I realize the overall mentality of network execs has deteriorated significantly with the popularity of programming for morons like most reality TV. That said, do they really need to shove Ohio State at USC down our throats? Most college football fans have been aware of this match-up since early summer & had it circled as "Must See TV".
While that one certainly carries it's intrigue there are a few others that should grab your attention beginning with the Friday game where #13 Kansas visits Tampa to play 19th ranked South Florida. Jayhawk QB Todd Reecing threw for 35-hundred yards last year with 33TD passes versus just 7 picks yet is never mentioned among the elite in college football. Led his team to an Orange Bowl victory. A win here with their weak early season schedule means they cruise into their mid-October game at Oklahoma unbeated & likely in the Top 10. This beauty is tomorrow night at 5 on ESPN2.
Another dandy has Wisconsin in the hell-hole known as Bulldog Stadium to play Fresno State. This is the late game on Saturday(7:30 ESPN2). FSU's Pat Hill has that rep as a giant killer but his lone victory over a Big 10 team, coincidentally, was versus the Badgers back in 2001. This sets up pretty well for the Bulldogs who headed to my old stomping grounds and thumped Rutgers to open the season then had last week off. Wisky looked uninspired early then flexed their muscle to bury both Akron & Marshall. Despite the lightweight opponents, gotta acknowledge the Badger balance with a 400 yard rushing game versus the Zips then going airborne for over 300(329) in the romp against the Thundering Herd.
You'll want to join us today, tomorrow then our pre-game live from Sam's Place on Wilson, just off West 11th in Eugene starting at 9am as we break down the Pac 10 biggies with Cal going cross country to play at Maryland, UCLA in Provost for BYU and of course Oregon at Purdue.
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Fascinating observation; What YOU’RE saying is - media in sports hypes things too much…really appreciate the super insight (I guess I now know why it’s so hard to get a word in edgewise on this blog)
Get it together Tannon, you can do better than this. Yes, we live in a microwave oven society that can’t handle a thought for more than 45 seconds – to be honest, I’m surprised it’s not being billed as “The biggest regular season game since the turn of the century” or something crazy like that – the sports worlds memory is getting shorter all the time.
You are right, there are a lot of games that have something for everybody. My weekend does include watching the USC vs. The OSU game with one eye and watching the Oklahoma vs. Washington with my other eye (the brown one). I will point at the screen and laugh every time the Huskies get scored on. If it happens enough, I may even do the superiority dance.
But the center piece this weekend is always watching our Ducks do the thing they do – I’m guessing that it’ll rock so hard that I’ll wind up hitting the airport to welcome them back. Looking forward to your show and the game this weekend –write something interesting next time, don’t make me come down there...
Despite the excessive hype over the USC/Ohio State game, it'll be a great day for Pac-10 fans when the USC Trojans shellack those over-rated Buckeyes. Hopefully, "the" Ohio State Buckeyes will fall out of the Top 10 and into a deep, dark abyss.
It angered me to no end that this was dubbed as the "most anticipated game" or "best game" of the year. The end result was no shocker to me, or, really, anyone else in the country, I don't believe. Not even Buckeye fans, if they ever put down their obnoxious red, silver, and white regalia long enough to be honest with anyone outside the midwest.
Rich Rodriguez and Terrelle Pryor, respectively, may one day bring a change to the Big 10, but until they do, you're going to see those big maulers continue to lose on the big stage against faster, stronger competition from the west coast and the SEC.
Tressel's a class act and will make a good AD one day (the Clarett scandal aside), but really, his viability as a football coach has to come into question eventually...unless one only judges a coach by his record against an arch-rival. In which case, the Vest will live on...
It angered me to no end that this was dubbed as the "most anticipated game" or "best game" of the year. The end result was no shocker to me, or, really, anyone else in the country, I don't believe. Not even Buckeye fans, if they ever put down their obnoxious red, silver, and white regalia long enough to be honest with anyone outside the midwest.
Rich Rodriguez and Terrelle Pryor, respectively, may one day bring a change to the Big 10, but until they do, you're going to see those big maulers continue to lose on the big stage against faster, stronger competition from the west coast and the SEC.
Tressel's a class act and will make a good AD one day (the Clarett scandal aside), but really, his viability as a football coach has to come into question eventually...unless one only judges a coach by his record against an arch-rival. In which case, the Vest will live on...
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