Gameday links --- Huskies could end up in a better bowl than Boise State

Wow, what a Friday night again That Revealed That You just never know.

And Believe It Or Not, the winner of today's UW-Cal Game nudged now get a better bowl please Boise State, Which apparently is headed to the Humanitarian or the Kraft Fight Hunger on That ESPN Classic-of-a-loss Thurs Nevada (and it Barely Needs To Be Said That Seems Unfair how, But that's a topic for Another blog post).

All the Pac-10 teams, Meanwhile, Could move up a notch with the loss in Boise, as Jon Wilner explains, Which Could put Stanford in a BCS Bowl, the Alamo in Arizona and put UW, Cal or Oregon State --- whichever CAN Eligible --- Get in the Holiday Bowl (and next after That Would Be The Sun or Vegas).

So suffice to say, Boise State's only loss TAXABLE the stakes are today's UW-Cal game --- and I'm not forgetting That Also UW has to win the Apple Cup to get to a bowl, but for today this is what is at stakes for the Huskies as They have to get this one first.

It All Makes it more evident That a lot is on the line today for the Huskies, the Rewards is not that bad considering everything. Now we're about to find out how the Huskies RESPOND.

It is with the links. ...

--- Here's my story previewing today's game, noting UW Hopes That Thurs replicate last year's 42-10 win over Cal.

--- GoHuskies.com says UW Hopes to "finish''against the Bears today.

--- Cal coach Jeff Tedford says in the San Francisco Chronicle's preview story That Essentially the game is Akin to a playoff.

--- The San Jose Mercury News notes a loss today, That Would Give Cal ITS first losing season since 2001.

--- The San Jose Mercury News Also offers a Matchup box is the game.

--- And here's the AP preview of the game.

--- The season for UW QB commit Joseph Gray of Dorsey High in LA is over after his team lost a playoff game Thurs Taft on Friday night.

--- Moving on Fri Other Pac-10 games, Oregon beat Arizona on Friday to stay alive for the BCS title game. Among the better things written on That topic is this column from John Canzano.

--- ESPN.com 's Ted Miller has the nuts and bolts That is a game.

--- LA Times columnist T.J. Simers wonders how much more time former UW coach Rick Neuheisel will have at UCLA Now that the Bruins are destined for a losing season after a 55-34 loss at Arizona State on Friday Thurs.

--- The LA Times' weekly letters section Includes lots of questioning over the job Neuheisel is doing.

--- Everything you'd want to Know is That UCLA game from a stand point from Jon Gold.

--- And here's a view of the game from an ASU perspective.

All for now.