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Cal's Jahvid Best Diagnosed With Concussion After Scary Fall

Brian Grummell — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:55:00 EST

Filed under: California, Oregon State, Injuries

Cal's electric tailback Jahvid Best, once a Heisman Trophy candidate was diagnosed with a concussion after taking a serious spill against Oregon State Saturday night. Midway through the second quarter, Best rose high into the air to hurdle Oregon State safety Cameron Collins on the way to a touchdown, but fell onto his back and neck and was left immobile from the play.

Best's helmet flew off from the impact with the ground and his arms immediately went stiff.

The running back was carted off the field on a stretcher and transported to a local emergency room for observation. According to Cal spokesman Herb Benenson, Best had feeling in all his extremities but suffered a concussion.

Best suffered what the team called a "mild concussion" last week against Arizona.

But coach Jeff Tedford said all other tests were negative.

"He's in good shape," Tedford told the media.

Video of the play after the jump.

Best's score with 6:07 left in the second quarter cut the Oregon State lead to 14-7, but the Beavers would hold on for a 31-14 lead.

Best, a junior, has rushed for 838 yards and 11 touchdowns this season.

This was the second violent impact Best has been involved with. Maryland's Kevin Barnes leveled a brutal hit on Best last season that forced the tailback to vomit on the field.

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Pac-10 Suspends Official for Missing Obvious Facemasking Call

Michael David Smith — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:30:00 EST

Filed under: Oregon State, USC, Pac 10

The Pac-10 has suspended one of its officials for failing to throw a flag on a facemasking penalty committed by USC safety Taylor Mays on Oregon State receiver James Rodgers, the latest in a long line of high-profile missed calls by college football officials this year.

"We have taken this action in light of the blatant and dangerous nature of the missed call," Pac-10 Commissioner Larry Scott said in a statement. "We have full confidence in our highly trained and qualified staff of football officials, but they, like the coaches and players, are accountable and must meet the high expectations placed upon them."

Although Mays obviously should have been flagged, it's surprising that the Pac-10 is reacting so harshly as to suspend the official (who hasn't been named publicly). Missed calls happen every Saturday, and suspensions of officials are rare.

But this official had the misfortune of missing a call on a big play during a game that was broadcast on network television, and of having his missed call replayed several times while the announcers questioned what the official was thinking. That kind of bad publicity forced the conference to act, just as bad publicity about missed calls in this season's Florida-Arkansas game forced the SEC to suspend the officiating crew that worked the game.

Mays is a hard hitter who has been called for a number of personal foul penalties. But he's also one of the best defensive players in the country, and he said it was important to him that people know he's not a dirty player.

"I didn't mean to rip the dude's helmet off," Mays told the Los Angeles Times. "Right after it happened, I got up and said, 'Hey, I wasn't trying to be dirty.' ...That's how I understand the game is to be played -- it's physical," Mays said. "I'm not trying to hurt anybody. I'm just trying to hit somebody as hard as I can."

And the Pac-10 is just trying to crack down on a problem that is plaguing college football.

Video via The Wiz of Odds.

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Pac-10 Predictions: Can Rest of League Finally Bear Down on USC?

Gary Washburn — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:30:00 EST

Filed under: Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State, Pac 10

So is this the year someone besides USC wins the Pac-10 title and gains the automatic BCS bowl berth?

If there is ever a year for USC to get chased from behind and caught, this is this year. The Trojans are breaking in a new quarterback in Aaron Corp and replacing several departed starters to the NFL draft.

So who's it going to be? Cal? Can the Golden Bears overcome early-season trap games and win the games they are supposed to and make it interesting? Can Oregon beat USC at home and win difficult road games and take the title? And how about Oregon State? Do Mike Riley teams always have to start 1-3 before getting into high gear?

And what about the rest of the field? Is this Stanford's breakout year? Is UCLA ready to become a Pac-10 factor again? And is Arizona really the third worst team in the conference as it was picked by the media? These are all intriguing questions that will be worked out in the coming weeks.

Our standings preview and records predictions are after the jump.

1. USC (10-2 overall, 8-1 conference). You have to knock out the champion to take the title and the Trojans are vulnerable but still strong enough to retain the crown. They may trip with an early season game at Ohio State. There are three difficult conference road games (at Cal, at Oregon and at Arizona State) and the Trojans will lose one of those, likely at Oregon.

2. Cal (10-2, 7-2). Cal tailback Jahvid Best said the team is ready for the opener at Maryland, but the question is whether the Bears will be prepared for the Oct. 4 matchup against USC followed by a road game at Oregon. The Bears still split those two games but will lose at Arizona State, a place where they have never played well. And the final two games at Stanford and Washington are trap games. The Bears will have to be careful.

3. Oregon (9-3, 6-3). The Ducks may be 0-1 before anybody else if they lose to Boise State in the opener. The good news is that all of their difficult conference games are at Autzen Stadium, a place they play extremely well. If you would ask any top-tier Pac-10 team, they would lose a road schedule of UCLA, Washington, Stanford and Arizona. So the Ducks, behind bruising quarterback Jeremiah Masoli, have a chance to grab the title.

4. Oregon State (8-4, 5-4). The Beavers have a chance to be 3-0 going into their conference opener at Arizona, but you know with Riley's team, matters won't be that easy. Oregon State plays at Arizona State, at USC and at Cal in a five-week span, all teams they were beaten at Reser Stadium last season and looking for payback. So it maybe rough for the Beavers to compete with the big boys, especially with an uncertain situation at quarterback between Lyle Moevao and Sean Canfield.

5. Stanford (6-6, 4-5). Cardinal coach Jim Harbaugh knows he's close to producing a winner and Stanford could be 4-1 heading into a two-game road stretch at Oregon State and Arizona. Stanford has to win the early conference games because the Cardinal ends with Arizona State, Oregon, USC and Cal back-to-back. So it will be Stanford's first trip to a bowl in years but with a .500 record. Can Andrew Luck withstand the brutality of the Pac-10 as a redshirt freshman? Harbaugh is banking on that.

6. Arizona State (6-6, 4-5). Danny Sullivan takes over at quarterback for Rudy Carpenter, but the Sun Devils were really average last season with a lot of talent, so someone is going to need to respond to prevent another disappointing season. They will get their chins checked in week 3 at Georgia but like Stanford, the Sun Devils don't face the meat of their conference schedule until the end. So Sullivan will get a chance to gain experience before the really rough games. Look out for receiver Kyle Williams, the son of Chicago White Sox general manager Ken Williams. Kyle could be a first-team Pac-10 selection this season.

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7. Arizona (6-6, 3-6). It would be beneficial for Mike Stoops' team to nab early wins at Oregon State and Washington because the schedule gets no easier, and maybe that's why the media picks the Wildcats to finish eighth. Stoops has still not made a decision at quarterback - either Matt Scott or Nick Foles - and the Wildcats have never been a great offensive team, so there are some major questions. Arizona will have to rely on a tough decision and likely a ball-control offense.

8. UCLA (5-7, 3-6). The Bruins are getting closer but not quite ready yet for prime time. They have five conference road games, including four of their final six. Coach Rick Neuheisel named Kevin Prince as the starting quarterback, but the Bruins don't have any proven offensive compliments to help him out. They are still very young, so UCLA will take its lumps, but the pain is all means to an end. Look for the Bruins to pull off a Halloween Night stunner at Oregon State.

9. Washington (3-9, 2-7). We just don't know enough about Washington's talent to pick the Huskies in any games besides Washington State and Arizona at home. But that may change soon under Steve Sarkisian. The schedule starts with LSU and includes Notre Dame on the road. USC comes to Seattle in Week 3, so the theme may just to try to stay healthy in the early going to survive the season and make positive strides.

