got it. tcu leading 36-35, under a minute to go. at boise. >> justin: unbelievable game there. >> craig: you know what that means? too much time. moore's going to take them right down the field. >> justin: nathan scheelhaase. he gets wrapped up and sacked by ryan van bergen. all right. so, tcu, boise state. last year boise state against nevada. now tcu trying to play the role of spoiler. >> justin: if boise state falls out the other unbeaten is from the university of houston and if keenan gets them there, they might get in the conversation of having a chance to be in the bcs. >> justin: scheelhaase lost that ball. incomplete. looking for spencer harris. >> craig: but moore with a minute to foe in the football game on the blue carpet, he will get them down. tcu will have to make a play,

because moore's going to take them down the field. >> justin: he did it last year against nevada, they had the chance. third and 18 coming up here for illinois. >> craig: that's why you've got to just let the season play out, games take place. >> justin: scheelhaase. scrambling. and le gets hit. courtney avery steps up, makes the play. >> craig: you know what in michigan's defense, each week, builds on the confidence they had from the previous week. tonight, five sacks. this football team came in with 17 sacks. and they took advantage. i think they smelled an opportunity because in the three-game skid, illinois had given up eight sacks. so they went full tilt and got

to the quarterback. nice play. >> justin: big punt. duvernois. all the way down to the 35 yard line. a 52-yard punt, into the wind. this michigan team, you think about what they've done since 2008. they get off to a good start but it's how they finish. that's what some of the wolverines fans were wondering about, getting off to 6-0 start, how would they fin, that's why this is so important. >> craig: they've answered that. this is a different michigan football team. brady hoke, greg mattison, al borges, this coaching staff, they have a football team who believes in themselves. and they're disappointed they didn't beat iowa, you know? so, there's a lot of confidence for michigan and a heck of a job by brady hoke. >> justin: devin gardner can take a knee. michigan lost last week at iowa, 24-16. they lost to michigan state,

28-14. on the road, able to beat northwestern, despite only having 179 yards on the ground, 42-24. but today, it was important to establish that run game, and they established it early with fitz toussaint. >> craig: ron zook's got his work cut out for him this week to get his illini back on their feet. but i would say this, and i think we agree on this, illini defense played a very good game today and they allowed their team to stay in it as long as they did. >> justin: with the victory, michigan will move to 8-2 on the season. 4-2 in big ten play. illinois falls to 6-4, 2-4 in big ten play. those four losses have come in succession for illinois. >> craig: enjoyed working with you. >> justin: a lot of fun. >> craig: come back, see us again. >> justin: any time. my pleasure. thank you for the hospitality. michigan defeats illinois 31-14.

tune in tonight for saturday night football presented by southwest airlines on abc. 8:00 eastern, the big matchup, number seven, oregon at number four, stanford. denard robinson got the team off to a good start with two rushing touchdowns. his defense came up huge. and then his backup, gardner, heisted. i'm justin kutcher, saying so long from champaign, illinois.

next on abc 7 news, a gas pipe ruptured in the east bay. >> a construction crew had no idea the pipe was there. occupy oakland is facing growing pressure to vacate. neighborhood watch, the east bay community that says police aren't doing enough so they're taking measures into their own

hands. dad, i wish you were here. we love you. >> high emotions on the field and off. for the first time in 46 years, penn state plays without coach paterno at the helm. abc 7 news starts now. this is abc 7 news. good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us. an entire neighborhood in richmond had to be evacuated today after construction workers dug into a pg and e gas line they say they didn't even know was there. >> it happened this morning at south 47th street and wall avenue. crews were replacing a sewer line when they hit the gas pipe. we're live there with the latest on the situation. john? >> reporter: work has just wrapped up at the accident site a.at the height of this, about 5 homes in a one square block area had to be evacuated, affecting about 50 people. workers say they had no indication there was gas main in the area. people grabbed what they could

