College Football Week 11: Indiana is playing for a Big Ten title. In football.

Notre Dame has had some dramatic wins, but they can be very tedious to watch in a game they control like tonight's.

 

Can't wait for Leach's presser after this.

 

Barner sent off to locker room for repairs. Ducks lead 14-7.

 

I was wondering who this Marshall person was that scored the second TD. Hopefully he's OK, Oregon may be in for a fight ... for the first half at least.

 

Well, that sure was an enjoyable Saturday evening.

 

Cal has a running game and a new quarterback that Oregon can't quite figure out. 14-10 Ducks.

Probably a good time to point out that when Oregon went undefeated in 2010, the closest call was a 15-13 win in Berkeley, against a team that also wasn't good enough to qualify for a bowl.

 

Why isn't Beard kicking for Oregon?

 

True, but the Bears did fake a lot of injuries that game. Having said that, Cal may be a matchup problem with Oregon not matter the record. They're going to need TDs this year, not FGs if they're going to have a chance though.

 

They just can't win with some people, can they? Get a dramatic game against Pitt or Stanford and people say they are lucky to win. Go on the road and dominate Oklahoma or Boston College and they get called boring.

All of that maybe true, but what do people want? They're not going to run up scores like, say, Oregon. That's just not who they are. They manage to win games, sometimes by a little, sometimes by a little more. Given how they've played on the road, I give them a better than 50/50 shot to win at USC, especially if they make it a physical game between the tackles.

It reminds me of 1997 when Nebraska was blowing out people every week and Michigan won all these relatively low-scoring squeakers. Both went undefeated with very different styles.

 

I should be charging for my picks.

 

Oh shit. Mariota hurt. Holding his hand, couldn't lift his arm. Backup in game on first and goal.