Week Two Recap

Hmm, don’t really know what to say about this week. Overall, it was a pretty disappointing weekend for the Pac-10. Stanford AND Oregon State lost to WAC teams, Arizona was outgained by 300 yards by an SEC team, and both UCLA and Oregon had much closer games than they wanted. On the bright side, WSU rebounded nicely with 56 points, Cal did the same against Minnesota and the Sun Devils dropped almost 500 yards on Nevada.

So let’s take a look at what we learned this weekend:

-This just in: Adrian Peterson is good. The Huskies actually showed up for the Peterson led Sooners and played them tough for 3 quarters. Unfortunately, the other quarter saw Peterson and Oklahoma score 17 points. Isaiah Stanback had a pretty rough game, so UW was lucky to get good performances on the ground from Rankin and James. Evidently, getting beat up by Rufus Alexander resulted in Stanback designing a hideous myspace page.

-Cougar fan has to be glad that Alex Brink rebounded from his miserable performance at Auburn. Even without starting tailback DeMaundray Woolridge, WSU still ran for almost 350 yards. As I wrote earlier, can’t wait to see more Dennis Erickson. Only two more weeks!

-As a Trojan fan, the thing that scares me the most in the Pac-10 right now is Oregon’s defense. Their safeties fly all over the field and they hit the Bulldog’s hard all night long. Jeremiah Johnson was a more than suitable substitute for Jonathan Stewart(who did score a TD), so the Ducks should have a nice two-headed monster for the rest of the season. Oregon did give up way too many yards on the ground though.

-Hey OSU, what happened? Things were looking good when you scored the first 14 points of the game, but then you gave up 42 in a row. 42! You also can’t give up 300 yards on the ground to a WAC team. Matt Moore has to be on the hot seat after another lazy effort. Looks like readers over at Building The Dam are hopeful that Canfield starts against Idaho.

-We found out that Cal isn’t dead, which is good news for them. But Coach Tedford, where was this gameplan against Tennessee?? Nate Longshore actually looked like a quarterback and Marshawn Lynch also restarted his Heisman campaign with 139 yards and two touchdowns. Like I predicted, Minnesota rushed for less than 200 yards and lost. Look for Cal to do more of the same against Portland State.

-Stanford, holy crap. What the hell happened? I was singing your praises at halftime, and then you went and laid an egg in the second half. How do you not score during an entire half of football versus San Jose State? Unbelieveable. Walt Harris, you have now taken over Ty Willingham’s position as Pac-10 coach who should immediately be fired. Pat yourself on the back Walt, you're on notice!

-USC didn’t play this weekend, but Reggie Bush did. I watched the game and wasn’t alone in thinking that he looked pretty impressive.

-UCLA pulled off a victory against Rice, though Ben Olson didn’t look quite as sharp as the week before. Markey and Bell both had amazing games though. Bruins Nation isn’t very happy with Mr. Dorrell.

-Arizona didn’t really have much of a chance against LSU, but they should have put up more than a field goal with a minute left. 54 yards in the first three quarters? Good god. Thanks for helping make the Pac-10 look respectable. Willie Tuitama left the game with a concussion, but Adam Austin didn’t play much better. So far this year, Willie has a completion percentage under 50 and is averaging 4.2 yards per pass. Maybe he’s had a concussion all season....

-Dirk Koetter’s decision to start Rudy Carpenter is looking pre-tay, pre-tay good. His quarterback rating through two games: 205.99. Too bad its been against Northern Arizona and Nevada. Next week: Colorado, who lost to a 1-AA team. I say Carpenter has another great game.

So after all that, what do my Pac-10 rankings look like this week?

1.	USC	Didn't play
2.	Oregon	Beat a good Bulldog team
3.	Arizona State	Carpenter lit up the skies again
4.	UCLA	Only beat Rice by 10
5.	Cal	Came back to life with 531 total yards
6.	Washington State	46 point win, but it was against Idaho
7.	Arizona	Eaten alive by the Bayou Bengals
8.	Oregon State	Gave up 42 points in a row
9.	Washington	Couldn't keep pace with the Sooners
10.	Stanford	Speechless

Feel free to post your thoughts!