after he got the knock at the door and were ordered to evacuate. not everybody had time to gather up their pets. they called the police and they told us to get out and just basically leave everything behind. i have dogs in the house that i couldn't even get out. >> reporter: about 10:30 this morning workers installing a new sewer line on south 47th street in richmond dug into a pg and e gas main with a bac backh. by early afternoon that 2 inch plastic pipe was replaced after two dozen homes were evacuated. >>evacuated. >> we got a knock on the door saying we're evacuating down the block, and i was like okay, why, and they said there's a main gas line that broke. >> reporter: richmond fire officials say the contractor cor told them the gas line was not properly marked. they said the plans that they had had no indication that there was a gas line at depth and so they didn't know it was there. >> reporter: a supervisor from the contractor at the scene told abc 7 news that pg and e failed

to market gas line at this spot unlike other nearby locations where the utility properly sprayed yellow paint, indicate gadgets linagas line below. pg and e is investigating. after the backhoe sliced through the line, a pungent odor filled the neighborhood. >> it's horrible. you never want to smell gas in your whole life. never. if this happens again, i'm outta here. >> at this point we were just worried about making sure that the gas didn't collect in someone eals house an's house an ignition source. >> th an hour or so later 50 residents were allowed back in the homes. >> they said they were fixing the sewer lines and everything. i think they found a different line than the sewers. >> reporter: pg and e took about 30 minutes for its workers to get to the scene. there are no automatic shutoff valves here. p g and e has contacted the

public utilities commission and they're investigating whether or not the lines were properly marked. >> john, thank you. pg and e accidentally damaged a pipeline thursday at beal and mission. i was out there after a crew workers backhoe ruptured a 16-inch distribution line. the leak caused the evacuation of people from nba businesses and -- fro from nearby business. pg and e is retesting a gas pipeline in woodside that burst during similar water testing last weekend. if it does well during high pressure water tests today, crews will seal the pipe and fill in the hole. so far pg and e isn't reporting any problems. the testing will continue throughout the day. when the pipe segment failed last sunday, it sent mud and water gushing down a hillside on 280. utility crews have cut out the damaged section of pipe. occupy oakland firing up again tonight. hundreds of people are in the

plaza now for a 4:00 rally followed by a march. this is a live look at demonstrators getting ready to rally in march in defiance of an eviction order issued by the mayor yesterday. second order to vacate was issued today but so far no sign that the demonstrators will comply. we'll continue to monitor that situation and we'll bring you any updates. a $10,000 reward is being offered for information in the shooting death of a man near the occupy oakland camp. a man in his 20s known as alex was shot after a confrontation between two groups thursday. police say he was not part of the encampment. they're now looking for two suspects. the first is an african-american with short hair, 20 to 25, 5-9, 150 pounds. witnesses say he was a regular at occupy oakland. the second suspect is also african-american, 20 to 30 years old. 5-9 to 5-11, about 250 pounds with long dread locks with red tips. he may also have a tattoo on the back of his neck.

in san francisco occupy demonstrators are marching in solidarity today with egypt. the weekly march from the encampment at justin herman plaz started up thstarted up a while. the protesters are marching in support of egypt which is holding elections at the end of the month. 20 members of the occupy wall street group have been invited. a cal professor who had her hair yanked by university police said she's filing a complaint. seen here with her hair being pulled by officers said she wants a review of the police action. she and six others were arrested for resisting police as they tried to protect their encampment last wednesday. another protester was grabbed by the hair and thrown to the ground. a cal spokeswoman said officials are looking into the confrontation. in the oakland hills, some neighbors suspect a struggling economy is what's turning them into the most burglarized

neighborhood. here's how the neighborhood is now fighting back. >> you don't know whose house has a camera, but you better make sure if you come in here that we're armed. >> reporter: it was a clear warning to criminals casing oakland's neighborhood, an area hit hard by burglars. now homeowners are the ones doing the watching. >> as of today, you have over a hundred people in the community with cameras. >> reporter: the montclair surveillance camera pilot program launched today is a response to the rash in break-ins. it's the most burglarized neighborhood in the oakland hills and residents are tired of it. >> people broke in and spent very little time in the house, took a laptop, jewelry, cash, camera, watch. >> they had kicked in our front door. >> >> reporter: each time the burglars strike in the daytime when no one is home, residents are also worried about longer response times from police and department downsizing. >> we have to do our own