10. Washington State (3-9, 1-8). Second-year coach Paul Wulff has had to put out more fires off the field than on the field, which is a major issue in Pullman. Has he had enough time to concentrate on improving the Cougars or has he spent so much time ridding the program of bad guys? Who is the quarterback? Who replaces Brandon Gibson as their best offensive player? The Cougs have five road games in seven weeks, so their lone win may come in the opener against Stanford.

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Pac-10 Media Day Notebook

Gary Washburn — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:15:00 EST

Filed under: Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State, Pac 10

LOS ANGELES -- USC was picked to win the Pac-10 football title for the seventh consecutive year by the media, and yet the coaches from all nine competitors -- including Arizona's Mike Stoops (right) and even USC coach Pete Carroll -- touched on the uncertainty of the Trojans this season.

USC received 28 of the 32 votes with California receiving three while third-place Oregon collected one vote. The Trojans will be breaking in a new quarterback and several new defenders since 11 players were taken in the NFL Draft. Perhaps this is the year another school emerges and takes the crown out of Los Angeles, but they approached Thursday precariously and with respect. There were no declarations that USC is going down or the reign is over -- not even from UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel.

"Eighteen months later, from the time I got the job we are athletic, stronger and more physical," Neuheisel said humbly after a 4-8 debut season in Westwood. "We're still relatively inexperienced. But I think great things are in store for our program."

Humility was the theme of the morning. There is a quiet confidence in many coaches that their programs have improved, but the proof will be on the field, and in the past seven years, USC has proven that it is superior -- winning many games with ease -- other than a couple of hiccups against Oregon State.

Has the rest of the field caught USC? Perhaps fans will see on Sept. 12 when USC visits Ohio State or maybe when Oregon kicks off the season at Boise State or UCLA faces Tennessee in Knoxville.

The uncertainty is apparent amongst other Pac-10 coaches because their teams -- like USC -- face inexperience at key positions. There is no team that appears loaded for a title run. Clubs such as Cal, Oregon and Oregon State will have to rely on newcomers immediately to puncture the USC aura, and the quest won't be easy.

Here are notes from each team's discussion with the media Thursday.

ARIZONA
Coach Mike Stoops said he could use two quarterbacks -- Nick Foles and Matt Scott -- entering the season and they will battle it out in fall camp. Stoops was not pleased being picked to finish eighth in the conference: "I think our lack of respect in this conference is built around maybe our ability to replace a very quality player in Willie Tuitama. I believe that we will be able to replace Willie with a couple of very able players."

Tight end Rob Gronkowski is a beast of a player who has drawn raves around the conference and could be a first-team All America this season.

ARIZONA STATE
The Sun Devils were picked fifth by the media but will use redshirt senior Danny Sullivan to replace the graduated Rudy Carpenter and will rely on gifted receiver Kyle Williams, bruising fullback Dimitri Nance and cornerback Mike Nixon. The question is whether Arizona State can respond from a highly disappointing season with games at Georgia, Oregon and UCLA. ASU does get Cal, USC and Arizona at home.

CAL
Coach Jeff Tedford said quarterback Kevin Riley is the starter heading into fall camp, but that doesn't mean Brock Mansion doesn't have a shot at the job. Tedford played roulette with his quarterbacks last season, benching both Riley and Nate Longshore. With the latter gone, Riley is the favorite, and Tedford would like to see one quarterback seize the job instead of a committee.

"I don't think there's any question if we achieve our goal, we need to be more consistent in the passing game," Tedford said. "Kevin has matured a lot. His experience puts him a step ahead. I am not a fan of quarterback by committee but I don't regret how we handled the quarterback situation last year because the bottom line is we have to be consistent. I don't know if we had one guy step up and handle it like they should. Hopefully we do have that this year."

OREGON
New coach Chip Kelly is excited about his potentially high-powered offense but the question is whether his wide receivers -- all relatively new -- will respond and catch passes. Rory Cavaille and Jamere Holland will be depended on to replace Jaison Williams and Terence Scott. The former duo have combined for six catches, but Oregon has reached a point of reloading, not rebuilding.

"Two years ago, people said we weren't going to recover after losing Dennis Dixon and Jonathan Stewart and all of a sudden Jeremiah Masoli and LeGarrette Blount show up," Kelly said. "So we are excited about our guys and they have an opportunity to step up. If people are going to deploy themselves defensively to take Ed (Dickson) away then that's going to free up some of our other guys. So if you've got to devote two people to Ed, then someone else has got to win."

And Kelly made it clear that he and cornerback Walter Thurmond III voted for Tim Tebow for first-team All SEC.

OREGON STATE
Coach Mike Riley said the Rodgers brothers -- or Brothers Rodgers -- Jacquizz and James -- are healthy and will be 100 percent going into fall camp. Jacquizz Rodgers, the conference's offensive player of the year as a freshman, missed most of the final three games with a shoulder injury. His healthy return will be essential to the Beavers' success. Riley also revealed that quarterback Lyle Moevao is not completely recovered from right shoulder surgery, leaving the door open for Sean Canfield to perhaps be the starter when Oregon State takes on Portland State on Sept. 5.

Canfield was instrumental in wins at Arizona and the critical win over then-No. 2 Cal in 2007.

STANFORD
Redshirt freshman Andrew Luck is the starting quarterback entering fall camp but coach Jim Harbaugh doesn't expect incumbent Tavita Pritchard, who led the Cardinal to its program-changing victory over USC two years ago, to give up the job.

"Tavita has started 19 games for Stanford and he is just not going concede to Andrew," Harbaugh said. "I would say this is far from settled but Andrew will be given the first chance to win the job and start at Washington State."

Toby Gerhart, a redshirt junior, could be Stanford's most physical runner since Tommy Vardell and is coming off a school-record 1,136-yard season.

UCLA
Neuheisel endorsed Kevin Prince as the team's new starting quarterback and he seems to be well adjusted for a redshirt freshman. Prince excelled during spring drills and appears to have won over his more experienced teammates.

"I think being a redshirt freshman, he was very composed out there (at spring practice)," linebacker Reggie Carter said. "We talked a lot of trash and said some crazy things to him. He did what he had to do and make some smart decisions. Once he gets the ball to where he needs on time, he will be a great player."

Also, running back Christian Ramirez, who missed last season because of academic ineligibility, will be the starter.

USC
Coach Pete Carroll said he has not given up on trying to find a way for freshman Frankie Telfort to play football. The freshman linebacker was advised to quit football because of a heart condition.

"We aren't going to give up on him," Carroll said. "We talked with his family about it. He's a good kid. He was unusually gifted as far as understanding football. I can't tell you we had anybody who knew so much about football as Frankie did."

Carroll revealed that weakside linebacker Malcolm Smith had surgery on his esophagus and is not 100 percent while strongside linebacker Luthur Brown may not be academically eligible.

WASHINGTON
Coach Steve Sarkisian was brimming with enthusiasm during his first media day as a head coach and said the Huskies are going to be "excited" for the season opener against LSU at Husky Stadium.

"I'm 35 years old, I'm crossing the 520 bridge, I'm staring at Husky Stadium and I'm the head coach at the University of Washington football program. This is an unbelievable honor," he said. "There's an aura about that place that is exciting. We're not the same football team [as eight months ago]."

Running back Chris Polk, highly touted before missing most of last season with shoulder surgery, should be back in the mix. Sarkisian said he still is waiting on the status of five junior college transfers.

WASHINGTON STATE
Quarterback Marshall Lobbestael is recovering from knee surgery but will compete with Kevin Lopina for the starting quarterback job. Weakside linebacker Louis Bland hurt his knee in spring drills and is still not completely healthy. Coach Paul Wulff said the Cougars wants to play a no-huddle offense to prevent injuries and increase depth.

2009 Pac-10 Preseason Media Poll:
1. USC (28) 316
2. California (3) 277
3. Oregon (1) 250
4. Oregon State 216
5. Arizona State 155
6. Stanford 150
7. UCLA 145
8. Arizona 142
9. Washington 74
10. Washington State 35

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Will Year of Transition in Pac-10 Lead to USC's Ouster?

