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    <intro>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Let me begin with a little bit of background.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I was born in Berkeley, within a fifteen minute walk from the University of California.&amp;nbsp; I've lived my entire life here.&amp;nbsp; My loyalties are with nearly all Bay Area teams ( the lone exception being the Gollden State Warrirors.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I have been a Cal Bear fan since the days of Chuck Muncie and Wesley Walker.&amp;nbsp; Although my passion for football and love for Cal wasn't as concrete as it was in other sports, I did go through the motions and maintained a somewhat shaky alliance with the team.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Over the past decade, or so, I have been proud to say that I've been married to Cal Bear football.&amp;nbsp; The minister of that wedding was probably former coach Steve Mariucci, who made them so attractive that saying &amp;quot;I do&amp;quot; was a mere formality.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; He helped turn the &amp;quot;ugly duckling&amp;quot; into...( you get my drift.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;I truly love the Bears.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Perhaps there are too many fish in the sea and I have trouble putting on my blinders when another beauty waltzes in my direction.&amp;nbsp; Every so often a Michigan or West Virginia gets a bit too close and I find myself going astray.&amp;nbsp; I even felt fondness toward Ball State, last season.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Bears, under Jeff Tetford have become media darlings and my football wife is being stared at by fans across the country and I'm very proud--not jealous at all.&amp;nbsp; Because, at the end of the day, Cal is mine.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; However, I am a man and weaknesses exist within all men.&amp;nbsp; Sometimes we see our wives not living up to what's expected, even to the point of embarrassment.&amp;nbsp; Then there are those times that we stray because the grass seems greener on the other side.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; In my case, the grass (or artificial turf ) is &lt;em&gt;bluer&lt;/em&gt; on the other side.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; That's why, I have to clear my conscience, today.&amp;nbsp; I don't&amp;nbsp; want this to get out of hand, although it may be too late.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I have committed the sin of football adultery.&amp;nbsp; I have been seeing another team on the side.&amp;nbsp; Yes Cal is my wife...but Boise State is my mistress.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Boise State?&amp;nbsp; I've never set foot in Idaho..in my life.&amp;nbsp; I had dig up&amp;nbsp;an old Rand-McNally atlas, just to find the damn place.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Ah,&amp;nbsp; but that beautiful blue field and the excitement they generate on it...absolute bliss!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;The &amp;nbsp;Boise State Broncos are a football lover's dream.&amp;nbsp; They are so much fun to spend Saturdays admiring.&amp;nbsp; In recent years, they've been lurking around on Friday nights, Thursday's, sometime.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The other day, they and Fresno State racked up well over a half mile in total offensive yards (987, to be exact,) in addition to 507 yards in kick and punt returns.&amp;nbsp; They beat the Bulldogs 51-34 and that was not out of the ordinary for the Broncos.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; They create excitement like no other team in NCAA Football.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Perhaps I am among many others who feel this way and I'm not going to admit being wrong about it or ashamed of it, either.&amp;nbsp; I just need to clear the air.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Yes, I know that everyone who spends time with Boise State gets the same excitement.&amp;nbsp; I mean, you know that when you take out the Broncos, there will be fireworks...you will score...repeatedly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I'm forced to admit this affair because of possibilities.&amp;nbsp; Both Cal and Boise State are among Top10 teams.&amp;nbsp; The posibility exist that they could play for a National Championship.&amp;nbsp; I really hope so.&amp;nbsp; After all, what man wouldn't want to&amp;nbsp;be a spectator when&amp;nbsp;his wife and mistress go at it for a three hours.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I am loyal, though.&amp;nbsp; Should Cal and Boise face each other in any Bowl game, I want Cal to prevail.&amp;nbsp; But, it'll be so much fun to watch.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; What I don't want to do is wake up in January and see neither of them in the BCS National Championship Game.&amp;nbsp; I'm still ashamed of myself for the two years that I had to ride with USC in the title game, just out of Pac10 loyalty.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; It was not a comfortable situation to wake up with the wrong &lt;em&gt;Trojan&lt;/em&gt; on my nightstand. I do mean helmet, in this case.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; With USC's loss to Washington the other day, Cal can begin conference play with a good feeling about their title chances.&amp;nbsp; At the very least, my wife can bring me Roses in January.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Sure, I appreciate the recent gifts, my Bears have brought me, but Poinsettias and Emeralds just don't cut it anymore&amp;nbsp; A couple of years ago, Boise State gave me a real thrill--a Fiesta.&amp;nbsp; That is something that Cal has never given me.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Maybe this is the season, I get to celebrate with a gleaming crystal football.&amp;nbsp; But, make no mistake about it, I'll love my wife forever.&amp;nbsp; Even if I have to &amp;quot;settle&amp;quot; for Roses.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Until then, my affair is not over.