Reggie Moore

There was a wild celebration on the field at Memorial Stadium late Saturday afternoon. California fans ran about and tried to tear down the metal goal posts to signify the end of the "streak." The goal posts held up but UCLA's 18-game winning streak over Cal that began in 1972 didn't. The Bears held on to beat UCLA, 38-31, and kept their Rose Bowl hopes alive. Cal is 3-1 in the Pacific 10 Conference and 5-2 overall. The Bruins fell to 2-2 in league play and 3-4 for the season.

There was a wild celebration on the field at Memorial Stadium late Saturday afternoon. California fans ran about and tried to tear down the metal goal posts to signify the end of the "streak." The goal posts held up but UCLA's 18-game winning streak over Cal that began in 1972 didn't. The Bears held on to beat UCLA, 38-31, and kept their Rose Bowl hopes alive. Cal is 3-1 in the Pacific 10 Conference and 5-2 overall. The Bruins fell to 2-2 in league play and 3-4 for the season.

Oregon may have delayed a news conference by advancing to the second round of the Pacific Life Pac-10 Tournament. With time seemingly run out on Ernie Kent's Oregon coaching career, the Ducks gave him a reprieve. Tajuan Porter scored 32 points, eight in overtime, in an 82-80 victory that was secured only when a jumper by Washington State's Reggie Moore bounced harmlessly off the rim at Staples Center. Kent, who is expected to be bought out at season's end, will have at least one more game.

It has been almost a year since UCLA won a football game and, when it finally did, the drama was fittingly drawn out to the very end. Brad Daluiso kicked a 21-yard field goal with only one second remaining to give the Bruins a stirring 32-31 victory over Stanford Saturday at the Rose Bowl before a crowd of 45,855.

It seemed for a while Saturday on a gloomy, wet day in the Northwest that UCLA was on the verge of a significant upset. UCLA led Oregon, 24-13, in the fourth quarter. And, when Oregon quarterback Bill Musgrave's fourth-down pass intended for Anthony Jones was three yards behind the flanker near the Bruin goal line, there was some celebrating in the UCLA ranks. It was premature, however, as UCLA cornerback Dion Lambert was cited for pass interference on Jones, an 11-yard penalty.

Matthew Bryan-Amaning had 24 points and a career-high 15 rebounds and No. 23 Washington beat Oregon State, 103-72, Saturday. "Everyone looks at the way we have been scoring, and that's because we run," Bryan-Amaning said. "But the only reason we run is we get stops. Contest the shot, rebound and push it. " Jared Cunningham led visiting Oregon State (7-8, 2-2 Pacific 10 Conference play) with 21 points. Roberto Nelson had 15 points. Washington (12-3) is 4-0 in the Pac-10 for the first time since winning its first six in 1984.

Wayne Cook remembers. So does J.J. Stokes. But they were fans, watching Todd Marinovich's 23-yard touchdown pass to Johnnie Morton that turned an apparent UCLA victory into a 45-42 loss to USC. It was 1990. The Trojans have not beaten UCLA since. "It was a great game to watch," said Cook, who, like Stokes, was a redshirt freshman in 1990. "But I'm not going to lie to you and tell you it hurt as much as if you were in the game. For guys on the sidelines, it's more like you are a spectator.

Quarterback Tommy Maddox led his second second-half comeback in three weeks as UCLA defeated Washington State, 30-20, in a Pacific 10 Conference game Saturday night at Martin Stadium. Maddox, a redshirt freshman who had sparked a 32-31 victory over Stanford two weeks ago, found Sean LaChapelle in the end zone for a 19-yard scoring play with eight minutes to go to give the Bruins a 23-20 lead as they overcame a 20-10 deficit.

Lost: USC's offense, last seen in Seattle, possibly left at baggage claim. Contact Trojans Coach Kevin O'Neill if found. Then again, USC's offense has been missing all season, Saturday's 51-47 loss at Washington State just another example of what O'Neill calls an "offensively challenged" team searching for points in hidden places. But USC (16-10 overall, 8-6 in the Pacific 10 Conference) couldn't find any out in the Palouse in front of 6,967 at Beasley Coliseum. Multiple explanations existed; O'Neil started with selfishness.

Norm Chow, UCLA's offensive coordinator, has been this route before. A football program trying to rebound. A slow start under the new regime. That was USC in 2001, when Pete Carroll was hired as head coach and Chow came in as offensive coordinator. The Trojans started 2-5, then won four of their last five games before losing to Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl. USC has a 74-9 record since. "Everything has its own personality, its own character," Chow said.