policing. that's what it amounts to. unfortunately, on burglaries and we have to just monitor our own neighborhood. >> oakland needs a little more police help. officers would be great, but you know, we've got to work with what we've got. i think the camera systems will definitely help out. >> reporter: this is the master outdoor unit. one surveillance company offered special montclair homeowner discounts today. >> how would you rate the resolution? >> reporter: the questions were followed by concern because no one here wants to be the next victim. >> from a deterrent standpoint, do you think it makes sense? >> absolutely. nobody wants to be on camera. >> reporter: officials insist the resources will be wil theren it comings time t comes time toe on tape. coming up, penn state played the first football game since the child abuse scandal broke there. >> a look at how the school came together to support the alleged

victims and a beloved coach. also, landmark at the nation's capitol reopens after earthquake repairs, but the job is far from finished. and hi there, everyone. boy, this time yesterday we were in the rain. right now seeing clear skies. it's going to be cool overnight, maybe some fog. we'll take a look at that forecast plus what's ahead for

>> closed captioning brought to well, after being rocked by one of the most shocking and widely reported wild abuse scandals in u.s. history, the penn state nittany lions were back on the football teeld field today. here's how the university is revisiting its motto, success with honor.

>> reporter: tradition, sports man shp anship and a hard fought football game set the university back on the road to recovery today. without the only coach most penn staters have ever known. joe paterno, who watched the game from home, 100,000 filled beaver stadium for the first time since the scandal broke. it was a day where football took a back seat to healing. the healing started with a blueout, a student led effort to bathe the stadium in blue, colors symbolic of the fight against child abuse. friday night students, faculty, and alumni joined for candlelight vigil remembering the victims of disgraced former coach jerry sandusky on the very spot where a few nights before students rioted following the dismissal of coach joe paterno. paterno was ousted wednesday by university trustees. many believe he could have done more to stop sandusky, an alleged serial pedophile. paterno's son jay was on the

sideline replacing mike mcqueary who told joe paterno he has sandusk saw sandusky rapd in the shower. penn state lot of to nebraska, 17-14. >> dad, i wish you were here. we love you. >> reporter: off the field there will be many dark days ahead for penn state. gaitionspen investigations, law, more victims coming forward. today they seemed to try to recapture their integrity and honor, however long it takes. the washington national cathedral reopens today, ten weeks after an earthquake damaged the landmark. the cathedral closed august 23rd and the area was hit by a 5.8 earthquake. most of the damage was to the buildings three towers. workers have been stabilizing the building. the pinkels work is expected tot

least two years. as you can see we have clear skies. the rain is gone. >> yeah. >> a lot going on. big game tonight, big game tomorrow, and it's warm and dry and mild temperatures as we work our way through next week. here's a live look from our high definition camera. a beautiful setting sun. remember this time yesterday it was wet out there, it was dreary. you could see on my close up satellite that all of that moisture has pushed out of the bay area. it's actually headed down into southern california. we're enjoying some clearing right now. those clear skies will give way to some cooler overnight temperatures, and also the development of that valley fog. here's a look at some current readings. mid 60s for san rafael and santa rosa now. 64 in fairfield. 57 in san francisco. half moon bay with clear skies. 55. we have 60 in liver more, and antioch you see there, 62 degrees. so here are our lows for tonight. remember, we won't have as much cloud cover. some of that cooling will escape

us. we'll look for 40s. we're looking for fog to redevelop. san francisco 49. 43 for liver more tonight, and 47 for san jose. valley fog could be dense. we'll break out the sunshine tomorrow afternoon. dry and mild temperatures with us through the middle part of next week. there's a low that brought us the rain yesterday now moving into southern california. this high will be building in tomorrow, so expect that string of nice conditions to stay with us for at least the next few days and push the storm track to the north of us. we'll keep it dry through at least wednesday night. here is a look how we'll go through the evening. you can see some of the clouds will redevelop and that valley fog will be with us through the early morning hours. then we'll bring on the sunshine as the high begins to build in. clear sky for game time, 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. clear conditions with the clouds sitting off the coast.