Gary Washburn — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:00:00 EST

Filed under: Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State, Pac 10

LOS ANGELES -- Perhaps there was a reason Pete Carroll pleaded with Mark Sanchez to return to USC for his senior season. He knew his Trojans would lose their gorilla grip on the Pac-10, and that is the enduring theme entering the conference's media day Thursday at the LAX Sheraton Hotel.

The Trojans are not the prohibitive favorites, but the precarious favorites with a slew of teams chasing them. But there's one major catch in their pursuit, most of the conference teams -- outside Washington -- are breaking in a new or less experienced quarterback. USC should be voted the favorites Thursday, but who is second?

Cal? The Bears have talent, including Heisman Trophy candidate Jahvid Best, but will quarterback Kevin Riley play consistently enough to lead them to big victories?

Oregon? The Ducks lost immense talent to the NFL draft and need a No. 1 wide receiver.

Arizona State? Rudy Carpenter is finally gone (didn't he back up Jake Plummer?)

Arizona? The Wildcats will be breaking in a quarterback who tossed 11 passes last year. Assuming he holds off the other candidate that tossed seven passes two years ago.

Oregon State? The Beavers have a dynamic running game but not much to pass.

So it will be a wide-open conference race, and this may be the year USC is brought down. Carroll named Aaron Corp the starting quarterback heading into fall camp and his responsibility will be to manage games and allow the superior rushing attack and defense win games.

Also, there has been no decision on the NCAA investigation regarding Reggie Bush, and that may be hovering over the program, but Carroll has overcome adversity before and the Trojans, who, with their perennial top-5 recruiting classes, reload, not rebuild.

California has to shake the tag of being a pseudo-power that shrinks in big games. The Bears haven't beaten USC in six years and were soundly beaten by Arizona on the road last year. Best is a brilliant running back but has durability issues and Cal will have to replace a trio of productive linebackers.

Oregon bullied Oklahoma State in the Holiday Bowl and found its quarterback in the process, Jeremiah Masoli. The Ducks have a new coach in Chip Kelly but lost a group of key players on offense and defense -- including Jeremiah Johnson, Jaison Williams and Patrick Chung. LeGarrette Blount turned in a rather quiet 1,000-yard season but will be depended on to thrive in Kelly's offense. The question with Oregon is the offensive line and a defense that returns just five starters.

The Beavers have the brothers Rodgers at running back but a quarterback controversy with Sean Canfield and Lyle Moevao and have to replace productive wide receiver Sammie Stroughter.

Arizona is coming off a job-saving bowl win for Mike Stoops but lost four-year starter Willie Tuitama and will counter with sophomore Matt Scott and top-notch tight end Rob Gronkowski. The Wildcats will be a dark horse team but will have to mature fast.

Arizona State is coming off a disappointing losing season and will hand the quarterback reigns to Danny Sullivan, but Kyle Williams -- the son of Chicago White Sox GM Ken Williams -- is an all-conference candidate and will be depended on to spark the offense.

Stanford is making great strides under coach Jim Harbaugh and has a shot at a bowl game. Tailback Toby Gerhart is a tough runner who will set the pace for the offense, and the Cardinal hope newcomers Andrew Luck is more consistent than Tavita Pritchard.

UCLA is going to take some time to challenge USC but quarterback Kevin Prince could be a future star. The Bruins have to find a starting running back and more talented skill players than in recent years. Senior defensive back Alterraun Verner is the best in the conference.

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Texas quarterback Colt McCoy answers questions during Big 12 Media Day in Irving, Texas, Wednesday, July 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)

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That leaves us with the Washington schools, both of whom are in major transition. The Huskies have new coach Steve Sarkisian and returning quarterback Jake Locker, and have to be better than last year, when they finished 0-12 under Tyrone Willingham. Locker is an improving quarterback with great skills but he will need help for Washington to be competitive.

WSU coach Paul Wulff has dealt more with off-the-field issues than on-the-field since his tenure began, and the Cougars may not win a conference game.

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How to Program the Pac-10 Network

Clay Travis — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:19:00 EST

Filed under: Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State, Pac 10, Fans, General CFB Insanity

Pity the poor Pac-10; its revenues are barely half of the SEC, Big Ten, and, shudder, the ACC.

As a result, the Pac-10 is exploring a route that has already made it rain on the SEC and the Big Ten, starting their own network. The Big Ten started their own network in conjunction with FOX and netted $66 million from the network last year. Rather than start their own network, the SEC partnered with CBS and ESPN. Beginning this year the SEC will bring in -- wait for it -- $205 million a year just from television rights. Why does that matter? The Pac-10 conference had revenues of just $88.78 million in 2007. Yep, by 2009, the SEC will triple the Pac-10 in sports revenue. That's a huge deal in the arm's race that is major collegiate sports.

Fortunately, as a lover of all things college football, I'm here to help the Pac-10 ensure their network is a hit. How do we do that? Programming, baby, it's all about the programming.

Some people think Pac-10 fans don't care about football. That's a shameful stereotype. People in the Pac-10 care an awful lot about football. If they didn't care a lot about football, would 77,715 people turn out to watch spring games? That's an average of almost 8,000 per game! And it's just 18,007 fewer people than the 95,722 who showed up to watch Ohio State's spring game. So there. Pac-10 football rules. Face. End of argument. Except, you know, at Washington State. Where just 400 people showed up. Seriously, 400? I've had more people at one of my book signings. And that's in the South, where most people can't even read.

Plainly, people aren't showing up for Pac-10 spring football because the conference isn't selling itself well enough. There needs to be more zest, more verve, more feeling ... in short, Pac-10 network, better programming.

With that in mind, I've drafted a series of can't miss shows for your network to be.

1. Pete Carroll shirtless -- Watch as Carroll tweets, adds Facebook friends, talks on the phone with recruits, and goes for jogs in Southern California. All shirtless.

2. LenDale White's Taste of the Town -- Piggybacking on the insane popularity and extreme awkwardness of Todd Blackledge's Taste of the Town segment during ESPN football telecasts, White brings the experience to the Pac-10. Opening video montage shows LenDale trying to squeeze a live, wriggling octopus between two giant Oreo cookies, explaining that the best fish tacos feature twinkies, and closing with his catchphrase, "If I won't eat it, it ain't food."

3. Washington State football highlights 2008 -- Watch as the band executes complicated turns on the field! Meet a ticket-taker who always rips perfectly along the perforated edges! Is that Ryan Leaf waving from the crowd? All of this leads up to the game of the century, Washington vs. Washington State for all the marbles.

4. USC Song Girls vs. UCLA cheerleaders-- Bikini quiz bowl. Opening question: Which of these is an oxymoron? A) A Pac-10 sellout, B) Spencer Pratt, C) Jumbo shrimp or D) everything but B?

Second question: What is the plural of boob job? Debate.

5. "ElimiPete," Pac-10 coaches discuss the biggest game from every year, the time they upset USC -- Watch as former UCLA coach Karl Dorrell, Oregon State's Mike Riley, and Stanford's Jim Harbaugh take us through upsets for the ages. Harbaugh: "I'm going to be honest with you, I'm not sure my team could have scored against air. Certainly not a strong air, like a bad wind that whipped up dust, no way."

6. How Bad USC Would Have Beaten You: Fired Pac-10 Coaches explain how bad you would have lost if you'd had to play USC -- Fired Washington State coach Bill Doba explains: "Your team would have lost 148-0. At least, maybe 248-0."

