Pac-10 starts bowl season with perfect record
Thursday, January 1st, 2009All season long it was said that without USC the Pac-10 was the weakest of the BCS conferences. With bowl season upon us, it was time for Arizona, Cal, Oregon and Oregon State to try an prove the country wrong. Now, heading into New Year’s Days and the Rose Bowl, the only thing that stands between the Pac-10 Conference and a perfect 5-0 bowl season is USC’s matchup with Joe Paterno’s Penn State Nittany Lions.
Arizona began the bowl season on the right foot defeating #16 BYU 31-21 to improve to 8-5. A week later, Cal edged Miami (FL) 24-17 for their 9th win of the season. Last night, in a matchup of the highly-touted Big 12 and the Pac-10, #17 Oregon picked up an impressive 42-31 win over #13 Oklahoma State. Then the Beavers of Oregon State pulled out a win in a defensive battle beating #20 Pitt 3-0.
Now it is all on #5 USC, a 9-point favorite over Big Ten Champion #8 Penn State in tomorrow’s Rose Bowl, as the Pac-10 looks for a 5-0 bowl season for 2008. Be sure to look to Pac 10 sports fan site Pac10-fans.com for coverage of Pac 10 sports in 2009 and beyond!
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