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The Top Ten Pac-10 Games from Last 5 years: #6-4

Note: Sorry it took so long to get up. Computer broke. Anyways here we go!

For those that don't know, Building the Dam has been recapping the best Pac-10 games from the last 5 years. To recap:

10. Washington @ USC, 2006. USC wins 26-20 on too-late snap by UW

9. Washington @ Cal, 2006. UW ties game with heave, loses in OT 31-24

8. Cal @ UCLA, 2005. UCLA scores 19 points in 13 minutes to top Cal 47-40

7. Oregon @ WSU, 2004. Ducks score 13 points in final 5 minutes for comeback win in thriller, 41-38

 

So there you have the first 4 games. Now for #s 6-4.

#6. November 15th, 2008. Arizona (6-3) @ Oregon (7-3)

What was at stake: Oregon was debuting the new black, wingged uniforms, and Arizona was hoping to be Oregon a 3rd straight year and put themselves in a good bowl situation.

What happened: Oregon came out fired up because of the unis, and they didn't disappoint. With not even a minute gone in the 1st quarter, Jeremiah Masoli ran for a 66 yard touchdown to get Oregon off to a hot start.

Oregon Vs. Arizona Highlights (via ArcticAutzen)

After that, it was all Oregon the rest of the first half. Following a field goal with no time left, Oregon led Arizona 45-17 at halftime. But the Wildcats were not to be denied. The 2nd half, UA came out as solid as the Ducks in the first half, and UO looked as flat as the 'Cats. Scoring 28 points in a 16 minute span, Arizona cut the lead to 45-48 with just over 6 and a half minutes remaining. After a 3 and out for UO, Arizona got the ball back. With 5 and a half minutes left, UA had a 4th and 3 from their own 45 yard line. This is when Mike Stoops did what Mike Stoops does best: Mess up. He went for it, and didn't get it. Oregon with the ball, handed the ball to LaGarrette Blount and he ran for a 40 yard touchdown to put the game out of reach 55-45.

 

#5. November 24th, 2006. Oregon (7-4) @ Oregon St (7-4)

What was at stake: 3rd place in the Pac10. Civil War bragging rights. A perfect, miserable, rainy Saturday in Oregon. Everything the Civil War should be.

What happened: Oregon State came out and plugged away, like it usually does, and just wore down the Oregon defense with 4 yards here, 5 yards there. Leading 20-7 at halftime, it appeared OSU was in control.

2006 Civil War - Oregon at Oregon State (via thomasg86)

Going into the 4th quarter down 14-27, Oregon was not ready to give up just yet. After a Jonathan Stewart touchdown with 6 minutes left, Oregon State blocked the extra point. However, Oregon got the ball back and scored on a 26 yard pass to Jordan Kent from Brady Leaf. Kicking an extra point would have tied the game. But Mike Bellotti gave the all-clear for a two point conversion attempt. The Ducks got it and were up 28-27 with 3 minutes left. Oregon State got right back in it with a couple big throws from Matt Moore, and set up a soggy, wind-in-your-face 40 yard field goal for Alexis Serna. But as we say in Corvallis "In Alexis We Trust" and he came through big, nailing it right down the middle, giving OSU a 30-28 lead with 1:12 left. Game not over. Jonathan Stewart hit the return to the outside, and if not for a game saving push out of bounds at the OSU 43, would have scored. Oregon marched down to the OSU 27, when Oregon State called timeout with 20 seconds left. Then this happened (view from student section):

Oregon State Blocks UofO's Field Goal to Win 2006 Civil War (via panda2432)

Now all Beavers take a big sigh of relief: Game Over. Beavs win 30-28.

#4 October 6th, 2007. Stanford (1-3) @ USC (4-0)

What was at stake: Oh just the Stanford students annual pilgrimage to LA for the USC game. And USC being a 41-point favorite. And USC's national championship aspirations. But that didn't matter because USC was going to stomp Stanford...

What happened: We all know what happened. John David Booty threw 4 interceptions. Stanford played the game of their lives. All it came down to was a 10 yard touchdown pass from a freshman Tavita Pritchard with 49 seconds left on 4th and goal to the back of the end zone against the #1 team in the country in front of 90,000 of their fans. But no big deal right?

STANFORD UPSETS USC (via kevbomac2205)

This was not only felt in the Pac-10. It was felt all across the country, especially in Louisiana...

LSU's response to USC losing!! (via pinklsutiger3405)

So there's 4, 5, and 6.