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Taylor Stokes wears his letter jacket on the campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, May 1, 2009, in front of a statue of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the founder of the university. Stokes was the first black scholarship football player at Vanderbilt, and has returned 40 years later to finish his degree. He will graduate on May 8. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner and Bowl Championship Series coordinator John Swofford, left, and West Mountain Conference Commissioner Craig Thompson, right, are sworn in before giving their testimony before the House Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing on the football Bowl Championship Series on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner and Bowl Championship Series coordinator John Swofford, left, testifies before the House Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing on the football Bowl Championship Series on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 1, 2009. Also testifying on the panel are, from left, West Mountain Conference Commissioner Craig Thompson, President and CEO of Valero Alamo Bowl Derrick Fox and Boise State Athletic Director Gene Bleymaier. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Boise State Athletic Director Gene Bleymaier, right, testifies before the House Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing on the football Bowl Championship Series on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 1, 2009. Also testifying on the panel are, from left, Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner and Bowl Championship Series coordinator John Swofford, West Mountain Conference Commissioner Craig Thompson, and President and CEO of Valero Alamo Bowl Derrick Fox. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

7. The Sellout -- Coaches reconstruct exactly what it was like to play in front of a sell-out crowd (Stanford and Arizona State excluded). "I remember I looked into the stadium, and there were no seats empty. I couldn't see a single seat! And I thought, my God, everyone on Earth is in the stadium. Right now, the whole Earth."

8. The Civil War starring former Oregon right tackle Geoff Schwartz and Civil War Journal's Danny Glover -- A fantastical melding of football with history. For 14 minutes, Schwartz, the self-professed largest Jewish man on Earth, takes us through the annals of Oregon and Oregon State. Then, just as you realize you don't really care, bang, Glover arrives and we all go on a walk along the sunken road at Antietam.

9. Cheat Like a Pro, Starring Reggie Bush -- Bush: "Some people say cheaters never win. I say, look at me, b***h." In each episode Reggie explains how to cheat in every sport, from spitballs in baseball to lead weights in the toe of your shoe for kickball. In the end it's all about making sure your family can live a life of luxury in Southern California.

10. Arizona State explains that they are, in fact, a member of the Pac-10 Conference -- Dennis Erickson takes us on a tour of campus. Included highlights: the football stadium and a Pac-10 banner flying from the upper deck, "I'm telling you, they don't just let you fly a Pac-10 flag for fun. You've got to be in the Pac-10."

11. "Back When I was Awesome," starring Lane Kiffin -- "Okay, I want you to be still for just a second, okay? Do you even know how awesome I was? So awesome I didn't even call the plays and got all the credit, okay. So awesome that if Clay Travis was calling the plays we would have averaged 40 points a game, okay. So awesome. A, okay, W, okay, E, okay, S, okay, O, okay, M, okay, E, okay..."

12. The Mountain West Conference Owns Us: Paid Programming -- Watch as MWC teams that the Pac-10 won't allow to join their conference, explain what it was like to go undefeated against the big, bad, Pac-10. As a special bonus, BYU gives 59 reasons why UCLA is godless.

13. It's Hard Out Here For An Asian: Norm Chow hustles his way to a head coaching job -- Opening monologue features Chow talking about his strengths, "I have the greatest calves of any offensive coordinator, I wear glasses, my voice is impeccable and deep, I sound like the whitest man on Earth. I don't understand why no one will hire me to coach."

Then Chow raps:

You know it's hard out here for an Asian
When he tryin' to get that money for the head coach
For the Philip Rivers' and the Carson Palmer's
Cause a whole lot of b***hes coachin' Tennessee

14. What football seems like under the influence of weed laced with other hallucinogenic compounds, starring the students of Cal-Berkeley -- Watch as drug-addled Cal students attempt to describe the best running plays of the year featuring Jahvid Best. "Best is like the best. He takes the football, and for just a minute he stands still, and then he's like, he lifts the football to the sky and all these scorpions are coming to take the football and Best is like, 'No, scorpion, you can't have my football. I'm going to run with it and then if I get hungry I might eat it and use it to feed all the people in Africa without food. Or I'm going to take a nap and curl up in the football, and then when the ladybugs knock on my door, I'm going to let them come inside too and we're all going to roll around in the grass where everyone touches down."

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Pac-10's Nine Dwarves Aspire to More

Brian Grummell — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST

Filed under: Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State, Pac 10

College Football Spring Storylines 2009 looks at the key developments and big news from spring ball.

Since 2002, the Pac-10 has been derisively called USC and the nine dwarves. Its more than a little unfair, but that's the prevailing wisdom. Although the conference is consistently among the deepest and most competitive around, USC's monopolized that top spot. Any chance of that changing this year begins with decisions those programs make this spring.

For Arizona, the spring challenge is finding a quarterback to replace longtime starter Willie Tuitama. Athletic sophomore Matt Scott has a narrow lead over the heftier Nick Foles while trying to master Sonny Dykes' high frequency pass attack. Seven starters do return on defense but they failed to find any strong vocal leadership among the returnees.

Up north in Tempe, Arizona State is also working to replace a departed quarterback. Thanks to a pair of recent transfers, the job has gotten easier for coach Dennis Erickson who is now down to three scholarship passers. The candidates are senior favorite Danny Sullivan, sophomore Samson Szakacsy and 6-foot-8 freshman Brock Osweiler. Fans are drooling at the novelty of Osweiler and he may have scared away two other competitors but the veterans obviously appear to have the lead.

Whoever emerges, he'll have this guy to throw to.

Sticking with a winning theme, Cal must also replace departed quarterback Nate Longshore. Incumbent Kevin Riley has the deep experience edge having started several games with occasional fits of brilliance like his off-the-bench bowl rescue job against Air Force. However, he has been unable to completely fend off the awesomely named Texan Brock Mansion or Beau Sweeney.

The position has been dodgy at best ever since the departure of Aaron Rodgers and Cal fans are itching for a return to the kind of play that had them nearly atop the college football world in 2004.

At stuffy Stanford, yet another quarterback battle is going on with what appears to be a mild upset. Incumbent Tavita Pritchard beat USC in 2007 but has been far from consistent or dominant to the point where Stanford followed a Woody Hayes styled run attack model last year. Enter redshirt freshman Andrew Luck who has folks buzzing after his 352-yard showing in their recent scrimmage. Coach Jim Harbaugh said he would be their starter if a game were played tomorrow.

Another team, another quarterback battle. UCLA remains unsatisfied with last year's emergency starter Kevin Craft and has mulled pulling the trigger for redshirt freshman Kevin Prince or true freshman Richard Brehaut. Prince pulled ahead last week only to fall back in several practices and scrimmages.

The Bruins are looking for improvement over the entire offense after the 2008 disaster and must now replace skilled defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker who left to coach New Mexico State. At least two performers -- defensive tackle Brian Price and cornerback Alterraun Verner -- could be Pac-10 first-teamers but openings abound nearly everywhere else.

Across town, juggernaut USC returns anywhere from three to five defensive starters but like nearly everyone else they have a quarterback battle getting most of the attention. We'll say quickly that the defense is loaded with stud recruits who ballhawk like its going out of style in reserve time and have impressed beyond expectation.

The offense simply needs to replace quarterback Mark Sanchez and things appear to be going smoothly with sophomore Aaron Corp all but securing the job at least through the summer. However, true freshman Matt Barkley may actually meet the hype, exceeding expectations and likely pushing the competition into at least the early fall particularly if he can cut down on turnovers.

One final quarterback battle is at Washington State who is looking for someone, anyone, to pilot them after a wasted 2008 for now second-year coach Paul Wulff. We have no idea whats going on there and it won't likely matter if the Cougars cannot piece together better lines to secure the trenches.

For those counting at home, that's seven quarterback battles among ten teams. It is both frightening and hope-filled for all these programs in a conference where teams quite often live and die with quarterback performance.

Apple Cup rival Washington is also looking to put an even worse, winless 2008 behind them. New coach Steve Sarkisian and defensive coordinator Nick Holt are bringing a ton of energy and enthusiasm (local columnists are rightly groaning) but nothing saves coaching souls like warm bodies. They've got quarterback Jake Locker and some decent linebackers to work with while little else is secure.

