This.

Very, very well said. Could not have said it better myself.

Ugh.... what a crappy performance yesterday for the Cardinal.

It's one thing to lose, but when you lose because you played like poop, thats not acceptable.

How bout yourself, Bruce?

Well, I think most of us could've predicted a strong start for Stanford given their weak opening schedule. And Oregon's season has been a bust so far given how LSU embarassed them. USC looks alright though. In the case of UCLA, it looks like this might be Neuheisel's last year. Heck, they might fire him before the season's finished the way things are going.

But I've been great. I've been in college (Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles) for a month now and I'm loving it. The transition has been crazy weird, and I get homesick on occassion but life is good overall.

It's true. I don't listen to most things my parents say unless they hire a professional to tell me (tennis coach, tutor, etc.).

And what's up guys? I haven't been around here for over a month now.

What an awful start to the season for the Pac-12, eh?

Lotta bad memories there if you aren't a Niner fan!

They won't ever demolish it. At least I hope not. The place is a complete dump, but too much history there to take down, for my liking. 5 Super Bowl Championships speaks for itself.

Yea Dyer was the X factor. I'll never forget that run he had to basically clinch the game. I still can't believe his knee didn't hit the ground!

20 TD's 14 INTs.

I'd reduce the TD number significantly, but he's got Fitzgerald to throw the ball to. That should be good for about 8-10 TD's right there.

Wow. I never knew any of that.

UB, you should take the TD that he started, head over to the TD page.

Well, we'll never know for certain. But i'd sure like to think a professional team could beat a college team. If not, the CFL should simply disperse.

Honestly, I don't know. A team like USC in 2004 or Miami/Ohio State in 2000 sure did produce a lot of NFL talent.

Well, now it's time to look forward to having an awful season, and getting Andrew Luck!

Destroy? Doubt that. The best NCAA team will have on average, about 9 NFL draftees for that year on the roster. Let alone guys that will eventually go onto the NFL.

I don't have enough knowledge on the background of CFL players to make any more of a judgment than that.

No kidding. But judging by the way Stanford O-lineman have developed over recent years, and the recruiting classes that have come in, it's [i]semi-justified[/i].

The achilles heal of the Eagles is their run stopping ability. If they're going to role with 3 CB's, they're going to have difficulty stopping the run. Either that, or one of the "big 3" CB's is going to be displeased with their PT.

We'll see. I think this year they'll still have a lot of success. When Luck leaves, it'll be interesting to see how the team looks.

Harbaugh's the biggest loss. The O-line was fantastic last year, but I truly believe the 4 new guys will be able to fill the roles.

The thing about Oregon, is that they were just too lopsided of a team. A great offense, but their defense had too many holes. They played some great games, but obviously couldn't piece it together to stop Cam at a neutral site.

Again, it's tough to make this case as Oregon beat Stanford, but Stanford appeared to get better after that loss. They were a different team. They way the Cardinal dismantled Cal (48-14), Oregon State(45-0), and Virginia Tech(40-12) to finish the season was remarkable. They seemed to only get stronger, where as Oregon wore off a bit, perhaps wearing down their O-line and LaMichael from relying on them so much throughout the year.

Wow, putting me on the spot here. I like the question though.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't think Stanford was one of the two best teams in the country last season. Frankly, I think we were better than the Ducks, but that's a hard case to make considering they wiped the floor with us after a strong start. I'd attribute a lot of that to the injury to Chris Owusu. But that's a cop out.

Anyways, I agree with your take. After watchign the bowl games, I think Stanford and TCU looked like the two most dominant teams. The two teams who appeared to have it all on both sides of the ball.

I picked Wisconsin to beat TCU. A great game it was to say the least, but TCU looked like the better team from start to finish. Obviously I picked Stanford to beat VT, but that was a performance even I couldn't have imagined. Hell, I didn't even dream about that game going so well.

Anyways, with all due respect to Auburn, I think the Cardinal would've beaten them. Nick Fairley was a monster up front, really no offensive line in the country that could've contained him. But I think Stanford would've done a slightly better job given the size and physicality of that group. Not to mention the fact that Andrew Luck would've picked apart a mediocre Auburn secondary.

I'm not sure if TCU would've beaten Auburn or Oregon, but that's because I don't know enough about that team to have a worthy opinion. Hell, I can't say that Stanford would've beaten Auburn. We'll never know. Auburn is the rightful Nat'l Champ. However I do think Stanford would've been a better adversary, and given how close the game was with Oregon, you can make your own assumption about what I think Stanford would've been able to do.

Texans at 5-11? They were 8-8 last year with 0 defense. If they add Nnamadi, they could be a playoff team.

I'd say Seahawks, Niners, Cards, Lions, Panthers, and Redskins are all going to finish with losing records. Potentially the Cowboys too.

That moment defined Jim Harbaugh's career. Such a funny guy. Seriously, I wish Luck had left instead of Harbaugh. The guy was just one of a kind. Than again, Luck is too, but still.

I wouldn't be so sure about that either. Stanford's been racking up good recruting classes for the last 4-5 years. If Shaw can continue to convert the talent into on-field resutls, we may have a good thing going for quite some time.

Lions and Rams 10-6? I don't see it.

Lions finish at 8-8. Rams finish at 9-7. Rams finish with a better record because of significantly worse division.

Redskins will finish 4-12. That team is awful. John Beck at QB, that's not a good sign.