Ducks Stop Quacking In Berkeley

(#4 10-0) California 42 - (#24 6-4) Oregon 0

BERKELEY - The quacking could be heard all around Berkeley this morning as the Golden Bears hosted Chip Kelly as his reigning Pac-10 champs. Oregon has started the season 6-3, but remained ranked and in the hunt for a title repeat. The biggest story for Oregon has been their off field drama, mainly the dismissal of QB Jeremiah Masoli. Masoli's replacement, Justin Roper, has played well but the 6-3 record is not what they were looking for.

Cal was well prepared for Oregon's spread attack, and all the quacking fan could do was watch in horror. Justin Roper could not settle into his game, and Cal's exotic blitzes and edge rush completely shut down their running game. Roper looked good passing to speedy HB LaMichael James, but these passes never amounted to anything substantial. At the end of the day Oregon left with a meager 106 yards of offense.

Vereen, Heisman hopeful

Despite knowing what Cal was going to do, the Ducks could not stop Shane Vereen. Vereen carried the ball a season high 32 times and probably could have carried it more. Oregon was sucked into trying to stop Vereen, which made Riley's job very easy. Riley went 7/9 and hooked up with Michael Calvin again for his only TD. Cal's offense completely dominated and put the Golden Bears in a position for an outright Pac-10 Title as long as they could win one more game.

GAME LEADERS

Passing : K.Riley (Cal) - 141YDS TD
Rushing : S.Vereen (Cal) - 204YDS 5TD
Receiving : M.Calvin (Cal) - 80YDS TD
Defense : S.Paysinger (Oregon) - 8TKL 3TFL