I'm not sure Sarkisian's program will be a winner there, but anything will surpass the malaise that followed good guy former coach Tyrone Willingham.

The always-lurking Oregon State Beavers have been at their best sticking to the program with coach Mike Riley. Less sizzle, more steak, the focus is probably on continued development of the overlooked talent on campus. That said, offensive understudies have had a bonanza of opportunities with the departure of both starting receivers and injuries to quarterback Lyle Moevao, tailback Jacquizz Rodgers and back/receiver brother James.

Unknown receiver Darrell Catchings put together a monster scrimmage recently with six catches for over 250 yards and two touchdowns.

Finally at Oregon, the Ducks are finishing the first spring under new coach Chip Kelly who moved from offensive coordinator to head coach after Mike Bellotti's retirement. Bellotti is still on the field serving as quarterback coach through the spring while Kelly sorts out the entire program.

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Legislator Wants to Force Oregon Schools To Interview Minority Coaches

Michael David Smith — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:55:00 EST

Filed under: Oregon, Oregon State, Coaching

A member of the Oregon legislature plans to introduce a bill that would require the state's public universities, including Oregon and Oregon State, to interview at least one minority before hiring a head football coach.

The law would be modeled on the NFL's "Rooney Rule," which has been in place for six years and has coincided with an increase in African-American head coaches in the NFL.

The Oregonian reports:

Rep. Mitch Greenlick, D-Portland, drafted the measure at the behest of constituent Sam Sachs, a former college football player and minority-rights activist.

"It seems to me it only makes sense," Greenlick said. "Because (the Rooney Rule) has had an effect and because I don't think minority coaches have been given a fair shake in Oregon, certainly in football."

There's nothing that exposes the hypocrisy of American universities' alleged commitment to "diversity" quite like the fact that only one BCS school, Miami, has a black head coach. I'm all for Rep. Greenlick exposing that hypocrisy by pointing out that schools won't even interview -- let alone hire -- minorities unless they're forced to by law.

But I do have some reservations about this law. For one, it has a fairly significant loophole, in that it still allows schools to bypass the requirement to interview a minority if they have a contract in place with a white coach, as Oregon does with offensive coordinator Chip Kelly, who is guaranteed to become the head coach when Mike Bellotti leaves.

And I also question whether, as long as the Legislature is taking up such measures, it really makes sense to single out football coaching as the one profession where diversity in interviewing must be dictated by law. Why not make the law apply to searches for college deans and chancellors and presidents, too?

That said, this sounds like worthwhile legislation that Greenlick is introducing, and legislation that other states would be wise to emulate.

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Ghosts of Recruiting Present: Texas Whiffs on the Rodgers Brothers

Brian Grummell — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:30:00 EST

Filed under: Oregon State, Texas, Recruiting

FanHouse's lead-up to college football's signing day makes like Charles Dickens and looks at the Ghosts of Recruiting -- past, present and future. In the Ghosts of Recruiting Present, we document prominent recruiting makes and misses that changed programs

Part of the fun of recruiting is looking at what could have been. And so it seems we wonder what could have been for Texas this year if they had brought in the Smurfish home-state Rodgers brothers out of Richmond/Lamar Consolidated -- James and Jacquizz. You know, those two guys up at Oregon State of all places. One ushered in a revival of the "fly sweep" in college football and the other won Pac-10 Freshman and Offensive Player of the Year honors after single-handedly making mincemeat of the otherwise impenetrable USC defense.

Texas had a player like that once. Texas dearly loved that player. And in retrospect I'm sure they would have welcomed someone like him who could do such brutal carving of a defense like that.

Maybe Texas thought they had brought in such a guy, in the equally small Foswhitt Whittaker. Except Whittaker spent most of this year on the sideline unable to create a better running game than several so-so peers or his starting quarterback.

One of the critiques of Texas this year as to why they didn't overcome Oklahoma in the polls and make the BCS Championship Game was their lack of a true physical ground game, that their offense was the Colt McCoy show -- a hell of a show mind you -- and little else. Whether you buy that or not, there's no denying Texas was without a single center-of-gravity, all is well in football when you can run the ball type back.

Jacquizz Rodgers would have been that guy and elusive older brother James likely could have found a role similar to Longhorn receiver Quan Cosby in the quick-hitting Texas passing game.

But we'll never know.

Be sure to check out the entire Ghosts of Recruiting series leading up to college football's national letter of intent day

Previously in Ghosts of Recruiting

Ghosts of Recruiting Past: Pac-10 Also-Rans Washington and UCLA
Ghosts of Recruiting Past: Big 12 Slumpers Colorado and Texas A&M
Ghosts of Recruiting Past: Former Masters Miami and Florida State
Ghosts of Recruiting Past: Aging, Embattled Warriors Pitt and Syracuse
Ghosts of Recruiting Past: Virginia and Michigan State Rounds Things Out

Ghosts of Recruiting Present: Steve Slaton, Maryland Terrapin?
Ghosts of Recruiting Present: Ryan Perilloux is Drama for All
Ghosts of Recruiting Present: Houston Nutt, Reality Show

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Bowl Season '08: Worst Game of Bowl Season Award Goes to the Sun Bowl

Chas Rich — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:44:00 EST

Filed under: Oregon State, Pittsburgh, Big East, Pac 10, Bowl Games

FanHouse gathers around the TV to bring you insights from Bowl Season '08.

It will take an epically bad game to top the putridity of the 75th Sun Bowl. Pitt and Oregon State pillow fought their way to a 3-0 Oregon State win. This was downright colossal in disturbingly bad offensive performances.

There are games where the numbers don't tell the story. This game is not one of them. Only two drives that got into the red zone, five turnovers, eleven sacks, thirteen three-and-outs, twenty punts, and less than 500 total yards between the two teams.

Admittedly both teams were diminished on offense. Oregon State was playing without the Pac-10's Offensive Player and Freshman of the Year in running back Jacquizz Rodgers, along with Rodgers' older brother -- the second leading rusher and third in receiving. Pitt was without their starting center and left tackle on the offensive line.

Predictably, neither team was going to produce big numbers. Still, this was well below any expectations.
Oregon State couldn't run the ball, but quarterback Lyle Moevao was able to make enough plays for the Beavers. Still, their drives continually stalled out trying to continually make plays in the air with an offense geared to the ground.

Pitt on the other hand, spent the first half forgetting they had one of the best running backs in the country in LeSean McCoy. McCoy only touched the ball three times in the first quarter and only eight rushing attempts in the first half. Without two starting offensive linemen, is it better to throw with an, at best, average quarterback or run with a top flight running back? Pitt's coaches failed the test.

Both defenses played fantastic games, putting pressure on the quarterbacks and never letting the offenses have a chance to breathe. Still, the absolute inability of either offense to do much more than muster one field goal made this an incredibly painful game to watch. Both offenses were playing to their weaknesses which only made it worse.

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Turkey Legs to Go: Sun Bowl Travel Guide, Pittsburgh vs. Oregon State

Will Brinson — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:45:00 EST

Filed under: Oregon State, Pittsburgh, Big East, Pac 10, Campus, Coaching, Fans, Bowl Games

Turkey Legs to Go is FanHouse's complete travel guide for all of the 2008-2009 college bowl games. Here, we cover the Sun Bowl (El Paso, Texas), which pits Pittsburgh against Oregon State.

Overview/Matchup: You know that anytime you can end up with Dave Wannstedt's mustache wandering through the desert sands of Texas, well, you've had a pretty freaking good season. Actually, it would be rather unfair to dog Wanny that much -- a 9-3 record in the Big East with only Cincy and Rutgers as conference blemishes is pretty good. Oregon State, meanwhile, inexplicably beat USC only to fall to Utah the next week ... and then close out the season by losing to the in-state rival Ducks after reeling off six straight wins. In other words, this should be a nice game.

