The Pac-10 is messy. Very, very messy. Not even Bounty (you know the quilted quicker picker upper) could handle this filthy, disgusting mess. Fortunately, Oregon is bringing clarity to it all with its astounding dominance, but in an attempt to provide motivation through my overly important blogging, they have to settle for second.
1. USC (4-1, 2-1)
I made a decision to leave USC number one so long as they and Oregon remain with one loss each heading into the Halloween showdown. Coach Kelly, remember to collect this “chip” for your team’s shoulder ala Cougar head man Paul Wulff. You can thank me later for the inspiration.
2. Oregon (5-1, 3-0)
The Ducks are good and probably playing the best of anyone in the conference. But don’t forget Oregon, USC is still ranked ahead of you in every poll.
3. Oregon State (4-2, 2-1)
And just like that, with the simple flip of a calendar month, Oregon State is winning again. No one should be surprised at this point, but it gets me every year. An argument could still be made for Stanford, but their extra win against Washington State doesn’t really mean anything.
4. Stanford (4-2, 3-1)
Stanford, you let me down. I believed in you. Whatever that was you did at Oregon State, don’t do it again. You can still be a top four team.
5. Washington (3-2, 2-1)
Nothing about the Husky’s season surprises me including the ridiculous turn of events that led to them pulling a win out of a sure loss against Arizona. Let’s face it, October 24 is a spooky Halloween prelude for the Ducks.
6. Arizona (3-2, 1-1)
Typical Wildcats. You keep thinking they are finally living up to the paper victories on the recruiting trail and they always disappoint.
7. California (3-2, 0-2)
A bye week can be a wonderful thing in that other teams have an opportunity to display enough ineptitude to lift your own perception by default. In person, UCLA looked bad. On paper, so did ASU. So Cal, you get a bump.
8. UCLA (3-2, 0-2)
Rick Neuheisel, just as he did a year ago in a brutal home loss to Oregon State, took the mic after losing to Oregon and apologized to the home fans while imp0loring them to stick it out. I got over the Neuheisel hatred a long time ago, so I’m not sure I really care one way or the other about his current predicament. What I do know is that Oregon’s defense had a lot more to do with the Bruins ineptitude than L.A. folk are giving credit for.
9. Arizona State (3-2, 1-1)
The Sun Devils have a winning record which is about all the good you can afford to say on a day when they only managed a 13 point win against Washington State. Add that Georgia got clobbered by Tennessee and the close road loss to the Bulldogs doesn’t even seem that impressive.
10.Washington State (1-5, 0-4)
One the one hand, losing by only 13 at home could be considered a moral victory. On the other, the 27-14 score convinces me that the opponent, Arizona State, isn’t very good.
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I like the rankings. Despite their loss to the Dawgs – I HATE UW – USC is still the team to beat. But enough of that for now. The Ducks need to focus on the UW game and forget about standings. There are no standings, only the next game. Focus Ducks.
We need Masoli back. Costa is good but he is not as good as Masoli when JM is “on.” I must say that I like CK’s attitude that if Costa got hurt then he would have played Thomas. The heck with his redshirt year. The future is NOW!
ABC has announced coverage of the UO/UW game and it is a 12:30 start. We’ll be there! Did I mention that I HATE the Huskies??
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College football is a very unpredictable sport. Never say never. I Think that is one of the many reasons I really like this sport. Most people can’t believe I say this but I really have seen the light. Go Ducks!!!!!!!keep the wins coming
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I agree with nauteduck. I hate the huskies too. and yes that should be the focus for week seven. dont let the media alter that focus.because the dogs will eat you up if you give them half the chance. GO!!!!!!! DUCKS!!!!!!!
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oh and be careful on giving advise to stanford as we still have to make a showing down there. we don’t want them to get any ideas that they even have a chance against us.
GO!!!!!! DUCKS!!!!!!
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