Originally published Saturday, October 14, 2006 at 12:00 AM

Capsule Preview | Washington State vs. California

2 p.m. today at Martin Stadium

TV: None Radio: Seattle, KPTK (1090 AM); Everett, KRKO (1380 AM); Tacoma, KHHO (850 AM)

The line: California by 8

AT STAKE: The Cougars can pull off a shocker with an upset over the 10th-ranked Golden Bears. California needs a victory to keep chances alive for BCS bowl.

WHAT TO EXPECT: The Cougars are without tight end Cody Boyd and will use fewer two-tight end sets. On defense, the priority for WSU safeties will be helping defend dangerous receivers and Cal is likely to try to attack the middle with runs. Cal's defense usually is willing to allow short passes until the opponent gets within field-goal range.

NOTES: As of Friday, more than 1,000 tickets were available. WSU said it was because Cal returned a large number of tickets. ... Cal's offensive and defensive coordinators are from Washington. Offensive coordinator Mike Dunbar went to Curtis High and was head coach at one time at Central Washington. Defensive coordinator Bob Gregory went to Gonzaga Prep, and played at WSU. Assistant head coach Jim Michalczik is from Port Angeles and played at WSU. ... Anthony Felder, a Cal backup linebacker, is a sophomore from O'Dea High who has 11 tackles (six solo) this season.

INJURIES: WSU: Starting TE Cody Boyd (ankle), DT Favaea'i Ahmu (foot), starting WR Chris Jordan (knee), starting DE Matt Mullennix (knee), backup LB Chris Balzer (knee), all out. Starting OT Charles Harris (ankle) doubtful. Starting WR Jason Hill (shoulder), questionable; backup TE Jesse Taylor (knee), backup S Michael Willis (shoulder), backup CB Markus Dawes (ankle), backup DT Aaron Johnson (back) all probable. Cal injuries: Starting CB Tim Mixon (knee); out. Starting S Thomas DeCoud (knee) questionable. Starting RB Marshawn Lynch (ankle) probable.

PREDICTION: The Cougs are good enough to make it interesting, but the Bears are too fast. Cal 35, WSU 17.

Craig Smith, Seattle Times staff reporter

Who has the advantage?

Washington State

California


Cougars (4-2)
Coach: Bill Doba
Two-deeps
Offense
Pos.	#	Player	Ht.	Wt.	Yr.
SE	83	Jason Hill	6-1	209	Sr.
	15	Benny Ward	6-3	186	So.
LT	70	Bobby Byrd	6-7	316	Jr.
	72	Derek Hunter	6-3	280	So.
LG	73	Sean O'Connor	6-6	290	Sr.
	60	Dan Rowlands	6-5	290	So.
C	69	Kenny Alfred	6-2	293	Fr.
	60	Dan Rowlands	6-5	290	So.
RG	72	Andy Roof	6-5	299	So.
	54	Jacob McKinney	6-3	278	So.
RT	55	Charles Harris	6-6	320	Sr.
	76	Micah Hannam	6-4	292	Fr.
TE	41	Jed Collins	6-2	251	Jr.
	46	Tony Thompson	6-2	237	Fr.
SB	5	Michael Bumpus	6-0	195	Jr.
	86	Charles Dillon	6-0	190	Jr.
QB	10	Alex Brink	6-3	215	Jr.
	17	Gary Rogers	6-7	234	So.
RB	31	Dwight Tardy	5-11	212	Fr.
	35	D. Woolridge	5-9	229	So.
FL	4	Brandon Gibson	6-1	204	So.
	3	Finas Rabb III	6-6	190	Jr.
PK	27	Loren Langley	5-8	151	Jr.


Defense
Pos.	#	Player	Ht.	Wt.	Yr.
WE	94	Mkristo Bruce	6-7	249	Sr.
	93	Kevin Kooyman	6-5	236	Fr.
LT	40	Aaron Johnson	6-7	317	Jr.
	99	Bryan Tarkington	6-4	320	Jr.
RT	75	Ropati Pitoitua	6-8	291	Jr.
	77	Matt Eichelberger	6-4	312	So.
SE	9	Lance Broadus	6-2	219	Jr.
	96	Mike Graise	6-3	214	So.
SLB	42	Scott Davis	5-11	230	Sr.
	45	Andy Mattingly	6-4	229	Fr.
MLB	52	Greg Trent	5-11	219	So.
	43	Brian Hall	6-3	245	Sr.
WLB	49	Steve Dildine	6-1	240	Sr.
	38	Cory Evans	6-1	227	So.
RCB	12	Tyron Brackenridge	6-0	186	Sr.
	27	Ryan Kensok	5-8	164	So.
SS	37	Eric Frampton	6-0	202	Sr.
	24	Christian Bass	6-2	213	Jr.
FS	23	Husain Abdullah	6-1	178	Jr.
	22	Michael Willis	6-2	213	So.
LCB	25	Don Turner	6-1	197	Sr.
	28	Brian Williams	6-1	167	Jr.
P	8	Darryl Blunt	6-0	184	So.


