Cal #3, Jackson Pac-10 PotW
Posted by Eric | October 1, 2007 at 2:30 pm | In Awards, DeSean, Ranks/Predictions |The Bears have reached their highest ranking since 1952: #3 in the AP, USA Today/Coaches, and Harris polls. As discussed in the post-Oregon post, Cal’s victory and the losses of last week’s #3, #4, and #5 propelled the Bears to the third spot, immediately behind LSU and USC (with USC now #2 in the AP).
Meanwhile, DeSean Jackson has received the honors for the Pac-10 Player of the Week (offense) for his amazing performance on Saturday (see video highlights, GameDay interview):
Jackson, a senior from Long Beach, Calif., provided the big plays on offense in California’s 31-24 road win at Oregon. Jackson pulled in 11 receptions for 161 yards (14.6), both career highs, including two touchdown passes covering 25 and 31 yards. In addition to Pac-10 player of the week honors, he was named national Offensive Player of the Week by the Walter Camp Foundation. It marked the second Pac-10 player of the week honors for Jackson this year, having previously been named for special teams work in California’s win against Tennessee.
LB Anthony Felder and P Andrew Larson were also nominated for the award.
EDIT 10/2: Jackson has also received the USA TODAY Player of the Week honor:
California wide receiver DeSean Jackson had 11 catches for 161 yards in a defeat of No. 12 Oregon to earn this week’s USA TODAY’s Player of the Week honor. Jackson scored twice on receptions of 25 and 31 yards as the No. 6 Bears stayed unbeaten with a 31-24 victory. Jackson won the award with the support of college football editor Erick Smith and Gannett News Service columnist Mike Lopresti. Fan voting sided with Illinois wide receiver Arrelious Benn.
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Jackson is a Junior this year not a Senior. Since he will will no doubt be going in the first round of the NFL draft he might as well be a Senior.
1. Comment by Cal Fan — October 1, 2007 @ 6:55 pm #
For those who may not have noticed, after each of its first five games, Cal moved up in at least one poll. Now that Cal is the consensus no. 3 team in the nation, the only remaining spots for it to fill are 2 and 1. Give this trend, it stands to reason that by this time next week, Cal will rank no lower than 2. We know that Cal cannot lose this week, so all that is needed is for Florida to beat LSU or Stanford to beat USC. The latter may be unlikely, but the former is a real possibility.
Do I really believe Cal will be no. 2 next week? Perhaps not. However, at this time last week, all I hoped for was to see Cal hang on to the no. 6 spot. This week, I’m setting my sights higher.
2. Comment by Kent Rasmussen — October 1, 2007 @ 9:35 pm #