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Pac-10: Beavers cruise to easy win
By The Associated Press
Monday, November 23, 2009 | No comments posted.
PULLMAN, Wash. — Oregon State needed a win at Washington State to keep its Rose Bowl hopes alive, and made sure that would happen right from the start.
The No. 20 Beavers scored touchdowns on their first three possessions and rolled to a 42-10 win on Saturday, setting up a Civil War against Oregon on Dec. 3 that will decide the Pac-10 representative for the bowl game.
“Obviously everyone knows what’s out there,” said quarterback Sean Canfield, who threw for 231 yards and two touchdowns, and directed the Beavers to 567 yards of offense.
Jacquizz Rodgers rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns as Oregon State (8-3, 6-2) won its fourth straight game and sixth of the past seven. Coach Mike Riley praised the team for recovering from a 2-2 start to put themselves in line for a big-money bowl game.
“They never quit,” Riley said, predicting the game against Oregon going down as “one of the great matchups ever in the Civil War.”
The Cougars (1-10, 0-8) lost their eighth straight. Kevin Lopina, making his first start at quarterback since being benched after the second game, completed 15 of 32 for 133 yards. But the Cougars were held to 192 yards, including 59 on the ground.
Still, they trailed just 21-10 at halftime.
“We felt we were in the game,” Lopina said. “We had the ball for long periods of time. One play here or there and it would have been a whole different game.”
The contest was played before just 16,167 fans with Washington State students already on fall break and cold, windy weather blowing through Pullman.
Oregon State opened with a crisp 80-yard drive, and Canfield hit Damola Adeniji for an 11-yard touchdown pass. Canfield completed 22 of 29 passes and was intercepted once.
Washington State replied with its own drive that stalled on the 11, and Pat Rooney kicked a 29-yard field goal. It was only the second time this season the Cougars have scored in the first quarter, and they’ve been outscored 173-6 in the opening quarter this year.
Rodgers ran in from 10 yards out on Oregon State’s next possession, and Canfield hit Joe Halahuni on a 10-yard scoring pass for a 21-3 lead midway through the second quarter.
Washington State drove 80 yards in the final 3 minutes of the half, with Dwight Tardy scoring from the 1 on fourth down to cut the halftime deficit to 21-10.
Oregon State’s Markus Wheaton scored on a 10-yard run after a 13-play drive that was kept alive by a 12-yard reception by Colby Prince on fourth-and-5. Rodgers added a 39-yard run early in the fourth, his 19th touchdown of the season tying the school record held by Steven Jackson and Ken Simonton.
Riley picked up the 64th win at Oregon State, breaking a tie with Tommy Prothro for second on the career list. Lon Stiner leads with 74 wins.
California 34, No. 14 Stanford 28: Shane Vereen ran for a career-high 193 yards and three touchdowns on 42 carries and Mike Mohamed intercepted a pass from Andrew Luck at the 3 with less than 2 minutes left as California spoiled Stanford’s Rose Bowl hopes.
What was billed as the biggest Big Game in years lived up to the pregame hype, with Stanford’s Heisman Trophy contender Toby Gerhart rushing for 136 yards, four touchdowns and carrying defenders on a 29-yard reception that set up Stanford (7-4, 6-3) at the Cal 13 with less than 2 minutes left.
Luck then threw an incompletion on first down and was intercepted by Mohamed on second with 1:36 to go, setting off a wild celebration on the Cal sideline. After Kevin Riley took three knees, the Cal students rushed the field and Stanford Stadium as the Golden Bears (8-3, 5-3 Pac-10) won the coveted Axe for the seventh time in eight years.
UCLA 23, Arizona St. 13: Redshirt freshman Kevin Prince passed for 161 yards, UCLA’s defense accounted for two touchdowns and set up a field goal, and the Bruins beat Arizona State 23-13 Saturday to become bowl eligible with their sixth win.
Prince was 15 for 31 with no interceptions and no TDs for the Bruins (6-5, 3-5 Pac-10), whose last postseason appearance was a loss in the 2007 Las Vegas Bowl.
When UCLA’s defense wasn’t scoring, it forced six turnovers.
