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Message: [QUOTE="newfrontier, post: 3024970, member: 8141"] Yeah, this weekend and next are HUGE for the Pac-12, with 3 of the 4 top teams all playing each other (including OR and ORST meeting twice). Stanford is lucky because they get OSU and Oregon at home with no road trip to Oregon or OSU this year. For this weekend, I like that OSU plays Stanford first. The Beavs can focus their Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday practices mostly on Stanford, and Saturday on Cal. If OSU was to play Cal first, it might almost be a trap game, plus OSU would have had to focus the weekday practices on both teams. With the Stanford game first and Cal second, the Beavs can better focus on each team one at a time. In contrast, Stanford can't afford to spend all week just on OSU, so their focus will be split. Plus, by playing OSU first, they may be peaking a little ahead to Oregon on Sunday...then again maybe not. Tara is a great coach. [/QUOTE]