&amp;nbsp; I'll have to work on it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ROLL&amp;nbsp;ON,&amp;nbsp;YOU&amp;nbsp;BEARS!!!&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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    <intro>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; We've only completed two weeks of this season but the California Golden Bears appear to have a very potent offense.&amp;nbsp; Tailback Jahvid Best is on quite a roll, as well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So far, he's scored three touchdowns and has&amp;nbsp;averaged 10.4 yards per carry as the Bears have topped the 50-point plateau in both of their games.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Best entered this year in the Heisman conversation.&amp;nbsp; Perhaps the top running back in the nation, Best is not likely to walk away with the award at season's end and it's not his fault.&amp;nbsp; For once, bias has&amp;nbsp;nothing to do with my thinking, either.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I know that the quarterback trio of Florida's Tim Tebow, Sam Bradford of Oklahoma and Texas' Colt McCoy are heavy favorites for the honor.&amp;nbsp; They are all very deserving of such recognition.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; College football has changed so much over the past twenty years.&amp;nbsp; Much like the NFL, college teams are more inclined to pass 20-30 times a game and use the run more for clock management purposes than anything else.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; So far this decade, only USC's Reggie Bush has rushed his way to the prestigeous award.&amp;nbsp; The other eight winners have all been quarterbacks--Bradford and Tebow included.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Not only did Bush rush for 1,658 yard, he also racked up 383 yards recieving and had 17 touchdowns.&amp;nbsp; He was truly a one-man scoring machine,&amp;nbsp;during his Heisman Trophy&amp;nbsp;season.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Best, although sensational will probably fall far short of those numbers.&amp;nbsp; Chances are, he won't run the ball enough times to pad his stats.&amp;nbsp; Cal has far too many weapons to rely on one man to carry the offensive load in the manner of past running backs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Bear quarterback Kevin Riley has completed passes to eleven recievers in two games of work.&amp;nbsp; Best has only carried 27 times.&amp;nbsp; For him to win the Heisman, he needs at least 20 carries per game and that won't happen.&amp;nbsp; Thankfully, the reason&amp;nbsp;it won't happen because the Cal offense is just too good.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Look for Best to sit out a lot of fourth quarters, this year.&amp;nbsp; He may have&amp;nbsp;to carry the load in some&amp;nbsp;close games, but those should be few and far between.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Heisman Trophy has become a quarterback's award.&amp;nbsp; It seems fair because the dynamics of football has changed.&amp;nbsp; When guys are dropping back to launch it 30 or more times and have success, they deserve all the praise bestowed upon them.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The voters don't seem to like repeat winners, so Colt McCoy has to be the early favorite.&amp;nbsp; Bradford is injured and Tebow would have to break all kinds of records to win the award again.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Best would have to top 200 yards in at least five games in order to get the attention of Heisman voters.&amp;nbsp; On top of that,&amp;nbsp;Cal would have to go undefeated.&amp;nbsp; With USC on the schedule, that's far from guaranteed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Best is the biggest part of a sensational team and may have to let personal goals sit on the back burner.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The thrashings over&amp;nbsp;Maryland and Eastern Washington are not worth going into detail about,&amp;nbsp; but Best did shine in both.&amp;nbsp; 10.4 per carry is nothing to ignore, no matter how pathetic the opposition.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Look for Minnesota to put up a fight in the next Cal game, but look for the Bears to have it under control by third quarter's end.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ROLL&amp;nbsp;ON, YOU&amp;nbsp;BEARS!!!&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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    <intro>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Bay Area fans...rejoice.&amp;nbsp; Our California Golden Bears have reached the Top 10 in both the AP and USA Today rankings.&amp;nbsp; So why do I Feel so skeptical about our National Championship hopes?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You could say that like most Cal fans, I'm just waiting for October 3.&amp;nbsp; That's when USC passes through town and, as usual our entire season will hinge on that game's final score.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; It's too bad that the second conference game on our schedule has to determine an entire season's outcome.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; But that's the reality we face here in Berkeley.&amp;nbsp; Without a victory against USC, we become a footnote in this year's college football season.&amp;nbsp; There is no way Cal will make it to the BCS Championship Game without that victory.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; At the same time, Trojan fans are aware that a slip up here will kill their championship aspirations.&amp;nbsp; The powers that be will not&amp;nbsp;extend championship invitations to any team with&amp;nbsp;a blemished record from this conference.&amp;nbsp; Not unless every team in the nation has tasted more than one defeat.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; That is the politics of football, my friends.&amp;nbsp; We are not the SEC.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;We are not the Big12.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Because we are the Pac10, we really don't matter.&amp;nbsp; In the grand scheme, our conference has earned&amp;nbsp;very little respect.