SCtoC 2020 Pac-12 College Football Schedule

[Monika]

October 3, 2020 --

Pac-12 Football is back in 2020 as the Conference announced it's abbreviated schedule for 2020 yesterday.

The slate consists of seven games in seven weeks. The first six weeks consist of each team playing six games; five against each of its divisional opponents and one against an opponent in the opposing division. Winners of the divisions will face off in week 7's Pac-12 Championship Game on Friday, December 18. Unlike in previous seasons, the Championship Game will be held at the home of the team with the better record. The conferences other 10 teams will face off on December 19 in match ups presumably determined by the final standings.

The COVID-19 Pandemic upended all of sports and the conference suspended the season in August. The establishment of the season was made possible when the Pac-12 CEO group voted to resume football, as well as winter sport seasons for its schools and competitors. The conference will follow recommendations of its COVID-19 Medical Advisory Committee. Ultimately, the final say in play would be up to the governors of the states in which schools are located and games would be played. All games will be played without fans, and other common safety protocols and testing will be in place for players, coaches and staffs.

Week 1 of the season is set to start on November 7 with each team playing in a divisional matchups. The six teams from the North Division will play their primary rival during week four with all three games taking place the day after Thanksgiving. The South Division rivalry games will be played during week 6.

Each of the games of weeks 1-6 will be televised nationally by ABC, ESPN family of networks, or Fox or Fox Sports 1. Fox will be the broadcaster for the Conference Championship Game on December 18. Times and individual games are to be determined. Typically in past seasons, the conference has not released times and broadcast information until a week or so prior to the week of its games.

In the following schedule, all times will be pacific. The schedule will be updated regularly with times and broadcast information when they become available. Where applicable, click on the final score to access the official boxscore from foxsports.com.


Schedule

WEEK 1
Sat., Nov. 7 - USC Trojans (H) 28, Arizona St. Sun Devils 27
Sat., Nov. 7 - Arizona Wildcats at Utah Utes, 1 p.m. (ESPNU) -- CANCELLED
Sat., Nov. 7 - Colorado Buffaloes (H) 48, UCLA Bruins 42
Sat., Nov. 7 - Oregon Ducks (H) 35, Stanford Cardinal 14
Sat., Nov. 7 - Washington Huskies at California Golden Bears, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) -- CANCELLED
Sat., Nov. 7 - Washington St. Cougars 38, Oregon St. Beavers (H) 28 

WEEK 2
Fri., Nov. 13 - Utah Utes at UCLA Bruins, 7:30 p.m. (Fox Sports 1) -- CANCELLED
Sat., Nov. 14 - USC Trojans 34, Arizona Wildcats (H) 30
Sat., Nov. 14 - Colorado Buffaloes 35, Stanford Cardinal (H) 32
Sat., Nov. 14 - Oregon Ducks 43, Washington St. Cougars(H) 29
Sat., Nov. 14 - California Golden Bears at Arizona St. Sun Devils, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) -- CANCELLED
Sat., Nov. 14 - Washington Huskies (H) 27, Oregon St. Beavers 21
Sun., Nov. 15 - UCLA Bruins (H) 34, California Golden Bears 10

WEEK 3
Fri., Nov. 20 - Oregon Ducks (H) 38, UCLA Trojans 35
Sat., Nov. 21 - Washington Huskies (H) 44, Arizona Wildcats 27
Sat., Nov. 21 - Arizona St. Sun Devils at Colorado Buffaloes, TBD -- CANCELLED
Sat., Nov. 21 - Oregon St. Beavers (H) 31, California Golden Bears 27
Sat., Nov. 21 - USC Trojans 33, Utah Utes 17
Sat., Nov. 21 - Washington St. Cougars at Stanford Cardinal, TBD -- CANCELLED

WEEK 4
Fri., Nov. 27 - Stanford Cardinal 24, California Golden Bears (H) 23
Fri., Nov. 27 - Oregon St. Beavers 41, Oregon Ducks 38
Fri., Nov. 27 - Washington Huskies at Washington St. Cougars, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) -- CANCELLED
Sat., Nov. 28 - Colorado Buffaloes at USC Trojans, 12:30 p.m. -- CANCELLED
Sat., Nov. 28 - Colorado Buffaloes (H) 20, San Diego St. Aztecs 10
Sat., Nov. 28 - Washington Huskies (H) 24, Utah Utes 21
Sat., Nov. 28 - UCLA Bruins (H) 27, Arizona Wildcats 10
Sun., Nov. 29 - Utah Utes at Arizona St. Sun Devils, 10 a.m. -- CANCELLED

