Top Non Conference Games in 2009

Collegefootballnews.com came out with the Top 50 Non conference games. 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50

Not surprisingly, 2 of Oregon's 3 non conference games ended up in the top 15...

• 12. Utah at Oregon, Sept. 19
• 7. Oregon at Boise State, Sept. 5

Here are where other Pac-10 non-conference games ended up

• 47. LSU at Washington, Sept. 5
• 40. California at Minnesota, Sept. 19
• 37. Arizona at Iowa, Sept. 19
• 35. Arizona State at Georgia, Sept. 26
• 28. Cincinnati at Oregon State, Sept. 19
• 27. UCLA at Tennessee, Sept. 12
• 25. Maryland at California, Sept. 5
• 4. USC at Notre Dame, Oct. 17
• 1. USC at Ohio State, Sept. 12

Arizona Start Time

They are still trying to figure out a way to get the Arizona game on television next weekend. For some reason Fox Sports picked UCLA / Washington (my definition of a dumpster diver) for their 7:15 broadcast and overlooked an Oregon / Arizona game that pits two likely bowl teams. The weasel did it again...

New College Football Rules for 2008

So here are the new college football rules for 2008. The new rules seem like a step in the right direction by implementing some of the rules used in the NFL. I am especially fond of the new sideline rule... Hopefully that will keep Pete Carroll and Mike Stoops off the field during the game. If not, thanks for the 5 yards...

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