Emotionally-charged Wildcats fall to 18th-ranked Beavers

The effort was there, the emotions were high and it looked like the Arizona Wildcats had the pieces of the puzzle in place in order to come back from a 49-0 blanking last week at Oregon to pull out a victory tonight at home against 18th-ranked Oregon State.

But the Beavers prevailed 38-35 at Arizona Stadium and leave town unbeaten at 2-0 in the Pac-12 and 3-0 overall. With wins over Wisconsin and UCLA under their belt, Oregon State jumped out to a 17-7 lead over the Wildcats in the first half and then held off an emotionally-charged Arizona team the rest of the way. The Wildcats outscored the Beavers 28-21 in the second half thanks to an outstanding effort from quarterback Matt Scott, who threw for 403 yards and three touchdowns despite being battered and bruised in the process. Scott had a lot of help from his teammates, especially from running back Ka'Deem Carey, who rushed for 115 yards on 17 carries and two touchdowns to go along with four catches for 68 yards. Receivers Dan Buckner and Austin Hill combined for 14 catches, 193 yards and three touchdowns.

Bottom line: Arizona loses and falls to 0-2 in the Pac-12 and 3-2 overall.