The Oregon Duck football team has a "bye" this weekend but there are a lot of important games that could help the Duck in the Rose Bowl and or National Championship quest. So get out that TV tuner and have a fun weekend watching college football. The Games are as follows and all times are PST in the order of their starting time on Saturday.
Michigan at Wisconsin 9:00 a.m. ESPN
Oregon beat Michigan so Oregon wants Michigan to win to strengthen our strength of schedule in the BCS ratings
Texas A&M at Missouri 9:30 a.m. FSN
Missouri is three teams below Oregon in the BCS at # 6 so we want Texas A&M to win.
Houston at Tulsa 12:00 p.m. (No TV)
Oregon beat Houston so Oregon wants Houston to win to strengthen our strength of schedule in the BCS ratings
Illinois at Ohio State 12:30 p.m. ABC
Ohio State is #1 in the BCS ratings so Oregon at #3 wants Illinois to win. Not likely, but could happen
Arizona State at UCLA 12:30 p.m. ABC
Oregon and Arizona State are tied on top of the Pac-10 standings but Oregon has the tie breaker due to our victory over ASU last weekend. UCLA is right behind Oregon and ASU so this is a hard one to pick but Oregon will play UCLA next in Pasadena so I will hope Arizona State wins. I also think ASU will lose to U$C so again it helps Oregon a little for Arizona State to win this game.
Stanford at Washington State 3:30 p.m. FSNW
Two bottom of the Pac-10 teams. This game has little effect on the Ducks. I like Washington State over the "rich kids" as Stanford. There ought to be some joy to those who have to live in Pullman, Washington other than drinking beer. The kids at Stanford have already gotten the brass ring of life. Am I sounding like a Democrat?
Kansas at Oklahoma State 5:00 p.m. ABC
Kansas is right below Oregon in the BCS standings at #4 and is undefeated. They could leap over Oregon in the BCS so Oregon wants Oklahoma State to win.
USC at California 5:00 p.m. ABC
There is a division of opinion on this one. Since Oregon beat U$C it helps our strength of schedule on the computer portion of the BCS calculation if U$C wins. Oregon lost to Cal so a Cal win could help with the real people who vote in the poll portion of the BCS calculations.I want Cal to win because I want to keep U$C out of the Rose Bowl and a loss here would give them 3 losses.
Louisiana Tech at LSU 5:00 p.m. ESPN
LSU is #2 in the BCS just ahead of Oregon at # 3 so this is a no brainier Ducks are for Louisiana Tech to win. Unlikely as that may be.
Washington at Oregon State 7:15 p.m. FSN
Can we hope that both teams lose? Oregon has already beat Washington and Washington is #9 in the Pac 10 standings and OSU is #6 so my vote goes to Washington as the lesser of two evils. Sorry Beaver friends.
Fresno State at Hawaii 8:00 p.m. ESPN2
Oregon beat Fresno State so it helps Oregon's strength of schedule if they win over #16 BCS team Hawaii.
