Terrence Jones and Terrence Ross both attended Portland’s Jefferson high school. Jones is a star at kentucky and Ross is a star at Washington. Both Oregon boys are projected to be drafted in the top 8 of the of the 2012 NBA draft by NBAdraft.net.

I watched Terrence Jones play a few times in high school but never got to see Ross play as he transferred from Jefferson. Jones’ Jefferson Democrats beat Mountain View in a very close Class 5A state championship game game in 2009.

UConn is projected to have the top two picks in the draft with Andre Drummond and Jeremy Lamb.

The latest BCS has LSU, Alabama and Arkansas ranked 1-2-3. And reigning National Champion Auburn (also of the power house SEC) is ranked 24.

This just in… the SEC dominates college football!!!

Past National Champions
2010 – Auburn SEC
2009 – Alabama SEC
2008 – Florida SEC
2007 – LSU SEC
2006 – Florida SEC
2005 – Texas Not from the SEC

Wow, if you like football (and I know you do), these next four days are awesome! Watch some Pac-12 on TV then head to a high school game tonight. Saturday is going to be amazing and Sunday has some big NFL matchups… are you ready for some football?

Friday
• USC @ Colorado 6pm ESPN
• Aloha @ Redmond 7pm
• Marshfield @ No. 3 Mountain View 7pm
• Woodburn @ No. 5 Bend 7pm
• Summit @ Marshfield 7pm
Saturday
• No. 4 Stanford @ Oregon State Beavers 12:30pm
• No. 1 LSU @ No. 2 Alabama 5pm CBS
• No. 8 Oregon Ducks @ Washington Huskies 7:30pm Rootsports
Sunday
• Green Bay @ San Diego 1:15pm
• Baltimore @ Pittsburgh 5:20pm
Monday
• Chicago @ Philadelphia 5:30pm

Of all the top ten college football teams, Oregon and LSU play by far the toughest first games of the season. Boise State’s game @ #22 Georgia would be the next most impressive matchup. Oregon and LSU are playing @ Cowboy Stadium in Texas. It’s a rare top 4 matchup to start a season and the winner clearly should move into the number one spot in the polls. No. 1 Oklahoma plays host to Tulsa, while No. 2 Alabama hosts Kent State… making Oregon and LSU’s game @ a neutral site look even more impressive.

USA Today Top 10
1 Oklahoma hosts Tulsa (34 in ESPN Power Ranking)
2 Alabama hosts Kent State
3 Oregon vs #4 LSU in Dallas
4 LSU vs #3 Oregon in Dallas
5 Florida State hosts Louisiana-Monroe
6 Stanford hosts San Jose State
7 Boise State @ #22 Georgia
8 Oklahoma State vs Louisiana-Lafayette
9 Texas A&M vs Southern Methodist
10 Wisconsin vs UNLV

I just read “Canzano: Oregon Ducks need some help to make the Pac-12 nationally relevant” by the Oregonian’s John Canzano.

So how good do you think the Pac-12 will be? I believe that Oregon, Stanford, Utah and Arizona State will all be legit top tier college football teams… how about you?

Summit graduate and University of Montana tennis player Cody Kohlmoos had a big win for the University of Montana tennis team. “Kohlmoos clinches must-win for Montana”

You’ve got to love this quote from Cody – “In my match, (coach) Kris (Nord) came over and told me that that match was the reason that I had run all of those stairs, why I had worked so hard. I feel like what I have is fitness that is better than just about anyone. Out there I just ran harder than I have ever run before, not letting any balls to get away. I knew that if we were going to grind it out and if I could just keep running, eventually I could pull it off.”

Kohlmoos finished his tennis career @ Summit with some impressive numbers:
• 2007 Class 5A State doubles champion (with Alex Walentin)
• 2-time IMC league champion (1 singles & 1 doubles)
• 75 career wins (2nd all-time @ Summit)
• 3-time state qualifier (tied 1st)

Kyle Singler
High School – A state title and a second-place finish for South Medford (lost to K-Love’s LO team when they finished second).
College – A National championship in 2010 for Duke.

Terrence Jones
High School – 3 state high school championships @ Jefferson… it doesn’t get much better than that!
College – TJ’s Kentucky Wildcats are in the final 4.

Kevin Love
High School – A state team title and two runner up finishes. (One of those second place finishes was to Kyle Singler’s South Medford team).
College – Final 4 in his only year of college basketball at UCLA.
Pros – OK, so this hasn’t gone so good for K-Love. Granted he is the NBA’s leading rebounder, but his team’s record is not good! But give him a break, they are the Timberwolves. They have gone 56-182 in his time in Minnesota. That could all change when Love becomes a very popular free agent.

Is it that time already? GoDaddy.com’s first team features Oregon’s LaMichael James and Cliff Harris.

1st Team Offense
QB Andrew Luck – Jr. – Stanford
RB LaMichael James – Jr. – Oregon
RB Marcus Lattimore – So. – South Carolina
WR Justin Blackmon – Jr. – Oklahoma State
WR Ryan Broyles – Sr. – Oklahoma
TE Michael Egnew – Sr. – Missouri
OL Barrett Jones – Jr. – Alabama
OL Mike Brewster – Sr. – Ohio State
OL Matt Reynolds – Sr. – Brigham Young
OL Nate Potter – Sr. – Boise State
OL David Molk – Sr. – Michigan
K Blair Walsh – Sr. – Georgia
KR Damaris Johnson – Sr. – Tulsa

1st Team Defense/Special Teams
DL Brandon Jenkins – Jr. – Florida State
DL Jared Crick – Sr. – Nebraska
DL Quinton Coples – Sr. – North Carolina
DL Devin Taylor – Jr. – South Carolina
LB Luke Kuechly – Jr. – Boston College
LB Tank Carder – Sr. – TCU
LB Lavonte David – Sr. – Nebraska
DB Stephon Gilmore – Jr. – South Carolina
DB Cliff Harris – Jr. – Oregon
DB Jayron Hosley – Jr. – Virginia Tech
DB Mark Barron – Sr. – Alabama
P Drew Butler – Sr. – Georgia
PR Cliff Harris – Jr. – Oregon

“America’s Best College Sports Town: The Final Four” – The final 4 are: Morgantown, West Virginia; Knoxville, Tennessee; Madison, Wisconsin and Eugene, Oregon.

Here’s where they’ve got them picked: Rivals – 7th. CBS – 3rd. ESPN – 3rd. Sports Illustrated – 2nd.
• “College Football Rankings: Oklahoma, Oregon Top 2011 Early Rankings” – By Jeremy Mauss.
• No. 14 recruiting class. – According to ESPN.
• Finished 2010 as AP No. 3. – Best of the 1-loss teams.
• CBS picks Oregon No. 3 in 2011. – By Dennis Dodd CBSSports.com Senior Writer.
• Bleacher Report has Oregon No. 3, Stanford No. 1. – By Danny Flynn
• “NationalChamps.net” has Oregon No. 4. – by Joel Thorman.