Check back tomorrow for the 3 Best Pac-10 Games from the last 5 years! Any guesses?

--The VD Special

 

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I was at the 2006 Civil War game and it was truly an amazing game to be apart of. My friend and I got some donor seats and we went to the game in full Duck gear. The last quarter was an amazing back and forth affair. The Beaver fans around us were great. No heckling, no harassment. Some good natured poking back and forth but it was the way these things really should go down. I’ll never forget the guy that turned around to me at the end of the game and said “I’m sorry for you but I’m happy we won” and shook my hand. Both of us said “I can’t wait for next year”.

Even though the wrong team won, that experience made me proud to be apart of a great rivalry in sports.

--Dominic, Addicted to Quack

Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.

by dvieira on May 13, 2009 5:52 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Mirror Image, Dom

I could copy and paste this post for my experience in ’06.

Good Time. 90% of my co-workers are OSU fans, so it was fun all around. That was my one and only experience at Reser.

May we hand you your taints on a silver platter...

by 071903 on May 17, 2009 1:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Guesses

By the way, here are my guesses for the top 3 in no particular order. Not to say I disagree with the choices below but I have a hard time not putting Stanford beating USC up in the top 3, especially since it was considered the greatest upset of all time.

Oregon State vs. USC 2008
Oregon State vs. Cal 2007
Oregon State vs. USC 2006

--Dominic, Addicted to Quack

Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.

by dvieira on May 13, 2009 6:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Either the Beaver Cal game

Or the 2007 Civil War.

The blogger formerly know as OSU

by ConnorOSU on May 13, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Re: The Stanford-USC

The top 4 were a difficult choice, but it really came down to what was at stake. When you see the top 3, you’ll realize that the top 4 could have all be in any particular order and no one could have said anything. What I felt like when I put the Stanford game in relation to another USC loss (I’ll give it away, the ’06 loss) was that SC had already been proven vulnerable. Maybe they should have been in the top 3. But maybe not. And just a heads up, you only got 1 of the 3 right.

I support Takimoto in his effort to support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by The VD Special on May 13, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd guess that 08 is on the list

mainly because the 08 game cost USC a chance for the National Title. They still wouldn’t have made it in 06 because they also lost to UCLA at the end of the year.

How about 07 Oregon vs USC? That was a huge game.

My other guess would be 04 USC Cal

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The thing about the 2007 Cal game from above was that Cal was shooting to be the #1 team in the nation at that time. They had already beaten Oregon in the thriller that wasn’t in the above list (but perhaps coming up?) and that last second loss to Oregon State effectively ruined their season. The Bears proceeded to lose 6 of 8 games to finish the season

--Dominic, Addicted to Quack

Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.

by dvieira on May 14, 2009 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't want to say it

But I think the 2008 Civil War will be up there. Obviously, the game itself wasn’t very good, but the implications and hype going into it was huge.

The blogger formerly know as OSU

by ConnorOSU on May 14, 2009 7:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

but it wasn't a good game

so that one is probably out

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 14, 2009 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

just because it was a huge upset doesn't make it a great game

USC had a ton of turnovers, and it was pretty much a horrible game until the end.

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

guesses

OSU VS USC 2006
UO VS OSU 2008
OSU VS USC 2008

by Duck4Lif3 on May 13, 2009 8:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

where are 10-6?

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 10:10 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

never mind

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Everyone is giving a lot of credit to OSU these last couple of years

Not much in the actual rankings. People can debate all they want. #3,2,1 are gonna be interesting

I support Takimoto in his effort to support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by The VD Special on May 14, 2009 2:11 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

1. USC 23, California 17, 2004: Very tense game between perhaps two of the best Pac-10 teams of this decade.
2. Oregon State 31, Cal 28, 2007: I don’t remember what happened in this game.
3. Oregon State 33, USC 31, 2006: Kept USC out of the title game. Had a very exciting comeback and finish, unlike the 2008 game (which was much more sluggish in pace).

This list is horribly flawed if Cal-USC isn’t in that top 3.

Bork bork bork!

by Avinash on May 14, 2009 2:36 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

agree with this

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 14, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not sure about #2.

I think Cal-Oregon ‘05 should be included. That was one of the most thrilling games I’ve ever been to.

Addicted To Quack [dot] com; Dear Joevan, Develop motor skills. Love, ATQ.

by qrsouther on May 16, 2009 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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