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9/26 Cal vs. Oregon: Were you surprised? </sarcasm>
\_ I was not surprised the Oregon scored 42 points. I was surprised
\_ I was not surprised that Oregon scored 42 points. I was surprised
that Cal only scored 3.
\_ Not surprised they lost. Surprised at what a thorough ass-kicking it
was on both sides of the ball. Cal couldn't even put up a TD.
Riley is not a good QB and that was apparent last year.
\_ Does anyone have a good explanation for why Cal sucks so badly on
the road? I just read in the paper yesterday that Tedford is 0-7
against USC and UCLA in SoCal.
\_ Most college teams suck on the road, not just Cal. Cal is probably
a bit worse than most, but not by much. I have been to all but one
of those LA road losses, btw and am going to the UCLA game in
two weeks.
http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=1144&CID=863681
\_ So who is going to win the Cal vs. USC game, smart guy?
\_ People who love sports have 10-15 lower IQ than people who don't.
\_ URL?
Here's one that shows IQ and alcohol consumption are correlated:
http://tinyurl.com/yakzfam
\_ Richard Feynman loved alcohol (though he stopped drinking as
he got older). What does that mean?
\_ Did you read the article? The higher the IQ, the more
alcohol. Your anecdote supports that.
\_ yes but then he stopped drinking altogether
\_ Tell that to Glenn Seaborg. |
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| collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=1144&CID=863681 SEC The price of traveling just keeps going up, and not just in dollars and cents. That's especially true in the Pac-10, where the road has been bumpier than an Arkansas highway and finding a victorious visitor is harder than finding a healthy quarterback. Just a little more than half the Pac-10 teams have endured quarterback injuries. In fact, Pac-10 teams are a combined 6-20 away from home and half are winless on the road. Oregon, which is 2-1 outside of Eugene, is the only team with a winning road record. And one of those victories was over lowly Washington State. The Beavers are 3-3 with all their losses coming outside of Corvallis. "I think everybody plays a little better at home," he said. You have the crowd and noise factor and comfort zone of being at home. But the trend of traveling travails may be coming to an end. UCLA, Washington and Washington State are the bottom three teams in the league ? Kevin Riley in August before getting it back, has thrown five touchdown passes and just one pick in the past two games. He'll need to be sharp against Arizona, which leads the nation in pass defense. The Wildcats have given up four touchdown passes and have eight interceptions. Gerhart has rushed for 641 yards, and the Cardinal is 3-1 when he has exceeded 100 yards in a game. He has rushed for more than 100 yards in each of the past two games and figures to have another strong outing against UCLA, which has struggled in run defense. Three players have rushed for more than 100 yards against the Bruins, who allowed 323 rushing yards to Oregon last week. Rudy Carpenter has passed for fewer than 200 yards in each of the past two games. In those games, he's also thrown three interceptions with just one touchdown. Cohesiveness is vital for an offensive line, but Washington State has used five different starting lineups in its seven games. The Cougars rank 111th in the nation in rushing and 116th with 24 sacks allowed. Stanford quarterbacks have thrown seven touchdown passes and 10 interceptions. Washington State has allowed a nation's-worst 29 rushing touchdowns. Not only are Washington and Washington State a combined 1-11, but also Eastern Washington ? a traditional Football Championship Subdivision powerhouse ? WHAT THEY'RE SAYING "I can honestly say I don't remember being this inefficient offensively in my too-long career." "We are not going to burn any redshirt at this point, and we have some very capable players we are redshirting who could help us right now. We are too far into the season to hurt the future of the program." Nicolas Grigsby has scored at least one touchdown in every game this season. The Wildcats have not had a turnover in the past two games and lead the Pac-10 with just seven thus far. Anthony Kimble both exceeded 100 yards rushing in last week's victory over Arizona. It marked the first time the Cardinal had two players rush for more than 100 yards in the same game since 2001. Joe McKnight posted a career-best 143 rushing yards on just 11 attempts a week ago against Arizona State. California has 10 interceptions, matching its total from last season. PAC-10 MIDSEASON REPORT BEST GAME: Utah 31, Oregon State 28, Oct. Lyle Moevao touchdown pass gave them a 28-20 lead with just 2:18 to play. But Utah rallied for 11 points in the final two minutes. Despite the early loss, the Trojans appear the favorite to win the Pac-10 championship. Rodgers, a