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I have one upset this weekend. UC Davis will beat Stanford at Stanford. CAL and UCLA win their games easily to retain #1 and #2 rankings. Friday, 2 Nov. UCI @ CAL - CAL wins 12-7. CAL has too much depth and speed for the Anteaters. Saturday, 3 Nov UCLA at UCSD - UCLA wins easily 16-6 Beach at Pepper...

Brad Downs played water polo here in St. Louis in the early 90's & then went on to play polo @ air force. he is now a major in the air force & being honored for the following mission he just flew a couple of months ago http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/stor...

This week's poll is out, and CAL moves into #1. USC drops to #3 Rank School Name 10/24 Poll Total Points 1 University of California, Berkeley 2 98 2 University of California, Los Angeles 3 94 3 University of Southern California 1 93 4 Stanford University 4 84 5 Pepperdine University 5 77 5 Universit...

This wasn't my best week, going 5-5. But it was a great week for CAL, UCLA and UCSB. And a bad week for USC, Stanford and maybe a devastating week for Beach. CAL - moves to #1 after going 3-0 over the weekend. The Bears are the best team in the country. UCLA - crushes their rival (that alone makes i...

to the post above, not to take anything away from davis because I think they are a tough team, where do you think long beach should be ranked after beating #2 stanford? I'd have a tough time putting Beach ahead of Stanford. There are many other factors that go into the rankings. Don't get me wrong,...

Just one upset this weekend, as Pepp will beat Stanford at Stanford. In the weekends best matchup, UCLA will take it to USC early, but USC comes back and wins in OT. WWPA is starting to shape up as a two team horse race between UC Davis and LMU. With UCSD and Santa Clara as strong programs that will...

CAL rebounds this weekend with 2 big wins. UC Davis (UCD) gets 3 nice wins on their trip south. Upset picks: LBSU over Stanford and UC Davis over LBSU. Here are my predictions: Friday UCD over UCSD, 12-7 LBSU over UCI, 10-8 UCSB over UOP, 13-9 Saturday CAL over UCLA, 13-7 USC over UCSB, 9-7 Pepp ov...

CAL rebounds this weekend with 2 big wins. UC Davis (UCD) gets 3 nice wins on their trip south. Upset picks: LBSU over Stanford and UC Davis over LBSU. Here are my predictions: Friday UCD over UCSD, 12-7 LBSU over UCI, 10-8 UCSB over UOP, 13-9 Saturday CAL over UCLA, 13-7 USC over UCSB, 9-7 Pepp ove...

I agree that UC Davis shouldn't have moved down ... and they definitely should be ranked ahead of LMU.

I think the biggest travesty is ranking Stanford ahead of CAL. Stanford has 4 losses against just 8 wins. While CAL is 17-2. CAL is a much better team, and deserves a higher ranking.

The Water Polo Report has this:

http://waterpoloreport.com/2007/10/08/cal-davis-in-game-dust-up-leads-to-suspensions/

[i]With 32 seconds left and Cal leading 16-9, two players became entangled and didn

I'll get this thread started as well. Here are my predictions for the Socal tournament being hosted by UCI, 13-14 October - 1. USC 2. CAL 3. Pepperdine 4. Stanford 5. UCLA 6. LBSU 7. UCSB 8. UCI 9. LMU 10. UCSD 11. SFC 12. UOP 13. Bucknell 14. Pomona 15. Princeton 16. Redlands My surprise teams are ...

zeb wrote:what about the game between USC and Long Beach State.? What a great game Long Beach State has really improved under the guidance of Gavin Arroyo

Gavin was a great player and his coaching has made an immediate impact on the Long Beach program.

NORCAL wrote: "Golic looks like a nice addition to the Gaucho line-up. However, UCSB hasn't had a lot of practice time to work him in. Whereas, John has been able to get Forai his looks within the LMU game plan" I don't understand - stats show Milos getting more and better looks (plus som...

[quote="ssmith"]Norcal said, "#10 LMU vs. #8 UCSB

My predictions for the key match-ups for this weekend:

MPSF

#3 UCLA @ #4 Stanford