UCLA is master of Pac-12 Conference destiny It has become the norm for Oregon to wear different uniforms, usually with wacky color schemes. So powder blue and gold against Oregon State this week? The loudest "plop" onto the UCLA bandwagon Saturday night was the Ducks. They have become true Sons of Westwood. Oregon needs UCLA to beat Stanford in order to play the Bruins in the Pac-12 championship game. A Cardinal victory sets up a rematch with UCLA in the title game Nov. 30. And if 15th-ranked UCLA wins and Oregon State beats Oregon, then the Bruins host Stanford in the title game. Those dizzying scenarios will swirl around Westwood, where hangovers - literal and figurative - are being nursed following the Bruins' 38-28 victory over USC on Saturday. "I don't think this team's motivation was ever to just beat USC," Coach Jim Mora said. They want to win as many games as they can. They got until tomorrow's meeting, then we get back to business. But does the Bruins' 24-hour rule get trumped by a victory players will spend a lifetime talking about? "As long as they talk about it after the season is over," Mora said. I don't want to hear about it this week. The Bruins had a lot to talk about. "We didn't just get through that [USC] game, we dominated it," senior defensive end Datone Jones said. We took back Los Angeles. We took back California. Not so fast big guy. UCLA lost to California and now has to deal with Stanford. The Cardinal also needs short-term memory loss. Stanford shocked then top-ranked Oregon on Saturday, holding the potent Ducks to two touchdowns in a 17-14 overtime victory. But the Bruins' situation was far more personal, after beating USC for only the second time in 14 seasons. It was the type of victory that increases expectations instantly. Mora welcomed that, saying expectations are "a good animal to have. It's an animal you like to have in your house in a cage. This is a rare occurrence for the Bruins, who almost always close the regular season by playing USC. History is against them. UCLA has a 2-5 record when ending the regular season against anyone but USC in the last 50 years. Thigpen out Running back Damien Thigpen tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee against USC. He will undergo surgery.