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By JOEL FOWLKS
Associated Press
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Just a couple minutes after Brandin Cooks had run in a 48-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter of Oregon State’s 62-14 demolition of California Saturday night, a roar went up through cold, drizzly Reser Stadium.
Fans were cheering not because anything was happening on the field, but because the scoreboard flashed a final from down the road in Eugene: Stanford 17, Oregon 14. The top-ranked Ducks had gone down to defeat and the stage was set for the 116th Civil War.
Oregon State (8-2, 6-2) will be hoping to knock off the Ducks for the first time in the rivalry game since an overtime thriller in 2007 at Autzen Stadium. Oregon (10-1, 7-1) needs to beat the Beavers and hope for a Stanford loss against UCLA in order to keep its hopes for a fourth-straight Pac-12 championship alive.
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