Wulff is the head coach for the cougars and was hired in December of 2007. Over the years, the Cougars have established themselves in the conference. The Washington Cougars have participated in many bowl games such as the Rose Bowl, the Aloha Bowl and the Holiday Bowl.

With four conference titles under their belt and a 6-4 bowl record, the Washington State Cougars have done well for themselves over the years. Over the decades, the Washington State Cougars have also accumulated a few rivals such as the Washington Huskies and the Idaho Vandals.

Washington Huskies

The University of Washington Huskies have a prosperous history and a strong future in college football. Since their indictment into the Pacific 10 Conference, the Huskies have won fifteen Pac-10 Championships and seven Rose Bowls, as well as four National Championships. As of 2008, the Washington Huskies’ overall rank is 653-398-50. I could go on and on about their awards, but a I would like to note that the Huskies have the bragging rights to two of the nation’s longest winning streaks and holds the DI-A unbeaten record at 63 consecutive games. Now that is impressive.

Since 1970, 16 of 19 starting quarterbacks have gone onto the NFL and the trend doesn’t look like its ending any time soon. The University of Washington is often referred to as one of the top Quarterback U’s because of this feat by the Huskies. A great victory for the Washington Huskies came in 2009, when they beat Washington State University 30-0 in the Apple Cup. Washington State has always been a big rival, and the Huskies were proud to completely sweep them under the rug.

Check back tomorrow to read the last of this history series. Happy Tuesday!

Pac 10 Football Standings are very close

The Pac 10 has been quite the conference this season. With 5 teams all within a game of each other, analysts are saying that the Rose Bowl is still within anyones reach. This weekend there are several Pac 10 match-ups that will help determine who will make it to the Holy Grail of Pac 10 football.The weekend kicks off with Arizona State vs. Oregon, and then Oregon State takes on Washington.

Another Pac 10 fan put together this video which highlights the top Pac 10 teams in his opinion. While I didn't create this video I think its a good look at some of the best Pac 10 football teams.

The Washington Huskies take on Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday

The Washington Huskies take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, this Saturday in one of the best Huskies match-ups of the season. Both teams are boasting great quarterbacks this season and both teams have had big victories early on.

The Washington Huskies had a huge upset over the USC Trojans who are long time rivals of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish... for Notre Dame beating the Huskies would be a relative slap in the face to the USC Trojans. For the Washington Huskies beating the Fighting Irish would be a great way to get a big step closer to securing a spot in the post season.

Betting pools have the Washington Huskies listed as the 13 point underdog, but considering how they have been playing and the big upsets they have already completed I think the game is really anybody's at this point!

Pac 10 Favorites USC Trojans lose and the Pac 10 is wide open

Its football season sports fans and that means that the polls have opened and critics are already predicting which Pac 10 teams will take the Pacific Ten Conference Title this season. Almost every season since the start of the Pac 10 Conference, the University of Southern California Trojans have swept the conference and gone on to do great things nationally in the BCS series.

However, it seems that the USC Trojans may have rested a little too long on their laurels and now are paying the price. Last week in a stunning loss that almost no one predicted the Trojans walked away from Seattle losing to the Washington Huskies 13-16. With this loss the Pac 10 rankings are wide open for lesser known teams to make quite a stir. This weekend several Pac-10 teams face off against each other and with the USC Trojans licking their wounds it is possible that Washington State Cougars can make it two losses in a row for the Pac 10 Golden Child.

Washington Huskies fans cheer for the return of their hometown QB

After a winless season in 2008, the Washington Huskies fans needed some good news before any of them were going to be able to pull on a purple and gold Huskies jersey and cheer for the dogs. Ask and the fans shall receive, hometown golden boy Jake Locker the standout quarterback that was sidelined last season after arm surgery is back and seems to be better than ever.

In his freshman season, Jake Locker was praised as one of the best throwing arms in the Pacific Ten Conference, he was named Pac-10 freshman of the year 2007 and was a Rivals.com Freshman All-American. He completed his first season on the Washington Huskies roster with 3,048 yards of total offense and what looked to be the start of a great career. Then he was injured and had to miss almost all of the 2008 season, and many fans held their breath in fear he would not return in order to protect his arm for his budding baseball career.

Huskies fans can let their breath out, not only will Jake Locker be returning to the Huskies football roster, the Los Angeles Angels selected the superstar in the 10th round of the MLB draft. One observer reported that in preseason spring ball, not only did Jake Locker look good he was also passing with more accuracy than he did freshman year. So although most Huskies fans got rid of anything that tied them to U-Dub, maybe it is time to dig out the purple and gold and get back in the cheer section for the UW Huskies because with Jake back anything is possible!

The Washington Huskies - Cal Golden Bears recruiting showdown continues

It is no surprise that in a conference like the Pac-10 where all of the schools are so close together and share many of the same academic qualifications that prospective football recruits tend to look at multiple Pac-10 schools before making a final decision.

However, recently there as been a recruiting “battle” between the Washington Huskies and the California-Berkley Golden Bears. The Golden Bears. Both Cal Golden Bears head coach Jeff Tedford and Washington Huskies head coach Steve Sarkisian run strong programs that rely heavily on bringing in the best. So it was quite an upset when the Cal Golden Bears recruited a top defensive lineman prospect who had already verbally committed to the Huskies. Although there are not NCAA rules against this, to me it seems like poor-form to court someone else’s boyfriend.

But karma may come around to rear its ugly head for the Cal Golden Bears. Tevin Carter, an all-star wide receiver made a verbal commitment to Cal for the class of 2010, and it is rumored that the Huskies are already trying to woo him away. Carter would be an excellent recruit for any team and the Huskies certainly do not want to see him play on the Cal Golden Bears roster.
This Pac-10 fan is guessing that by the time letters of intent are being signed for this recruiting class everything could look a lot different.