Huskies pose another Pac-10 test for Cardinal.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

MIAMI _ Not to pick on Rodney Gilmore . . . but why not? The ESPN analyst so typifies critics of the Bowl Championship Series that he ought to be flagged 15 yards for piling on.

Two weeks ago, BCS bashers moaned about there being too many unbeaten teams and fretted that one of them would watch the Rose Bowl from afar with a perfect record.

Gilmore concluded last Saturday that the BCS is in ``big trouble'' because the formula may have to sift through a bunch of one-loss contenders for one or both Rose invitees. (Feel free to discount Brigham Young.)

Doesn't anybody remember that 10 years ago this Saturday's results would likely have locked major bowl pairings no matter the outcome of the season's stretch run?

(ASTERISK) Stanford 37, Washington 30: Can the Cardinal keep it going in a potent Pac-10 that now has five one-loss teams? Ty Willingham's club ended Oregon's 23-game home winning streak two weeks ago, but it has to beat the Huskies in Seattle. Impervious to pressure, interim QB Chris Lewis also engineered the 38-28 upset of UCLA. Has Washington, which has trailed in the fourth quarter in five of its six victories, reached the bottom of its bag of miracles?

(ASTERISK) Florida State 24, Clemson 20: The Seminoles, back in the battle for the ACC's BCS berth, always struggle at Clemson. Witness their past five victories there: 17-14, 35-28, 45-26 (a deceiving score), 24-20 and 24-21. The wisest course will be to pound on the ground and keep the ball out of mercurial QB Woody ...