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Halftime, Maryland 45-42. Shelstad hasn't missed, 14 points.

Maryland hits a 3, 36-32 lead, steal the inbound pass, 38-32.

13-2 run for the Ducks, Shelstad with 11 of them. Maryland leads 32-30.

8-0 run for Maryland, 25-15.

Bucky's 4th quarter TD caps the come from behind win for Tampa Bay and wins the division. The win knocks Penix and the Falcons out of the Playoffs.

Maryland is 2-2 on 3's, takes an early 8-6 lead,

Joel Klatt: ‘Narrative that SEC is clearly the best conference is dead’ - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Joel Klatt explained why the narrative that the SEC is the best conference in college football should change.

Nobody can disagree with that. He went from Bucky Ducky to Bucky Buccy!

I would put more emphasis on SoS. Alabama's loss to Oklahoma was bad, but Indiana got to 11-1 by playing teams like Oklahoma. "They did what they were supposed to do" Well, yeah.

See below at bottom of thread for more... ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Ducks most likely won't be No.9 when the new Poll comes out. Where they'll be depends on how the game with 11-3 Maryland. Current odds have Oregon -4.5. SIDEARM Integrations GODUCKS.COM The official Men's Basketball page for the University of Oregon Ducks

The game wasn't just a shock to Oregon fans. The spread was -2-5 Ohio State. Not a lot, but a few "experts" picked the Ducks, Saban could only come up with, "well it's hard to beat a good team twice, so, Ohio State". But Ohio State jumped on top early, and as Playoff games to go, as well as some regular season basketball games, it just kept getting worse. The time off vs. getting a game in, the juices flowing can't be discounted. We'll never know how the game would have gone if it had been two weeks later for the Natty. But I agree with Lanning, Ohio State was the better team in the game that was played, and I expect them to win the Natty. OBD will go to the doctor, perhaps they were really in need of one the last month, and begin getting ready for another season of B1G football and I can hardly wait.

Montana State: Not a cupcake. W OK.State: W Northwestern: W Beavis: W @ Penn State: Could be an L Indiana: The Hoosiers have picked up some talent in the Portal: W @ Rutgers: W Wisconsin: W @ Iowa: another possible L Minnesota: W USC: Fight On USC W @ Washington: Can't get to 12 in a row without 2 in a row W Aside from @ Penn State, and at Iowa, I don't see another L.

Coke, McDonald's Chevrolet, Nike, B1G, Mary Ann-Ginger.

Moore could turn out to be great, or maybe Ewers or Rourke, or some other QB comes, has a great year, is a finalist for the Heisman...Unless Oregon's O-Line is transformed to the one from 2 season's ago, unless all of a sudden the LB's & secondary are on par with Ohio State's this season, and Dakorien Moore is a freshman like Jeremiah Smith, and an Ebuka on the other side, I don't see No.2. That doesn't mean Oregon can't have a very successful season. 13-0 isn't the floor. 10-3, 11-2, almost certainly gets into the Playoff, maybe even that coveted 6 seed.

No caveat on the missed targeting call. Big 12 commissioner calls for 'national standards' for calling targeting after controversial play APNEWS.COM Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark is calling for more consistency on what constitutes a targeting penalty after no call was made on...

As far as I know, if the ball goes through the uprights, however it gets there, it's good. The one caveat to that is if it hits the ground first, which apparently was the case here. Arizona State has field goal blocked, ball improbably bounces off ground and through uprights - Saturday Down South WWW.SATURDAYDOWNSOUTH.COM Arizona State had a field goal blocked in the most interesting of ways in Wednesday's Peach Bowl vs. Texas.

This entire season, I think, has been one of complete respect for OBD. They beat Ohio State, by a point, crazy ending, and after that, jumped to No.1, and eventually, a unanimous No.1. On the CFP Show, it was, "Okay, Oregon's No.1, moving on", and, it was said, early, by everybody, that Oregon is being totally screwed by the seeding. After the Rose Bowl, we all saw it. Nobody said, "Oregon's successful season was a fraud." In their first B1G season, Oregon went undefeated, beating Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State in the process. After the Rose Bowl, of course nobody from Oregon said anything about the seeding, and nationally nobody said that was why Ohio State won. But the seeding issue didn't just disappear. It was acknowledged as a legitimate hardship for the No.1 seed, in this case, Oregon to go through. I still don't understand No.2 next year, but yeah, I'll take it, at least they didn't say No.1.

This would be literally and figuratively Huge if even one of those two are Ducks next season.

What specifically are your concerns with the coaching?

It really is as blatant as that, and the big 12 didn't think there was any problem with the format, nor does the Mountain West. Penn State would probably be okay with a change, but it sure worked out okay for them, "hmm, lose to Ohio State during the season, lose to Oregon in the CCG, get the easiest route to the Natty possible."

Hopefully that cleared the bad vibes out of MKA.

No.2? In the country? Love the enthusiasm. But No.2 in the B1G is optimistic for me. Gabriel is gone, Tez is gone. The OL is not going to be better next season. The DL won't be better, the secondary won't be better, LB's? I really don't understand how expectations for an improvement on this season is likely.

Yep. Beat Maryland, Illinois is a learning experience.

Purdue, Temple, UAB...Miami?

I really hope Carter is ready to go for Penn, State. I like Ohio State, 38-17 over Texas.