Hotels: The Camino Real El Paso is arguably the finest hotel in El Paso. The Camino's downtown location and historic décor (the former Hilton features a Tiffany glass dome over the lobby and leather wingback chairs) are of exceptionally high quality for the midrange rates. Closer to the airport, the Hyatt Place El Paso Airport offers more traditional midrange accommodation and atmosphere at similar rates to the Camino. The Hyatt's a good alternative for travelers who are worried about the stuffiness of a four-star hotel (i.e. the Camino). Budget-minded travelers should stay at the Holiday Inn Express downtown. Just blocks from the Camino and within a mile of Sun Bowl Stadium, the Holiday Inn can't be beat for convenience and price.

Restaurants/Nightlife: For fine dining, try Café Central in the downtown area. Their extensive wine list has won national recognition and the steaks aren't bad either. Kiki's Mexican Restaurant has been voted one of the 50 best Mexican restaurants in the country multiple times by Hispanic Magazine. The food's delicious and prices are very reasonable. Los Bandidos de Carlos & Mickey's has been serving El Paso since 1944. The restaurant offers the most complete Mexican menu in town (70+ items) and serves the biggest (and voted best) margaritas in the area.

All travel related information provided by Professional Travel Guide.

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This Week In Schadenfreude: *The 'eers Are Wicked P****d Off!!!*

Brian Cook — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:39:00 EST

Filed under: Auburn, Florida State, LSU, Notre Dame, Oregon State, Syracuse, Tennessee, West Virginia

scha·den·freu·de -noun

satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.

[Origin: 1890-95; < G, equiv. to Schaden harm + Freude joy]

On This Week In Schadenfreude we explore the sputtering rage, gibbering condemnation, and resigned ennui of the college football fan who has recently undergone humiliating defeat. Because even in your darkest hour, someone else is suffering too, and probably worse than you. Unless you are a Michigan fan who has just finished watching the Appalachian State game.

Oh, West Virginia. It's not like anyone expected Bill Stewart to be anything other than the second coming of Larry Coker, but even Larry Coker couldn't screw up the talent he was handed in his first year. WVU is now 7-4 after a loss to Pitt, and this week all you need are the titles of threads posted with whole words in caps with multiple exclamation points on WVU's Scout message board:

FIRE STEWART NOW!!!!!!!!!! SICK OF THIS MORON!!!!!!

THAT WAS HORRIBLE!!!!!!!

No wonder Jim Grobe let JEFFY BOY GO!!!

WES LYONS FINALLY MAKES A MEANINGFUL BIG PLAY!!!!*

FIRE Stewart!!!!!

STEW NEEDS TO GET MEANER!!!!!

WE ARE PRETTY SPOILED!!

Mike Leach COME HOME!!!!

*(not going out of bounds with 15 seconds on the clock.)

Country roads, take the Tears of Unfathomable Sadness to the place they belong.

The week in spleen after the jump.

BIG TEN

The Big Ten has completed its season, so schadenfreude is nowhere to be found, but, hey, one of this column's running jokes is to put Notre Dame here and I think they might have lost 38-3 or something in a game that had total yardage of 353-17 at one point in the third quarter. So it's back to the well.

No one knows who to believe about Charlie Weis' buyout, but more sources than not are saying "it is impossibly preposterously large," which makes the warden of the ND Nation insane asylum apoplectic:

I'm also inclined to find whoever put this extension in front of Weis and toss them into Stonehenge Fountain on a 20-degree day. If you have ever written a tuition or donation check to the University of Notre Dame, things like this should have you boiling the tar and gathering feathers while looking for the appropriate target.

I have done neither of these things and so would like to find whoever put this extension in front of Weis and buy them a bagel.

PAC 10

Oregon State watched its Rose Bowl bid go up in a display of unprecedented defensive ineptness , yielding a shocking 694(!!!) yards in a 65-38 loss. Fear Chip Kelly, people. Fear him.

OSU Beaver Football Blog declared the opening thirty minutes "the worst half of football ever," which means he didn't watch any of Michigan or Auburn this year.

Elsewhere, Building The Dam is pretty sanguine about the whole situation; that'll happen when you're Oregon State and you're one game from the Rose bowl.

SEC

I can already tell this Bayou Bengal guy is going to be a goldmine whenever LSU suffers, and with four straight SEC losses-the latest to last-place Arkansas-the Tigers are definitely suffering. Last week he dropped a big fat grade of F on everyone for doing everything, declaring the effort of LSU's seniors to be "totally disgusting and disgraceful."

This week:

LSU's 2008 football season is a failure, and its effort on Friday was an unmitigated failure.

So don't ask me for grades. Failure is the grade.

Hey, yeah, that's pretty reasonable. Here's something even more reasonable from that post:

The only way to fix the problem is to fire every single coach associated with LSU's defense, and particularly Doug Mallory, Bradley Dale Peveto and Earl Lane - at this point it's impossible to see how any of those guys could possibly have any credibility with the Tiger players going forward - but it's Miles' fault those coaches have to go. Further, there are several players on LSU's defense with eligibility remaining who need to be run out of the program because they're cancers.

(Emphasis mine.) This is what I was saying last week about LSU fans being amongst the worst when it comes to supporting the program in tough times. And here's the crowning irony:

I'm embarrassed to be an LSU fan right now and I'm struggling for reasons to continue to support this program.

You're embarrassed to be an LSU fan? You are the one experiencing embarrassment here? I'm sure everyone on the team and at least 40% of the fans would welcome your departure from the fanbase.

Tigers in the SEC have had it rough lately Auburn's six-game run in the Iron Bowl came to a crashing thud Saturday, leaving fans openly wondering about Tommy Tuberville's future. Even the ones who stridently support Tuberville's return in 2009 don't think it will amount to anything:

Yes, I still support Tubby's return. But I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm past the point of genuinely expecting him to accomplish much with it. It's more a matter of hope. And while hope is always, always a good thing and never, ever regretted, hope didn't do a whole lot for us in 2008

Meanwhile, Track 'Em Tigers has the pithy one-sentence summary of the state of the program:

This engine has passed the 100,000 mile point. How many more does it have left before totally breaking down?

Ugly situation to be in, that, waiting for one more mediocre year before the axe falls. Oh, and with Alabama headed to an SEC championship game that doubles as a de facto national semifinal. Grim.

And, hey, one positive note on Tennessee fans, who were deeply conflicted about Phil Fulmer before he was fired and appreciative afterward. Tributes pictorial and expansively wordy abound; in all of them UT fans realize that it won't be the same without Phil around, and mourn that. This year has greatly improved my opinion of a fanbase that still isn't over Charles Woodson's Heisman, if anyone happens to care.

I wish Tennessee luck with Lane Kiffin, though I agree with Clay Travis-he was a questionable hire at best.

BIG EAST

Syracuse 10, Cincinnati 30. Cue the very last crying child:

Rejoice, Orangemen! The Greg Robinson era is over and, unlike virtually every other team looking for a coach you appear to be interviewing candidates that could plausibly be justified as a good hire.

BIG TWELVE

In the nation's most underrated rivalry, Missouri managed to blow a game against Kansas on a last-minute touchdown. Mizzourah, a Missouri blog with a longstanding feature called "hot chicks with k.u.chebags," thinks said last minute touchdown was pretty stupid:

Blitzing the safety on a 4th and 7 on Meier's game winning touchdown, one where it was basically score or lose, was the dumbest thing I've seen since that one broad picked the donkey behind curtain number two when you could see the bumper of the Cadillac behind curtain number one. ...

The guys from Murderball could have covered Meier better on that play. THE GUY IS AN EX-QB!!! He's not faster than a linebacker, needless to say a safety or corner.

