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Pasadena Bound!

Oregon's duck mascot is hoisted above celebrating fans and players, carrying a bunch of red roses, at the end of the Civil War, where Oregon beat Oregon State 37-33.

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Oregon's duck mascot is hoisted above celebrating fans and players, carrying a bunch of red roses, at the end of the Civil War, where Oregon beat Oregon State 37-33.


We saw a bit of everything.  A long bomb.  Blount force trauma.  Sean Canfield playing out of his mind.  And Jeremiah and LaMichael being amazing.  Credit the Beavers for a valiant fight, but WE'RE GOING TO THE ROSE BOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let me say that again:

WE'RE GOING TO THE ROSE BOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll have some thoughts up later, but for now I just want to shout and smile.

Pac-10 Champions!  Pasadena, here we come!

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ATQ BlogPoll: A Clearcut Top Nine

I won't elaborate too much.  The top six are undefeated, so that's pretty clear.  I think the next three are pretty much beyond debate as well, except for the order.  The rest is a crapshoot, but I'm still not buying Penn State, who hasn't beaten anyone with a pulse.

RankTeam
1 Alabama
2 Florida
3 Texas
4 TCU
5 Cincinnati
6 Boise State
7 Oregon
8 Georgia Tech
9 Ohio State
10 Virginia Tech
11 Oregon State
12 Iowa
13 Miami (Florida)
14 LSU
15 Pittsburgh
16 Stanford
17 California
18 Southern Cal
19 Brigham Young
20 Penn State
21 Houston
22 West Virginia
23 Nebraska
24 Northwestern
25 Temple

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Oregon 44, Arizona 41: Celebration Thread

It wasn't pretty.  And more than once I thought we were done.  But Jeremiah was brilliant when it counted, and we are one win away from smelling roses.

All hail the great Juju.

Postgame thoughts here.

 

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

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Some thoughts on the mens' hoops TV schedule

In case you didn't know, and you probably didn't, today will be the first chance to catch our mens' hoops squad on television as they take on Colorado State at 3:30 on Comcast SportsNet.  UO released the TV schedule the other day and all I could think was "wow, that's terribly underwhelming."  Of our 30 games, only 16, barely more than half, will be available to television viewers.  That means that 14 games--including six conference matchups, won't be shown this season.  To sum it up in a word:  pathetic.

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Ducks 44, Sun Devils 21: Postgame thread

Oregon's LaMichael James breaks a tackle from Arizona State's Mike Nixon (25) while teammate Dexter Davis (58) pursues in the first quarter during their NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, in Eugene, Ore.  (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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25 days ago: Oregon's LaMichael James breaks a tackle from Arizona State's Mike Nixon (25) while teammate Dexter Davis (58) pursues in the first quarter during their NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)


Well, no questions about the Ducks rebounding from last week's disappointment.  Oregon did just fine and, if not for Kenjon's fumble on the punt return, this game is never really close.  Masoli and James were their stellar selves, and the defense was much improved from last week.

Stanford's win today means we have to win out.  One down, two to go.

Talk about it in this thread.

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ATQ BlogPoll: Are There Even 25 Teams Worthy of Being Ranked?

This is supposed to get easier as the season goes on. The cream rises to the top. The rest fall back. And most of the top 25 is pretty clearly defined. Not this year. Because, once you get into the mid teens, I don't really find a whole lot of teams worthy of the prestige of a top-25 ranking. And, since I actually, um, watch the games (unlike tose voters who actually count), I can't just rank teams because they have a big name. Among the teams that the mainstream pollsters rank that are nowhere on my ballot:

Penn State: They've lost their only two big games this year by multiple scores at home. Their best wins this year? Minnesota and Northwestern. Hardly top 25 material.

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Pre-Game and Crappy Big Ten Morning Game Thread

I've had a request for a pregame thread, so here it is.  Talk about your predictions for the game, as well as any comments on whatever morning games are on today.

For the record, I've got Oregon by three touchdowns.  I just don't think Stanford's defense had the speed to keep up.

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Friday Juju/Panic Open Thread

Does Stanford have all the Luck on their side?

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Does Stanford have all the Luck on their side?


Not having an opposing blog makes for a strange week.  The USC win, coupled with some of the favorable matchups that Jared talked about, has me feeling really good about the Stanford game this weekend.  Then I think about the last time I felt really good about a game.  We were playing on some field that wasn't green.

PANIC!

My feeling good about a game has not been kind to us in the past.  This has put me in major panic mode, and I think we need to humble ourselves to appease the Juju.

This thread is open to humbly discuss all of our reasons to panic for this game, as well as to shower Juju with compliments.

Poll
What is your level of panic for the game this weekend?
We win going away
112 votes
OMGZ its a trap!
45 votes
The Juju alone can decide the outcome
102 votes

259 votes | Poll has closed

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Oregon 47, USC 20: Celebration Thread

How brilliant was he tonight?

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How brilliant was he tonight?


Can you say domination?  Oregon outplayed SC at every position on the football field, and, for all intents and purposes, USC's run at the top of the conference is dead.  Juju has once again blessed us, and its shaping up to be a magical season.

The place for your celebratory musings is here.  And an extra hour for drinking to boot.  Enjoy this one, because that was one of the finest performances ever by an Oregon football team.

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