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Sorry Chip, I’m Breaking the Rules and Talking Rankings

If you live in a cave, please let me be the first to tell you that Oregon is ranked No. 1 for the first time in school history. Both the Coaches’ and AP Poll have deemed it so.

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Strong Showing for Pac-10 (and Oregon) Based on Final BCS Standings

The SEC may have 10 bowl teams, but that doesn’t make them the premier conference in 2009 (what it actually means is they collectively play a lot of games against Florida International and friends). Voters as well as computers seem to agree the Pac-10 had the strongest conference from top to bottom this year. The [...]

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Pressure's On For Boise State

Boise State has made the goal clear; it’s BCS or bust. And who can blame them? They have a marquee game at home on national TV to sell voters on the legitimacy of their BCS campaign. After Thursday, they get to disappear for the next 3 months and rack up wins against the likes of [...]

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Contain Your Disdain

Both the AP and Coaches’ preseason polls are out. The obvious reaction for fans is to kick, scream and cry. “It’s not fair! <Insert team you irrationally support> is better than <team you really don’t know much about>! We should be ranked higher!” Save your breath. It’s the same thing every year. Your top ten [...]

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The Flomax Midseason Report

The season is half over and given the bye week, it’s a good time to review. This look back is brought to you by Flomax  – Creating stronger streams since 1863. BCS Conference Most Likely to Lose its Automatic Qualifier Status The Big East is bad and the BCS has provisions to review conference eligibility [...]

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