SEPTEMBER 8–10 W
ROAD TO THE
azzup? Wazzu! The Washington State Cougars, winners of only fi ve games
in the previous three seasons combined, routed visiting UNLV 59–7 to forge its fi rst two-game winning streak in Paul Wulff’s four seasons as head coach. The Cougars scored touchdowns on their
fi rst fi ve possessions against the Rebels en route to a 35–0 halftime lead. Quarterback Marshall Lobbestael, who began the season as the backup but was pressed into starting duty after Jeff Tuel broke his collarbone in the open- er, passed for fi ve touchdowns while playing only three quarters. He completed 24 of 32 passes for 361 yards. Washington State was coming off a 64–21
rout of Idaho State. With 123 points in two games, the Cougars were leading the nation in scoring. And they had put together their highest-scoring two-game stretch in 104 years. Still, with three consecutive games away from Pullman ahead and the start of their Pac-12 schedule looming, the Cougars knew that the road was about to get tougher. “We know the opponents we’ve played are not the caliber we will face moving forward,” Wulff said.
Kalafi toni Pole AROUND THE PAC-12
USC beat Utah 23–14 in the Pac-12’s fi rst conference game. The Trojans led 17–14, and Matt Kalil swatted the Utes’ potential game-tying, 41-yard fi eld-goal try on the fi nal play. Teammate Torin Harris scooped up the loose ball and returned it for a touchdown . . . Arizona State outlasted No. 21 Missouri 37–30 in Tempe on Friday night to move into the Associated Press’ Top 25 (at 22) . . . No. 13 Oregon bounced back from its opening-game loss to rout Nevada 69–20 behind Darron Thomas’ six touchdown passes.
STANDINGS NORTH
California Stanford
Washington
Conference 0 0 0 0 0 0
Washington State 0 0 Oregon
Oregon State
0 0 0 0
Overall
2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
SOUTH USC
Conference 1 0
Arizona State 0 0 Arizona UCLA
83
Colorado Utah
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Overall
2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
SCORES
Arizona State 37, Missouri 30 California 36, Colorado 33 Oklahoma State 37, Arizona 14 Oregon 69, Nevada 20 Stanford 44, Duke 14 UCLA 27, San Jose State 17 USC 23, Utah 14 Washington 40, Hawaii 32 Washington State 59, UNLV 7 Wisconsin 35, Oregon State 0
OVER THE RAINBOWS
Washington linebacker Cort Dennison (12 tackles and a forced fumble) was the Pac-12’s Defensive Player of the Week, and teammate Everrette Thompson (two blocked extra points) earned the special-teams award for their roles in the Huskies’ 40–32 victory over Hawaii. Offensive honors went to Colorado’s Paul Richardson, who had 284 receiving yards against Cal. The Gold- en Bears won, though, 36–33 in overtime in a nonconference game scheduled before the Buffaloes joined the Pac-12.
Cort Dennison
WSU Athletics
Andy Rogers/Red Box Pictures
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