Friday, December 30, 2005
Oregon effort uninspiring
After all the chatter that Oregon should've received a BCS bid, the Ducks couldn't beat Oklahoma in the Holiday Bowl. Does that bolster the argument that Oregon wasn't worthy of the BCS? Not exactly.
Imagine you're playing for a team that went 10-1 in the regular season, and you were hoping to play in a BCS game on January 1. Instead, you wind up far away from center stage in the Holiday Bowl. Not quite as exciting? In that situation, I'd probably find it hard to get psyched up to play in a bowl game on December 29.
With a more inspired effort, Oregon would probably have blown Oklahoma away. Instead, the Ducks had to mount a late go-ahead drive, which was botched when the second coming of Ryan Leaf (his little brother, in fact) threw an interception.
Imagine you're playing for a team that went 10-1 in the regular season, and you were hoping to play in a BCS game on January 1. Instead, you wind up far away from center stage in the Holiday Bowl. Not quite as exciting? In that situation, I'd probably find it hard to get psyched up to play in a bowl game on December 29.
With a more inspired effort, Oregon would probably have blown Oklahoma away. Instead, the Ducks had to mount a late go-ahead drive, which was botched when the second coming of Ryan Leaf (his little brother, in fact) threw an interception.
# posted by Steve Seepersaud : 12:05 PM
