UCLA at STANFORD
Bruin
linebacker Xavier Burgess arrested Monday on felony charges for verbally
threatening a campus parking attendant. Two reasons why this never would’ve
happened under Bob Toledo’s watch: Players during his regime rarely
visited campus, nor would they ever leave home without a handicap-parking
placard hanging on the rearview.
A few days ago
we had some plumbing problems that cost a bundle. Today I learned my truck was
not long for this world. Still, it could be worse. I could be Buddy
Teevens.
Pick:
BRUINS
CALIFORNIA at ARIZONA
STATE
Despite the
combined 8-9 records of these two lower echelonites, this could prove to be the
one of the more entertaining offensive showdowns this weekend. Which begs the
question, if a tree falls in the forest…
Pick: GOLDEN
BEARS
ARIZONA at OREGON
STATE
Word out of
Tucson is that a search committee has narrowed down their list of head coaching
candidates from 100 to 10. An easier task than those numbers would indicate, as
most of their candidates have long since been deceased.
Yes,
I’ll admit that Beavo boss Mike “Male Pattern” Riley may be justified in
some of his complaints regarding Pac-10 officiating, but there was no way OSU receiver
James Newson was inbounds on that controversial endzone call at Wazzu last weekend. And I have
the doctored photo to prove it.
Pick:
BEAVERS
WASHINGTON STATE at SOUTHERN CAL
You
won’t find this in the U$C media guide, but Toejam offensive coordinator Obi
Norm Chow is actually just a hologram. The real Obi Norm was killed some
years back by Darth Vader.
What do
I, the Crimson Seer, have in common with Southern Gal receiver Mike Williams? Not much, other than we both like to heckle Ryan Killeen
when he misses field goals and extra points.
Pick:
COUGARS
OREGON at WASHINGTON
Oregon’s
free-speaking safety Keith Lewis guarantees he and his pond pals will be
dancing “on their ‘W’” after the Ducks defeat the Dogs. He also reports they’ve
all been spending extra time after practices studying the alphabet so as to
easily identify “their ‘W’” when the time comes. (Many of the sharper UO players
have alertly noted “how weird it is” that the letter is called a “double U” when
it really looks like a double V.)
I was very
impressed with the statue of Jim “The Wizard” Owens un-hooded,
er—unveiled last weekend at Husky Stadium but did note the color of his neck is
just a shade or two off.
Pick:
DUCKS
LAST
WEEK: 5-0
YEAR-TO-DATE:
42-17