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Cal vs. Oregon

How is Cal not ranked? How come the BCS polls don't have 25 Oregon at 21 Cal? The difference in the game will be Cal's defense. Cal picked off Kevin Craft 4 times, and he had 3 picks in the last 6 games, making 11 picks on the year. Half were returned for scores in Cal's 41-20 win. I expect the same vs. Oregon, 6-2, 4-1 in conference play, look for their first win at Berkeley since 2001. I expect a 38-24 Cal win because of Riley outplaying Masoli, and the Cal defense. They have a 10+ turnover radio, and a average of 1.43, third in the nation. They held UCLA to 16 rushing yards and have allowed only an average of 301.4 rushing yards per game, their best in 14 years. With 28 points on blocked kicks and 7 on punt returns, Cal is too good for OU.

Bowl Picks and more

Bowl picks BCS Title: Texas vs. Penn St. Sugar: Utah vs. Texas Tech Orange: Alabama vs. Florida Fiesta: Oklahoma vs. Tulsa Rose: USC vs. Oklahoma St. Las Vegas: TCU vs. Oregon St. Emerald: Arizona vs. Virginia Tech Poinsetta: BYU vs. Hawaii GMAC Rutgers vs. 17 Ball St. Gator: Florida St. vs. Notre Dame Eagle Bank: Navy vs. Miami FL Hawaii: Louisville vs. San Jose St. Sun: 12 Missouri vs. 25 Oregon Capitol One: 9 Georgia vs. 16 Ohio St. Music City: LSU vs. Duke Meinike Car Care: South Florida vs. Georgia Tech Armed Forces: Rice vs. Air Force Humanatarian: 11 Boise St. vs. 15 Virginia Texas: Houston vs. Colorado Alamo: Northwestern vs. Wake Forest Holiday: 21 Cal vs. Kansas Papajohns.com: West Virginia vs. Vanderbilt Liberty: East Carolina vs. Fresno St. Outback: Iowa vs. South Carolina Independence: Kentucky vs. Kansas St. New Orleans: Troy vs. Pittsburgh St. Petersberg: Memphis vs. Cincinnati Insight: Michigan St. vs. Nebraska International: Uconn vs. Western Michigan Chick-Fil-A: Nor

BBD 2 Polls

1 Texas 1 Penn St. 3 Alabama 4 Florida 5 USC 6 Oklahoma St. 7 Oklahoma 8 Texas Tech 9 Georgia 10 Utah 11 Boise St. 12 TCU 13 Missouri 14 Tulsa 15 Virginia 16 Ohio St. 17 Minnesota 18 Ball St. 19 Florida St. 20 North Carolina 21 Cal 22 Maryland 23 South Florida 24 BYU 25 Oregon Others Notre Dame, LSU, Michigan St., West Virginia, South Carolina, Iowa, Miami FL, Arizona, Virginia Tech, Oregon St., Louisville, Georgia Tech, Duke, Kentucky, Central Michigan, Kansas, Northwestern, Boston College

UCLA @ Cal

I don't see how UCLA can pull off an upset. I've seen 3 ESPN commenters saying UCLA wins. I have no idea how UCLA wins in Berkeley. If UCLA wins, it's because Cal played horrible. Longshore, Best, Vereen, Cunningham and the rest of the Bears will make sure they don't look ahead to next week vs. the Ducks, in Berkeley. The Bruins are 3-4, 2-2 in conference play, and there only wins are at home against 1-6 Wazzu and 4-4 Stanford. Both teams have a combined record of 5-10. UCLA isn't ready for Cal. 42-17 Cal. Comment on your picks for all games on this blog

Top 25 Polls/ New Polls/Top 25 Scoreboard+Picks

1 Texas 2 Penn St. 3 Alabama 4 USC 5 Florida 6 Oklahoma 7 Texas Tech 8 Oklahoma St. 9 Ohio St. 10 Georgia 11 Utah 12 Boise St. 13 LSU 14 South Florida 15 Florida St. 16 Minnesota 17 Missouri 18 TCU 19 BYU 20 Tulsa 21 Kansas 22 Pittsburgh 23 Boston College 24 Georgia Tech 25 Ball St. Others Virginia Tech, Northwestern, Virginia, Vanderbilt, Oregon, UNC, Cincinnati, Notre Dame, Arizona, South Carolina, Maryland, California, San Jose St., Michigan St., Iowa, Kentucky, Miami FL, Oregon St., Central Michigan Computer Rankings/BBD 2 Polls 1 Texas 2 Penn St. 3 Alabama 4 USC 5 Oklahoma St. 6 Florida 7 Ohio St. 8 Utah 9 Oklahoma 10 Georgia 11 Texas Tech 12 Boise St. 13 South Florida 14 Missouri 15 TCU 16 LSU 17 Tulsa 18 Minnesota 19 Georgia Tech 20 Ball St. 21 BYU 22 Pittsburgh 23 Kansas 24 Boston College 25 Virginia Right Outside: Northwestern, Arizona, Florida St., Virginia Tech, Maryland, California, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Kentucky, North Carolina, Michigan St., Oregon, Cincinnati, Central

