Oregon names Vernon Adams its starting QB. In other news, water is wet.
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“It only ends once. Anything that happens before that is just progress.”
Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
UCLA CB Ishmael Adams arrested on robbery charges. Bail set at $100k.
“It only ends once. Anything that happens before that is just progress.”
Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
I believe it's been reduced down to $50k. I guess when Satan is attacking you the Justice System gives you a break. https://twitter.com/ishadams/status/636276837706919936
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There are still a few spots open for the pac12board pick'em. If you're interested, you can also get the opinions of other PAC12 fans. Kinda broaden your knowledge of other PAC fans so to speak. http://www.pac12board.com/
P12 power rankings after week 1:
1. Oregon: Vernon Adams puts up good numbers against his former FCS program. 42 points allowed, though?
2. UCLA: True freshman Rosen looks confident against UVA.
3. Arizona: Some very nervous moments for the Cats, but they pull out the win, and Scooby Wright is expected back after a month.
4. USC: A very easy home win over Arky St.
5. Utah: Not perfect, but they looked comfortable against a much-hyped Michigan team.
6. ASU: No shame in losing to TAMU 95 miles from the Aggie campus, but they gave up too many big plays.
7. Oregon St: Andersen's debut wasn't impressive, but compared to some of their P12N foes, they aren't complaining.
8. Cal: 35 first-quarter points, even against Grambling, is impressive.
9. Stanford: It's very difficult to travel across two time zones and play in the early games, but there's no excuse for how poor David Shaw's team played.
10. Washington: Had a chance to force OT at Boise, but outgained almost 2-1 and only produced 6 points offensively.
11. Colorado: 23/40 for 158 yards and 1 INT from your 3rd-year QB against a poor G5 team is a bad omen for CU's season.
12. Wazzou: oh boy.
Week 2 games to watch:
the undercard has promise, with Utah hosting USU and Oregon St going to Michigan. The eyes of the nation, however, will be in East Lansing, as the Ducks take on the Spartans.
Hoo boy. The WSU game perhaps shows just how good Connor Halliday was and how much they will miss him this year.
Win or lose I want to put 50+ points on Oregon this year. Whatever Oregon had to do to convince EWU to allow Vernon Adams to take his Final Exam three times until he passed will be worth it in the end. He is a tremendous player.
Oregon State had a weak start but their qb looks like a younger, pre-injury Chuckie Keaton (faster/quicker) That could make our game a bit more interesting.
Washington will get their stuff together. They will get to 5+ wins this year based on talent alone. I watched the game with die-hard Boise State fans and they seemed to believe that UW is tying Chris Petersen's hands somehow, I think he is still out of his range a bit but that will come. He Mike Riley-ed the end of that game on Fri.
Cal will be fun. I hope we can keep up. I think we can, and want Tom Hackett to see the field only once in the game.
UCLA will be a big challenge. Good thing that game is at home.
I didn't watch the USC game, but I suspect they will be improved this year. Always a dangerous team to play.
Copper gonna copper. I wonder how long Mike McIntyre will last. If they don't steamroll CSU and UMass in the next two games I wonder if he will start hearing heavy footsteps in the hall coming his way...
Arizona without Scooby would be doable.
ATM looked solid, and I want with every fiber of my being to beat ASU this year. I suspect they will be better than they looked vs the Aggies.
This is about our conference mate UCLA, not BYU. It is from a Bruin board and I imagine it will get some Cougar fans all lathered up. It's an impressively comprehensive collection.
BYU: The Dirtiest Team In College Football
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
I was just listening to the Petros and Money show and they have a radio spot for the Bruins game and is being billed as the "Cover Your Testicles" game.
"We're pretty damn good," -- Coach John Pease
I wonder if any of this wonderful publicity is making its way inside the front door here?
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"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
They will get around to it eventually, just like they finally did with Julie Rowe and the Mormon apocalyptic 'Preppers' movement.
http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/inde...l#incart_riverThe Ducks (1-1) and Utes will play their Pac-12 Conference opener in one of three television windows: 5:22 p.m. PT on ABC, 5:45 p.m. on FOX or 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. The respective networks will announce which games have been chosen for each slot after the weekend, UO senior associate athletic director Craig Pintens said.
Adams has been playing with a broken finger in his throwing hand. I doubt they play him much this weekend against Georgia State. I didn't see any of the Michigan State-Oregon game but I saw something on Twitter where he's currently graded as the #12 QB in the Pac. So there's that.
Subjective power rankings after week 2.
1. UCLA: Crushed UNLV in Vegas. Josh Rosen continues to look impressive. They have a big opportunity this week against BYU.
2. USC: Did what they needed to do against an inferior opponent. They are double-digit favorites over Stanford, a team they've beaten two years in a row after losing 4 in a row.
3. Oregon: Hard to get too down on a team that loses at Michigan St, but they just don't have the same speed and tenacity of previous Oregon teams. They can right some wrongs this week at home against Georgia St.
4. Arizona: won comfortably in Reno, and they get to host FCS opponent NAU this week.
5. Utah: Nothing pretty about their victory against USU, but Kendall Thompson will likely lead them on the road this week against Fresno.
6. ASU: Pulled away in the 4th quarter against FCS competition. They host UNM this week.
7. Cal: Down 7-0 to SDSU after the first quarter, they scored 35 unanswered points. They are road favorites at Texas this week in a statement game for Sonny Dykes.
8. Stanford: A convincing win at home against UCF, but a stiff test at the Coliseum this week.
9. Washington: Didn't break a sweat after beating FCS Sacramento St. They get the punchless Aggies at home.
10. Oregon St: OSU look overmatched in every aspect at Michigan. They face a much easier test against SJSU.
11. Wazzou: a big comeback win at Rutgers. They have a chance to be above .500 at home to Wyoming.
12. Colorado: they follow up a big win against UMass with the Rocky Mountain Showdown in Denver.
None of us have lathered up, I suspect. Well, maybe CJ, but I digress.
How about JoeBruin (what?) actually do some quantitative analysis about dirty play? Such analysis should focus on penalties attributed to "dirty play", namely personal fouls and unsportsmanlike conduct penalties. So, how do the data read (yes, I know this is only through 2012)?
Utes, you have lots of 'splainin' to do
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Hey, Joe, why are you ahead of, gasp, Utah?
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"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
I don't know that the correlation between flags for personal fouls and unsportsmanlike conduct is as strong as you would like. On the one hand, you can have a penalty for an inadvertent face mask or late hit where a player was trying to make a legitimate football play but erred. These would be considered "dirty" according to that line of thinking, but an alligator roll or diving at the knees of a player when the ball has already fallen incomplete are not "dirty" because the ref missed the call.
I was about fifteen yards from the Preator hit on Sutton at Nebraska. While I don't think it was intentionally dirty, it was exceptionally stupid, and I'd be pissed if I were a Nebraska fan (and they were!). My take is that he had no idea where the ball was. All he knew was that he was beat. That play should have been flagged. No doubt about it. I'll note that Preator has not played much since that play.
I don't have a problem with Bronson's alligator roll. Every college football player practices that move to bring down an opponent. What exactly did you want him to do?
I won't defend or condone the nutpunch, even if it is common when there's a scrum for a loose ball.
I do find it humorous that I hear more chatter from Utes about BYU's dirty play than your big matchup against MWC foe Fresno State. Since you guys chose a Fresno game over a BYU game, our play has zero impact on your season.