The finally ranked 23rd Beavs will look to extend their win streak to 6 games today. After we dropped our first game to Stanford I thought we had shot ourselves in the foot. Who would have thought we would be sitting pretty to go to the Rose Bowl with only 3 games remaining.
The last time the Beavs had a conference win streak of 6 games, they were co-conference champs with the Huskies. Many of you may remember that year we killed Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl 41-9, with the likes of Chad Johnson, TJ Housh, Ken Simonton, Jonathan Smith, and many others currently in the NFL.Last Saturday though, back up QB Sean Canfield may have cursed us by saying, (while we were in LA) "It would be a dream to come back here in January." (Refering to the rose bowl). It is still questionable as to who will start today at home vs the dangerous Golden Bears. Canfield has been very solid the last two weeks, completing 35 of 50 passes for 440 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions. Cal also is having issues at QB, last week both Riley struggled and was pulled at half time for the inactive Nate Longshore. I can't talk too bad about Nate though, since we are pretty tight with his family. A little history, Riley was solely responsible for the Cal loss last year vs the Beavs when they were ranked #2 in the country, I am betting he will be fired up for the game.
I believe after we win today, easily covering the 3.5 point spread, it will give us more serious national attention. Making the following week at Arizona a must win big game, then finishing at home hosting the hippies in yellow green, a huge game.Both teams average very close to 33 points, but the home field will ultimately give us the win. Plus our defense has been improving every week, giving up only 6 points last week. Cal will have their hands full again this week against an Oregon State defense which has held opponents to averages of 14.3 points and 260.3 yards over the last four games while forcing 10 turnovers. And do I really even need to mention Quiz, Sammy, and Shane Morales.
Evan's Prediction:
Oregon State 31 - California 24
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