For the first time in school history, the University of Washington will be the site of ESPN’s College Gameday, and for good reason. The No. 16 Washington Huskies are slated to host the No. 2 Oregon Ducks in a matchup of bitter Pac-12 rivals.
The Ducks lost star RB LaMichael James and QB Darron Thomas, but they still are staked and their defense may be much better than last season.
This is a match-up between two teams that have not met each other since the year 2001. The difference is that this time they meet in what many consider to be the Granddaddy of all Bowl Game–the 98th Edition of the Tournament of Roses.
Like many college football fans, I still can’t believe the UCLA Bruins ended the PAC 12 regular season with a 50-0 blowout loss to rival USC, and still somehow miraculously ended up representing the south division in the inaugural PAC 12 Conference Championship Game this Friday at the No. 7 Oregon Ducks.
One week after being eliminated from returning to the national title game and having their 21-game home winning streak – the nation’s longest – snapped by losing to USC 38-35.
NHL news: Paul Kariya, Todd Marchant retire
The NHL said goodbye two memorable players yesterday – each of which played a very different role during his playing career. Paul Kariya announced his retirement. 
The 36-year-old simply couldn’t recover from his latest concussion, which sidelined him for all of 2010-11. During his 15-year NHL career, Kariya had 402 goals and 989 points in 989 games.
He won the Lady Byng Trophy as the league’s most gentlemanly player twice.
Todd Marchant also called it quits yesterday. The two-way forward, now 37, scored 186 goals over 18 seasons with the Rangers, Oilers, Blue Jackets and Ducks. He won the Stanley Cup in 2007.
Dwayne Roloson re-signs with Lightning
Goaltender Dwayne Roloson may be 41 years old but has no plans to retire. He re-signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning yesterday for $3 million over one year. He would’ve become an unrestricted free agent tomorrow. [soliloquy id=”82219″]
Roloson went 18-12-4 with a 2.56 goals against average and .912 save percentage after Tampa traded for him at midseason last year and was a key contributor to Tampa’s run to the Eastern Conference final.
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Here we go with today’s sports water cooler talk. Here, you won’t just find the straight news; you’ll find the stuff everyone is talking about – the ice breakers, the Twitter Sports Picks and topics…well, basically all the stuff you discuss at the water cooler.
Here we go with today’s sports water cooler talk. Here, you won’t just find the straight news; you’ll find the stuff everyone is talking about – the ice breakers, the Twitter Sports Picks and topics…well, basically all the stuff you discuss at the water cooler.
The College Football season may be 5-6 weeks away but our man James Hayes has been deep in study and will provide his take and 2010 College Football Predictions on as many NCAA teams as he can before the 2010/11 season kicks off.
After yesterday’s Eastern Conference preview, we switch gears to the NHL’s Western Conference, which boasted four teams with 100 or more points. Here’s a look at who NHL odds are favoring in the first round of the playoffs, plus below we pick the NHL winners!!
Oklahoma State was unbeaten and a top ten team this season until the Cowboys suffered a 28-24 loss to Texas. What followed was a 36-point loss to Texas Tech and a 20-point defeat to Oklahoma, and teams like that wind up in places like San Diego for the Holiday Bowl.
BetUS NCAA Football Betting Odds: OKLAHOMA STATE -2.5, Total 76.5
Here are some of the NCAA college football betting trends as they relate to this matchup:
There is the possibility of a Rose Bowl berth on the line for the Oregon State Beavers (8-3 SU & ATS) as they take to the field on Saturday, hosting the “Civil War” against the Oregon Ducks (8-3 SU, 5-6 ATS) in NCAA college football sports betting action that is set to kick off at 7 PM ET at Reser Stadium (artificial turf) in Corvallis, OR.
Thanksgiving Day weekend means so many things to sports betting fans, but on Saturday night, there are few games with more importance than the 2008 edition of the Civil War between the Oregon Ducks (8-3, 5-6 ATS) and the Oregon State Beavers (8-3, 8-3 ATS).
The Oregon Ducks (3-2 SU, 2-2 ATS) and Texas Longhorns (3-1 SU, 2-1 ATS) went down to defeat in very different ways yesterday, but they are nonetheless both in the third-place game in the Maui Invitational, and they will get things underway at 4:30 PM ET at the Lahaina Civic Center.
The USC Trojans (2-1 SU & ATS) will try to rebound from a devastating upset loss when they take the field against the Oregon Ducks (4-1 SU, 3-2 ATS) in a Pac-10 game in NCAA college football action that is set to kick off at 8 PM ET at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (natural turf).
After watching the USC Trojans (2-1 SU, 2-1 ATS, 0-2-1 O/U), get their rear ends handed to them in last week’s 27-21 road loss to Oregon State, I am surprised that Southern Cal is giving so many points to a talented Oregon Ducks (4-1 SU, 3-2 ATS, 3-2 O/U), team that is coming off a thorough 63-14 rout of beleaguered Washington on Saturday.
