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BCS Realpolitik: USC back in front of Oregon as pollsters slip into coma
BCS Realpolitik: USC back in front of Oregon as pollsters slip into coma
In a perfect world, the Doc would be given carte blanche to publicly torch the Bowl Championship Series in effigy and institute the elaborate, double-elimination battle royale of his dreams. But we live in the world we live in, so each Sunday the Doc looks at what the new BCS numbers mean for ...
Race to Pasadena: Who's Winning the Pac-10?
californiagoldenblogs.com — Pacific-10 Conference Standings (updated 11.8.2009 at 1:43 AM PST) Conf Overall W L W L Oregon Ducks... 5 1 7 2 Arizona Wildcats 4 1 6 2 Stanford Cardinal 5 2 6 3  ... (more) Race to Pasadena: Who's Winning the Pac-10?
Ducks fall behind USC in rankings; Kelly speechless
blog.oregonlive.com — The coach is in no mood to discuss Oregon plummeting in the polls after its loss to... Stanford (more) Ducks fall behind USC in rankings; Kelly speechless
Iowa finally gets burned, and out goes one more anti-BCS torch
Iowa finally gets burned, and out goes one more anti-BCS torch
rivals.yahoo.com — Scroll down or click here to join the Doc's game day live blog, covering every game, all... day long. Northwestern 17, Iowa 10. Anytime a nondescript, 16.5-point underdog rebounds from a quick 10-point hole to upend a 9-0 national-title contender ... (more) Iowa finally gets burned, and out goes one more anti-BCS ...
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My Mumme Poll ballot, Week 10
Get The Picture — ... I couldn’t agree more with Matt Hinton about the pollsters’ ridiculous decision to rank Southern Cal ahead of Oregon.  There is absolutely zero justification for it. ...

Morning Roundup, Monday
BigEastSportsBlog.com — ... People voters are dumb, computer voters like Cincinnati and the Big East is not looking so second-tier anymore. (Rivals.com) ...

Poll dancing, week 10: Family matters.
Hey Jenny Slater. — ... · The top 10 looks quite a bit different with Iowa gone, Oregon down, and TCU having leapfrogged Cincinnati after the Bearcats had to survive UConn on Saturday. I could've dropped Oregon more for having laid down and let Stanford's offense run all over them, but there was no way they were going below USC. (On that note, what's the sportswriters' and coaches' excuse?) ...

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