Ducks Move Up to #7 - BCS http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/polls?poll=4&week=11 About 60 some points from moving up again. #2 plays #6 and #4 plays us. Lots of opportunity to move up.
Re: Stanford moves to #2 in coaches poll Washington is inferior to PSU. They are inferior to Florida. If you're going to ding PSU for their schedule, I think it's entirely fair to ask who Washington has beaten. They've got their asses beat by the three good (meaning: ranked) teams they've played this year. And, to be fair, it's not like Oregon's beaten (m)any good teams, either. Arizona State might be the team's best win and ASU is looking like a pretty mediocre team right now. Fortunately, Oregon can make some noise by winning the next couple of weeks and seeing what happens... Ed O.
Re: Stanford moves to #2 in coaches poll There's a pretty good chance that Bama could play for the Natty without even winning their division. If we beat Stanford and OK beats OK St then Bama's back in that game. Yet another failure on the part of the BCS that would be exposed, and yet no plans to change it. As far as I'm concerned, last night's game should have eliminated Bama from the Natty completely. There's no way in hell that two teams from the same division of the same conference should EVER play in a Bowl game. EVER. Last night was essentially a segment of a playoff that has gone completely unrecognized by the BCS. Just like every other undefeated that has lost, Alabama should have to take a number at the back of the 1-loss line.
If the SEC is the best conference, then how is beating another SEC in the National Championship prove anything? If they're the best, then they should have to go up against the best of the rest.
If Stanford beats us, they will jump in the computer rankings and supplant 'Bama in the BCS. They'll be fine. Except of course, that they're going to lose Saturday, so this discussion will be moot.
Will ESPN's Game Day be on the Stanford campus for the game? It's the best game of the week. The only game with two top 10 teams playing each other.
Oregon plays its final regular-season road game of 2011 on Saturday, when the No. 6 Ducks play at No. 3 Stanford at 5 p.m. (ABC). This was one of the most anticipated games in all of college football entering this season, and it held up over the course of the last three months, with ESPN's "College GameDay" bestowing its blessings on the proceedings by traveling to Stanford for the game. The Ducks (8-1, 6-0 Pac-12) held steady in the polls this week after winning 34-17 at Washington, but moved up one spot to No. 7 in the BCS Standings. After this week, Oregon will return home to face USC and Oregon State. The Ducks control their own destiny in the Pac-12 North race, and can clinch a spot with a win this week and one more against the Trojans or Beavers, or if the Cardinal then lost to Cal, too. The Cardinal (9-0, 7-0) beat Oregon State last week and are now two wins away from an unbeaten conference run, and three games short of a perfect regular season. Stanford can clinch the Pac-12 North and a spot in the conference title game with a win this week, despite having matchups with Notre Dame and Cal left this season. Here's how the Ducks and Cardinal stack up statistically: SCORING OFFENSE 3) Stanford, 48.22 ppg 5) Oregon, 46.00 ppg TOTAL OFFENSE 7) Oregon, 510.67 ypg 8) Stanford, 505.78 ypg YARDS PER PLAY OFFENSE 3) Oregon, 7.4 ypp 5) Stanford, 7.1 ypp RUSH OFFENSE 5) Oregon, 298.44 ypg 17) Stanford, 224.67 ypg PASS OFFENSE 23) Stanford, 281.11 ypg 78) Oregon, 212.22 ypg PASS EFFICIENCY OFFENSE 5) Stanford, 174.18 rating 12) Oregon, 158.05 rating SACKS ALLOWED 1) Stanford, .44 pg 5) Oregon, .56 pg THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 4) Stanford, 53.39% 28) Oregon, 46.90% RED-ZONE OFFENSE 1) Stanford, 100% (52 trips, 41 TDs, 11 FGs) 15) Oregon, 90% (42 trips, 32 TDs, 6 FGs) SCORING DEFENSE 11) Stanford, 16.56 ppg 26) Oregon, 20.78 ppg TOTAL DEFENSE 18) Stanford, 324.00 ypg 62) Oregon, 383.78 ypg YARDS PER PLAY DEFENSE 17) Oregon, 4.8 ypp 42) Stanford, 5.2 ypp RUSH DEFENSE 3) Stanford, 78.89 ypg 58) Oregon, 149.22 ypg PASS DEFENSE 71) Oregon, 234.56 ypg 88) Stanford, 245.11 ypg PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE 16) Oregon, 110.59 rating 54) Stanford, 125.20 rating SACKS 6) Oregon, 3.22 pg 9) Stanford, 3.11 pg THIRD-DOWN DEFENSE 5) Stanford, 29.91% 36) Oregon, 36.60% RED-ZONE DEFENSE 3) Stanford, 67% (24 trips, 13 TDs, 3 FGs) 24) Oregon, 76% (33 trips, 17 TDs, 8 FGs) TURNOVER MARGIN 13) Stanford, plus-.78 42) Oregon, plus-.22 PENALTY YARDAGE 65) Stanford, 51.44 ypg 108) Oregon, 66.56 