Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller
STANFORD, Calif. -- Oregon couldn't stop Stanford. That's the story.
Andrew Luck completed 12 of 20 for 251 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions to lead Stanford past Oregon, 51-42. Toby Gerhart rushed for 223 yards and three touchdowns.
Stanford finished with 505 total yards. Oregon had been giving up only 301 yards per game.
Sure, Oregon seemed to suffer a hangover from its 47-20 win over USC last weekend. But this was about Stanford's offense dominating the Ducks defense, and the Ducks offense not being able to keep up.
What does it mean?
It means the Pac-10 is now wide-open. Arizona controls its own fate, but there is so much football left that it's almost meaningless to speculate.
It means the Pac-10 is out of the national title hunt.
It means the Oregon vs. Boise State rankings debate ends.
And it means Stanford, at 6-3, is bowl eligible. The Cardinal haven't gone to a bowl since 2001.
STANFORD, Calif. -- Oregon couldn't stop Stanford. That's the story.
Andrew Luck completed 12 of 20 for 251 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions to lead Stanford past Oregon, 51-42. Toby Gerhart rushed for 223 yards and three touchdowns.
Stanford finished with 505 total yards. Oregon had been giving up only 301 yards per game.
Sure, Oregon seemed to suffer a hangover from its 47-20 win over USC last weekend. But this was about Stanford's offense dominating the Ducks defense, and the Ducks offense not being able to keep up.
What does it mean?
It means the Pac-10 is now wide-open. Arizona controls its own fate, but there is so much football left that it's almost meaningless to speculate.
It means the Pac-10 is out of the national title hunt.
It means the Oregon vs. Boise State rankings debate ends.
And it means Stanford, at 6-3, is bowl eligible. The Cardinal haven't gone to a bowl since 2001.
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Ted Miller
Miller has been covering college football since 1997, starting with Auburn and then heading West to Washington and the Pac-10. His columns for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer won first place in 2007 APSE Best Writing contest. The Atlanta native and University of Richmond graduate presently lives with his wife in Scottsdale, Ariz.
PAC-10 SCOREBOARD
Saturday, 11/21
Final Arizona State 13 UCLA 23 Final 19 Oregon State 42 Washington State 10 Final 25 California 34 17 Stanford 28 Final/2OT 11 Oregon 44 Arizona 41
