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	<title>College sports</title>
	
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	<description>With Jon Wilner</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Stanford’s offense: Good. Stanford’s crowd: Not.</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/11/07/stanfords-offense-good-stanfords-crowd-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Wilner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Luck]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oregon football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pac-10 football]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here in the press box watching Stanford moving the ball yet again. The Cardinal&#8217;s leading 24-14 midway through the second quarter.
Andrew Luck&#8217;s playing great. Toby Gerhart is powering for yards. The Cardinal defense has stopped Oregon a few times. 
But I have to make note of the crowd...<br/>
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		<title>Iowa loses to Northwestern: What it means</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/11/07/iowa-loses-to-northwestern-what-it-means/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Wilner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[BCS championship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BCS football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Big Ten football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Boise State football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Iowa football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Penn State football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Texas football]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=10340</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Eleven months ago in this space, we made special mention of Iowa&#8217;s upset of Penn State because it saved us all from the possibility of an overrated Big Ten team getting overwhelmed in the National Championship Game (again).
Now college football fans should extend a warm thanks to...<br/>
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		<title>Stanford football: Snyder’s out … for the season</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/11/06/stanford-football-snyders-out-for-the-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Wilner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pac-10 football]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Stanford announced Friday that middle linebacker/defensive anchor Clinton Snyder will miss the  remainder of the season due to a knee injury suffered earlier in the week in practice.
It&#8217;s a big blow to a defense that has struggled against high-powered offenses, such as the one it will face...<br/>
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		<title>College football: Picks of the week</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/11/06/college-football-picks-of-the-week-29/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/11/06/college-football-picks-of-the-week-29/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Wilner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Alabama football]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[point spread]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sports betting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=10306</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[So close to my first perfect week of the season, but Iowa ruined it with that fourth-quarter rally (and help from the Big Ten replay officials). 
Thought about playing Notre Dame-Navy this week (UND by 11). Gut said Navy, head said Irish, so I passed.
Also thought about Cincinnati-UConn (Cincy by...<br/>
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		<title>Pac-10 football: Picks of the week (starting with Cal-Oregon State)</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/11/05/pac-10-football-picks-of-the-week-6/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/11/05/pac-10-football-picks-of-the-week-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Wilner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona State football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Arizona football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cal football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Matt Barkley]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mike Riley]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oregon State football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oregon football]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Pac-10 picks of the week]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Washington State football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[point spread]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=10303</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Each week, there&#8217;s a point spread that makes me wonder if the betting public has seen the teams play, which is no doubt the same thing the betting public wonders about me when it reads the Hotline picks.
This week, the Cal-Oregon State line has left me a bit befuddled.
The Bears opened as a...<br/>
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		<title>Cal football: What the next two games say about the Bears</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/11/05/cal-football-what-the-next-two-games-say-about-the-bears/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/11/05/cal-football-what-the-next-two-games-say-about-the-bears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Wilner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cal football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Tedford]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=10287</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Cal&#8217;s bowl eligible but isn&#8217;t going to win the Pac-10, which means the final month is about the moderately-interesting process of postseason positioning.
But the next two games, against Oregon State and Arizona, will tell us so much more than whether this team is headed to the...<br/>
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		<title>Pac-10 football: 10 reasons Stanford beats Oregon</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/11/04/pac-10-football-10-reasons-stanford-beats-oregon/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/11/04/pac-10-football-10-reasons-stanford-beats-oregon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Wilner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Luck]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jim Harbaugh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oregon football]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Toby Gerhart]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=10272</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Calling my shot now, more than two days before kickoff and having watched Oregon demolish USC with one of the most impressive performances by a Pac-10 team in eons.
But this is a different setting and a different matchup (nobody in the league plays the way Stanford plays). And after talking to some...<br/>
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		<title>Pac-10 football ratings: Erickson’s on notice, starting …. now</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/11/04/pac-10-football-ratings-ericksons-on-notice-starting-now/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/11/04/pac-10-football-ratings-ericksons-on-notice-starting-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Wilner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona State football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Arizona football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cal football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dennis Erickson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oregon State football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oregon football]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Washington State football]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=10079</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Considered posting something on this topic last week, after the Sun Devils were thumped at Stanford, but I held off thinking that a victory over Cal could lead to a late-season turnaround.
Now, after the home loss dropped the Devils to 4-4 and 2-3 (with one FCS win), the time has come to begin the...<br/>
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		<title>Cal and Stanford football: Update on Nov. 14 kickoff times</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/11/03/cal-and-stanford-football-update-on-nov-14-kickoff-times/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/11/03/cal-and-stanford-football-update-on-nov-14-kickoff-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Wilner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona football]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[For those who haven&#8217;t heard: The Stanford-USC game has been selected as the FSN game and will start at 12:30 &#8212; that&#8217;s right, FSN at 12:30 instead of ABC.
But we still don&#8217;t know about the Cal-Arizona kickoff and won&#8217;t until early next week. 
There are two options: 4...<br/>
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		<title>Pac-10 football: Ranking the tailbacks</title>
		<link>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/11/03/pac-10-football-ranking-the-tailbacks/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/11/03/pac-10-football-ranking-the-tailbacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Wilner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cal football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jacquizz Rodgers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jahvid Best]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Joe McKnight]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LaMichael James]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oregon State football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oregon football]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Toby Gerhart]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Wasn&#8217;t it just over a month ago that Cal&#8217;s Jahvid Best wasn&#8217;t only the best tailback in the Pac-10, he was gaining ground on Tim Tebow and Colt McCoy in the Heisman race?
Right now, Best isn&#8217;t one of the top-three tailbacks in the conference, based on his impact and...<br/>
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