Video of the second coming of ESPN's College Gameday and game highlights

Video highlights from the USC game (now with music!)

Featuring game highlights from the USC game. "Mighty Oregon", POD's "Boom", and Autograph's "Turn Up the Radio" are the tracks on the video.

Computer crash now aside... here is video from the WSU game!

More Gameday photos from the Cal game...

Thanks to my aunt and uncle - Jerry & Suzanne for making the trip down from Seattle (and taking these great shots!).

College Gameday & Team Tailgate Video from the Cal game

A tough day, but a great day nonetheless. Just have to look forward to the WSU game. Enjoy!

Better late than never... Fresno St. @ Oregon & Sunriver

Here's some Team Tailgate pre-game of the Fresno State/Oregon game from inside Autzen (which also features an Oregon Duck sighting at the end):



Then, it was off to Sunriver (in Central Oregon) for gorgeous views of the Deschutes River, Benham Falls, and Lava Butte:

Video highlights of Team Tailgate and Oregon Pre-Game

Lifting the so-called "drinking ban" at Autzen Stadium

There is this editorial in today's Register-Guard discussing that the Eugene City Council is essentially "legalizing" public alcohol consumption at tailgaters in the Autzen Stadium area only. Well, I don't know about anyone else, but the consuming of libations at Autzen has NOT been actively enforced for many years, that I can tell. And I don't understand why everyone's panties are in a bunch now, all of the sudden. Sure, you get a few drunken yahoos (i.e. mostly students) that can ruin everyone's day, but for the most part, folks at tailgates act fairly responsibly.

Personally, I leave the drinking to other people, so the "legalization" doesn't really affect me while I'm at Autzen. But after the game?? Well, there have been a few harsh car wrecks involving other fans, going home up Interstate 5. You just have to be alert, and on the lookout.

Will Dixon get necessary confidence from baseball?

Oregon Ducks QB Dennis Dixon, drafted earlier this year by the Atlanta Braves, is playing baseball this summer, rather than working out with his team. Brian Meehan of The Oregonian says that the experience will help Dixon gain confidence on the football field. I still don't see how that is. Dixon's confidence is already shaken after last year. And, his baseball stats aren't that impressive either: .179 batting average, with 6 RBI's in 67 at-bats in 25 games total. How will that help him again? I'm sorry Brian, it won't help him improve in football or in bonding with teammates in Eugene.