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Colorado faces another big test in its bid to stay atop the South and two other teams face off to stay in the division race in the Pac-12 this week.Heres what to look for:---GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 21 Colorado at Southern California. The Buffaloes have been the surprise of the Pac-12, maybe all of college football. Picked to finish last in the Pac-12 South, they lead a division this late in the season for the first time since 2007, when they were atop the Big 12 North. Colorado gained a huge dose of confidence by beating Oregon and followed that with last weeks blowout win over Oregon State. Another big test awaits. The Trojans have been just as surprising as the Buffaloes, only in the opposite direction. Among the favorites to win the South, USC opened 1/3 for the first time since 2001. But the Trojans may have found something last week against Arizona State. In that game, all those talented offensive players got into a rhythm and USC won going away.BEST MATCHUP: UCLA at Arizona State. A game to stay in the Pac-12 South race. The Sun Devils and Bruins enter the game each at 1-1, a game behind Colorado. The winner will remain a game behind the Buffaloes or move into a tie if Colorado loses. The loser has a long road ahead in the division. The Sun Devils opened the season with four straight wins, but were blown out by USC last week in a game filled with big plays against their secondary. Starting QB Manny Wilkins also injured his left foot and is questionable for Saturdays game, meaning redshirt freshman Brady White could start. UCLA opened conference with a loss to Stanford, but rolled over Arizona last week.INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Oregon has won 12 straight meetings against No. 5 Washington heading into Saturdays game. End the streak and the Huskies will start a season 6-0 for the first time since 1992. ... Arizona State K Zane Gonzalez needs to make two field goals to tie the FBS career record of 88 set by Florida States Dustin Hopkins from 2009-12. ... Utah coach Kyle Whittingham has 99 career victories entering Saturdays game against Arizona.IMPACT PLAYER: California QB Davis Webb. He leads the nation with 22 touchdown passes and 2,143 yards passing after throwing for 306 yards and four TDs in last weeks win over Utah. The Bears play at Oregon state.---Compiled by AP College Football Writer John Marshall---AP college football website: collegefootball.ap.org Air Max 95 Australia Sale . -- Nathan Pancel scored twice as the Sudbury Wolves defeated the North Bay Battalion 4-2 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Cheap Air Max 95 Australia . Defenceman Yannick Weber scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Canucks breathed a sigh of relief with a 2-1 win on Saturday night. http://www.cheapairmax95australia.com/ . 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In the middle of a vacation with family or the middle of an inning surrounded by staff -- sometimes even in mid-sentence -- Epstein will extricate himself from the group, pull out his mobile phone and laser-focus on the longer-term target: building a dynasty.Thats why no box has gone unchecked. Its why Epstein spent days poring over brochures for sectional sofas to furnish the Cubs luxurious new clubhouse, but also why he spent five years tracking the ups and downs of a former Red Sox prospect named Anthony Rizzo, then traded for him when the time -- not to mention the price -- was right.Weve made plenty of mistakes, Epstein said on the field at Wrigley hours before the Cubs beat the Dodgers to wrap the NLCS last week. But the ones that weve hit on, weve gotten lucky with; some impact guys back, some best-case scenarios as far as how the guys have turned out.We knew, he added a moment later, that we didnt have a chance to rebuild twice in a market like this.When Epstein came on board with the Cubs in 2011, his task was to turn around an aircraft carrier-sized organization. He put back together his sabermetric-styled band from earlier stints in San Diego and Boston -- front-office execs Jed Hoyer and Jason McLeod -- and rolled up his sleeves.During the first phase, he set out to shed what was essentially a roster of bad contracts and spare parts, then went searching for difference-makers largely through the draft. Cub fans, meanwhile, struggled to see what difference all that attention to data and detail made.The team lost 101 games in Epsteins first season on the job, then 96 and 89. But in 2015 with manager Joe Maddon and a roster stocked with promising young talent and a few savvy veterans, it became clear the rebuild had paid off.Rizzo was a budding star at first base. Across the diamond was draft choice and soon-to-be Rookie of the Year Kris Bryant. Up the middle, Addison Russell locked down the starting shortstop job at 21, and Javier Baez began realizing his offensive promise. Behind them in center was Dexter Fowler, who hit for more power than ever before.Despite his reputation as a numbers guru, one factor in many of Epsteins trade and draft decisions was actually a hunch. He prioritized hitters with power instead of pitching, betting that one little-examined consequence of baseballs toughened-up drug policy would be a dearthh of the former and a surplus of the latter.dddddddddddd This season made him look like a genius.It didnt hurt, of course, that pitching coach Chris Bosio turned pitchers Kyle Hendricks and Jake Arrieta from afterthoughts into tough-as-nails, front-of-the-rotation starters. Or that Epstein was given a Monopoly-money checkbook to add expensive complementary parts like veteran pitchers Jon Lester and John Lackey, and switch-hitting, infielder-outfielder Ben Zobrist, whom Maddon uses like a Swiss Army knife.None of this comes as a surprise to Cleveland manager Terry Francona, who had the same job in Boston when Epstein, only 31 and still regarded as a wunderkind, rebuilt the franchise and reversed his first curse. Hed seen him at work before. He knew how much the infighting in the wake of all that success in Boston had stung Epstein.I saw him in spring training when we played them. He made a point of coming down actually during the game. And we text every so often, Francona said on the eve of the Series. Something comes up or something happens that he thinks is funny, or jogs a memory. Weve texted back and forth during the last couple playoff series. We were together eight years.Eight years in Boston is, I would almost say miraculous. Theres a lot of fond memories and we got through some tough times together and came out in the end. I knew when things got tough, he said, where I could go.That kind of loyalty and toughness impressed itself on Maddon when he interviewed for the Red Sox job that Francona -- who had much more experience at the time -- wound up getting. What hes learned about Epstein since made him even a bigger admirer.When he scans the clubhouse and sees the team his boss has assembled, Maddon marvels that theres not a prima donna in sight. Just like the couch and the ottoman he plops down on occasionally, Epstein has covered every detail ahead of time. Not just the new-age business tools like NASA-caliber scouting reports, but the old-school nod to issues like personalities and character.I think sometimes in the game today, it gets to the point where its just about acquiring a number, Maddon said. Im a big believer in that, but I also like the balance between the person and what the back of his baseball card says. Our guys do a wonderful job of balancing the math with the actual person.Thank Theos restlessness for that. Four more wins and generations of Cub fans will be doing the same.---Jim Litke is a sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jlitke(at)ap.org and https://Twitter.com/JimLitke . ' ' '