I disagree with Steele's Pac 10 picks. I just can not see UCLA finishng 3rd in the Conference with theoffense they have now. Oregon State has a very good HC, and returns the Rodgers brothers, but hadtheir starting QB go through shoulder surgery in the spring. They also lose 8 players on defense including the entire secondary. While Stanford has shown improvment, I do not think that they have the caliber of players that Oregon has. They will have to dependon their ground attack. They, aong with Arizona, seem to be the "it" teams in a year when mighty USC is not grabbing all the headlines in the Pac 10.
The word of the year 2008 was "change" in American politics. I believe this season the pac 10, regarding standings, could see alot of actual change, compared to last year.
USC, since 2002 has carried the big stick, like the Bush family most of this decade. Most people dislike them, but they still have the biggest guns in the room, so you have to respect them.
However, this year enough people "had enough" and USC finally gets dethroned. Berkeley, California and its liberals like King Obama, take the crown.
UCLA will be the John Edwards team. A coach with a collegian face, deep pockets, wise staff, but something about him makes you wonder if he is too shady to be trusted with the keys to the store.
Both Arizona teams will be like McCain & Palin. Only in the race to fill the field knowing they arent going to win when the race ends. They will add flavor winning a few games, similar to adding a nice set of legs at least to keep the race interesting into October.
Harbaugh and Stanford will be like Ron Paul, alot of spunk and heart, great ideas, but dont have the horses to really make real waves. However, Harbaugh has his own "yes we can" ideas and proves it punching one or two big guns in the mouth and getting Stanford to a bowl.
Washington acts like Huckabee, wins a few games here and there, but eventhough better than last year, nobody will be talking about them in November.
Although also filled with liberals, neither Oregon team finishes higher than 4th in pac10 this season. The Oregon teams, like Hillary Clinton, come bcs time, any tickets they get for those games will be in the stands watching, instead of on the playing field.
Washington State, well, unless miracles really do exist, they probably should work on their 2012 strategy. We'll call them the Ralph Nader team of the pac 10.
:grandmais
USC, since 2002 has carried the big stick, like the Bush family most of this decade. Most people dislike them, but they still have the biggest guns in the room, so you have to respect them.
However, this year enough people "had enough" and USC finally gets dethroned. Berkeley, California and its liberals like King Obama, take the crown.
UCLA will be the John Edwards team. A coach with a collegian face, deep pockets, wise staff, but something about him makes you wonder if he is too shady to be trusted with the keys to the store.
Both Arizona teams will be like McCain & Palin. Only in the race to fill the field knowing they arent going to win when the race ends. They will add flavor winning a few games, similar to adding a nice set of legs at least to keep the race interesting into October.
Harbaugh and Stanford will be like Ron Paul, alot of spunk and heart, great ideas, but dont have the horses to really make real waves. However, Harbaugh has his own "yes we can" ideas and proves it punching one or two big guns in the mouth and getting Stanford to a bowl.
Washington acts like Huckabee, wins a few games here and there, but eventhough better than last year, nobody will be talking about them in November.
Although also filled with liberals, neither Oregon team finishes higher than 4th in pac10 this season. The Oregon teams, like Hillary Clinton, come bcs time, any tickets they get for those games will be in the stands watching, instead of on the playing field.
Washington State, well, unless miracles really do exist, they probably should work on their 2012 strategy. We'll call them the Ralph Nader team of the pac 10.
:grandmais
I did some digging and have been informed unfortunately due to a change of ownership, there will not be a 2009 football issue printed.
However, they will resume printing with the basketball issue later this year and they guaranteed me next year a 2010 football issue will be printed.
New website is http://blueribbonyearbookonline.com/
New phone # is included at that link.
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i'm expecting the oddsmakers to throw out a -17 on cal. at least thats my line. the strongest unit maryland has is its offensive line but they offer nothing at the skill positions to support it. this maryland team is in a bad spot here imo. cal starts scoring at will(which i believe they can) maryland doesn't have the firepower to compete.
