Oregon soars to No. 1 in AP Top 25
By RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer
For the first time, Oregon is No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll.
The Ducks climbed one place to the top spot during an off week after previous No. 1 Ohio State lost 31-18 at Wisconsin on Saturday night.
Boise State also moved up one place to No. 2. Oklahoma jumped three spot to No. 3, passing No. 4 TCU. Auburn moved up two spots to fifth.
Ohio State dropped 10 spots to 11th.
Oregon becomes the 43rd team to hold the No. 1 ranking in the AP media poll, which dates to 1936. Ohio State's loss came a week after then-No. 1 Alabama was beaten by South Carolina.
Oregon will try to avoid becoming the third straight No. 1 team to lose when it plays at home against UCLA on Thursday night.
The 49ers finally win, though the play of that offense was pretty ugly for the better part of three quarters. But a win's a win, least for this fan :sweat:
Eagles are in a tough, somewhat enviable spot, as Kolb goes for three touchdowns in a win against Atlanta. Though Andy Reid has said Vick would be starter once he's healthy, Kolb has played well. Still, to have two capable quarterbacks is nice to have.
On the college side, Oklahoma tops the BCS poll this week, with Oregon #2 and Boise State #3.
1 Oklahoma
2 Oregon
3 Boise State
4 Auburn
5 TCU
6 LSU
7 Michigan State
8 Alabama
9 Utah
10 Ohio State
I think Boise St. will go undefeated, but it's hard to imagine them going any higher if the top two win out. If Auburn somehow goes undefeated, they might pass Boise. It's way to early to tell, but Boise St. has to hope the upsets that happened this past Saturday will continue as the season goes.
Junior Seau Drives SUV Off Cliff After Being Released From Jail: Report
TMZ reported this morning that former NFL linebacker Junior Seau was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence. After he was released from jail, Seau reportedly drove his SUV off a cliff in Carlsbad, Calif.
According to the report, Seau was injured in the crash and was taken to a local hospital.
He was allegedly released from jail around 3:20 a.m.
bmwracer wrote:Colts win a nailbiter over the Redskins, 27-24. :sweat:
With over 2 minutes left and the Redskins couldn't even get into FG range to tie it. :shakehead: Well, there's a reason why McNabb hasn't won a Super Bowl.
bmwracer wrote:Junior Seau Drives SUV Off Cliff After Being Released From Jail: Report
Heard this in the radio this afternoon. A bit sad that he's ended up like this.
On a side note, there used to be a neighbor that lived down the street that looked exactly like Junior, almost like twins.
Re: All the hub-bub about the NFL cracking down on violent hits and the major fines and suspensions they are preparing to hand out.
I read a comment from Joe Paterno and I was wondering if you had any thoughts. His solution would be to remove the face mask from the helmet.
"I have been saying (it) for 15 years," Paterno said. "Then, you would get back to shoulder blocking and shoulder tackling and you wouldn't have all those heroes out there. Guys (would) have to worry about broken noses, knocked-out teeth, which we would like to prevent, but you don't get anything for nothing. "We used to have one single bar; now we have a weapon."
I think I buy it. I wasn't around in the no face mask era... but I know we were never taught to block or tackle with our heads or faces.
I can see how removing the cage would change the way guys tackled. But do you think it would hurt the game?
I can see how removing the cage would change the way guys tackled. But do you think it would hurt the game?
it might or might not hurt the I'll say because nowmore players now have to be extra careful on how they would run and there stopping thats how i see it ... it will have a big enough effect on the I think. ... but the players safety comes first right
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