Rickert's Blog picks Oregon 3rd in PAC 10

[woundedknees]

http://blog.oregonlive.com/ducks/

Behind Cal and USC...

[duckgrad99]

Maybe it's just me, but other than Javid Best, I don't see the fascination in Cal. They seem to be overrated every season.

[monster]

Seriously. They don't have a quarterback or a center and lost all their linebackers (which is kind of a big deal with their defensive scheme) ...

[UOducksTK1]

Maybe it's just me, but other than Javid Best, I don't see the fascination in Cal. They seem to be overrated every season.

Best is one of the most explosive players in the country, sometimes you only need a stud to push you over the top. And as long as Tedford is their coach there, they will ALWAYS been a contending team.

[akili1133]

I hate Tedford! He is the most unoriginal coach in the Pac-10. He takes all of Oregon's little traditions and institutes them at Cal. He is a poser.

[gregspechtismyhero]

Maybe it's just me, but other than Javid Best, I don't see the fascination in Cal. They seem to be overrated every season.

The main reason they're picking Cal over the O is because they return way more starters than us. In their eyes, Oregon has a lot more question marks at crucial positions than Cal does.

[bigfootlebowski]

I can't hate the guy that got us on the national map with wins over texas and colorodo in 2000 and 2001. We were not the same kind of team until Kelly showed up as our O coordinator. And he was the step towards kelly, they didn't want to make the same mistake of letting one go again, so thank tedford and root for the ducks.

[Elduderino]

well bigfoot, that's just like, your opinion man.

I'm with the train of thought that Cal's fball program looks and acts a lot like UO south these days.

[karlhungis]

Our brutal schedule certainly doesn't help in situations like this.