WEEK 5
Sat., Dec. 5 - Stanford Cardinal 31, Washington Huskies (H) 26
Sat., Dec. 5 - California Golden Bears (H) 21, Oregon Ducks 17
Sat., Dec. 5 - Colorado Buffaloes 24, Arizona Wildcats (H) 13
Sat., Dec. 5 - Utah Utes (H) 30, Oregon St. Beavers 24
Sat., Dec. 5 - UCLA Bruins 25, Arizona St. Sun Devils (H) 18
Sun., Dec. 6 - USC Trojans (H) 38, Washington St. Cougars 13


WEEK 6
Fri., Dec. 11 - Arizona St. Sun Devils 70, Arizona Wildcats (H) 7
Fri., Dec. 11 - Utah Utes 38, Colorado Buffaloes (H) 21
Sat., Dec. 12 - Washington Huskies at Oregon Ducks, 1 p.m. (Fox) -- CANCELLED
Sat., Dec. 12 - USC Trojans 43, UCLA Bruins (H) 38
Sat., Dec. 12 - California Golden Bears at Washington St. Cougars, 7:30 p.m. (Fox Sports 1) -- CANCELLED
Sat., Dec. 12 - *Stanford Cardinal 27, Oregon St. Beavers (H) 24

*Location changed from Palo Alto to Corvallis due to California state COVID-19 restrictions


WEEK 7



Fri., Dec. 18 - *Oregon Ducks (4-2) 31, USC Trojans (H, 5-1), 24 - Pac-12 Championship Game
Fri., Dec. 18 - Washington Huskies (3-1) vs. USC Trojans (5-0), 5 p.m. (FOX) - Pac-12 Championship Game -- CANCELLED
Sat., Dec. 19 - Utah Utes (H, 4-2) 45, Washington St. Cougars (1-3) 28
Sat., Dec. 19 - Stanford Cardinal (3-3) 48, UCLA Bruins (H, 3-4) 47 - 2OT
Sat., Dec. 19 - Oregon Ducks (3-2) at Colorado Buffaloes (4-1), 6 p.m. (Fox Sports 1) -- CANCELLED
Sat., Dec. 19 - Arizona St. Sun Devils (2-2) 46, Oregon St. Beavers (H, 2-5) 33
Sat., Dec. 19 - Arizona Wildcats (0-5) at California Golden Bears (1-3), TBD -- CANCELLED

*Original opponent Washington was stricken from Pac-12 Championship Game due to lack of minimum roster availability


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[Yeseeka]

Here is an interesting read from AP's Tim Booth in the Washington Times (D.C.) regarding Stanford's week leading up to their win over Washington today (Dec. 5). I thought Kasey and Julie might appreciate this, as well as other readers.


SEATTLE (AP) - First, Stanford was booted from its home, forced to relocate to the Pacific Northwest to continue its season.

Then when the Cardinal tried to have their pregame walkthrough in a parking garage, they got kicked out again and relocated to a park.

When it came time to finally play their game against No. 23 Washington on Saturday, the Cardinal had been through a week unlike any they’ve experienced.

“It’s been kind of been the mantra the entire week,” Stanford coach David Shaw said. “No matter what happens, if you have a great attitude, let’s do it. Let’s work with enthusiasm and do it to the best of our ability.”

The vagabond Cardinal showed no issues from their relocation, jumping to a 24-3 halftime lead and holding off Washington’s second-half rally for a 31-26 win.

Austin Jones rushed for a pair of first-half touchdowns and Davis Mills threw a 3-yard TD pass to Scooter Harrington early in the second half to give the Cardinal their first win in Seattle since 2014.

The victory capped a crazy week that saw the Cardinal forced away from campus in California due to restrictions in Santa Clara County. Stanford relocated its entire program to Seattle, used a high school for practice and even had its walkthrough in a public park in the suburb of Bellevue, just across Lake Washington from Husky Stadium.

Shaw and his staff originally tried to do the walkthrough in a mall parking garage, but were asked to go elsewhere.

“People were taking pictures and making fun of us, but we come out here and beat them up so there’s no happier feeling right now,” Stanford offensive lineman Foster Sarell said.

Mills was solid and had a pair of huge third-down conversion throws on Stanford’s final drive, hitting Semi Fehoko on both to convert third-and-10 and third-and-11. The Cardinal ran the final 7:54 off the clock with a 14-play drive that was capped by Jones’ 3-yard run on fourth-and-1.

Stanford was 10 of 13 on third downs and 2-for-2 on fourth down. Mills was 20 of 30 passing for 252 yards. Jones finished with 138 yards on 31 carries.

“There’s a lot of circumstances that we can’t do anything about and we’re just going to go ahead and push forward, and at the end today we’re going to do whatever it takes to go out there and get a win,” Jones said.

The Cardinal (2-2 Pac-12) will remain on the road before next week’s game against Oregon State.

Washington (3-1) will still likely have a chance at the Pac-12 North title if it can win at Oregon next week. But for the second straight game, the Huskies had a terrible first half. Unlike last week’s victory over Utah, Washington fell short again trying to rally from down 21 points.

