Bold Prediction.....OVERRULED!!!!

Courtesy Anne M. Peterson, AP Sports Writer

Saturday night's matchup between two PAC-10 heavyweights in Eugene, Oregon, turned out to be a one-sided affair.  Final Score: Oregon 52, Stanford 31. Things looked promising at halftime for the visiting team, with Stanford on top 31-24, and I felt pretty good about my 'bold prediction of the week.'  Then LaMichael James, Darron Thomas and the Oregon Duck defense woke up.  

Andrew Luck and company,  who scored consecutive TD's on their first 4 possessions of the game, were SHUT OUT in the second half. In the end, Stanford getting 7 points on the road wasn't enough.  Hell, Stanford getting 3 times that much on a point spread would have resulted in a push.  Thomas and James took over in the second half, accounting for all 28 unanswered points.  Even more impressive was the Oregon Defense, who managed to baffle potential Heisman candidate Andrew Luck into two second half INT's, one of which came in the end zone that crushed any hopes of a Stanford comeback.  Kudos to Chip Kelly and his staff's adjustments at half time.

I felt like I was in the movie, "My Cousin Vinny," during the scene where Vinny objects to the calling of George Wilbur to the witness stand, where I play Vinny and Chip Kelly plays Judge Chamberlain Haller:

Judge Kelly: "Mr. Zepeda.......that is a lucid, intelligent, well thought out prediction."
Me: (all smiles, chest puffed out with a glowing sense of    accomplishment)
Judge Kelly: "OVERRULED!!!"

Courtesy Christopher Onstott and The Portland Tribune

Some afterthoughts:

• How is Stanford going to respond next week versus USC after having a can of whoop ass opened up on them @ Oregon? 
• If Oregon runs the table in the PAC-10, with all do respect to Boise and Ohio State, how does anyone NOT put them in the BCS Championship game?
• Will Oregon's victory over Stanford and the manner in which they did it, catapult them over both Boise State and THE Ohio State University in the BCS rankings?
• If I apply 'Pulp Fiction' Vincent Vega rules to the circus show debacle that was the Red River Rivalry, Texas @ Oklahoma game, don't I have to reject the Big 12 and any of its teams having a real shot at ending up in the BCS national Championship game on principle?  These are the best two teams the Big 12 has to offer?  To quote Jim Mora Sr.: "That was a disgraceful performance."
• Who do you got in a foot race: Denard Robinson or LaMichael James?

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