Cal Halloween Special: Pac-10 Players Who Should Spook The Bears

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Boo!

If this article picture (or memories of the USC game, for that matter) didn't scare Cal fans too much, my latest Top-10 list is bound to do the trick.

In light of what we have learned about the Bears so far, I have assembled a collection of players from the team's remaining conference opponents.

Specifically, these are the players who Cal should be worried about the most, as they are geared to exploit the Bears' biggest weaknesses.  

So without further ado, here's the list. Hide the women and children.

1. Toby Gerhart, RB, Stanford

Gerhart is on a tear this season, with a conference-high 994 yards and 13 rushing scores; he is coming off of a 125-yard performance against a normally stout Arizona State rushing defense.

At 6'1" and 235 pounds with underrated speed, he is a load to bring down—something that the Bears have struggled to do against opposing receivers and backs at times in 2009.

After being held largely in check in Berkeley last year, Gerhart will have a solid signal caller in Andrew Luck to keep the defense guessing...at the Farm...in his final Big Game...

It's pretty clear why Bears fans hoped he would concentrate on baseball full time his senior season.

2. Jacquizz Rodgers, RB, Oregon State

The Beavers' mighty mite is the Pac-10's second leading rusher and the conference's leader in rushing touchdowns. Last year in Corvallis, he ran up 144 yards on the Bears a few weeks after carving up USC's vaunted defense for 186 and two scores.

In 2009, he already has had a solid game against the same Trojans team that shut down Jahvid Best. If Oregon State gets Cal's number for the third straight season, don't be surprised to find No. 1 behind it.

3. Sean Canfield, QB, Oregon State

After making UCLA's Kevin Prince and Washington State's Jeff Tuel look like seasoned veterans (giving up over 300 yards passing to each), Cal's secondary should rightly fear the man who torched USC's secondary on the road for 329 yards and three scores.

And though the Bears play the Beavers at home, Canfield is no stranger to hostile environments; remember who was Oregon State's signal caller during its road upset of then-No. 2 Cal in 2007?

4. James Rodgers, WR/KR, Oregon State

The elder Rodgers brother was a difference maker the Beavers' 2008 triumph, notching a rushing touchdown and returning a kickoff 86 yards for another score.

With the Bears' defense giving up big plays in the air, on the ground, and in the return game, the multi-purpose threat and Pac-10 leader in receiving yards must be salivating.

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