One question remains... who finishes LAST in the conference?
by Jake Bertalotto on Jul 29, 2009 12:49 PM PDT
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Pac-10 Media Day is tomorrow, and in preparation for the release of the media poll, we've been working on a Building the Dam poll in the last two days. The poll is almost complete, with one question remaining...
- USC
- Oregon State
- Cal
- Oregon
- Arizona State
- Stanford
- Arizona
- UCLA
--Jake (jake.buildingthedam@gmail.com)
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...as #2, he means.
I changed the post from voting for the #2 to the #3 team.
Just wanted to clear that up.
--JB--
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by Jake Bertalotto on Jul 28, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
The Cal @ Oregon game will be for 2nd.
And I think the Ducks, in the third of four straight at home, will be flying a little too high. This will be critical, because while I think the Beavers will beat Cal, they will lose one besides USC (the ASU trip, and Dennis Erickson needing that win very, very badly makes that look like the candidate), and then be too hard pressed in the Civil War (the Ducks with extra time to prepare again), and therefore Cal will overcome the loss to the Beavers due to that other loss.
I don't know, if you are thinking Cal will beat UO
Right now I personally do think the Ducks will have possible issues early on BUT if they are flying high like you are saying I think they could well take down Cal in a big way. Cal has beat UO the last couple years in pretty heart-breaking close fashion (and has won the last three years), so I think if UO is clicking when they play Cal the Ducks will be ready and Autzen will be intense. IF the Ducks are struggling to find their groove then I think Cal has a shot. I think SC will be much much more prepared for the Ducks at Autzen than I think Cal will be, and if the Ducks are out of the gates fast I really see the dangerous overlook game will be @ UCLA. I’m not so sure right now OSU will beat Cal this year. Just my thoughts.
Oh, and also the Civil War both OSU and UO have the same break between games, so that will not give one or the other the outset advantage this year. Injuries will probably be the big issue to give a team an initial advantage, otherwise I’m really thinking this is going to be a hard fought and brutally close game.
That all said, overall though I really don’t have an argument with your list below, but will say at this time I can see that top four going a ton of different ways and just don’t feel confident enough to really predict it! I also think that Cal, UO, or OSU has the potential to go backwards and end up in the middle too. I tell you that around October 10/17 we will have a very interesting picture of the conference race, some potentially HUGE games early on, and could be VERY interesting in terms of the Beavs going into USC on the 24th.
-RVM
Cal to beat Oregon
still holds as the decider.
My list is USC, Cal, Oregon, Oregon State, ASU (Coach Erickson gets some respect, and some wins), UCLA, Arizona, Stanford, Washington, and WSU.
I’ll be rooting hard for OSU to move up, and hoping I’ve contributed to regularly under-rating the Beavers, as has happened the last several years.
If the others on this board are right, and OSU is second, then the Cal-Oregon game still shapes up as a game for position, and it means that OSU will have won in the Civil War, making it very unlikely that the Ducks can overcome a loss to the Bears.
And it wouldn’t change anything below.
I truly believe that WSU is primed to have another horrible year, without the Apple Cup “W” as a consolation prize. (If tying a game is like “Kissing your sister” winning last year’s Apple Cup was like “Beating your retarded cousin at checkers”)
With the off the field issues this off-season and the lack of any real direction or incoming talent, the Cougs seem to be headed toward a very dangerous place. I hope they can right the ship quickly. The longer things continue to slide the harder it is to claw your way back (take it from a Beaver).
Cougs—tenth place with a bullet. Bank it.
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Pacific-12 Conference Standings
(updated 1.2.2012 at 11:12 PM PST)
| North | Conf | Overall | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | |
Oregon Ducks
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8 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
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Stanford Cardinal
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8 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
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Washington Huskies
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5 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
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California Golden Bears
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4 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
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Oregon St. Beavers
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3 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
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Washington St. Cougars
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2 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| South | Conf | Overall | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | |
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USC Trojans
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7 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
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UCLA Bruins
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5 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
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Utah Utes
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4 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
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Arizona St. Sun Devils
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4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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Arizona Wildcats
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2 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
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Colorado Buffaloes
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2 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Pacific-12 Conference Standings
(updated 2.9.2012 at 11:09 PM PST)
| Conf | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | |
|
California Golden Bears
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9 | 3 | 19 | 6 |
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Washington Huskies
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9 | 3 | 16 | 8 |
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Oregon Ducks
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8 | 4 | 17 | 7 |
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Arizona Wildcats
|
8 | 4 | 17 | 8 |
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Colorado Buffaloes
|
8 | 4 | 16 | 8 |
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UCLA Bruins
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7 | 5 | 14 | 10 |
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Stanford Cardinal
|
6 | 6 | 16 | 8 |
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Oregon St. Beavers
|
5 | 7 | 15 | 9 |
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Washington St. Cougars
|
5 | 7 | 13 | 11 |
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Arizona St. Sun Devils
|
4 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
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Utah Utes
|
2 | 10 | 5 | 19 |
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USC Trojans
|
1 | 11 | 6 | 19 |
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