Pac-12 Week 3 Awards

by RedOscar on Sep 18, 2025 9:41 PM PDT

In addition to a prolific offense, Cal's defense didn't allow a single point scored against it at AT&T Park this past Saturday. (via Monica's Dad)

Every week, I'll take a look at the Pac-12's teams and modeling Rivals' Tom Dienhart's weekly awards, I'll hand out awards specific to the Pac-12. So who's on top of the world and who's dwelling in the cellar this week?

COACHES
Wish I were him: Cal's Jeff Tedford
Glad I'm not him: Arizona's Mike Stoops
Lucky guy: Vacant
Poor guy: Stanford's David Shaw
Desperately seeking a clue: ASU's Dennis Erickson
Desperately seeking a P.R. man: Colorado's Jon Embree
Desperately seeking sunglasses and a fake beard: Washington State's Paul Wulff
Desperately seeking...anything: UCLA's Rick Neuheisal

TEAMS
Thought you'd kick butt, you did: Oregon
Thought you'd kick butt, you didn't: Washington
Thought you'd get your butt kicked, you did: Arizona
Thought you'd get your butt kicked, you didn't: Vacant
Dang, they're good: Stanford
Dang, they're bad: UCLA
Did the season start? Cal
Can the season end? UCLA
Can the season never end? Utah

GAMES
Play this again: Utah @ BYU
Never play this again: Cal vs. Presbyterian
What? Texas 49, UCLA 20
Huh? San Diego State 42, Washington State 24
Are you kidding me? Nebraska 51, Washington 38
Oh.My.God: Utah 54, BYU 10
Told you so: Illinois 17, ASU 14

NEXT WEEK:
Tickets to die for: USC @ ASU
Best non-Pac-12 vs. Pac-12 matchup: Colorado @ Ohio State
Best Pac-12 matchup: USC @ ASU
Upset alert: Cal @ Washington
Must win: UCLA @ Oregon State Beavers
Offensive explosion: Oregon @ Arizona
Defensive struggle: USC @ ASU
Great game no one is talking about: Colorado @ Ohio State
Intriguing coaching matchup: Cal's Jeff Tedford vs. Washington's Steve Sarkisian
Who's bringing the body bags? Oregon @ Arizona
Why are they playing? UCLA @ Oregon State
Plenty of good seats remaining: UCLA @ Oregon State
They shoot horses, don't they? Oregon @ Arizona

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Re: Upset alert

Does that mean you’re predicting a Cal win? The Huskies opened as massive 1 pt. favorites in a game that I’d guess neither fanbase has any idea what will actually happen.

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by norcalnick on Sep 19, 2025 12:46 AM PDT reply actions

Yes

But Cal seems to have historic trouble in Seattle, even given their successes from 2002-2006. Since then, Cal has only beaten the Huskies once, in their 0-12 2008 season at Memorial. Even given the 1-point differential on betting, Cal doesn’t have momentum on its side when looking at how recent Washington-Cal games have gone, no matter who won last week. If you look at the other games, they’re either really close that it’s a toss-up as to who wins (OSU/UCLA. ASU/USC) or so one-sided that you can’t envision almost any scenario where the underdog wins in an upset (CU/Ohio State, UA/UO).

Plus an upset is still an upset.

by RedOscar on Sep 19, 2025 1:22 AM PDT up reply actions

Cal seems to have historic trouble in Seattle

I have to thank you for choosing such soft and measured words here. You could have said “Cal has a history of shitting the bed in Seattle” or “Cal has a history of embarrassing themselves, their fans, and the state of California in Seattle” and both would have been equally appropriate.

Being an Old Blue means never accepting success.

by SoCal Oski on Sep 19, 2025 8:05 AM PDT up reply actions

re: Must win: UCLA @ Oregon State Beavers

if we lose, it might be get the hook time. Though I don’t think there is anyone out there except Urban and the Pirate (though some of our players could use some shed time).

by Utah-UCLA alum on Sep 19, 2025 5:15 PM PDT reply actions