highs for your sunday, much like today, santa rosa, 68. we'll go 62 for san francisco. oakland wil climb to 66 degrees. plenty of sunshine for gilroy. remember, some of that valley fog may take a bit of time to burn off. after that, it will be sunny. mild days with us monday, tuesday, and wednesday. check it out. most locations mid to upper 50s. we even noticed some 60s at the coast. we'll thicken the clouds thursday and bring in showers thursday night and friday. next saturday we are going to drop temperatures considerably only reaching the upper 50s across much of the bay area. >> so enjoy mid-week, it looks like. >> you're right. >> thanks. going over to shu, the michigan game is done. let's get to the main event. >> the michigan game? we're talking about the game of the week in college football. stanford hosting oregon. it's game day and for the first

time in school history, actually the first time they've been in the bay area. we'll get th

fourth ranked stanford and seventh ranked oregon matched up today for the biggest game of the day in college football. espn brought their crew to stanford for the first time ever. >> i fell in love with the trees last year. >> going with the cardinal again, even breaking out the rifle in duck season. about 2000 fans showed up for the 7 a.m. broadcast. so did former stanford quarterback jim plunkett.

those tickets good news for stanford fans. lee has an all time record of 46-6 in the month of november. of course, the 5 p.m. kickoff right here on abc 7. stick around for after the game as we break down the day in college football. meanwhile, cal is trying to break oregon' oregon state's spn them. final home game for the bears and last call for the cal seniors to beat the beavers. picked off in the first shot but makes up for it in the second. 19 yards on the score and cal is leading in the second quarter, 7-3. we'll have complete highlights for you coming up on after the game. all right. san jose state in utah where it was snowing, up to two feet in the mountains. that didn't stop tyler irvin. tickofkickoff coming up after an aggies touchdown. great high step and gone. just enough gas left at the end.

a kickoff return for a touchdown. spartans up 20-7 at the half. aggies trail by 12 in the fourth. they scored twice in the final five minutes. what a catch with 47 seconds left. one last chance for the spartans. the 67-yard field goal is blocked. the cards lose another heartbreaker. 34-33. it's called happy valley but it's been a sad week in pennsylvania. there's a sex abuse scandal involving a former assistant coach. the knitly lion knit nittany li. here's the fourth quarter, nittany lions with the gree car. made it a 17-14 to go. nebraska can ice it. they go for it on fourth and 1. birkhead gets tripped up so the nittany lions have a chance. on the final play of the game, way too far to go.

his pass falls incomplete. on a somber day at state college. penn state beaten by nebraska 17-14. tcu led boise at the half. on the very first play of the third, the fumble is forced. broncos take a 7-point lead into the fourth. here comes tcu. a minute left. what a grab by carter. a 25-yard touchdown. they go for two. horned frogs on top by one. boise state hasn't lot of at home in six years -- hasn't lost at home in six years. shanks a 39 yarder and the broncos 35-game home win streak is over as tcu wins 36-35. now to oklahoma state taking on texas tech. cowboys led after the first quarter. in the second, weeden threw for 4 r25. oklahoma state 10-0 for the

first time in history. 66-6 that final. later in this newscast we'll head down to stanford and check in live with rick as we look ahead to the biggest game in college football. still to come, big changes ahead for italy. a look ahead after the nation approves massive economic reforms. plus ... >> we're probably not going to see anything like this in our lifetime. >> a hybrid the scene behind tht nasa. the building where the space program was literally built opens to the public for the first time in decades.

