Why pliable? Well, I should have picked the opposite team in each one of these games, but I let the influence of what I want to happen control my prognostications. This puts an end to a light week of activity on the blog. Oregon State doesn’t play, so I have a chance of going perfect [...]
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Twelve Sunday Thoughts From Oregon vs. Cal
Sunday is so much nicer after a win. I’m young. I always operate under the assumption that football started in 1994. So when I say that was the best all-around performance in a regular season game by Oregon, it’s without a lot of perspective. Still, it’s hard to imagine the Ducks ever being more abusive [...]
What Do You See? UC Nightmare
If there is a diametric opposite in this universe to what we witnessed against Boise State, it was shown for four hours Saturday in Autzen Stadium. It was as dominant a performance as has ever been seen from an Oregon team and in drubbling Cal 42-3, the Ducks announced their return to the Pac-10 title [...]
If Picking Oregon is Wrong, I Don't Want to Be Right
Week 4 Predictions PreNicktion: Oregon 27, Cal 20 FOTB Prediction: Not this week. The retro unis are in effect, thereby taking all the fun out of guessing the uniform combination. You wanna’ know something? I’m a fan and if I don’t want to be logical, then dammit, I don’t have to be. So sets the [...]
Time for the Defense to Shine
Say it with me, now. “I trust the Oregon defense to win this game.” Do you feel better? No? Neither do I. But the concept is true. The Duck’s defense has rarely been so important to the outcome of a single game. For all the time I’ve been following Oregon football (and it’s not that [...]
What We Need is Some Hate
Warning: If you lack a sense of humor and cannot understand sarcasm, please exit and learn. It’s a big game Saturday. And it’s not a natural rival. In fact, I always kinda’ liked Cal. But that won’t do. Friends we cannot be. We need to manufacture some animosity to get this thing going. So with [...]
Ranking the Pac-10 – Week 1
It’s the first Pac-10 rankings for 2009. For extra perspective on each team, Off The Pond has dug deep into its sources and secured real quotes from around the conference. 1. Cal Why: Dismantled Maryland The Cal fanbase says: “Oh my God, we KILLED Maryland. We’ll probably roll over USC and everyone else. Why aren’t [...]
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