Time for the really important stuff: Football, College football and some stuff going on within games. I saw the USC vs Oregon game Saturday night, and to get this stuff out of the way, USC is now a very good team and the coaches have turned what was mediocre in September into high octane in November. But now to the rules as determined by the brain dead PAC 10. There was a disputed touchdown by Oregon in the fourth quarter. USC demanded a review----the review took more than five minutes---I actually went out of the stands, into the concession area, stood in two long lines for food and drink and returned to my seat before the decision was announced, one that was cheered by 95,000 fans; there was supposedly "irrefutable visual evidence, that there was no touchdown and USC was awarded the ball. AFTER the ruling, Oregon challenged the challenge result, one that supposedly showed "irrefutable visual evidence" that no touchdown was scored. That don't mean nothin' to the PAC 10, they allowed the challenge. ANOTHER five to seven minutes elapsed before the referee posed with microphone in hand and reversed the "irrefutable evidence" apparently because there was new irrefutable evidence and Oregon awarded a touchdown. Fifteen minutes wasted while a bunch of old fogies who can't see or operate a modern tape operation "decide." INSANE. You will note that in all games involving PAC 10 officials confusion is the order of the day and "reviews" take forever.

Tactical note: USC didn't try a single field goal. They went for it on fourth down all through the game. I notice that other coaches around the country are doing the same thing. I think this is because attempting a field goal is an acceptance of failure, a very poor psychological message to send to players; Oregon tried three and two were blocked.

Late Add: got a note from a friend of mine who is on the basketball coaching staff at USC. The official time for the "replays" was 17:30; so what we have is old fogies who don't know the rules.