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 [...]
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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 [...]
Professor Stat Geek is in the Building
With 25% of football played and Pac-10 play beginning, I’m going to channel my inner geek (let’s be real, it’s outer, too) and go inside the numbers to weed out some influential factors for the upcoming game. For the three of you that are still reading by the end, thank you for indulging me. The [...]
An Early Look at Cal's Offensive Gameplan
I guess Andy Ludwig scripts his plays that he uses specifically for games in Autzen Stadium. Somehow, I managed to get ahold of a copy of the script. It’s eerily similar to an era stretching from 2002-04. Frankly, I don’t see the benefit in the plan, but Ludwig’s been using it for so long, who [...]
Now it Matters
It’s officially football season. No offense to Boise St., Purdue or Utah, but the games matter now. The non-conference results are ancient history. Sure, it would be nice to be 3-0, but the more important stat right now is the zero conference losses. Already, USC and Washington State have their first Pac-10 loss putting each [...]
Ranking the Pac-10 – Week 3
The Pac-10 conference seems incredibly strong this year. Is there any team that can point at a single game other than WSU and count on a victory? I don’t think so. I got lazy this week and didn’t chase down any fake quotes, so you’ll have to do with my astute analysis. 1. Cal (3-0) [...]
Six Quick Thoughts From Oregon vs. Utah
1. LaMichael James! I have been willing to drive his bandwagon from the beginning. I’m not sure 27 carries/game is a great idea, but that’s what it took to win on Saturday. 2. Uh, Chip, you have a quarterback controversy whether you like it or not. It doesn’t seem Nate Costa or Darron Thomas were [...]
Peerless Pac-10 Prognostications – Week 3
Big weekend for the Pac-10. If ESPN had more than a passing interest in west coast football, they’d come up with a cool nickname for it. Something like “Scintillating Saturday” or “Pac-10 Proving Day.” Warning: I’m about to homer the hell out of these games, credibility be damned (wait, when did I ever have credibility?). [...]
Oregon Should Win (But I Always Say That)
For two teams having only dipped its toes into the season’s waters, Saturday might as well be considered the big plunge. Utah has struggled with lesser opponents while Oregon put on one of its worst performances of the decade in Boise. The winner gets to put some of the early doubts behind them and move [...]
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