Butte College football team is 5-0 after a 29-7 win Saturday over Delta College in Stockton.  A week off for the Roadrunners, then they will open the Nor-Cal conference season at home against City College of San Francisco.

Even though Butte is 5-0, there are still some things that need (if not fixing) fine-tuning.  The running game still leaves alot to be desired.  Curry Williams looks pretty good, though he's still getting healthy, and Travis Davidson in a reserve role has averaged about 5 yards per carry.  Ricky Barr is getting the majority of the carries and is running much harder than the early part of the season, but there haven't been alot of holes for him.  19 yards in 13 carries Saturday, including 5 carries that went for no gain or a short loss.  I think much of this is attributable to the fact that there are still alot of assignment breakdowns up in front.  I know the Butte coaching staff is a little frustrated by it.    Another thing that showed up against Delta is the fact that the Butte receivers did not do a very good job of breaking off routes and finding an open spot when Quarterback Jordan Rodgers was in trouble and under pressure.  Rodgers found himself scrambling alot Saturday.  Luckily he's good at it.  He led Butte with 60 yards, despite being sacked 3 times.

Good news, Ricky Barr is a reliable receiver out of the backfield and when he gets some room outside, he's a "big-yardage" threat.  He's not the only one.  Rashad Ross is dynamic with the football.  He had a spectacular 58 yard punt return for a score.  He and Barr have combined for 15 touchdowns this season.   On defense, I like the two corners for Butte. Ja'Maury Cal and Aaron Kincy have been locking people up the last three weeks. Of course, they'll need to be at least as good as they have been when SF, Santa Rosa, & Foothill start challenging them. The pass rush is coming along the the Butte linebackers have looked very solid Chris Ewald is a good kicker. Drove some more kicks into the end zone and has been reliable on X-P and Field Goals.

Through 5 games, it's obvious Butte has a great quarterback in Jordan Rodgers.  He's showing more patience in allowing plays to develop, but when it's time to make a play with his legs, he's doing it. I think his long-ball touch is better this year as well.

Things to hope for in the bye week:  Butte gets their run blocking assignments down so they can establish a running game that they can count on to move the chains and the clock.  Anthony Spain gets healthy.  The wide receiver is a guy who can go up and get a ball in a crowd. 

Lincecum Delivers Big Outing!

Tim Lincecum tossed 8 shut-out innings to earn his 13th

win & Pablo Sandoval returned to the line-up with a

solo homer to give the Giants a 2-0 win over Colorado

last night. The teams go again  tonite at 6:05. A win gets

the Giants with-in one of the Rocks in wildcard race.