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PULLMAN — All through spring and preseason, there was talk that Washington State wide receiver Brandon Gibson was probably on the verge of a breakout season. Saturday, after six games of competent play, the sophomore had a bust-out game. Gibson caught a game-high eight passes for 130 yards, with a long of 55, in the Cougars' 21-3 Pac-10 loss to California at Martin Stadium. Gibson, from Rogers High School in Puyallup, was only sorry that his catches didn't come in a win.
"I just tried to play, get a spark going and hopefully get the team going," he said. "In our offense, any receiver is liable to get the ball a bunch of times. I wasn't really worried about the ball coming. When I got it, I just wanted to make a play and see what happens." Gibson was a popular target for quarterback Alex Brink because Jason Hill wasn't at full strength and usually drew coverage from Cal's star cornerback, Daymeion Hughes. The Cougars were without 6-foot-8 tight end Cody Boyd, who was out with an ankle injury. California became the first team to keep the Cougars without a touchdown since the Huskies did it in the 2000 Apple Cup, a 51-3 rout.
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Lynch has a rush
Cal's Marshawn Lynch rushed for over 100 yards with 8:13 to go in the third quarter — his 12th carry of the day. He now has 14 career 100-yard games, tied for third all-time at Cal. It's one off the school record, held by Russell White and Chuck Muncie. "We didn't put up the amount of points that we've been doing in the past, but a win is a win no matter how you get it, so I'm satisfied," Lynch said. Lynch, a junior, rushed 25 times for 152 yards and scored two touchdowns.
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• Senior Daymeion Hughes snagged his sixth interception of the season in the second quarter. He now has 13 in his career, second to only Ken Wiedemann, who had 16 from 1967-69.
• Cal coach Jeff Tedford was happy to get out of Pullman with a win, something the Bears hadn't done since 1979. "It's great to get a win here," Tedford said. "Like I told the team, we had an opportunity today to erase a lot of past history here and put our mark on Cal football. It's a tough place to play against a very well-coached team."
• California was the third top-10 ranked team the Cougars played in seven weeks, with Auburn and USC the earlier foes. The last time WSU played three top-10 teams was 2003. That year, the Cougs beat No. 10 Oregon 55-16, lost to No. 3 USC 43-16 and beat No. 5 Texas in the Holiday Bowl 28-10.
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I'm a Cal fan who is a bit mystified by the BCS system. Should I be rooting for Tennessee to be playing well? On the one hand I know that our strength of schedule affects our placement, and a strong Tennessee helps our BCS ratings, right? At the same time, the Vols are ranked ahead of us in both major polls and will remain so unless they lose again, so if we want to keep rising in the polls, we need teams like them to lose to open spaces in the top 10.
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