true freshman, has rushed for at least 99 yards in five consecutive games and had a 186-yard outburst in the upset of USC. He leads the Pac-10 and is 10th in the nation in rushing with 718 yards. Stanford hasn't made a postseason appearance since 2001, but under Harbaugh, the Cardinal are two wins away after upsetting Arizona last week. Stanford still isn't a championship contender, but Harbaugh built a team that must be taken seriously. There was thought in some circles that Carpenter could get into the Heisman Trophy discussion. Last season, he passed for more than 3,000 yards with 25 touchdowns and just eight interceptions. But so far, he's thrown for just over 1,400 yards with eight touchdowns and five picks. And that was with NFL first-round pick Antoine Cason at cornerback. The anti-Arizona is Oregon, which has been dismal against the pass despite returning three starters from one of the country's better secondaries a year ago. Oregon gave up more than 300 passing yards and seven touchdown passes in its two losses. |
| tinyurl.com/yakzfam -> www.newsrecord.org/sections/news/researchers-suggest-iq-alcohol-correlation-1.849034 thirsty British researchers have found a correlation between high childhood IQ and frequent alcohol consumption in later life. The study followed 8,170 10-year-olds and followed up 20 years later. Medical researchers conducted a study examining the correlation between childhood IQ and alcohol use in adulthood and found a link between high IQ and increased alcohol use. with higher childhood mental ability scores had an increased prevalence of problem drinking in adulthood." Research began in 1970 in Great Britain schools when the 8,170 men and women participants were 10-years-old. The participants were evaluated based on the British Ability Scales (a scale similar to traditional IQ tests) with 100 as the average. A more anticipated discovery became apparent at the beginning of the research between the children's IQ score and their parents' social class. "Mean IQ scores were higher in those participants whose parents were from more-advantaged social classes," said Dr. G David Batty, from the University of Glasglow in Scotland, and colleagues as reported in the American Journal of Public Health. Follow-up occurred when the participants were 30-years-old and consisted of detailed questions on current alcohol use. Of the 8,170 participants, 3,895 men reported a history of drinking alcohol and 4,148 women reported the same. The higher the childhood IQ, the more frequently participants reported consuming alcohol. "Men and women who said they drank on most days had the highest mean childhood ability score, whereas those who reported that they never had alcohol had the lowest mean mental ability score," Batty and colleagues reported. In addition to the report of alcohol use, participants disclosed their current social class determined by their position in the workforce. Professional/managerial was considered the highest class followed by skilled/non-manual, skilled manual and semi-skilled/unskilled. A surprising statistical association between women's social class and alcohol problems emerged from participants. The "proportion of women with a history of alcohol problems was highest among women from the professional and managerial classes," the researchers reported. From the professional/managerial class, each gender reported consuming alcohol on "most days," more than any of the other social groups. The association between childhood IQ and problem drinking in adulthood was stronger in women as well. For every 15-point increase in IQ scores, the likelihood that problematic drinking would develop increased by 138 times for women, with men increasing by 117 times. Because of these remarkable findings, the researchers call for more examination and research in other studies. For Krista Medina of the University of Cincinnati's psychology department, these findings do warrant more research and replication, but the study should not be "overly interpreted." Medina stressed that there is a significant relationship between childhood mental ability and adult alcohol use, but that relationship does not necessarily mean there is a strong link inherently present. For example, Medina pointed out that the participants' IQs in the study had a difference of "only between two and four points." Medina also pointed out that consuming alcohol "on most days" does not necessarily mean problem drinking or binge drinking. Medina mentioned the fact that the women who consumed more than 35 units per week had the lowest IQs. Medina had other methodological concerns, like the lack of consideration the researchers gave to factors such as family history of alcohol use and past use/abuse. only looked at the past seven days, which is only a small window into past behavior," Medina said. This study does not link drinking to a higher IQ, according to Medina. |