Well, we’re 2-2 and lost to two of the best 10 teams in the country; so I’m not exactly worried. I wasn’t all that enthused by the performance against USC, but it’s important to remember just how good this Trojan team is supposed to be and honestly they were just way too physically superior to hang with.

This week the Cougs take on the Arizona Wildcats who are 1-3 with their lone win coming against Northern Arizona and losses to New Mexico, Cal, and BYU. On paper… it’s supposed to be a good one. According to the Rivals 120, it should be a good matchup with the #61 WSU Cougars visiting the #67 Arizona Wildcats. Where it starts to get scary is that the Wildcats currently have the top passing attack in the Pac-10; WSU’s passing defense has not been exemplary (9th in the conference). On the other hand… UA has the worst run offense and worst scoring offense in the conference… so there’s that… whatever that all adds up to mean.

Right now the line sits with Arizona as 3 point favorites… 3 points meaning that the odds makers really have no idea how to set this game and are giving the standard 2 or 3 to the home team since they don’t know. Also, to state the obvious, this game is crucial to the season.

My take? Well, Arizona put up 27 against both Cal and New Mexico who only give up about 20 yards on average more than the Cougs… and the Cougs do also have both Wisconsin and USC factoring into their stats, so I think they are better than the numbers say. A week after playing the top dog in the conference, I think that 27 is a realistic expectation to give up… and I’m thinking that their offense gets back on track some, scoring at least 30.

The score?
Arizona 27
Washington State 34

Last week was my first loss against the spread.. so on the season I’m 3-1 against the spread. Not too bad.  Let’s make it 4-1 and get the win too.