ASU’s (4-7, 2-6) hopes of being extended a bowl invitation were dashed with its fifth consecutive loss.
The Sun Devils averaged 15 points during the skid.
The No. 20 Beavers scored touchdowns on their first three possessions and rolled to a 42-10 win on Saturday, setting up a Civil War against Oregon on Dec. 3 that will decide the Pac-10 representative for the bowl game.
“Obviously everyone knows what’s out there,” said quarterback Sean Canfield, who threw for 231 yards and two touchdowns, and directed the Beavers to 567 yards of offense.
Jacquizz Rodgers rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns as Oregon State (8-3, 6-2) won its fourth straight game and sixth of the past seven. Coach Mike Riley praised the team for recovering from a 2-2 start to put themselves in line for a big-money bowl game.
“They never quit,” Riley said, predicting the game against Oregon going down as “one of the great matchups ever in the Civil War.”
The Cougars (1-10, 0-8) lost their eighth straight. Kevin Lopina, making his first start at quarterback since being benched after the second game, completed 15 of 32 for 133 yards. But the Cougars were held to 192 yards, including 59 on the ground.
Still, they trailed just 21-10 at halftime.
“We felt we were in the game,” Lopina said. “We had the ball for long periods of time. One play here or there and it would have been a whole different game.”
The contest was played before just 16,167 fans with Washington State students already on fall break and cold, windy weather blowing through Pullman.
Oregon State opened with a crisp 80-yard drive, and Canfield hit Damola Adeniji for an 11-yard touchdown pass. Canfield completed 22 of 29 passes and was intercepted once.
Washington State replied with its own drive that stalled on the 11, and Pat Rooney kicked a 29-yard field goal. It was only the second time this season the Cougars have scored in the first quarter, and they’ve been outscored 173-6 in the opening quarter this year.
Rodgers ran in from 10 yards out on Oregon State’s next possession, and Canfield hit Joe Halahuni on a 10-yard scoring pass for a 21-3 lead midway through the second quarter.
Washington State drove 80 yards in the final 3 minutes of the half, with Dwight Tardy scoring from the 1 on fourth down to cut the halftime deficit to 21-10.
Oregon State’s Markus Wheaton scored on a 10-yard run after a 13-play drive that was kept alive by a 12-yard reception by Colby Prince on fourth-and-5. Rodgers added a 39-yard run early in the fourth, his 19th touchdown of the season tying the school record held by Steven Jackson and Ken Simonton.
Riley picked up the 64th win at Oregon State, breaking a tie with Tommy Prothro for second on the career list. Lon Stiner leads with 74 wins.
California 34, No. 14 Stanford 28: Shane Vereen ran for a career-high 193 yards and three touchdowns on 42 carries and Mike Mohamed intercepted a pass from Andrew Luck at the 3 with less than 2 minutes left as California spoiled Stanford’s Rose Bowl hopes.
What was billed as the biggest Big Game in years lived up to the pregame hype, with Stanford’s Heisman Trophy contender Toby Gerhart rushing for 136 yards, four touchdowns and carrying defenders on a 29-yard reception that set up Stanford (7-4, 6-3) at the Cal 13 with less than 2 minutes left.
Luck then threw an incompletion on first down and was intercepted by Mohamed on second with 1:36 to go, setting off a wild celebration on the Cal sideline. After Kevin Riley took three knees, the Cal students rushed the field and Stanford Stadium as the Golden Bears (8-3, 5-3 Pac-10) won the coveted Axe for the seventh time in eight years.
UCLA 23, Arizona St. 13: Redshirt freshman Kevin Prince passed for 161 yards, UCLA’s defense accounted for two touchdowns and set up a field goal, and the Bruins beat Arizona State 23-13 Saturday to become bowl eligible with their sixth win.
Prince was 15 for 31 with no interceptions and no TDs for the Bruins (6-5, 3-5 Pac-10), whose last postseason appearance was a loss in the 2007 Las Vegas Bowl.
When UCLA’s defense wasn’t scoring, it forced six turnovers.
ASU’s (4-7, 2-6) hopes of being extended a bowl invitation were dashed with its fifth consecutive loss.
The Sun Devils averaged 15 points during the skid.
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