CORVALIS - Cal would walk into this game ranked in the top ten and wary of a trap. The Bears have done well when expectations are low, which is true of this season, but the #9 hanging over their heads would give Oregon State some extra incentive to win this game. The Beavers were a popular dark horse pick to win the Pac-10, but their 2-4 start has dashed those dreams.
Coach London was right to see this game as a potential trap as Cal fell behind 14-0 in the first half. The Beaver's QB Ryan Katz came into this game well prepared and gave Cal headaches all game. Katz went 15/16 and managed to spray the ball all over the field, which made HB Jaquizz Rogers job that much easier. Rogers found the first down line time and time again and kept the Beavers in this game.
After a half-time talk Cal came out and gave the Beavers all they could handle. Oregon State's stout defense managed to hold Vereen to 108 yards, his lowest total of the season, but they failed to keep him out of the endzone. Cal managed to turn a Ryan Katz INT into a TD after Riley hit WR Michael Calvin for a 14-14 tie. With the ball back in their hands late in the game the Golden Bears had their chance to close it out. Coach London resisted the temptation to put the game in Riley's hands, avoiding the hometown hero storyline, and went to Vereen and Deboskie-Johnson to eat away the clock. Cal secured a much needed first down late in the game and P/K Brian Anger nailed a FG as time expired.
Calvin snags a much needed TDGAME LEADERS
Passing : R.Katz (Oregon St.) - 123YDS 2TD INT
Rushing : S.Vereen (Cal) - 108YDS TD
Receiving : J.Ross (Cal) - 68YDS
Defense : L.Mitchell (oregon St.) - 9TKL
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