Weekend picks

19 Cal over Arizona 41-17 6 Oklahoma over 16 Kansas 30-28 1 Texas over 10 Missouri 40-28 20 Michigan St. over 12 Ohio St. 26-23 OT South Carolina over 15 LSU 35-27 11 Georgia over 23 Vanderbilt 27-24 Boston College over 17 Virginia Tech 23-17 2 Alabama over Ole Miss 27-21 Pittsburgh over Navy 37-21 21 North Carolina over Virginia 41-31 Maryland over 22 Wake Forest 34-30 9 Oklahoma St. over Baylor 49-24 Georgia Tech over Clemson 26-24 New Mexico St. over San Jose St. 34-28

Top 25 Polls

1 Texas 2 Alabama 3 Penn State 4 USC 5 Florida 6 Oklahoma 7 BYU 8 Texas Tech 9 Oklahoma St. 10 Missouri 11 Georgia 12 Ohio St. 13 Utah 14 Boise St. 15 LSU 16 Kansas 17 Virginia Tech 18 South Florida 19 California 20 Michigan St. 21 North Carolina 22 Wake Forest 23 Vanderbilt 24 Florida State 25 Minnesota Dropped From Polls: 20 Auburn, 19 Northwestern Others TCU, Tulsa, Pittsburgh, Boston College, Ball St., Georgia Tech, South Carolina, Northwestern, Oregon, Duke, Virginia, Wisconsin, Arizona, Illinois, Cincinnati, Notre Dame, New Mexico St., Clemson

Picks For The Weekend

22 Wake Forest Over Clemson 31-17 Illinois Over Minnesota 24-21 16 Kansas Over Colorado 38-21 12 Georgia Over Tennessee 24-16 9 USC Over Arizona State 66-13 24 North Carolina Over Notre Dame 34-13 19 Northwestern Over 25 Michigan State 37-34 OT 11 Ohio State Over Purdue 24-12 Upset Alert: New Mexico Over BYU 27-20 Arizona Over Stanford 31-21 13 Boise State Over Southern Miss 36-17 7 Penn State Over Wisconsin 35-20 6 Texas Tech Over Nebraska 45-17 Miami FL Over UCF 35-17 Virginia Over East Carolina 31-28 Kentucky Over South Carolina 38-28 Iowa Over Indania 45-31 2 Missouri Over 18 Oklahoma State 45-33 1 Oklahoma Over 5 Texas 21-17 GOTW: 10 Florida Over 3 LSU 31-21

Top 25 Scoreboard

1 Oklahoma vs. 5 Texas 12:00 PM ET Dallas, TX 18 Oklahoma St. @ 2 Missouri 8:00 PM ET 3 LSU @ 10 Florida 8:00 PM ET Nebraska @ 6 Texas Tech 3:00 PM ET 7 Penn State @ Wisconsin 8:00 PM ET New Mexico @ 8 BYU 6:00 PM ET Arizona State @ 9 USC 3:30 PM ET Purdue @ 11 Ohio State 3:30 PM ET Tennessee @ 12 Georgia 3:30 PM ET 13 Boise State @ Southern Miss 8:00 PM ET 14 Vanderbilt @ Mississippi State 2:30 PM ET 15 Utah @ Wyoming 2:00 PM ET Colorado @ 16 Kansas 12:30 PM ET 25 Michigan State @ 19 Northwestern 3:30 PM ET Arkansas @ 20 Auburn 5:00 PM ET Clemson @ 22 Wake Forest Thurs. 7:30PM ET Notre Dame @ 24 North Carolina 3:30 PM ET

Week 2 Lightning Lineup Changes

WR Plaxico Burress BRB Marion Barber

Week 6 Top 25

1 Oklahoma 2 Missouri 3 LSU 4 Alabama 5 Texas 6 Texas Tech 7 Penn State 8 BYU 9 USC 10 Florida 11 Ohio State 12 Georgia 13 Boise State 14 Vanderbilt 15 Utah 16 Kansas 17 Virginia Tech 18 Oklahoma State 19 Northwestern 20 Auburn 21 South Florida 22 Wake Forest 23 California 24 North Carolina 25 Michigan State Other Votes Wisconsin, Illinois,Florida State, Oregon, TCU, North Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia Tech, Boston College, Minnesota, Fresno State, Arizona, Notre Dame, Ball State, Tulsa, Pittsburgh 3 Biggest Top 25 Games Next Weekend: 1 3 LSU @ 10 Florida 2 5 Texas vs. 1 Oklahoma 3 7 Penn State @ 22 Wisconsin Right Outside: 18 Oklahoma State @ 4 Missouri

Waiver Line

Matt Forte, Chris Johnson, Michael Turner, Plaxico Burress-Lightning Jamal Lewis, Reggie Bush-Outlaws Edgerrin James- Winners Brandon Jacobs-Outdoor Pillows Earnest Graham-Cal Willie Parker-Patriots

Fantasy Week 1 Lightning Lineups

Lightning[at Cal] PTS QB1 Drew Brees 19.50 QB2 Donovan McNabb 9.80 RB Adrian Peterson 4.80 RB2 Marion Barber 8.40 WR2 Greg Jennings 14.70 TE Heath Miller 10.50 K Nick Folk 7.00 BTE Kellen Winslow 0.00 [Bye] BWR Anquan Boldin 0.00 BWRDwayne Bowe 5.70 Total: 74.71