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Pac-10 bowl situation taking shape

The Pac-10 bowl picture is taking shape, finally.

Stanford controls its Rose Bowl destiny - if the Cardinals beat California, they go to the Rose Bowl. If Stanford loses to California, which may happen due to the inconsistency in the Pac-10 this year, both Oregon and Washington must lose for Stanford to still get a bid to Pasadena. If Stanford ends up in a tie with Washington, the Huskies will go to the Rose Bowl, thanks to a head-to-head defeat of Stanford.

For Washington to go to the Rose Bowl, they must beat Washington State and Stanford must lose to California. The Huskies have beaten both Stanford and Oregon, and in the event of a three way tie between these teams, the Huskies will get the nod.

Oregon needs a win and some help. The Ducks must beat Oregon State, which if you ask the Wildcats is no easy task, and then have Washington lose to Washington State and Stanford lose to California.

The Pac-10 will finish the year with five bowl eligible teams. Stanford, Washington, Oregon and Oregon State have all earned a bowl berth and the winner of the Arizona-Arizona State game will join these four teams as bowl eligible.

The first place team in the Pac-10 goes to the Rose Bowl, the second to the Culligan Holiday Bowl, the third to the Wells Fargo Sun Bowl, and the fourth and fifth teams will go to Hawaii to play in the Jeep Aloha and Jeep O'ahu Bowls, respectively.

Washington lost control of its own destiny in a 23-20 overtime loss to last-place UCLA on Saturday. The Huskies were atop the Pac-10, needing only a win against the Bruins and another against Washington State to earn a Rose Bowl berth, but UCLA kicker Chris Griffith made sure that didn't happen.

Griffith booted his third field goal of the game, a 22-yarder, in overtime to edge the Huskies, who were 8.5 point favorites.

Washington quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo passed for 134 yards on 12 of 25 passing, but mustered only 15 yards rushing in the loss.

Although the Huskies lost to UCLA, freshman place-kicker John Anderson earned the special teams player of the week honor in the conference after connecting on field goals from 50 and 56 yards.

Stanford senior quarterback Todd Husak garnered the offensive award after completing 20 of 35 passes for 311 yards and four touchdowns in the Cardinal's 50-31 win over Arizona State. Husak also had no interceptions.

On the defensive side of the ball, senior Jonathan Jackson of Oregon State earned the honor after having nine tackles, eight unassisted, including two tackles for loss of which one was a sack. Two of the four Arizona turnovers in the Beavers 28-20 win were forced by Jackson.