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I personally think that Notre Dame will suprise you if he can have consistent Oline play

Any O-line support would be an improvement. The picture of Clausen with turf in his face mask isn't pretty. Their D improved towards the latter half of the season....of course, it improved against some less than stellar teams. The problem is Weis. He has had huge recruiting classes and can't do anything with them....he's like Norm Chow. Some OC's just aren't cut out for an HC job, but perfect as an OC.

Washington State is the perennial basement team in the Pac 10

I agree about Kentucky...I think we'll learn a lot the first 2 games of the season about this team..whether or not they'll have a hangover from losing Woodson

hey badgerfan...and what about Wisky? Is this the year they finally get into a BCS game? I can see it...they have been so close, starting with that 1 loss campaign a few years ago, and going to Cap One bowl. I hope Camp Randall rocks this year.

It always does...I think it could be our year..depends how things turn out at quarterback after spring ball..and whether or not we can find someone else to throw the ball to other than Travis Beckum. Also whether or not we can solidify our secondary. Also our o-line needs to pass protect better. But I think it could happen too.

Badge...it would be nice to see somebody take down Michigan or Ohio State. Illinois had a nice season, but I'm hoping Bielema and Paterno both have special teams this year. It's time for the changing of the guard, much like it is in the Pac-10, although as a USC fan, I'm not encouraging it. :)

Good blog.

I'm all for a changing of the guard. I'm an SEC fan who would like to see the Big 10 and Pac 10 show NCAAF fans their conference's depth b/c it's there, but the same dang teams keep winning it, e.g. USC and OSU.

How'bout'em...what exactly is "an SEC fan"? Since conferences don't win championships/trophies, and only teams do, how can you be an SEC fan? I'll be perfectly honest with you....I could care less how my team's conference does...as long as my team wins, let the rest eat cake! (j/k)

But you make a valid point, the Pac-10 has been ruled by USC for 6 straight years and I couldn't be happier! Just like I am sure the Ohio State fans have got to be happy (well, sorta) about their team being the king for the last two years. BTW...didn't the lowly 4th place Pac -10 team Cal spank Tennessee last September? And Stanford beat USC. And UCLA prevented USC from playing the Gators in the BCS 2006. So there's competition in the Pac-10, it's just hard to see with SC on top all of the time. As they say, the rich keep getting richer, but with possible NCAA sanctions looming for USC, that could change drastically.

Thanks for the kind words, and I sincerely wish your team good luck, whomever they may be. :)

Good point. I don't think you've been on this site for long b/c there's a definite division of fans of certain conferences, especially amongst the SEC'ers, USC, and OSU/UM fans. Big 12 people are usually pretty objective except for the occasional Texas fan.

Cal was 4th ranked in the Pac 10, but Tennessee played in the SEC's fifth ranked bowl even though they were supposedly #1 in the east. My team is UGA, so you can imagine the disdain I have for Tennessee b/c they blew out UGA and played Vandy and Kentucky waaaaay too close at the end of the season. You can imagine my anxiety watching those two games w/ the SEC east in the balance and a possible shot at the National Title for UGA.

There's competition in the Pac 10, just not enough of it. I was glad to see UCLA beat USC, but it's too infrequent in my opinion. I am actually a fan of the Bruins... b/c of a video game. I was drafted as a pocket QB on "Race for the Heisman." I would be undefeated every year until I played USC , and I can still hear USC's victory song in my head right now b/c they were always just too good to beat.

Georgia rocks, and could be the team, strike that, should be the team to win the SEC. If they beat Florida. Kewl on the Heisman game! You are right, haven't been here very long, so nice to have nice guys like you around.

I can't believe this is a new(er) post. Your post about Oregon would have been accurate if you'd written it in November before the season was finished. A quick google search would have saved you from being exposed as having no idea what you were talking about. Brady Leaf graduated, so he won't be listed on any of Oregon's depth charts this spring or fall. As far is injured "key veterans" (I've got $10 that says you don't know who those veterans are, and that you only heard or read some actual analyst talk about it), John Bacon and Jeramiah Johnson will participate in most drills this spring and they'll both be ready to go when fall camp starts, as will Jerome Boyd.

FTR, whatever Oregon's prospects are this fall, we still laid waste to USC last year. Be sure to thank Dennis Dixon for the Trojan's most recent Pac 10 title.

PS: your picture makes you look like Napoleon Dynamite's Glamor Shots "girlfriend". I like your bangs.

Georgia rocks, and could be the team, strike that, should be the team to win the SEC. If they beat Florida. Kewl on the Heisman game! You are right, haven't been here very long, so nice to have nice guys like you around.

LisaHorneOnSI.com | 03/26/08, 11:44 AM
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I think I am in love.........Go Dawgs!

willa...whoa! Whats with all the freaking hostility here? Gosh, dude, you are probably very knowledgeable about the Oregon Ducks. While I apologize for the glaring mistake, I should have written after Brady, Cody and Cade's play, the future doesn't look very bright for the Ducks, but I mean that as in "after Dixon got hurt." In other words, I messed up my future past tense. My apologies. Glamour shot? That pic was taken in Hawaii by my dad on a very windy day in Lahaina. Are you an internet troll? Get a grip and quit acting like a guy with a compensation issue. It's easy to be a coward behind a keyboard, isn't it?

Rabdawg...go Dawgs. But I'm still rooting for the Gators at the largest cocktail party. Sawwy.

Understandable, you think Tebow wil be wearing his knowshon Moreno Pajamas to the game!? HA - J/K!

listen....Moreno could give Tebow a run for the Heisman. Will Stafford (isn't he your QB?) throw a lot? I hope not...would like to see Knowshon get a lot of carries.

Writing after "Brady, Cody, and Cade" wouldn't have been all that accurate either. Cade Cooper spent 2007 redshirting and rehabbing from an injury, and only hit the practice field late in the season. Justin Roper actually played quite well in the bowl game after getting a chance to work with the system for more than a week or two, but the heir apparent to the QB spot is the unmentioned Nathan Costa, who went down with an ACL injury several weeks before Dixon. And he's pretty dang good, by the way. :) No hostility intended, just fact-checking.

Laughing my Ducking arse off!!! Dont overlook L.Blount in the backfield by the way.

QUACK QUACK QUACK.....just remember ducks fans that you were beatable even with Dixon....remember Cal?...a lot of Duck fans like to forget they actually lost before DD got hurt....and dont forget the Beavs have had your number two years in a row now including in precious Autzen.... maybe Uncle Phil needs to get his "kids" in Indonesia to make you guys some special underwear or something

Took you two overtimes to beat our fifth-string QB. Wouldn't brag about that one too much.