USC or Oregon? Who should Cal root for?
by slaphancock on Oct 28, 2009 12:37 PM PDT
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After watching our victory over ASU this Saturday, I will be leaving ABC on for the ESPN game of the week: USC/Oregon. But besides rooting for some freak all-out stadium brawl that disqualifies both teams from the BCS forever, what is the best possible outcome for the Cal fan? Should we root for USC or Oregon?
Here are some things to consider:
(1) USC needs to lose twice in order for Cal to jump them in the conference race. Oregon needs to lose three times. Since it is somewhat more feasible to think that USC will lose one more game than Oregon to lose two more games, the advantage here goes towards rooting for Oregon. That is, if Oregon beats USC, and USC then loses one more game while Cal wins out, then Cal may take 2nd in the conference (Holiday Bowl, sigh).
Message: Root for Oregon
(2) BUT, both USC and Oregon have a few more difficult games on their schedule (as does Cal). Oregon's end of the season schedule includes Stanford, Arizona, AND Oregon State. Stanford and Arizona, moreover, are away games for the Ducks. USC finishes the season with only tough games against Arizona and Stanford. And both of those are at home. USC's end of the season is significantly easier than Oregon's.
Message: Root for USC
(3) Of course, both of these scenarios revolve around rooting for Cal to take 2nd place. If you still believe in a Rose Bowl berth, THEN the most feasible situation I can imagine is Oregon beating USC, then losing those tough away games plus Oregon State, while USC loses to Arizona.
Message: Root for Oregon
So to my mind Oregon would be the better choice. Plus, I think USC, not Oregon, is a bigger recruit competitor for Cal. Plus, I hate USC with a passion, and I'm kind of ambivalent about Oregon. Who are you going to root for?
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Rooting for an all-out freak-out balls-out brawl that leads to a) the suspension of both teams from qualifying for any bowls this season plus 2) a retroactive vacating of all wins. A brawl so powerful, it sucks Texas in its wake, ripping the fabric of time and and throwing Mack Brown into the stone ages.
Barring that… rooting for USC.
by since1997 on Oct 28, 2009 1:34 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
That. Would be. FANTASTIC.
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by Avinash on Oct 28, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rec'd for sucking Mack Brown into another dimension
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by Berkelium97 on Oct 28, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Someone needs to sign up for a Jeremiah Masoli twitter and start talking some serious smack about Taylor Mays’ momma.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 28, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll register a Matt Barkley twitter and talk about how Autzen isn’t half as intimidating as the Horseshoe.
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by Rishi on Oct 29, 2009 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I ‘m all out of love, I’m so lost without you
I know you were right believing for so long
I ‘m all out of love, what am I without you
I can’t be too late to say that I was so wrong
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by JShufelt on Oct 29, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I’ve always liked Oregon. I’ll be rooting hard for them. Plus, if Oregon wins, it will essentially knock USC out of the Rose Bowl and put them into another BCS bowl. I’d love to see USC take on someone like Texas, Alabama, or Florida in a BCS bowl. I’m tired of seeing them beating up some crappy Big Televen team every year.
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by Berkelium97 on Oct 28, 2009 1:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Same here
I rooted for the Ducks when I lived in Oregon. Plus, USC losing is always a good day, especially inconference.
by USAFGoldenBear on Oct 28, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This assumes the P-X is getting 2 teams in the BCS, I don’t think that is a foregone conclusion. Oregon is now Rose Bowl bound, but they have only a minuscule chance of the NC game. So, unless there is a lot of losing at the top, and its clear the football gods favor Iowa, I’m not sure a 10th place finish by SC is going to cut it for the BCS.
Question: Does the BCS prevent two non-AQ schools from getting bids? Might this be the year the Rose Bowl chooses to take one of those?
by YleeXOtee on Nov 1, 2009 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
agreed. There are too many no-loss (or one-loss) good teams this year for the Pac-10 to get 2 teams in. Oregon takes rose bowl. Cal has to win out and USC lose one to get second place. Most probably, Cal is looking at 3-5th place finish.
by slaphancock on Nov 1, 2009 9:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
VEGAS BOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 1, 2009 10:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You seem to be under the mistaken notion that BCS bowls invite teams based on merit or some similar qualification. They don’t.
USC will get a bowl berth—most likely the Fiesta Bowl, because USC brings ratings, a big crowd, and lots of tourism, same as Ohio State did last year. The second ranked non BCS team will not get a BCS bowl berth because that team won’t bring any of those things.
Might this be the year the Rose Bowl chooses to take one of those?
Particular gibberish. The Rose Bowl can’t take a team from any other conference unless the Pac-10 or Baker’s 10 champ goes to the NCG. There are contracts, and such.
