The Beavers game against Cal last night wasn’t on TV, and for good reason, right?
Uh, maybe not after all. What I thought, and what most thought (I would believe) was that Cal, tied for first in the Pac-10, would roll over OSU, whose unthinkable win against USC in the first weekend of Pac-10 play was looking more and more like the unexpected win it was. But this was even bigger. The Beavs, whose coach Craig Robinson must still be riding a high from Tuesday’s inauguration of brother-in-law Barack Obama as President and his sister Michelle as First Lady, stunned Cal 69-65 for their second win in the league this season.
Here’s a link to the Oregonian’s Pac-10 runaround.
South of the Bay Area in Palo Alto, there were much choppier waters for the other Oregon school.
Oregon played so dreadful, losing 40-18 at half and finishing with a 77-55 loss — oh by the way Oregon still hasn’t won in Maples Pavilion since 1986 — that Ernie Kent said his lineup would have to be shaken up to get things going in the first half.
Can anyone say an all-freshman starting lineup? It’s not out of the question. At this point in the season, there shouldn’t be too much that surprises us anymore, whether it’s from Corvallis or Eugene.
