Opening Week Picks

Here are my opening week picks for 2007. No time for analysis, will do more in depth next week.


Oregon State 30 UTAH 16
Syracuse 24 UW 21
Wisconsin 31 Wazzu 23
UCLA 27 Stanford 17
USC 51 Idaho 6
ASU 45 SJSU 17
BYU 24 UA 16
CAL 27 UT 23
Oregon 31 Houston 21

Around The Pac...

As the season is but a week away, here's the latest around the pac, coming soon, week one predictions!

USC Final Scrimmage Recap

Latest on the BRUINS including Cowen injury update

CAL freshman makes an impression in the defensive backfield

Ducks team notes including replay rehash and Closed Scrimmage Breakdown

Oregon State Star receiver Sammy Stroughter takes personal leave of absence

Wazzu Coach Doba on the hot seat

Huskies cut back two a days

Arizona to face tough BYU team in opener

ASU running back Ryan Torain receives more preseason accolades

Stanford prepares for final scrimmage/season opener

Pac Ten Posters

AP Preseason Poll Out

USC #1 as expected. Other pac ten teams in the preseason top 25, #12 CAL, #14UCLA, others receiving votes: Ore. St. (42) ASU(17), no votes for Oregon??? And nobody accidently voted for U of A!

CLICK HERE FOR THE AP PRESEASON TOP 25!

Motivational Poster

Sometimes we all need a little motivation!

SI Ranks Their Top 20 RBs.....4 from Pac Ten

Here they are:

#19 Justin Forcett CAL
#16 Ryan Torrain ASU
#15 Jonathan Smith ORE
#10 Yvenson Bernard OSU

ESPN Ranks All D1A Programs Over Past Decade

Here They Are:

1-25

26-50

51-75

76-100

100-119

Enjoy!

Sports Illustrated Polls the Players

S.I. interviewed 1 football starter from each of the 119 division 1A schools. The results are interesting. Read all about em HERE.
Read the article and follow the links to see who the most popular/unpopular coaches are, who the players heisman favorite is. And who do the starters feel will win the national title.

Barry Bonds Blasts #756 To Become New Home Run King!

It was a 3-2 fastball that former Sun Devil Barry Bonds fittingly sent soaring to deep right center field, the ball traveled 435 feet into the bleachers and the frenzy ensued. It was a classic at bat, in which Barry nearly grounded out on a breaking ball the previous pitch. Bonds took the Home Run Crown 3 days after moving into a tie with Hank Aaron at 755. Aaron contratulated Bonds on the video scoreboard following the blast. It was an all around great day for the slugger as Bonds went 3 for 3 with a single, double and home run.

CLICK HERE for Barry Bonds career stats from baseball-reference.com

CLICK HERE for Barry Bonds College Stats at Arizona State

The Bill Walsh Coaching Tree

Click HERE for the Bill Walsh Coaching Tree!

Arizona State Poster Schedule

Click On Pic to pull up URL, right click and save as, to download to your PC.

Pac 10 Preview Clip

ASU Torain/Herring Wallpaper Click on pic to pull up URL , then right click and save as to download to your PC.




Courtesy of ESPN.COM

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=2959914&categoryId=2564308&n8pe6c=3

What The QB Sees!

Hank Aaron Gets Company From Former Sun Devil

After spending over three decades all alone at the top of the major league alltime HR leaderboard, Hank Aaron gets some brief company from Barry Bonds, as he temporarely shares a slot with Aaron at the top of the list. Quite soon however; the former Arizona State star will continue past Hank as he is poised to shatter baseball's most hallowed record as the Giants will return to AT&T park on Monday for a homestand. Barry Bonds belted number 755 in his first at bat tonight at Petco Park in San Diego, homering off Clay Hensley, Hensley becomes the 455th pitcher for Bonds to homer off of. It was Bonds' 88th homer off the Padres in his career. Bonds celebrated with his family and even received a cell phone call from his older daughter during his press conference.
Commisioner Bud Selig looked confused and wasn't too emotional during the homerun, he seemingly couldn't tell if the ball even made it over the fence and looked quite dumbfounded, perhaps he was drunk! Former Sun Devils Barry Bonds and Reggie Jackson are among baseballs alltime HR leader list.