They manage to avoid calling for the DC's head, but the implication is clear after Missouri wasted a near-legendary offense with various defensive implosions. Oh, and: OC Dave Christensen is the new head coach at Wyoming. There was a power vacuum in the Big 12 North that Mizzou stepped into; it's kind of looking like they're going to step out soon.

ACC

Man, Tomahawk Nation is ready for the Bowden era to end. In a long post summarizing the season, TN declares the offense to have massively exceeded expectations and the defense to have massively underperformed. Then the blast is launched:

We're going to be in a ton of shoot-outs next year. Bobby's record against UF now sits at 17-17-1, 2-6 since he forced the Jeff decision down the throats of reasonable objectors. Him and Mickey deserve to have 80 dropped on them in the Swamp to end their careers as a fitting finish to their lazy and selfish actions of this decade.

Dang, man! This is only the guy who built the entire program you're talking about here.

Oh, and, zinger alert:

After yet another tight end was meandering unattended for yet another touchdown against the Seminole defense this season came the comment from Mrs. BFT, "Do we NOT know where the tight end is?" The answer to that question would of course be yes. He's in the endzone. With the ball BTW. Scoring a touchdown. A wide open touchdown. No one near him. Just thought I would make that clear.

Mrs. BFT is now clear on this matter, I assume.

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Oregon Win Opens Up a BCS At-Large Slot for Somebody, but Who?

Mark Hasty — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:13:00 EST

Filed under: Boise State, Ohio State, Oregon, Oregon State, Penn State, USC, BCS, Bowl Games

With their 65-38 win over the Oregon State Beavers tonight, the Oregon Ducks became heroes to a lot of people in some far-flung places. Boise, Idaho is one of those places, as well as Columbus, Ohio, and a lot of other locales in Big Ten country.

The Ducks left little doubt about who was the better team tonight, rolling up almost 700 yards of offense. Two guys named Jeremiah were at the center of it all. Running back Jeremiah Johnson ran for over 200 yards, while quarterback Jeremiah Masoli passed for 277 more, including three touchdowns. Not even 13 penalties against them could slow down the Ducks.

The loss ends Oregon State's hopes of making it to the Rose Bowl. That's unfortunate. Beaver quarterback Lyle Moevao was as brilliant tonight as he has been all season long, passing for five touchdowns against two interceptions. Throw in two lost fumbles and a Duck offense playing completely over the moon and it's not hard to figure out how Oregon wound up winning so convincingly.

Now Southern Cal will head to the Rose Bowl to face Penn State in a matchup that absolutely no one outside of LA or State College will be looking forward to. Oh, and there's a BCS at-large slot open now.

So who gets it? The top two candidates, as I've already hinted, would be Boise State (12-0 and ninth in the last BCS standings) and Ohio State (10-2 and right behind the Broncos in the BCS). There really isn't anybody else.

Save your typing. You don't want to see Ohio State in the BCS again, I know. It would be a good thing for all of college football if the BCS did the right thing and put two mid-major teams in their bowls, since both are undefeated, both are in the BCS top ten, and Ball State is pretty far behind. The BCS is only required to take one qualifying mid-major team, however.

What you and I think is the right thing to do, though, may not be what the BCS wizards decide upon. While the Broncos sold plenty of tickets to the Fiesta Bowl two seasons ago, Ohio State is a huge national draw and would be good for ratings. It's the Fiesta Bowl's decision to make, apparently, and they may be open to a Utah-Boise State game. Now let's see if they can actually pull the trigger.

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BCS Picture Clears Up Slightly, But Somebody Can Still Mess It Up for Everyone

Mark Hasty — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:50:00 EST

Filed under: Boise State, Oregon State, Utah, ACC, BCS, Big 10, Big 12, Big East, Pac 10, SEC, Bowl Games

As if anybody needed any proof that college football is completely batcakes, here it is. As we head into the final weekend, where all six BCS conferences will be playing, we don't really know who will grab the ten big-money bowl bids. There's a team in control of its own destiny and, in a way, everyone else's.

No, not either of those two. Alabama's getting a BCS bid no matter what. Florida only misses out if it loses to the Citadel, or to Florida State, and then loses to the Crimson Tide in Atlanta. Color that scenario unlikely.

Not one of those three either. There's a limit of two teams per conference in the BCS, so one of the Big 12 South's power trio gets left out no matter what happens in the next three weeks. If Missouri shocks the world in Kansas City, two of them get left out.

And relax. Nobody in the Big Ten will get to the title game, barring some unbelievable post-Thanksgiving train wreck the likes of which we haven't seen since, um, last season.

So who is it? Who's the mystery team that could be the kingmaker? Upon whom does the fortune of entire teams and conferences depend?

Oregon State.

Here's why. The Beavers are in control of the Pac 10, not Southern Cal. They own the tiebreaker over the Trojans by virtue of their victory over them way back in September. If Mike Riley's team wins out, they win the Pac 10, and all the BCS pieces fall into place.

The six BCS conference champions get automatic bids. The top-ranked mid-major team gets a bid if they finish in the top 12 of the final BCS rankings, or in the top 16 but ranked higher than a BCS conference champion. Of the current undefeated mid-majors (Utah, Boise State, and Ball State), you can bet that at least one of them will qualify, and BYU can't be completely ruled out either.

The #3 team in the final BCS rankings automatically gets an at-large bid unless they come from the same conference as the #1 and #2 teams. Then the #4 team gets a bid, unless they come from the same conference as the top two teams as well. That could come in to play, given that four of the five teams ranked ahead of Southern Cal in the BCS standings have games left against each other. Two of them will lose, obviously, meaning that USC can get an automatic bid by finishing in the top four, providing nobody from the Big 12 finishes ahead of them.

The Trojans have games left against Notre Dame and UCLA. What are they odds they don't finish in the top four?

Factor in the mandatory mid-major bid with the ones we mentioned earlier, and that's all ten. The only way anybody else gets in is if Oregon State loses one of their last two games. That's a distinct possibility, since those games are at Arizona and the Civil War at home against Oregon. If the Beavers win out, though, then the only things we don't know right now are the identity of the mid-major team that gets a bid, and which team(s) from the Big 12 South get in.

Should the Beavers lose, USC goes to the Rose Bowl and one at-large bid remains. It couldn't go to anybody from the Big 12 or SEC, because they'd already have two teams in. The BCS is only obligated to select one mid-major team, but another could be picked as an at-large team.

The BCS is run by the BCS conferences. They're not letting two mid-majors grab the brass paycheck. An Oregon State loss almost certainly puts two Big Ten teams in the BCS. The grumbling starts below.

BCS Picture Clears Up Slightly, But Somebody Can Still Mess It Up for Everyone originally appeared on NCAA Football FanHouse on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:50:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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College Football Songbook is Full of Upsets

John Radcliff — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST

Filed under: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Oregon State, USC, Pac 10, FanHouse TV

The College Football Songbook is a weekly feature in which we'll be making as much fun as humanly possible of the most embarrassing moments in college football. Through words, music, and related video we'll leave a lasting memory implanted on the brains of the vanquished that they are not soon to forget.

Way too many upsets this week to just pick on one team. Seems like week five gave us a lot of the same last year as well.

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College Football Songbook is Full of Upsets originally appeared on NCAA Football FanHouse on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In Beavers' Upset Over Trojans, Jacquizz Rodgers Proves Size Doesn't Matter

Ryan Ferguson — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:02:00 EST

Filed under: Oregon State, USC, Pac 10

For the Oregon State Beavers, it was one of those magical nights where everything went right at just the right time. For the Trojans, it was yet another upset at the hands of the Beavers and their 5' 7" scatback, Jacquizz Rodgers.

Oregon State dominated the first half, going up 14-0 thanks to Rodgers' amazing ability to elude tackles and gain yards on the ground. The Beavers then tacked on another seven to make it 21-0 after a gutty last-second touchdown pass bounced through the grip of a USC DB and into the hands of Jacquizz's big brother James.

