College Football Previews
Pac-10 Week 12 Game Previews
By Derek Wong
Nov 14, 2007 - 10:49:34 AM

Oregon vs Arizona

These two teams are both coming off a bye week. Oregon must win on Thursday night and then play at UCLA before facing Oregon State at home to close out their regular season. This will be Arizona's last home game this season. Oregon will be seeking revenge after losing to the Wildcats last year 37-10. The Wildcats have nothing to lose and should try to pull out all the stops against the Ducks. The Wildcats are not afraid to get in a shootout with the Ducks due to  their explosive offense led by QB Willie Tuitama. On defense, the Wildcats must try to contain QB Dennis Dixon and RB Jonathan Stewart. LB Spencer Larsen will be all over the field and CB Antoine Cason must be able to lock down the Oregon receivers. The Ducks will run the spread offense which has not been stopped all season long. On defense, the Ducks will try to stop the pass first, but they must not forget about freshman RB Nick Grigsby. This is a trap game for the Ducks and the Wildcats will get the huge upset in front of their fans.
Arizona 33 Oregon 30

Cal vs Washington
QB Jack Locker of the Huskies is out for this game due to a hard hit he took last week against Oregon State. Senior QB Carl Bonnell will get the start. Cal is coming off a tough loss at home to USC and QB Nate Longshore has not been the same since he hurt his ankle more than a month ago. Longshore has been inconsistent and inaccurate but he will be facing a weak secondary this week. WRs DeSean Jackson and Lavelle Hawkins should make some big plays as well as RB Justin Forsett. The Huskies played the Bears tough last year before losing in overtime, but they don't have the offensive weapons to beat an angry Cal team.
Cal 34 Washington 24

Oregon State vs Washington State
Oregon State will start Lyle Moevao at quarterback once again as Sean Canfield is out with an injury. Moevao did not play well last week in place of Canfield but the Ducks were once again led by RB Yvenson Bernard who had 149 yards on 36 carries. The Cougars defeated Stanford last week at home and are playing better of late. The Cougars have a good offense led by QB Alex Brink while  the Beavers have one of the best defenses in the Pac-10.  Give the edge to the Cougars  because they are playing at home and it will be Moevao's first start on the road. The Cougars must stop Bernard and force Moevao to throw and try to win the game on his own. The Cougars on offense will try to test Oregon State's secondary since the Beavers have an excellent rush defense. Brink and  his receivers must be careful and watch out for FS Al Afalava who knocked out Jake Locker last week with a hard hit.
Washington State 24 Oregon State 19

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