ypg TIME OF POSSESSION 11) Stanford, 33:17 120 (yep, last)) Oregon, 23:52 The Ducks remained No. 1 nationally in net punting this week, with 44.24 yards per attempt, nearly two yards better than No. 2 Houston. Stanford is No. 15 in punt returns at 12.79 yards per return. There will also be a showdown on kickoffs, where Stanford is top 25 in returns and Oregon is top 25 in coverage. Individually, LaMichael James is back on top of the country in rushing with 151.57 yards per game, and slipped to second in all-purpose running with 194.71 yards per game. Oregon's De'Anthony Thomas is 18th in all-purpose running (150.67). James is 17th in scoring with 9.43 points per game. Darron Thomas is eighth in points responsible for, which accounts for passing touchdowns, with 16.25 per game, and 13th in pass efficiency with a 157.35 rating, eight spots behind of Stanford's Andrew Luck (174.05). Luck is eighth in points responsible for with 19.11 per game. Jackson Rice is fourth in punting with 46.85 yards per attempt. Josh Kaddu is now No. 28 in sacks with .67 per game. Stanford's Chase Thomas is 10th in tackles for loss with 1.50 per game, No. 4 in fumbles forced with .56 per game and 19th in sacks with .72 per game. Stanford's Drew Terrell is 10th in punt returns with 13.85 yards per return, and Ty Montgomery is 15th in kick returns with 29.27 yards per return. Oregon's Thomas is 31st in kick returns with 26.05 per return. http://www2.registerguard.com/cms/i...ments/setting-the-stage-for-oregon-stanford2/
Saturday's kickoff will be at 5:12 p.m. PST. ABC crew of Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & @ErinAndrews
Most of the time when the Ducks talk about "faceless opponents" and every week being "like the Super Bowl," you figure it's just platitudes. Not so, in the case of at least one player this week. "It's been very nose-to-the-grindstone," UO offensive tackle Mark Asper said after practice today. "I didn't know if Stanford was this week or next week; I knew we had a big November, but I didn't know if it was Stanford or USC this week. "Sunday night I started to call family and be like, 'who's coming,' getting things scheduled up. Somebody called and asked me if I had all the tickets I needed and I was like, 'I think so ... are we going down there? Which game is it this week?' I just got into the grind of things and just forgot." By today, Asper of course knew the Ducks would be facing Stanford on Saturday in California. The Ducks were in the Moshofsky Center this morning to begin preparing to face the Cardinal, practicing in shells (helmets and shoulder pads). Sticking with the weekly Super Bowl metaphor, Asper said that when the No. 6 Ducks and No. 3 Cardinal play, it won't be like one of those Super Bowls where one team got there by dominating all season, and the other made a late run to reach the playoffs and then pulled off a couple of postseason upsets. "It's going to be one of those good Super Bowls where one team's undefeated and one team has one loss," Asper said. "Nobody backed their way in." Compared to Stanford, Oregon is pretty healthy right now (something I've felt all along would be a likely edge for the Ducks given the two teams' styles of play, and the fact this game was scheduled for so late in the season). Receiver Ben Butterfield was on crutches today after being hurt Saturday on special teams, where he's made his biggest impact this season. Also, linebacker Rodney Hardrick was there today, on crutches; I didn't see him at all last week and he's missed the last three games, among rumors of a knee surgery. (With four appearances this season, I don't believe Hardrick would qualify for a medical hardship waiver. UPDATE: Although as a reader points out, that's how much James Rodgers of OSU played last year before being granted a hardship waiver, so I could be wrong there.) http://www2.registerguard.com/cms/i...ts/monday-update-hey-ducks-its-stanford-week/
Too bad about Ben. Local kid. Very fast. Great special teams player. http://www.goducks.com/PhotoAlbum.d..._ID=500&BIO_PLAYER_ID=688058&BIO_PICTURE_ID=3
People Bama didn't lose to LSU.... LSU escaped!!!!!! 4 missed FG's in one game?!?!! It's over in regulation by six if that kid hit only 50%. BAMA didn't allow a TD and that's why they are ranked so high! No one has come close to LSU that way all season! LSU is sooooo fuckin lucky! 4 and 4! Four fumbles and 4 missed field goals.... LSU is good but we made them look great, and Bama beat themselves!! 4 and 4
Loved the read but the comments are the best. Love the SEC fans who seem to know nothing about conferences that aren't "the true conference" SEC.
