NCAA 2009

[Admiral Yi]

Do you mean PAC10 yards or real yards?

[sbr]

Sbr, zona had tuitama(sp?) as qb for last few years.

Oh yeah.     Foles might be better though.

He might be - but Tui was pretty awesome.

The thing about Arizona this year, that is unlike anything I've seen before, even in the Tomey years, is depth.

Tomey was the master at finding the "diamonds in the rough" - guys who were not highly recruited, but turned out to be incredible players. Trung Candidate. Tedi Bruschi. Rob Waldrop. The problem is, that only gets you so far - you get some stellar teams, but they have no depth, and after the star leaves, there isn't anyone to step into their place.

This year we have depth across both lines. Depth at the skill positions (except QB, but the QB we have is excellent). Depth in the secondary. The only place on defense we don't have a lot of depth is linebacker, but we have three seniors there.

This team is going to be very, very good next year - and is pretty damn good this year. But these next four games....if we can split them, I will be pleased.

What do you think of Stoops as a game coach?  I have never been terribly impressed while paying very little attention, and the local radio guys have been killing him for years.

[Berkut]

What do you think of Stoops as a game coach?  I have never been terribly impressed while paying very little attention, and the local radio guys have been killing him for years.

I think he is a fucking spaz, to be honest. Arizona has lost a lot of games over the years by very few points, and a lot of that can be blamed on Stoops. Wasting time outs, not having play calls ready, spending his time bitching at officials and acting like a four year old instead of coaching.

There has been a lot of learning on his part - he is a lot more even keeled now, and the team reflects that I think. I think he is an excellent game preparation coach, as far as defensive scheming, but has gone from a terrible game coach to being decent now.

[dps]

The line on the Arizona-Cal game has gone from -2 Arizona to -3 Cal. That is rather odd - from a statistical standpoint, Arizona should win solidly, if not easily. And with Best being hurt, and Arizona finally being healthy, you would think Arizona would be a solid favorite.

But oddly enough, while Arizona is starting to get a bit of national attention, the betters are apparently thinking they are not for real.

Of course, Cal is 30-0 at home against teams that are not USC or OSU, over the last 5 or 6 years.

I heard an ESPN talking-head mention this game; he picked Cal based on:

• Arizona coming back to earth a bit (his opinion)
  
  
• Cal getting back to where they should be (again his opinion)
  
  
• A true freshman QB in a very tough road environment.
  
  

If I had to pick a winner, without regard to point spreads, I would take Cal, based mostly on the true freshman point.  An Arizona win would not in any way shock me though.  To be fair I have to say that I am pulling for Cal with everything I have though.

I don't bet on sports, but if I were a gambler, I wouldn't touch this game with the proverbial 10-foot pole.

[Berkut]

The line on the Arizona-Cal game has gone from -2 Arizona to -3 Cal. That is rather odd - from a statistical standpoint, Arizona should win solidly, if not easily. And with Best being hurt, and Arizona finally being healthy, you would think Arizona would be a solid favorite.

But oddly enough, while Arizona is starting to get a bit of national attention, the betters are apparently thinking they are not for real.

Of course, Cal is 30-0 at home against teams that are not USC or OSU, over the last 5 or 6 years.

I heard an ESPN talking-head mention this game; he picked Cal based on:

• Arizona coming back to earth a bit (his opinion)
  
  
• Cal getting back to where they should be (again his opinion)
  
  
• A true freshman QB in a very tough road environment.
  
  

If I had to pick a winner, without regard to point spreads, I would take Cal, based mostly on the true freshman point.  An Arizona win would not in any way shock me though.  To be fair I have to say that I am pulling for Cal with everything I have though.

I don't bet on sports, but if I were a gambler, I wouldn't touch this game with the proverbial 10-foot pole.

It is a rather bizarre evaluation. His basic contention is that Arizona is really as bad as everyone thought at the beginning of the year, and Cal really is as good as everyone thought at the beginning of the year, and we should all ignore everything that has happened between then and now.

[Valmy]

Fightin' Harbaughs of garbon U 21 Fightin' Tims of USC 7

[stjaba]

Florida 17, 'Cocks 14.

I had a feeling they would give UF a tough game.

UF missed a FG early on. After the miss, the camera followed the kicker to the sideline, where I saw him talking to the backup kicker, who actually goes to law school with me. The backup kicker hasn't played since the first  or second week of the season, so I don't even know why they bring him to the road games.  Exams are less than a month away, and most people are studying for them, so he's definitely putting himself at a disadvantage going to these away games since everything is graded on a curve. OTOH, he's a douchebag, so I have no problem with him getting shitty grades.

[Admiral Yi]

The Eyes are tied at 10.  I'm surprised, expected a blowout.

[MadBurgerMaker]

USC is getting curbstomped by Stanford.

[Valmy]

USC is getting curbstomped by Stanford.

How sad is Notre Dame now all excited about losing close to USC?

Anyway good three PAC-10 losses means we can finally have a Rose Bowl unpolluted by the Spoiled Children.

[derspiess]

:nelson @ Iowa.  Serves you right for pussing out & running the clock out at the end of regulation.

[FunkMonk]

Iowa's tears are delicious.

[Eddie Teach]

 

I understand schadenfruede against USC, but Iowa? Why does anyone care?

[Ed Anger]

I came.

[Ed Anger]

Also, I hope Ohio State doesn't let up against Michigan next week. They can still prevent them from being bowl eligible. After all, one of the fun parts of THE GAME is being being a prick and spoiling things for the other.

RichRod deserves scorn.