Here' The 500 Club:

Barry Bonds* (42) 755
Hank Aaron+ 755
Babe Ruth+* 714
Willie Mays+ 660
Sammy Sosa (38) 604
Ken Griffey* (37) 589
Frank Robinson+ 586
Mark McGwire 583
Harmon Killebrew+ 573
Rafael Palmeiro* 569
Reggie Jackson+* 563
Mike Schmidt+ 548
Mickey Mantle+# 536
Jimmie Foxx+ 534
Willie McCovey+* 521
Ted Williams+* 521
Ernie Banks+ 512
Eddie Mathews+* 512
Mel Ott+* 511
Eddie Murray+# 504
Frank Thomas (39) 504
Alex Rodriguez (31) 500

Preseason Coaches Poll Out!

The preseason Coaches Poll is out today and there isn't much surprise at the top. The USC Trojans check in at number one and the LSU Tigers are following them up at #2. There are however; a few surprises! First, the Duke Blue Devils , winners of 9 of their past 81 games and 1 of their past 25 conference games Duke managed to receive 1 vote. My guess is Steve Spurrier voted for them, he did after all, coach Duke to the ACC title in 1989 before bolting for greener pastures at the swamp.
Another surprise, Arizona , the Wildcats, U of A has gone 28-52 this century and has not made a bowl game since 1998. Mike Stoops has gone 12-22 as head coach and managed to get a vote, my guess, Big Brother Bob, at Oklahoma hooked him up.
And perhaps the biggest surprise of them all, Notre Dame is not in the preseason top 25. Stop the press, could it be, no Irish in the Top 25. Now I'm going to have to rethink my most overrated teams for the preseason. That's a whole other post, coming soon,the most overrated and underrated teams of 2007! Here's the complete Coaches Poll Top 25! Enjoy!

Here is the complete list including others receiving votes:

Rank Team (first-place votes) 2006 Record Points Final 2006 rank
1. Southern California (45) 11-2 1,481 4
2. LSU (4) 11-2 1,372 3
3. Florida (9) 13-1 1,278 1
4. Texas 10-3 1,231 13
5. Michigan (2) 11-2 1,218 9
6. West Virginia 11-2 1,205 10
7. Wisconsin 12-1 1,114 5
8. Oklahoma 11-3 1,026 11
9. Virginia Tech 10-3 1,005 18
10. Ohio State 12-1 919 2
11. Louisville 12-1 836 7
12. California 10-3 763 14
13. Georgia 9-4 604 NR
14. Auburn 11-2 595 8
15. Tennessee 9-4 583 23
16. Rutgers 11-2 466 12
17. UCLA 7-6 454 NR
18. Penn State 9-4 440 25
19. Nebraska 9-5 388 NR
20. Arkansas 10-4 360 16
21. Florida State 7-6 301 NR
22. TCU 11-2 233 21
23. Boise State 13-0 222 6
24. Hawaii 11-3 214 24
25. Texas A&M 9-4 209 NR



Others receiving votes (with 2006 records)

Boston College (10-3) 150; Georgia Tech (9-5) 150; Miami (Fla.) (7-6) 91; Notre Dame (10-3) 90; South Carolina (8-5) 90; Wake Forest (11-3) 71; Missouri (8-5) 58; Oregon State (10-4) 52; Brigham Young (11-2) 47; Clemson (8-5) 30; Oregon (7-6) 30; South Florida (9-4) 26; Texas Tech (8-5) 20; Alabama (6-7) 16; Oklahoma State (7-6) 15; Southern Mississippi (9-5) 14; Iowa (6-7) 12; Kansas State (7-6) 8; Memphis (2-10) 5; Houston (10-4) 4; Arizona (6-6) 1; Duke (0-12) 1; Kentucky (8-5) 1; Washington State (6-6) 1.

Snoop Dog Fires Back At Les Miles

By now you all have heard of Les Miles firing a preseason shot off at USC and the Pac Ten Conference. Les stated that USC has an easier road to the BCS championship game because they play in the SEC and USC plays juggernauts such as CAL and Stanford. Well here is Snoop Doggy Dogs reply. Here are also some Les Mile Videos for your enjoyment.

SNOOPS REPLY:
http://www.gump4heisman.com/my_weblog/files/snoop_disses_les_miles.mp3


LES MILES VIDEO LINKS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a0o9LBCd7Q

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2luet_lsujuly23_sport

Let er Rip Les:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9mKMJVxrk0