Pac-12 Week 4 Awards

by RedOscar on Sep 25, 2025 7:08 PM PDT

Cameron Marshall and the ASU Sun Devils ran away with a victory against USC in Tempe last night. (via Neon Tommy)

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: Arizona State's Dennis Erickson
Glad I'm not him: Arizona's Mike Stoops
Lucky guy: UCLA's Rick Neuheisal
Poor guy: Cal's Jeff Tedford
Desperately seeking a clue: Colorado's Jon Embree
Desperately seeking a P.R. man: Washington's Steve Sarkisian
Desperately seeking sunglasses and a fake beard: USC's Lane Kiffin
Desperately seeking...anything: Oregon State's Mike Riley

TEAMS
Thought you'd kick butt, you did: Oregon
Thought you'd kick butt, you didn't: USC
Thought you'd get your butt kicked, you did: Colorado
Thought you'd get your butt kicked, you didn't: Oregon State
Dang, they're good: ASU
Dang, they're bad: Arizona
Did the season start? Washington
Can the season end? Oregon State
Can the season never end? ASU

GAMES
Play this again: California @ Washington
Never play this again: UCLA @ Oregon State
What? Oregon 35, Arizona 24 (after Arizona trailed 35-3)
Huh? Washington 31, Cal 23
Are you kidding me? ASU 43, USC 22
Oh.My.God: UCLA 27, Oregon State 19
Told you so: Oregon 56, Arizona 31

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

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Cal - UW

I am not typically a Monday morning QB, but I do like to give our criticism when I think it is due. Cal’s OC or Jeff Tedford did a poor job of play calling when Cal was threatening to potentially tie the game at Montlake last saturday.

I guess two dive attempts is textbook stuff but terribly unimaginative. But on fourth down throwing a fade into the end zone?? Talk about low percentage football. On the other hand for UW Coach Sark on third and short made a nice call - even the announcers were impressed.

by Utah-UCLA alum on Sep 26, 2025 4:10 PM PDT reply actions

I hate to be the guy that endlessly corrects folks on the Interwebs, but I have to be that kind of guy.

Cal didn’t call two dives. In fact, the three running plays on that last goal-line series were designed to use Sofele’s speed and elusiveness. The first play almost worked, and Sofele got the ball inside the 1. The next two plays were designed to stretch the Washington defense along Cal’s right, but they failed because of poor blocking/decision making.

The question that was debated on CGB was whether it would have been more prudent to use the short-yardage back (Anderson) in that siituation and do a hard run up the middle, instead of using the finesse back (Sofele) on outside read running plays.

Carry on.

Being an Old Blue means never accepting success.

by SoCal Oski on Sep 27, 2025 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions