No. 1 college football team --- OREGON!

[grasswire]

The BCS poll finally shows OREGON as the top college football team.

Wheeee!

1. Oregon

2. Auburn

3. TCU

4. Boise State

5. Utah

Next game Washington at Oregon Saturday.

[Arugula Latte]

1. I wish it were Cal, but, if not Cal -- GO DUCKS!

:woohoo:

[petronius]

2. You and me both! A "#1" next to Stanfurd would be a bit painful,

but it's cool to see a PAC-10 team at the top again...

[Arugula Latte]

3. That's true; that would hurt

I really, really dislike USC, too.

[gratuitous]

4. The Colley Matrix computer has Oregon at No. 7

ESPN has the details. One of the computer rankings, Colley Matrix, has Oregon at No. 7, behind Oklahoma, Nebraska and Missouri. I think I've localized where the Big 12 bias comes from. Still working on pinpointing the SEC bias in the BCS joke of a ranking system.

[oregonjen]

5. A part of me is happy, but another part of me doesn't want to support them

I'm an alumnus and want to support my team, but I'm really not pleased at the exclusivity that sports in colleges have. The teams get the money, in this case, Phil Knight has taken over. While money is pumped into our football team, tuition is rising to an unaffordable amount, and just a few years ago, incoming freshmen didn't have a dorm to live in. As soon as that became public, U of O fixed the situation pronto, but I feel like the students are being pushed aside because football is where the money is. A state of the art facility only for the athletes, not the students? Huh? http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/01/new_oregon_academic_center_bac.html
A new basketball facility named after Knight's son?
Every spring, summer, fall, and winter, I get students calling to get money out of me. I'm angry at Knight taking over my college and making it his.

On the other hand, Go Ducks!

[grasswire]

6. aren't benefactors always skewing things at universities?

If Knight wants to give his money in that fashion, then your quarrel is with him, not the school. IMHO. Tuition doesn't go up because Knight gave football money. Housing isn't inadequate because Knight gave football money. He likely wouldn't have given money to support either tuition or housing.