September 2008 - Posts
CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Now we know that David was most likely 5-foot-7 and a sturdy 193 pounds. That would be just like his modern-day embodiment, Jacquizz Rodgers, who led Oregon State’s shocking slaying of Pete Carroll’s Goliath here, just around the corner from nowhere, on Thursday night.
A true freshman in just his fourth collegiate game, Rodgers rushed for 186 yards on a whopping 37 carries, the majority of which saw him rip right through the heart of top-ranked Southern California in a decisive 27-21 victory.
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While wondering if Pete Carroll’s knack for recruiting should be blamed for destroying the Pacific 10 Conference, here are this week’s EXTRA POINTS.
NO. 1 AND ONLY ONE: For the fourth week in a row, USC sits atop the AP Top 25. For the first time in a long time, the Pac-10 has only one ranked team. That’s simply startling. Last season at this time, California was No. 6 and Oregon was No. 11. Before the end of the campaign, both of those teams climbed as high as No. 2. And even Arizona State hung out at No. 4 during the second half of October
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While wondering if Charlie Weis would be willing to sacrifice a pair of ligaments in return for a victory every Saturday, this week’s set of EXTRA POINTS begins out West where things are upside-down for the moment.
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Fittingly enough, this week’s EXTRA POINTS is a rant about Saturday’s most infamous extra point -- Washington’s 35-yard PAT attempt with two seconds remaining that could have sent the Huskies into overtime with Brigham Young.
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