USC seemed to regain all the second half momentum, making the game a one TD affair in the 3rd quarter. Finally, the Beavers seemed to compose themselves and put together a scoring drive -- but that drive culminated with a blocked field goal. Once again the Trojans had a chance to tie the game with just under 4:00 remaining, but Mark Sanchez's pass was intercepted by Greg Laybourn at USC's 30-yard line and returned all the way to the 2-yard line, setting up another touchdown by Rodgers (missed PAT).

USC drove quickly down the field and scored with 1:19 remaining, but with no timeouts remaining, the Trojans were forced to go for the onside kick. No dice. Final: Oregon 27, USC 21. After the jump: thoughts on the big picture.

Jacquizz Rodgers was amazing to watch, gaining 186 yards on the ground and plunging into the end zone for two touchdowns. More impressive than the stats was the fact that USC defenders just could not tackle the tiny running back. Rodgers juked the vaunted USC defense out of their shoes all night and gashed them right up the middle, usually without a fullback to block. It was an incredible performance which made USC look plain silly.

Last week USC fans were hoping Ohio State would look good to bolster their chances for a title bid. No need to concern yourselves with the Bucks any longer, Trojan fans! There is little to no chance of USC making a trip to Miami after this loss, and little just scored another touchdown. Keep in mind that Oregon State was absolutely pummeled by Penn State and lost to Stanford. Given that USC has no quality opponents remaining on their schedule, it's quite possible that we're looking at a Rose Bowl rematch between the Bucks and the Trojans.

Now, several thoughts to consider: 1) We thought the Bucks were really bad when they were destroyed by USC two weeks ago. Now how bad are they? 2) Just how good is Penn State? Really good, maybe. 3) What's the deal with USC vs. Oregon teams? 4) Everyone thought USC was an NFL-lite team going into this game. Did they just have an off-game, or were they overrated?

All very confounding and confusing, but here's one thing that's clear: it's the Big 12 and SEC's game to lose now.

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Trojans Being Penetrated for a Change

John Radcliff — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:54:00 EST

Filed under: Oregon State, USC, Pac 10

Jacquizz Rodgers, the 5'6" freshman running back for Oregon State has proven way too fast to catch, and too small to see for the Southern Cal defense in the first half as the Beavers lead USC 21-0. At halftime, Rogers shows 113 yards on 22 carries and a touchdown. The rest of the Oregon State offense isn't too far behind him with 217 total yards of offense.

On top of the Beavers playing so far above their head, USC can't seem to get out of their own way on offense. And they aren't being helped too much by Steve Sarkisian's insistence on using gimmick plays like direct snaps to the running back on third an long situations. I've heard that Mark Sanchez guy at quarterback is kind of good. But you wouldn't know it when USC takes the ball out of his hands in passing situations.

With just 96 yards of offense in the first half, it's obvious that Southern Cal didn't come to play tonight. Oregon State has out everythinged USC to this point. Will the Trojans be able to overcome a 21 point deficit in the second half or will we see another comeback fall just short like 2006?

Trojans Being Penetrated for a Change originally appeared on NCAA Football FanHouse on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:54:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Our Mind's in the Gutter Thursday Night Live Blog: Trojans at Beavers

Brian Grummell — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:27:00 EST

Filed under: Oregon State, USC, Pac 10, Fans

Is the joke gratuitous when it's so obvious? Anyway. The College Football FanHouse will be staying up late (for us East Coasters, anyway) for a rare Pac-10 Thursday Night battle between No. 1 USC and Oregon State.

The Pac-10 set the world on fire last week by officially cementing itself as USC and the Nine Dwarfs after not a single Pac-10 team was in the Associated Press top 25 rankings. Except for USC, of course. This caused much consternation and concern that like with 2003, a top-ranked USC would be kept out of the BCS Championship Game in favor of undefeated SEC and Big 12 Champions.

That's all projection for now but unless the Pac-10 situation improves and Ohio State starts performing like a top 10 team again, USC's in desperate need of a great many blowout victories to make its title case. ESPN host Chris Fowler pejoratively calls this cadavering of opponents "style points". I call it demonstrating consistent dominance and evidence of worthy play. Tomato, tomahto, it all goes in the sauce.

Be sure to join the College Football FanHouse crew at 9 p.m. Eastern for what will be a fun live blog. Chat application after the jump. PS - we realize The Office season premiere is on tonight. TiVo it and join us. Do it. Bacardi and cola, do it.

Our Mind's in the Gutter Thursday Night Live Blog: Trojans at Beavers originally appeared on NCAA Football FanHouse on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:27:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Peter Lalich About to Swiftly Transfer to Oregon State

Ian Cohen — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:52:00 EST

Filed under: Oregon State, Virginia, ACC, Pac 10

Almost immediately after Peter Lalich (ask your parents) got unceremoniously booted from Virginia's football team, the discussion began as to where ol' boy might end up. More than a few of my friends starting thinking along the lines of DI-AA squads in-state, but that didn't seem like Lalich's style. Too small-time, and moreover, most of Virginia's FCS schools have standards every bit as stringent as those of UVA. And as a former Elite 11 guy with three years of eligibility remaining, you'd have to believe some of the more ... morally unscrupulous schools might take a look at him. I mean, Ron Price was Al Groh's DC, and you know how Kansas State is with taking on kids who couldn't hack it at the highest level in their first few years. What about Arkansas?

Apparently, Lalich's into schools that will get their tails handed to 'em in 2008 and beyond by USC, so with all that speculation beforehand, no school makes more sense than Oregon State ... even though a good part of it has to do with them working on the quarter system, which will allow him to be a student athlete by next season. The runner-up, Cincinnati, works on a semester system, meaning that he'll only be eligible come 2009-2010. Then again, if you think clearing up eligibility issues at Cincinnati is a breeze, I've got Ben Mauk on line 2.

Peter Lalich About to Swiftly Transfer to Oregon State originally appeared on NCAA Football FanHouse on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:52:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Three Nits to Sit on Sat.; One Backup Back Told to Pack; Somebody Call Supernanny

Mark Hasty — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:25:00 EST

Filed under: Oregon State, Penn State, Police Blotter

Just two days before a big game with Oregon State, Joe Paterno announced tonight that three Penn State football players have been suspended for this weekend's game (he didn't say why, but you can connect the dots yourself), while another has been kicked off the team for that all too familiar "undisclosed violation of team rules." I'm pretty sure this makes Penn State your early season Fulmer Cup leader, in case you're keeping track at home.

Backup DB Willie Harriott is now an ex-Lion. While no official reason was given, his departure may be related to a November arrest for DUI and speeding. No team wants to lose depth at any position, but the overall impact of Harriott's departure should be minimal.

Of far more concern, at least for this week, is the suspension of defensive linemen Maurice Evans and Abe Koroma, both key contributors to the Lions defense, as well as tight end Andrew Quarless (pictured above right). All three are significant contributors to the team, though only Evans and Koroma are starters. But how much will the Nits miss these three guys?

Evans is one of PSU's leading pass rushers, responsible for 12.5 sacks last season. Without him, the Lions might not be able to get as much pressure on Oregon State's quarterback Lyle Moevao. That could be a problem, as Moevao smacked up Stanford to the tune of 404 yards and 3 touchdowns with a 63.5% completion rate. Certainly Penn State's secondary is better than Stanford's, but Moevao could make them pay if the front seven can't get a consistent pass rush going.

I had already picked Oregon State to win this game, so these suspensions make me feel a little bit less out on a limb. This is just one more bit of nastiness Penn State doesn't need, though. This is also Quarless's second suspension, so here's to hoping he gets his act together. I doubt he'll get a third chance.

Three Nits to Sit on Sat.; One Backup Back Told to Pack; Somebody Call Supernanny originally appeared on NCAA Football FanHouse on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:25:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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