What a Day

Seriously, could the NCAA have tried to schedule Separation Saturday a little earlier in the season? No TiVo = sucks to be me. The Pac-10 has a lot to prove against the Big-12 today. Kirk Herbstreit agrees. Baylor, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Colorado are going down!!

-Here is a bigger piece on how important the OU-UO game is to the Pac-10. Oregon can't lose to the Sooners three times in a row, can they?

-Pat Forde favors both USC and Oregon today. He has a good reason for picking USC - they have not lost at the Coliseum since Pete Carroll's third game as coach. Bruce Feldman feels exactly the same way.

-You know, people often say that kickers aren't real football players. I admit, their position is a little different and they are the only players who put their actual foot on the ball. But how many players get stabbed by their teammates and are ready to play after one week?

-Conquest Chronicles has some great takes on the whole Reggie Bush marketing saga. Bruins Nation has some if you hate USC. I say we wait for the NCAA to do something logical. If athletes can go pro in one sport and still retain eligibility in another, the NCAA will always have problems differentiating between amateurs and professionals. In my opinion, I think the NCAA needs to contribute a lot more to the student-athlete dichotomy than they currently do, otherwise players will always feel like they are being exploited and deserve some kind of payment.