Seth, this is another game that is unwise to gamble on. Even if we win, covering a 5.5 point spread won’t be easy. If I were a gambling man, I’d put my money on Washington with the 20.5 points that USC has to give them this week. That’s free money considering how both teams are playing.

This game means more than any other game this year. More than the U$C game even in my estimation. I may be an unrepentant homer, but I think the best two teams in the Pac-10 will be taking the field at Memorial on Sat.

I heard that every time OSU got a 1st down that the PA guy would be like “And Oregon State get another….” and the crowd would scream out “first down!” I wish Cal fans could get their act together enough to do something like that. Also, if we could actually sing one of the fight songs instead of just having the band play it. Like “Hail to the Victors” or something like that at Michigan. Some Cal fans were singing Fight For California out loud at the Stanford game at the end (I have it on one of the videos on my site mixed in with the photos from that game) and that was pretty cool, but I haven’t seen it at home. We need to learn the lesson of Tennessee and make Memorial rockin!

Yeah, no tarps… part of that will be because of a large Oregon contingent, but I’m sure all the Cal fans will be coming out of the woodworks. The stadium has the potential to be REALLY loud this weekend. If it’s not, it won’t be my fault, I can guarantee you that.

The spread for equally matched teams (or so it is thought) is about 4-5 points for the home team. That explains the current spread with a slight leaning our way. I would expect that if the game was in Eugene, Oregon would be favored by 3-4 points.