Its early in the bowl season but Pac10's collective performance so far has this blogger wondering if betting on the Buckeyes isn't a wise investment in tomorrow's Rose Bowl.
First, Oregon State is slaughtered by a non-BCS conference team (BYU). Then, Cal is beaten by another (Utah). UCLA, granted - an 8th place team - but still, struggled mightily before rallying in the 4th to beat a historically inept MAC team (Temple). The most pathetic performance was Arizona, demoralized and dominated 33-0 against Nebraska. Finally, Stanford gets upset by Oklahoma today. USC, as ever, is the pride of the conference. The Trjoans had an unremarkable win over a mediocre Boston College team.
This is an embarrassment, especially considering that the Pac10 plays down in almost every Bowl game (thanks to lackluster fan support Pac10 schools aren't attractive to most Bowls and so get left to 2nd tier bowls and inferior opponent matchups.) The Pac10 has one bowl game left to salvage a bit of pride. Are the Ducks up to the task?
Although the Big10 has only played one game so far (Wisconsin upsetting Miami), I'm thinking the evidence speaks to the Pac10 being a weak conference this year.
But can a Michigan fan stomach betting on the Buckeyes?
Thursday, December 31, 2009
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Oregon beat USC, the best team ever even when they lose four games. I'd bet on the Ducks, who lost to Boise State whoops.
Oregon should suspend LaGarette [spell?] Blount just because they can. They're like 2-2 when he suits up and undefeated when he doesn't.
Oh yeah, OSU has no offense. The Ducks will score 1/3 of the points they usually do and win by 10+.
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