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Over the weekend none of the Top 10 teams lost but there were a couple close calls...
Oregon barely hung on to beat California. Cal had was down 13-15 and was attempting a 24 yard field goal to take the lead. Cal kicker Giorgio Tavecchio drained it but flags were thrown because he stutter stepped drawing an illegal motion penalty. On the his next attempt, a 29 yarder, he missed crushing Cal's hopes of an upset. Oregon beat Cal in total yards 317-193 but both defenses were stellar. Time after time the Cal defense stopped Oregon and held them to a season low 15 points, but in the end it just wasn't enough.
TCU also barely pulled out a win against the California team San Diego State. Early on in the game San Diego State jumped out to a 14 point lead and looked in control of the game but QB Andy Dalton and his TCU teammates quickly responded with a touchdown, the first of five straight. San Diego made a late game surge though and brought the game to a 35-40 conclusion. TCU had 466 yards of total offense and in the end they came up with a big win keeping their slim BCS title hopes alive.
The Stanford Cardinals were suprised by the Arizona State Sun Devils. Stanford was likely expecting to just breeze through this game and come out with an easy win but instead they were handed a challenge. It took a late game clinching drive led by Heisman hopeful QB Andrew Luck for Stanford to clinch the game 17-14. If you look at the stats Stanford looks like it would have dominated. Stanford had 420 yards to Arizona State's 268 and Stanford also had 15 more first downs. But it proved to be a battle to the end as Arizona State would not go away but Stanford was determined there was not going to be an upset.
Ohio State also had a tough battle at home against Penn State... for the first half at least. Penn State completely dominated Ohio State in the first half and as a result went into the locker room with a 14-3 lead. This game however, proved to be a story of two halfs. Ohio State's luck turned in the second half as they scored five straight TDs, two of which were interception returns for TD's. Ohio State walked away with a comfortable 38-14 win and a chance to still capture a Big Ten Title and head to the Rose Bowl.
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