Around the Pac-12: Week One

The PAC-12 had a very good week this week as no member of the conference lost a game this week.

Utah got it started off Thursday night with a massive win at home against Florida under backup quarterback Bryson Barnes who threw one touchdown pass in the air and rushed for one.

Arizona State played Thursday night and barely got past Southern Utah behind freshman quarterback Jaden Rashada’s two touchdowns.

Friday night Stanford traveled to Hawaii and played a well-rounded game against a sneaky Hawaii team and was up 37-16 in the fourth quarter.

In one of the weekend’s best games, Colorado defeated TCU by a score of 45-42.

Travis Hunter took over the game as wide receiver and cornerback while Shedeur Sanders had one of the best performances of all quarterbacks with 510 yards and four touchdowns including the game-winner.

Oregon needed no help this week as they beat Portland State 81-7 and rushed for seven touchdowns on the day.

After a slow first quarter against Boise State, Washington came alive in the second quarter in which Michael Penix Jr. had four passing touchdowns.

California played remotely close to North Texas in the first half before shutting them out 25-0 in the second half.

USC had no trouble with Nevada as Heisman frontrunner Caleb Williams picked up where he left off with five touchdown passes as the Trojans picked up their second win.

Washington State needed little help getting past Colorado State behind quarterback Cameron Ward’s three touchdown passes and one rushing touchdown.

After playing it close in the first half, Arizona pulled away from Northern Arizona with three touchdowns beginning with a blocked field goal returned for a touchdown.

UCLA and Coastal Carolina were in a close battle through three quarters before a pair of RJ Lopez field goals put the game out of reach for Coastal Carolina.

On Sunday, DJ Uiagalelei led Oregon State to a commanding victory over San Diego with three passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns.

In week two, Utah will travel to Baylor to face the Bears who are coming off an upset loss.

Colorado will look to keep the momentum going as they host Nebraska while Washington hosts Tulsa.

Oregon will face off against Texas Tech in a prime-time game while Washington State also gets a prime-time game against Wisconsin.

Arizona will get an actual road test as they take on Mississippi State while UCLA will travel to face San Diego State.

Oregon State will get an easy game against UC Davis while the first conference game of the year will take place as Stanford takes on USC at 10:30.

The two more out-of-conference games are Auburn at California and Oklahoma State at Arizona State.

James Morrison is a third-year majoring in Broadcast Journalism. To contact him, email jpm6920@psu.edu.