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Today Oregon State beat Oregon, giving Oregon State three Pac-10 losses. This means that Cal must beat Stanford in order to avoid the tie with Oregon State, at which point the Holiday Bowl would get to choose from Cal or OSU.
In weirder news, Texas and Boston College lost. According to BCS guru Jerry Palm, this means:

The Texas and BC losses are just two of the many things that need to happen for Cal to creep back into the top 14 and BCS eligibility. The Bears are currently 19th, but figure to move ahead of both Texas and BC. Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Rutgers and Boise St could still fall behind Cal, but the Bears could also get jumped by Tennessee, Wake Forest and/or Nebraska.

Yeah, you read that right. If things fall the right way for Cal, including USC winning out and a few other teams losing, Cal actually could back into the Rose Bowl.
Ow, that Arizona loss stings.
(Update: The Crazy Scenario is still alive. So pull for Nebraska beats Oklahoma by a little, Georgia Tech over Wake, Florida over Arkansas. If all that happens, Cal might end up at No. 14 in the BCS. And at that point, Rose Bowl Insanity begins.)
(Update 2: Okay, maybe not. Jerry Palm now points out that there’s no way Cal’s going to get all the way up to 14 in the BCS by next week. Go Bears, Beat Stanford, and San Diego is lovely this time of year!)
(Update 3 — The Ken Crawford-Mandated Update: I bought my Holiday Bowl tickets today. Take that, Kevin!)