Stat leaders
Passing	PC	PA	Yds	TD
Alex Brink	110	183	1,334	9
Rushing	TCB	Yds	Avg	TD
Dwight Tardy	63	286	4.5	2
Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
Michael Bumpus	40	384	9.6	1
Jason Hill	28	400	14.3	5
Tackles	UT	AT	Total
Eric Frampton	29	17	46


Cougars schedule
Date	Opponent	Time
Sept. 2	at Auburn	L, 40-14
Sept. 9	IDAHO	W, 56-10
Sept. 16	BAYLOR	W, 17-15
Sept. 23	at Stanford	W, 36-10
Sept. 30	USC	L, 28-22
Oct. 7	at Oregon St.	W, 13-6
Today	CALIFORNIA	2 p.m.
Oct. 21	OREGON	TBA
Oct. 28	at UCLA	4 p.m.
Nov. 4	ARIZONA	TBA
Nov. 11	at Arizona St.	TBA
Nov. 18	WASHINGTON	3:45 p.m.


Golden Bears (5-1)
Coach: Jeff Tedford
Two-deeps
Offense
Pos.	#	Player	Ht.	Wt.	Yr.
WR	11	Robert Jordan	5-11	165	Jr.
	7	Lavelle Hawkins	5-11	181	Jr.
OT	71	Andrew Cameron	6-5	305	Sr.
	79	Mike Tepper	6-6	336	So.
OG	75	Erik Robertson	6-2	315	Sr.
	65	Tyler Krieg	6-4	296	Sr.
C	51	Alex Mack	6-5	300	So.
	77	Mark Gray	6-2	275	Jr.
OG	55	Noris Malele	6-4	294	So.
	63	B. De La Puente	6-4	306	Jr.
OT	53	Mike Gibson	6-5	290	Jr.
	55	Noris Malele	6-4	294	So.
TE	82	Craig Stevens	6-5	254	Jr.
	83	Eric Beegun	6-3	246	Sr.
WR	1	DeSean Jackson	6-0	166	So.
	88	Sean Young	5-10	178	Jr.
QB	9	Nate Longshore	6-5	233	So.
	18	Joe Ayoob	6-3	223	Sr.
FB	38	Byron Storer	6-1	219	Sr.
	23	Will Ta'ufo'ou	6-0	250	So.
TB	10	Marshawn Lynch	5-11	217	Jr.
	20	Justin Forsett	5-8	186	Jr.
PK	15	Tom Schneider	6-0	191	Jr.


Defense
Pos.	#	Player	Ht.	Wt.	Yr.
DE	43	Abu Ma'afala	6-4	270	Sr.
	94	Rulon Davis	6-5	275	So.
DT	69	Matt Malele	6-3	335	Jr.
	98	Mika Kane	6-3	303	So.
DT	52	Brandon Mebane	6-3	295	Sr.
	90	Tyson Alualu	6-2	288	Fr.
DE	53	Nu'u Tafisi	6-2	265	Sr.
	91	Cody Jones	6-5	255	Fr.
SLB	8	Mickey Pimentel	6-2	238	Sr.
	16	Justin Moye	6-1	228	Jr.
MLB	10	Desmond Bishop	6-2	243	Sr.
	55	Greg Van Hoesen	6-3	227	Jr.
WLB	1	Worrell Williams	6-0	256	So.
	56	Zack Follett	6-2	237	So.
CB	13	Daymeion Hughes	6-2	188	Sr.
	7	Robert Peele	5-11	187	Fr.
FS	2	Bernard Hicks	6-1	198	So.
	7	Robert Peele	5-11	187	Fr.
ROV	3	Brandon Hampton	5-10	188	Jr.
	29	Marcus Ezeff	6-1	194	Fr.
CB	5	Syd'Quan Thompson	5-11	178	Fr.
	17	Randy Bundy	6-0	157	Sr.
P	11	Andrew Larson	6-1	190	Jr.


Stat leaders
Passing	PC	PA	Yds	TD
Nate Longshore	102	157	1,410	17
Rushing	TCB	Yds	Avg	TD
Marshawn Lynch	86	605	7.0	4
Justin Forsett	65	290	4.5	2
Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
DeSean Jackson	29	522	18.0	8
Tackles	UT	AT	Total
Desmon Bishop	29	13	42


Golden Bears schedule
Date	Opponent	Time
Sept. 2	at Tennessee	L, 35-18
Sept. 9	MINNESOTA	W, 42-17
Sept. 16	PORTLAND ST.	W, 42-16
Sept. 23	ARIZONA ST.	W, 49-21
Sept. 30	at Oregon St.	W, 41-13
Oct. 7	OREGON	W, 45-24
Today	at Wash. St.	2 p.m.
Oct. 21	WASHINGTON	12:30 p.m.
Nov. 4	UCLA	5 p.m.
Nov. 11	at Arizona	TBA
Nov. 18	at USC	5 p.m.
Dec. 2	STANFORD	Noon