you're watching abc 7 news. >> italy's parliament approved economic reforms today paving the way for prime minister to resign and make way for a new government to take over. the crowd outside the presidential palace roared the approval when news of the resignation came down. the former european commissioner is now being considered to be the next premier. members of the party are resentful. >> italy has one of the highest

national debts in europe. the aw austerity measures inclue raising retirement age, selling state owned property and pension reform. president obama is at an economic summit in hawaii this weekend where he and other leaders are pledging to work together to keep world growth on track. the u.s. is hosting the summit in honolulu. trade was the focus today. much of the work by president obama and other leaders at the forum this weekend is aimed at sendinfending off recession. >> the whole goal of apeck is to ensure that we are reducing barriers to trade and investment that can translate into concrete jobs here in the united states and all around the world. >> the president also announced the broad outlines of an agreement to create a trans pacific trade zone to include the u.s. and eight other nations. he said the details still have to be worked out. more than 15,000 people are

expected to attend a weekend memorial for former heavy weight champion joe frazier. a two-day public memorial began yesterday. frazier was laid out in the middle of philadelphia's wells fargo center arena in a white closed casket. his trademark white cowboy hat was placed atop a blan blanket. humemuhammad ali was scheduled o arrive as well as former heavy weight champions mike tyson. washington nationals baseball player wilson ramos said he's thankful to be alive after a two-day kidnapping ordeal. >> it ended yesterday when commandos swept into a hideout. ramos said police and the kidnappers exchanged heavy gunfire. his ki kidnappers planned the abduction and told him they were

going to demand a large ransom. he was taken by gunpoint outside his home wednesday night. it was the first known kidnapping of a major league baseball player from venezuela. san jose is taking another swing at getting the oakland as to head to the south bay. they approved a two year option on five aches i acres of land fa ballpark. >> reporter: this is a baseball stadium as owner wants to build in san jose. he said he would do it with $500 million in private development money. today the city stepped up to the plate, giving the as a two-year option to buy nearly five acres of city-owned land near down the. >> in some, it's hugely important to the city of san jose for revenue and jobs. we need both of those. >> reporter: many critics say the land deal doesn't make sense. the redevelopment agency paid a total of $25 million for the six parcells and is willing to sell the property for 7 million which

is considered fair market value for a ballpark. >> the residents of san jose are still on the hook for mortgage or bond payments. you can't argue for fiscal responsibility and then kick this can down the road. >> reporter: san jose contends the ballpark as built would have future economic benefits. the city answer 1.5 million dollars a year to the general fund, 1.7 million a year for redevelopment and housing, and 2.3 million a year that would benefit other agencies. supporters also argue the stadium would create 350 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs. >> i urge you to take advantage of the situation and you have our support of the building trades and the tens of thousands of unemployed workers in the community that need to go to work. >> reporter: even with the option to buy, the as still need permission from major league baseball to move into giants' territory and that's a huge hurdle. >> your action will further prepare san jose for the day when mr. selig and major league baseball finally sees the light and improves the move --

approves the move for the as to san jose. >> reporter: the council reiteratereiterated earlier thao matter how the as deal plays out, voters have the final says in whether the team hits a home run in san jose. happy birthday to the bay bridge. the bridge opened to traffic on november 12th, 19 nirt 6. bridge officials say ever since it's been the back bone of the regions economy, but when it opened, it was the longest bring in the world and is still one of the busiest. there's plans to mark the bridge's 75th anniversary sometime next year with a $7 million led light span o light e western span. throughout the marina, fishermen are preparing for the upcoming crab season. it officials opens tuesday for boats. fishermen are trying to negotiate a price tag with buyers. last year the crab harvest hit a

record 19 million pounds. this time it's expected to be a lighter year. sport fishermen who have been allowed to go out for the past two weeks say they're only getting about four crabs per pot compared to about ten per pot last year. a rare look. this is real cool inside the building where space exploration was actually built. that's next. and a world record attempt that fits a man to a t.

