Just Goes To Show

This guy is no Phil Jackson.

Darrel Royal, Legendary Head Football Coach At Texas, R. I. P.

Darrell K. Royal, the retired legendary head football coach at the University of Texas (1957-76), known for his folksy, simplistic approach to life as much as for his creative wishbone offenses and two national championships, passed away on Wednesday morning  at Austin, Texas as the age of 88.

Coach Royal had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease and had recently suffered a fall at an assisted living center where he was receiving care.

In 20 years as the Longhorns' head coach, Darrell compiled a record of 167 wins against 47 defeats and five draws.

On his watch, Texas won 11 Southwest Conference titles, ten Cotton Bowl championships, and two national crowns (1963 and 1969), going 11-0 in each of those two instances.

Ducks Jump Fighting Irish To Move Up To #3 In BCS, Stay #2 In AP, Coaches Polls; Beavers Remain Reletively Steady In BCS and Media Poll, Inch Up A Spot In Coaches Poll

Following their Saturday slugfest win at Southern California, the Oregon Ducks climbed past Notre Dame into #3 in the Bowl Championship Series standings that were released on Sunday.  Alabama and Kansas State remain at numbers one and two respectively.

The Ducks remained at #2 in both the Associated Press (media) and USA Today/Coaches polls.

The Oregon State Beavers, after their home win over Arizona State, remained at #11 in the BCS standings while staying at #13 in the AP poll and inching up a spot to #12 in the coaches' rankings.

Riders Drop Regular-Season Finale

At Vancouver, British Columbia:

Andrew Harris ran for 57 yards and a touchdown on nine carries as the British Columbia Lions (13-5) defeated the visiting Saskatchewan Roughriders (8-10) 17-6 on Saturday night in the Canadian Football League regular-season finale for both playoff-bound clubs.

Here are the match-ups for the Grey Cup Playoffs which begin next Sunday.

Next Sunday, all times Pacific:

Eastern Division Semifinal:

Edmonton @ Toronto, 10:00 AM

Western Division Semifinal:

Saskatchewan @ Calgary, 1:30PM 

Sunday, November 18:

Eastern Division Final:

Edmonton-Toronto winner @ Montreal, 10:00 AM

Western Division Final:

Saskatchewan-Calgary winner @ British Columbia, 1:30 PM

The winners of the divisional finals will play in the 100th edition of the Grey Cup Final on November 25 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, with starting time at 3:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.

Beavers Overcome Sluggish Start To Overcome Sun Devils

At Corvallis, Oregon:

Quarterback Cody Vaz overcame a shaky start to throw for 267 yards and three touchdowns as the Oregon State Beavers (#11 in the BCS rankings, #13 in both the Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches polls; 7-1 overall, 5-1 in Pac-12 play) defeated the visiting Arizona State Sun Devils (5-4, 3-3) 36-26 on Saturday night as the Beavers bounced back after suffering their first defeat of the season last Saturday against Washington.

That's No Basketball Score: Kenjon Barner Runs Wild As Ducks Outlast Trojans On Road

At Los Angeles:

Kenjon Barner ran for a school single-game record 321 yards and five touchdowns while Markus Mariota threw for four scores on Saturday as the Oregon Ducks (#4 in the BCS rankings, #2 in both the Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches polls; 9-0 overall, 6-0 in Pac-12 play) outlasted the Southern California Trojans (#17 in BCS, #18 in the media poll, #17 in the coaches' poll; 6-3, 4-3)

For A Nearsighted Old Fellow....

He sure knows how to locate a bottle of beer.

From 1958, here are a couple of commercials for Stag Beer with Mister Magoo (as voiced, of course, by Jim Backus).