As a Duck fan living in Southern California, I’m incredibly excited we made it to the Rose Bowl, for the obvious reason that we’re Pac 10 champs in a BCS bowl, but also because it’s conceivable that I could attend!  I’ve only been able to go to one game since I graduated from school in 2004, and that was the eminently forgettable 16 – 0 ugliness that occurred against UCLA the week after we lost Dennis Dixon for the season.

Anyway, I’m interested in getting Rose Bowl tickets, as I’m sure others of you are as well.  However, I have no idea how to go about obtaining them.  A quick Google search led me to the Rose Bowl website, which explained that a “limited number” of tickets were going on sale at Ticketmaster on Tuesday, December 8th.  Here’s the link, if anyone’s interested: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0B00436D9F964973?brand=rosebowl

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First of all, my hat’s off to Stanford.  I couldn’t have written this Saturday night or even yesterday because I was so mad.  But the truth is, as good as Oregon looked against SC, Stanford looked as good, if not better, against us.  Gerhart was a beast.  Luck couldn’t have mis-thrown a deep ball if he’d tried.  Owusu was great on returns.  Their defense was just good enough to keep us from moving the ball at will.  And Harbaugh coached the game of his life.  Despite all that, this was a one-score game until that last second field goal.  I identified a few moments that I think were turning points and, had they gone differently, might have swung things in the Ducks’ favor.

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My wife and I are due to have our third child near the end of March.  We just went for our ultrasound last week and found out we're having our third boy!  The good news is that my wife hasn't left me (yet).  The bad news is that we have to come up with another boy name.  Which is where you guys come in...

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I can't remember the last time I've been this worked up about a game.  I was upset with the way the Angels lost in the playoffs last year, but that seemed inevitable, if disappointing.  This was just a punch in the gut.  I was screaming at my television set.

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Brad Penny was just released by the Red Sox.

Given the Angels rotation problems, I would love to see them go after Penny.  According to Fangraphs, his FIP is only 4.48, which indicates that his ERA is bloated by playing half his games at Fenway in front of a defense that has been one of the worst in the AL.

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