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redwood city. >> you can actually focus after you've taken the shot. >> he's one of the fast tech 50. 50 invo nateors hand picked to spend two days networking with heavy weights and venture capitalists. we want to bring the venture capital community together to really showcase what's next in technology. >> venture wire editor scott austin helped pick the start-ups from a list of thousands. they include an institute from taiwan that's developing a replacement for paper. >> this is not really paper. this is a liquid crystal display technology. >> john chen shows us how it rolls up and bends just like regular paper with one key difference. you can instantly erase it by applying an electrical char as shown in the video he gave us, then print a new image using a cheap thermal printer. >> no ink, no paper required, so it's basically heat and then the electronic paper.

you can write it, use it, reice it. >> real it go to come here and hear what companies are doing. >> quinn kramer's company is all about what you can do with your hands. >> if you've seen the movie minority report, you've seen our systems. tom cruise was using object oblg technology. >> replacing key boards and mice with your hands and fingers. you can see in the demo the technology from the movie can make its way into movie editing. >> you can grab a clip out of a movie and bring it down to a table that's in front of you. >> the valley can be a guessing game. fast tech organizers tend to guess write. last year they featured a small file sharing service that's grown to be over worth $4 billion. >> for the first time in more than 30 years, nasa has opened the doors to the place where space exploration was built. this is the vehicle assembly building at the kennedy space center. from here the massive saturn

five moon rockets were assembled before rolling out to the launch pad. all of the shuttles started out in this building, too. it was close td to the public in 1978 because of the volatile fuels and chemicals used during the shuttle era. with the shuttle program over, nasa is again allowing tours. >>tours. >> it was just so busy in here. we had thousands of people living in this building at the time. there were probably 6,000 people in this building. >> to this day, the vehicle assembly building remains one of the biggest in the world, 525 feet high. by volume, it's the fourth largest in the world. within a few years nasa hopes to start sem buildin assembling ast generation of rockets. try this on for size. an iowa man broke a world record and all he has to show for it is a t shirt. >> make that 200t shirts. his extra, extra, extra large accomplishment just1ñ. . . . . p

living in the bay area with our micro climate and ocean breezes, we all know a little bit layering. one man has taken it to the extreme. he's earned a spot in the gi necessargivengiveguinness book s for wearing 247t-shirts at the same time. those who helped him in his effort say it was quite a feet. >> there was quite a bit of

sizes that were involved. i think the largest that we have is a 20xl which is actually probably be able to put it on a king size mattress or a queen size mattress. >> his supporters say breaking the record takes more than just knowing how to depress yourself. it takes a lot of training and trial runs. not a convinc coincidence that a t shirt store. >> i hope he went to the bathroom before he started that. >> i don't know how he can breathe in all that. >> it was a great evening tonight. it's going to be a little chillier. we'll probably see more of the dense valley fog. right now the high definition -- actually, our high definition cam showing you a beautiful sunset out there. just a few lingering clouds. you know that storm system that brought us the rain yesterday is now in southern california, down toward san diego, picking up quite a bit of rainfall, even some -- a little bit of thunder being reported there right now. for the bay area, we're seeing a lot of the clouds just move on to the south of us. we will look fort fog to

redevelop over night, and it could be dense in many locations. here's a look at some current readings. still holding onto a few 60ss in the north and east bay locations. we've knocked down into the mid to upper 50s for san francisco. half moon bay, 55. here is a look at our lows expected tonight with a clearing expected that's going to mean some radiational cooling. as i mentioned, the fog will develop in the protected valley areas. look for 40s in the north bay, napa 43, half moon bay, 0, and we'll -- #e --half moon bay, 44. it will be a terrific day for activities tomorrow. a string of nice and mild days as we head into the first part of next week. the reason why, high pressure building in. this is the low continuing the counter clockwise spin off the southern calf 4 californi calif.

this time it's going to start to really build in, a nice ridge for us, and you can see it's going to push the storm track to the north of us for at least the next two to three days so expect some dry and mild conditions right on in through wednesday. we start off tonight at 11:00. we'll see clear skies and through the course of the evening we'll look for the clouds to move in. also pockets of dense fox, but by tomorrow -- dense fog, but by tomorrow afternoon it will move out and we'll return to mostly sunny conditions and of course, that will translate to temperatures coming up a few more degrees tomorrow. a terrific afternoon. 56 expected high for san jose and mid 60s for the peninsula as well. redwood city you see there, 65. 60 for half moon bay. a mix of sun and clouds there. 52 for san francisco. remember, the valley areas might take some time for the fog to burn off. once it does, the sun will heat you up nicely with santa rosa

