Fiesta Bowl: No. 4 Oregon Dominates No. 5 Kansas State

Oregon Ducks 35 Kansas State Wildcats 17 Oregon was definitely FASTER, never looking back after De'Anthony Thomas's opening 94-yard touchdown on a kickoff return in yesterday's Tostito's Fiesta Bowl. Great year, Oregon. One overtime short of a national title. With No. 3 Florida losing in the Sugar Bowl, Ducks will end ranked No. 3, or even possibly No. 2.

Sugar Bowl: Louisville Stuns Florida

The No. 21 Louisville Cardinals shocked the football world with their 33-23 upset win over the No. 3-ranked Florida Gators in the Sugar Bowl last night. I love to see underdogs win!

A Good Weekend for Football

It was not a good weekend for Bay Area baseball fans. So let's talk about football. The 49ers put in a dominating 45-3 performance over the Buffalo Bills. And the Raiders didn't lose. (It was a bye week.) Stanford made 2 crucial fourth downs to force overtime with Arizona and then won 54-48. Because of my time living in Oregon I became an Oregon Ducks fan. The Ducks dominated their foe, stopping the Washington Huskies 52-21.

Oregon Dominates USC, 47-20

Still reveling over the dominating victory the #10 Oregon Ducks put on the #5 USC Trojans. The Trojans, now with 2 losses in the Pac 10 will see their 7-year streak as conference champs come to an end. USC will not go to the national title game or to the Rose Bowl this year.

AP report excerpt:

No. 10 Oregon runs past No. 4 USC 47-20
By ANNE M. PETERSON, AP Sports Writer
Nov 1, 1:28 am EDT

EUGENE, Ore. (AP)—As the T-shirts worn in Oregon’s student section proclaimed, it was Fright Night at Autzen Stadium.

It certainly was for USC.

Jeremiah Masoli threw for 222 yards and a touchdown and ran for 164 more yards with another score and the 10th-ranked Ducks trampled No. 4 Southern California 47-20 Saturday night, the Trojans’ worst loss since 1997.

“I don’t know if we made a statement, this is just what we planned on doing,” Masoli said. “If it makes a statement it makes a statement. That’s just Oregon football and how we roll.”

Redshirt freshman LaMichael James ran for 183 yards and a score as the Ducks (7-1, 5-0 Pac-10) racked up 391 yards on the ground against the Trojans, who came into the game with the fifth-best rush defense in the nation (79.9 yards a game).

USC’s defense yielded a total of 613 yards to Oregon.

“It was a real mess for us tonight,” said Pete Carroll, who was handed his worst loss as coach of the Trojans. “Oregon did everything that they wanted to do.”

Southern California (6-2, 3-2) had not lost a game by more than a touchdown since a 27-16 loss to Notre Dame in 2001, Carroll’s first season with USC. The last time the Trojans were so soundly beaten was 1997, when they lost 35-7 to Arizona State and 27-0 to Washington.

Oregon remained alone in first and undefeated in the Pac-10. USC has won or shared the last seven Pac-10 titles. That streak is in serious jeopardy. The Trojans’ run of seven straight BCS games is also in danger.

The Ducks are now poised to take the crown after stomping the longtime Kings of the West Coast.

Sweet.

Oregon Clobbers Michigan

The Oregon Ducks rolled over the Michigan Wolverines, 39-7, as the Wolverines suffered their worst loss since 1968. I don't get to see many Oregon games either here in the Midwest, but I did get to tape and view this great victory for the Ducks. I'm still a big Oregon fan. Even though we only lived there 5 years, it is our favorite state and I am faithful to the Oregon teams. Even have an Oregon Ducks banner on my sports wall.

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