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View of the Day: October 30, 2010

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It’s always sunny in Southern California! Even though USC lost 53-32 to Oregon last night, fans at the Coliseum were treated to another spectacular fall afternoon in LA.  My brother in law Charlie, a transplant from the Northeast, sent in this pic from the game last night and said that the Trojans “teased” their fans with a strong start to the second half.  In the end, the game wasn’t really that close thanks to the mighty Oregon Duck offense.  With two more unbeaten teams falling yesterday (Michigan St/Missouri) my Alabama/Oregon BCS Championship prediction from two weeks ago is looking better and better.

College Football: Saturday Night Has Not Been Good to No.1’s

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First Alabama falls at South Carolina. Then Wisconsin take care of Ohio State.  And now, this evening in Columbia, the Missouri Tigers defeated current BCS #1 Oklahom.  So who really wants to be #1 right now anyway? When the polls come out tomorrow, Auburn and Oregon will be the top two teams in the country followed closely by Boise State, TCU, Michigan State, and Mizzou.  Look out for Alabama however because if the Crimson Tide beat Auburn on the last game of the regular season, and Oregon goes undefeated in the Pac 10, we very well could be looking at Bama/Oregon for the BCS Championship.  And this matchup could occur at the expense of an undefeated Boise St, TCU, and Michigan State.  Playoffs anyone?

View of the Day: Autzen Stadium

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Oregon fans are calling for a “yellow out” tonight when their Ducks take on the UCLA Bruins.  I haven’t watched much Oregon football this year but they are led by an offense that puts up a ton of points.  Fans in Eugene seem pretty fired up about this game as well as the prospects that their team will make it all the way to the BCS Championship game.  Assuming Oregon gets past UCLA tonight, who thinks they can make it all the way to the final game?  Does the country want a Boise St./Oregon championship game?

On a separate note, anytime I see a game from the University of Oregon I can’t help but think about when the campus served as the primary filming location for “Animal House” and where hopefully Niedermeyer’s horse is still galloping freely.

Pac 10 Football: How the mighty have fallen

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I wasn’t surprised to see Stanford march down the field with a minute remaining in the 4th quarter.  I wasn’t surprised to see Stanford kick a game winning field goal as time expired.  I wasn’t surprised to see Stanford beat USC by a final score of 37-35.  This is not the USC that we grew accustomed to watching during the first decade of the 21st century. And with NCAA sanctions yet to even really take root, even harder times to follow for Troy.  For Stanford, things have been looking up since Jim Harbaugh took over the program in 2007.  I asked my step brother, a Stanford grad student and amateur photographer, if the school really cares about the football program now.  His response, “let me do some research and get back to you”. I wouldn’t have expected anything less from a Stanford grad student.