68. 66 for oakland. union city expecting 64 degrees. livermore to tomorrow, a fix mif sun and clouds. look for 63 degrees for santa cruz. here's the next seven days. monday, tuesday, and wednesday will be dry and mild. warm things up by tuesday. we're looking at highs near 70 degrees in several locations. we're picking up the clouds thursday, bringing rain thursday night and friday. that's what it looks like right now. of course, that could change and much cooler temperatures next weekend. >> thanks, lee. >> we know a lot of you can't wait for us to get our happy faces off the screen so that oregon and stanford can get on the screen. >> i'm one of those. the stage is set, all right. stanford hosting oregon in probably the biggest game in the history of their school. the game of the week in college football. we have a preview from dow as wo k

we've been waiting all week. fourth ranked stanford and seventh ranked oregon play today. so big, espn brought their act to stanford for the first time ever. >> i fell in love with the trees. >> he's going with the cardinal again, even breaking out the rifle for duck season and dancing with a tree. careful, lee. 2000 fans showed up for the 7 a.m. broadcast. the former stanford quarterback jim plunkett picked the cardinals. he has record of 46-6 in the month of november. let's go down to stanford with our own game day host. rick is live. oregon is built for speed on the turf while stanford's field is grass.

with the rain the past couple of days, we'll find out who is a mud der today. what are the conditions? >> reporter: well, yeah. it did rain out here yesterday, so the field is a little dit bit damp. i talked to the head grounds keeper, and he told me there should be no significant change to the turf. probably normal conditions out there. as you mentioned, oregon's game is all about speed. the no huddle offense is averaging 46 points a game and 300 yards rushing. stanford defense will get a boost tonight with the return of safety delano howell. he'll be wearing a cast tonight on his broken hand. he not only brings senior leadership but he may be the hardest hitter on the team. a few moments ago i spoke to him. >> w we've been waiting for this all year. i haven't been able to talk about it all year. this is the time, man. we're excited. we have a lot of faith in our offense. we're excited. oregon's a great team. we're excited for the challenge

tonight. >> with the chance to stay undefeated and remain in the race for the bcs national title, this very well could be the biggest regular season game in stanford football history. back to you. >> rick, before i let you go, my head says oregon. my heart is with stanford. i have to believe quarterback andrew luck will not let his team loose. could you feel any tension in the cardinal program or are they loose as usual? >> reporter: they look pretty loose. in fact, davis shaw walked by me just a few moments ago. he looked like he was headed for a picnic. no tension at all. i think this team is ready to play. if they can control the football tonight, i think the cardinals will come away with the victory. >> rick likes the cardinal. 5 p.m. kickoff here on abc 7. stick around for after the game. larry, yours truly, and rick will break down the day in college football. cal is trying to break oregon state's spell on them. they've won five of the last six, 10 of the last 12, and the last four. it's the last call for them to beat the beavers.

despite taking a shot to the head last week, zack was picked off in the first drive but makes up for it in the second. a bullet to michael calvin. 7-3 bears. second quart, zack maynard keeps it himself. nice head fake, the touchdown, and cal leads at halftime. completely highlightcomplete hie game. up to 2 feet of snow in the mountains. aggies trail by 12 but score twice in the final five minutes. adam kennedy with cash a catch 7 seconds left. saica 67-yard field goal is blo. the spartans lose another heartbreaker. 34-33 that final. it should be great game for stanford and oregon. we'll see you afterwards on after the game. as i said, my head is with oregon, my heart it with stanford. i've got a feeling this is stanford's year. if they can go undefeated, i think they can shut the national

title game. >> the question. where are you going to put your money? >> it's going to be on the defense. >> oh. oh hhhhhhhhh. >> you're going with oklahoma state. >> i'm going for texas. >> i'll take stanford. >> how about that? >> that's it for abc 7 news at 4. thank you for joining us. >> saturday night football next. stanford-oregon. we're outta here.