Yesterday gave us a pair of much-hyped, big games. The main course was Oregon-Washington, one of the nastiest rivalries West of the Mississippi, made better this year byu the exceptionally high stakes (for a change): Heisman positioning, control of the P12, the first time the two had met as ranked Top 10s, etc. It also gave us one of the most storied rivalries in football, between two teams with about 20 national titles and a dozen Heismans between them: USC at Notre Dame.
But there was one game with all the moment of those that flew well below the radar, between two Top 15 teams: UCLA took their nasty defense into Corvallis to face the Beavers.