“Obviously, a loss that is going to sting for us for a little while here,” Washington coach Jimmy Lake said. “This is two consecutive weeks that we have not come out of the gates the way we need to. Our team knows that.”

Dylan Morris was 15 of 23 passing for 254 yards for Washington. The Huskies trailed 24-3 at halftime, but scored on each of its first three second-half possessions. Sean McGrew had a pair of TD runs sandwiched around Morris’ 1-yard sneak. McGrew’s 2-yard run with 11:03 left pulled Washington within 31-23.

Trent McDuffie forced Jones to fumble on Stanford’s next drive and Edefuan Ulofoshio returned it to the Cardinal 10. But a pair of holding calls - one of which wiped out a touchdown - forced Washington to settle for Peyton Henry’s 45-yard field goal and a 31-26 deficit with 7:54 left.

The Huskies never got the ball back.

“You can’t, can’t be down 21-0 and expect to be cardiac kids and be miracle miracle workers,” Ulofoshio said. “That’s not football. As a defense we’ve got to be consistent and we didn’t do that today.”

THE TAKEAWAY

Stanford: The Cardinal thoroughly dominated the first half, scoring on all four possessions. The Cardinal had 270 total yards, 14 first downs, were 6 of 7 on third downs and on the one they didn’t get, converted on fourth down. A week ago, Stanford had just 300 total yards on offense in its one-point win over California, and nearly topped that total in just 30 minutes against Washington.

Washington: The Huskies were without their top two wide receivers. Puka Nacua and Terrell Bynum both did not play. Bynum was on the sideline but not in pads while Nacua was not seen. Nacua had nine catches and Bynum had eight in the first three games. Without the pair, Washington started freshmen Jalen McMillan and Rome Odunze at wide receiver and while pair had flashes of promise, both continued to struggle with drops that have been a problem for all Washington receivers this season. Odunze had five catches for 69 yards, while McMillan was limited to one catch for 16 yards.
   

[Yeseeka]

The following is the article from cbssports.com regarding Oregon replacing Washington in the Pac-12 Championship Game. It is reported by Chip Patterson and Dennis Dodd.


DECEMBER 14, 2020 -- The Pac-12 announced a new opponent for USC in the championship game on Monday, replacing Washington with Oregon after the Huskies informed the league that it will not be able to play on Friday.

"This decision was made under the Pac-12's football game cancellation policy and Football Championship Game policy due to Washington neither having the minimum 53 scholarship student-athletes available for the game nor the minimum number of scholarship student-athletes at a position group, in each case as a result of a number of positive football student-athlete COVID-19 cases and resulting isolation of additional football student-athletes under contact tracing protocols," the league announced in an official statement.

Oregon gets the nod to replace Washington as the team with the next-best record in the Pac-12 North. Oregon and Stanford are currently tied for second place with a 3-2 record, but the Ducks win the tiebreakers as a result of their head-to-head win in the first week of Pac-12 play.

Undefeated at 5-0, USC began to prepare for both Washington and Oregon on Sunday when reports circulated that the Huskies might not be able to meet the requirements to play laid out by the league in its return-to-play protocol. Now Clay Helton and the Trojans coaches can turn their attention fully to the Ducks, and a matchup of the two preseason division favorites.

"Let's settle it on the football field. We're unable to play. That's unfortunate obviously for our fans and our staff and our players, but now [Oregon's] the next team in the game," said Washington coach Jimmy Lake on Monday. "If they win the game, they should have the Pac-12 championship trophy. ... Through this crazy, challenging year, they should be viewed as Pac-12 champion."

Despite his team being unavailable for the Pac-12 title game, Lake insisted Monday that trying to play the 2020 season was worth the effort. The Pac-12 played the shortest season of any Power FIve team, starting on Nov. 7.

"I wouldn't change a thing. We want to play. We don't want to be on the sideline," he said.

Washington's "whole team" is in isolation, per Lake. It has not practiced since last Wednesday. There are no offensive linemen currently available to play for the Huskies between COVID-19 positives and contact tracing. For Washington to practice, two days of negative tests would have been necessary. Some football staff have also been impacted.

"The players are completely crushed we could not play last week and devastated we could not play Friday," Lake said.

[Nevadanut]

Stanford just came back from 14 down in the last five minutes to tie their game against UCLA. Headed to overtime tied 34-34.

[Nevadanut]

Dec 19, 2020 19:30:39 GMT -8 Nevadanut said:

Stanford just came back from 14 down in the last five minutes to tie their game against UCLA. Headed to overtime tied 34-34.

41-41 heading into the second overtime.

[Nevadanut]

Stanford wins 48-47. In the second overtime, UCLA scored and went for the two-point conversion for the win, but it failed. Tremendous finish.

Stanford WR Simi Fehoko had a monster game with 16 receptions for 230 yards and 3 touchdowns.