&amp;nbsp; Our level of significance&amp;nbsp;is like that of &amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Kansas City Royals in baseball, existing only to remind us how good the New York Yankees are.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;At least the Royals get to challenge&amp;nbsp;the Yankees several times&amp;nbsp;a year on equal footing.&amp;nbsp; The Pac10 isn't afforded that luxury.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Only UCLA will&amp;nbsp;play both SEC and Big12 teams.&amp;nbsp; The Big 12 won't see any other Pac10 opposition.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Three SEC teams will face the Pac10, this season.&amp;nbsp; Will Florida be one of those&amp;nbsp;teams?&amp;nbsp; Yeah, right!&amp;nbsp; The Gators know better.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I give credit to 11th ranked LSU for comong to the West Coast and pulling out a 31-23 win&amp;nbsp;over&amp;nbsp;a hapless Washington Huskies squad that&amp;nbsp;has now won 12 of it's last 60 games.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Huskies were winless last season, but held their own against LSU in what was supposed to be a Tigers romp.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; On Saturday, UCLA will travel to take on Tennessee.&amp;nbsp; The Volunteers trounced Western Kentucky 63-7 in their opener, the other day.&amp;nbsp; The Bruins look to make it two cosecutive wins over Tennessee, whom they defeated 27-24 last season.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; On the 19th, Kansas State will represent the Big12 at UCLA in the lone matchup for that conference against the Pac10.&amp;nbsp; I fully expect the Bruins to win both games.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Later this month, Georgia ( now ranked #21 ) will host Arizona State, who is coming off of a disappointing 2008 season which saw them fall to 5-7.&amp;nbsp; They had made four consecutive bowl appearances before.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; To illustrate the lack of respect given to this conference, look at last week's Boise State win over Oregon.&amp;nbsp; Those two teams came in evenly matched and Boise State has been the focal point of BCS busting for the past few seasons.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Boise State was ranked 14th and Oregon 18th.&amp;nbsp; True, the Broncos won with relative ease 19-8.&amp;nbsp; Not a blowout by any stretch of the imagination.&amp;nbsp; The end reult saw Boise State pushed up to #12 while Oregon dropped completely out of the Top25 in both the AP and USA Today polls.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; This leaves #3 USC and #10 Cal as the only Pac10 teams in the AP Top25.&amp;nbsp; Oregon State did scratch te USA Today poll, entering at the 24th spot but that still means this conference has been slighted.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; How is it there are five SEC and six Big12 teams in the Top25.&amp;nbsp; Even further insulting&amp;nbsp;is the fact that there are four Top 25 teams from the ACC.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; That's freaking absurd.&amp;nbsp; It's a conference that should have&amp;nbsp;their BCS membership card&amp;nbsp;revoked.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Thankfully, none of them are in the Top 10,&amp;nbsp;but still...It's the ACC!&amp;nbsp; Miami (20,)North Carolina (19,)&amp;nbsp;Georgia Tech (15) and Virginia Tech (14) are ranked?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Miami Hurricanes had nine unranked teams recieving more votes than they had going into last weekend.&amp;nbsp; They pull off an upset over Florida State and are rewarded with the 20th spot in the country?&amp;nbsp; Who did they have to pay and how much?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; And North Carolina's win over Citadel should be viewed as meaningless.&amp;nbsp; Just as Georgia Tech's defeat of Jacksonville State.&amp;nbsp; ACC schools should get no bonus points for these cupcake Division IAA victories.&amp;nbsp; But the Tar Heels actually moved up two spot for their win over&amp;nbsp;the Citadel.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Not to completely disrespect the ACC, but Cal&amp;nbsp;delivered a&amp;nbsp;thrashing to Maryland.&amp;nbsp; The Bears began benching starters right after halftime.&amp;nbsp; South Carolina dumped N.C. State 7-3 and Baylor toppled Wake Forrest 24-21.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; As if those showings weren't poor enough for the conference, Virginia and Duke&amp;nbsp;gave us proof of how pathetic that conference truly is.&amp;nbsp; Virginia got waxed by William and Mary 26-14 and Duke got drilled by Richmond 24-16.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; When teams in your conference start bending over to take it from Division IAA schools, it's time&amp;nbsp;to re-evaluate your level&amp;nbsp;of talent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I can state boldly, with a guarantee that&amp;nbsp;the Cal Bears&amp;nbsp;will beat the hell out of&amp;nbsp;Eastern Washington next week.&amp;nbsp; Washington will&amp;nbsp;rip Idaho and Arizona will dump Northern Arizona.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; This is the&amp;nbsp;nation's best conference and when USC plays against&amp;nbsp;Ohio State,&amp;nbsp;Pac10 superiority will be on full display.&amp;nbsp; I want the Trojans to lose that game, but it's likely that&amp;nbsp;won't happen.&amp;nbsp; The Trojans are that damn good.&amp;nbsp; USC's showdown game will be against our California Golden Bears.&amp;nbsp; Although every team in this conference will be gunning for them,&amp;nbsp; USC fears none of them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Cal has a tough challenge ahead of them.&amp;nbsp; UCLA, Arizona State&amp;nbsp;and Oregon will be tough, too.&amp;nbsp; Even Stanford is much improved.&amp;nbsp; I wouldn't be surprised if six teams earn bowl bids from this conference.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Until then, I'm&amp;nbsp;going to watch all the college football I can handle.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Now, let's see...What channel does William and Mary come on?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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