LA Times: Play it forward

[Jim Johnson]

Play it forward

By Chris Dufresne, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

September 24, 2007

1 No. 5 West Virginia visits No. 18 South Florida on Friday in the first of several key Big East elimination bouts. West Virginia seeks to avenge last year's national title-busting home loss to South Florida in what is being billed as the biggest home game ever for the Bulls.

2 No. 6 California plays at No. 11 Oregon on Saturday in a rare Pacific 10 Conference game with major implications that do not involve USC. Based on this week's national scoring averages, Oregon will beat Cal in a shootout, 48.50 to 41.50.

3 One week after another ho-hum drubbing of Notre Dame, undefeated-but-still-unranked-in-the-AP-poll Michigan State turns to serious endeavors as it opens Big Ten Conference play with a visit to Camp Randall Stadium and No. 9 Wisconsin.

4 Northwest Passage-seekers UCLA (produced tight end Marcedes Lewis) and USC (once coached by Don Clark) hit the trail this week for important games at Oregon State and Washington. Last year, USC lost at Oregon State and UCLA lost at Washington.

5 Second-ranked Louisiana State visits the Superdome this week to wipe out Bob Toledo's undermanned Tulane squad. The victory/visit also allows LSU to do a site inspection for the team's possible return trip in January for the Bowl Championship Series national title game.

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With UL off to a rough start this is not only the biggest game in Bulls history, but may be the most important Big East game of the year.