V-Tech (4) putting a hurting on BC.

Auburn (17) lose to The Razorbacks.

Ducks down 3-0 at halftime against UCLA.

Beavers host Stanford at 4 PM (Game on FSN up here, probably down there as well). ASU/WSU and UA/UW as evening games. How do Cal and USC both get byes this week?

Big national game Florida (1) goes to LSU (4) 5 PM

-chef

Bumpahcardinalusduckbeaver.

Stanford vs Oregano State
4PM Comcast BA (channel 696 DTV)

Watching Oregano vs UCLA right now.

This UCLA/OU game is going to be good in the 2nd half, methinks.

Off to a bang, that's for sure.

-chef

Hey Chef- Starting to get real excited about the Duck's chances. I knew going in that their D was as athletic as its ever been but they're exceeding any sort of expectations. And they only have by my count 3 seniors starting right now combined O and D.

Hoping for a Stanford win tonight. For them not to be ranked is crazy.

Unfortunately for The Cardinal, Quizz might be keeping them out of the 25 this week. It would be good for the Pac-10, but not for my team! Beavs could grab a 25 spot or so if they keep playing like they have so far.

31-7 in the 3rd.

I've seen about two and a half Stanford games this year, and I'm still in awe of Gerhart's size. It's like they're handing it off to the center every play. And that FB they have is going to be playing on Sundays. Between those two, I think the front 7 of OSU is going be hitting the ice hard tonight. Gerhart looks like he should be in the AFL, circa 1962.

-chef

38-28 Beavers.

Stanford perfect run ended.

As they say, it wasn't as close as the score indicates. Beavers dominated the game today from the first quarter on.

Quiz: 4 TD 189 Rushing Yards(33 Carries), 82 Receiving yards (271 Total Yards)
Gerhart: 2 TDs 96 Yards (on only 20 carries), 11 Receiving

Good game for the last 1/3 of it. Smash mouth ball for sure.

Lot of sore big fellas from the trenches today!

-chef

Hey All,

OT from the Pac 10 talk, but I'm calling FRAUD on the University of Texas and Colt McCoy. There is no way they should be ranked #2, or that McCoy should be in the Heisman running. Alabama should pass them this week after their sad first half at home against a Colorado team. Even with a close loss to Florida, I'd rank LSU over Texas.

And the key to Texas' poor play this season, IMO is the fact that McCoy has taken a big step backward. He's got happy feet, and appears to be thinking, rather than reacting to reads. The defense and special teams have made Texas look a lot better than they are, but that's not going to stand up against teams like Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, who always give Texas trouble, anyway.

I don't know...maybe it's the fact the Texas coaches have been drilling the "no running" message into McCoy's head, and it's making him think too much....but he isn't the same player in 2009.

I'd lay money on Oklahoma in the Red River Shootout, especially with the Sooners likely getting some points.

LoneStar

Nice analysis, Lonestar.

I haven't watched any 'horns games this year, so it's nice to get a good honest evaluation.

-chef

Hey chef,

Although I don't follow the NFL anymore, football is actually the game I know best, and with the Horns being Da Schnits here in Austin, it's tough for me to NOT pay attention to them.

It's really strange to see Colt McCoy play the way he has this season. He hasn't looked at all comfortable, even though his O line has done a very nice job. Texas has a good defense, but they're susceptible to getting burned on single coverage with their corners, which makes it surprising that they have so many problems with 10-12 yard passes. I'd expect the middle and short outside of the field to be clogged with safeties, given how often their corners are left alone with wideouts.

Texas does shut down the run, though, with their safeties coming upfield the way they do.

I think the real problem with McCoy, aside from the "no running" directive, is the fact he doesn't have a true deep threat as good as the ones he's had in the past, combined with the fact he doesn't have a true TE on the squad. Texas has been using a big wideout, a kid named Buckner, as a TE, but he doesn't block as well as you'd like. He catches the balls over the middle, but the running game will suffer even more than it has, as Buckner tries to deal with LBs on elite level teams.

Texas does have great coaching, though, so they're probably still a top 8 team, even with their problems. But I could see them losing 2 games before the bowl season starts.

LoneStar

Brutal game. Very disappointing. My team got owned.
That dropped first play of the game, sure hurt. Easy TD and a great call, and a terrible attempt at a catch. He had no reason to take his eye off the ball, he was ten feet in front of the defender and in the open field.

Oh well. Now they have to win at least 2 in November, including vs USC..

"Although I don't follow the NFL anymore"

Why is that? I'm sorry if you already stated this earlier.

You're missing out. You got to enjoy what the Niners are doing so far this season!

That first play of the game was rough. What an absolutely great play call.

I'd put money on Stanford winning the Big Game this year.

-chef

I'm pullin' for you guys to get a decent bowl game, Toby deserves it!

UCLA collapsed today, that USC-Oregon game might decide the Pac 10.

The Giants should draft Gerhart.

Man-Beast.

Be watching him in spring when baseball gets started.

-chef

"I'm thinkin' maybe the holiday bowl for you guys if you finish 3rd? Sun Bowl? "

They might be best off finishing 4th and playing at AT&T in the Emerald Bowl. That'd be a nice bust-out bowl to get the Bay Area folks interested in Indian Football again.

-chef

Ndamukong SUH is the most dominant player in college football..

WOW, I've never seen a defensive lineman take over games like him..

Mel Kiper says he is likely going to be the number 1 pick in the NFL draft next year.. Others on espn and yahoo and sporting news have wrote pieces pushing him for Heisman!!

That's Mr. Suh to you!!

Go big red!

Hey ob3,

"You're missing out. You got to enjoy what the Niners are doing so far this season!"

I was a bigger Raider fan than I ever was a Giants fan as a kid/teenager/young adult, but the move to LA and Al Davis' insistence on driving the club into the ground completely turned me off on the franchise. I still bleed Silver and Black, but I won't follow the club again until Al Davis is dead and gone.

My Dad is a real big Niners fan, so I followed them as my second team in something just this side of a bandwagoning manner...I even went to the Super Bowl in '89, where I met Will the Thrill...but when I moved back to Texas in 1990, I stopped getting the TV exposure to the only two clubs I had any interest in at all. I HATE the Plowgirls, and the Texans don't even exist to me.

I kinda quit following the NFL, and first noticed about 4 years ago that I wasn't even watching regular season games at all. Now, I don't even watch the Super Bowl. Every once in a while, I'll go to watch a game, just to see what I'm missing, and frankly, I don't like what I see.

I don't like the individualization of the NFL...it's become far less of the team game that I love, and much more like the NBA, which I have no use for, whatsoever. I also don't like that stupid moving eye in the sky camera. It takes away from my game experience. To me, it's like having a camera over the basepaths, and showing the baserunner's view of a play developing in MLB. How stupid would THAT be? I love watching the big picture.

I still enjoy watching the college game, because it has retained the things I love about football, especially the different styles of play you see at the team and conference level. It reminds me of the old AFL/NFL differences. For me, the college game is the superior game to the NFL...by a long shot.

LoneStar