For Moore, it's just another game.

Byline: OSU NOTEBOOK By Bob Rodman The Register-Guard

CORVALLIS - For some in southern California, it may be Matt Moore Week again.

Not for Matt Moore.

The Oregon State quarterback played for the Bruins in 2002 and 2003. He said his UCLA days and most of those players who were there with him are long gone.

"As far the personal stuff with me, that was last year," said the senior who has helped engineer the Beavers' four-game win streak that has taken the team to the brink of being bowl eligible and third place in the Pac-10 Conference.

Moore started five games for UCLA, passing for 967 yards and four touchdowns. Injuries and a coaching change led to Moore's decision to leave UCLA, enroll but not play football at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, Calif., in 2004 and transfer to OSU in 2005.

Moore drew the attention of first the L.A. media and then the UCLA fans during Oregon State's visit to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., last year but Bruin quarterback Drew Olson threw a school-record six touchdowns en route to a 51-28 beating of the Beavers.

That loss was the first of four in OSU's last five games. Oregon State finished 5-6 and missed the postseason.

"I don't anticipate a large amount of talk about that stuff this time," OSU coach Mike Riley said of Moore's return to Los Angeles.

"We've been through it once already."

During OSU's win streak, Moore has completed 65 percent of his passes for 1,033 of his season total of 1,815 yards and four of his eight touchdowns.

"The offense revolves around the quarterback," tight end Joe Newton said. "When he plays well, it puts us in great position to win. Matt has played four great games in a row."

Moore had his OSU career-long run of 19 yards in the victory over ASU last weekend.

"In high school, I had a 52-yard run," he said. "I almost broke the record of 53."

On the statistics front ...

Sammie Stroughter had three punt returns for minus 3 yards against Arizona State and lost his Pac-10 lead, slipping to second with an average of 16.68 yards per return. The OSU junior ranks seventh nationally.

Stroughter leads the Pac-10 and is No. 7 in the nation for receiving yards per game at 96.11.

Oregon State's defense has tackles for loss totaling 381 yards, the most in the nation. Michigan is second with 379.

Moore has 64 pass attempts without an interception, the eighth-longest active streak in the NCAA.

The Beavers are tied for fourth in the nation with an average of 3.56 quarterback sacks per game.

Oregon State tailback Yvenson Bernard remains second in the Pac-10 in rushing with 812 yards, an average of 101.5 yards per game. He is 188 yards from his second straight 1,000-yard season.

Alexis Serna has extended his OSU-record consecutive point-after touchdown kick streak to 90.

One way or another

Oregon State's game at UCLA, despite network conflicts, will be telecast live on Saturday to Comcast customers in Oregon and southwest Washington.

FSN Northwest has announced what it calls a "unique partnership" with Comcast that will air the Pac-10 game on Comcast channel 14, beginning at 3:15 p.m.

Bruins honor Davis

A Eugene-area resident will be an honorary captain at Saturday's OSU-UCLA game - for the Bruins.

UCLA graduate Milt Davis of Elmira, a former cornerback for the Baltimore Colts and a longtime college scout for NFL teams, will be on the field for the coin toss.

Davis competed in football and track and field for the Bruins, graduating in 1954 with a degree in zoology, and later earned a doctorate from UCLA. He played for the Colts from 1957 through 1960, intercepting 27 passes in 45 games, and played in the Colts' 23-17 overtime victory over the New York Giants in the NFL championship game of 1958, remembered as "The Greatest Game Ever Played."