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by AERose on Nov 1, 2009 12:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There's only one reason I'm voting for USC
And it has nothing to do with the Rose Bowl, which is a near impossibility.
Take a look at the recruits at the game:
Lache Seastrunk, RB
Owamagbe (Owa) Odighizuwa, DE
Gabe King, DE
Think Oregon beating USC and running to the BCS might convince those 5 star recruits that this is the best place to win a national title? Add in those plum facilities in Eugene, the anger of Cal fans at Tedford’s inabilities if Kelly could get the job done IN ONE YEAR, and Oregon and USC could be spending the next decade battling each other, leaving Cal in the dust for some time.
People might think I’m exaggerating, but it only takes small events like this to change the dynamics of the Pac-10.
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by Avinash on Oct 28, 2009 1:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I agree with this assessment. We got hurt bad in terms of recruiting during the USC game. If Oregon can show off even a little more fight than we do, we lose a lot of credibility with these recruits.
by Shadwhand on Oct 28, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It will convince them to go to Oregon….
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 28, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rope Guy factor....
Seriously, if I were a 5-star recruit I wouldn’t care about facilities or titles or the BCS or NFl drafts… I would care about one thing and one thing alone… what team has an enthusiastic coach with seemingly no other job other than swinging a thick rope around his head? That’s where I want to play…
Maybe that’s why I wasn’t a 5-star recruit you say? Bullox
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by CruzinBears on Oct 28, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dude, this is the greatest line. I fucking love it.
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by TwistNHook on Oct 28, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This really is one of the biggest recruiting weekends in Oregon history. Trovon Reed will be visiting, and is good friends with Seastrunk.
Also, Dontae Williams will be there, as well as a few unofficial from a few probable 2011 4* players.
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by jtlight on Oct 28, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, sorry man, usually I’d root for anyone to beat USC. I just know that an Oregon win is a net loss for us, since the Trojans will still fill themselves up with 5 stars and now Oregon can do the same. Too dangerous for us in the long-term.
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by Avinash on Oct 28, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Personally I’m rooting for a predator of some sort to eat that butterfly in Tibet before it flaps its wings. If that butterfly wins his game against the predator, Cal might never get into the Rose Bowl.
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by AERose on Oct 28, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m with Avinash on this one. As much as I would love to see $C in a san diego or el paso and the Pac10 having 2 BCS teams, Oregon needs to lose for the reasons stated.
by Cali49a on Oct 28, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Keeping in mind that I know nothing about recruiting…
It seems to me that the USC-Oregon game would be significantly less important for Cal’s recruiting than the Cal-Oregon game.
If a recruit was choosing between the Bears and the Ducks purely on this season’s results, that ship has already sailed and we may as well root for what will help Cal this year. Or which team you personally prefer.
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by norcalnick on Oct 28, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Could be. But these guys are still up in the air even after that, so a USC win could at least keep them up in the air, or at the very least make them choose USC. That way there’s only one dominant satellite to worry about rather than two.
But I’m crazy.
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by Avinash on Oct 29, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is the reason why I'm rooting for USC
If Oregon wins Cal’s luster as a team that can potentially beat USC is gone
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Oct 29, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think this luster wore off a couple weeks ago… And going into every season, the team that is picked to knock of $C, never ends up doing so…
So maybe a little less luster, and a bit more playing under the radar, may actually help us out…
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by CruzinBears on Oct 29, 2009 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yea... ambivalence vs. hatred
I’ve given up hope for #1 in the Pac-10 this year, so I’ll take a 2008 election stance on this one and say, ANYONE BUT U$C!!!
Sure we’ll have to deal with UO fans clamoring for awhile about how they are the cream of the crop til we shellack them next year in Berkeley, but it beats U$C in the Rose Bowl AGAIN for several reasons:
Watching U$C in the Rose Bowl this year (i.e. my sanity), more boosting of U$C fans’ prides, the further entrenching of the Pac-10 into the Pac-1 nonsense in the media, and of course the Pac-10 not getting two BCS teams (I mean seriously, if U$C finishes 10-2, do we really think the BCS won’t take them as an at-large team?)
UO is at least fun to watch when they aren’t playing Cal, U$C is just miserable…
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by CruzinBears on Oct 28, 2009 2:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Because the outcome honestly doesn't matter to us this year, go ducks
I hate Oregon’s fans, but respect the program. Their staff isn’t full of shameless self-promoters, for the most part I have always liked their players, and their style of football is fun to watch.
On the other hand, their fans are pretty terrible, specifically the students and young alumni (in contrast to our fans, where the ratio of terrible-ness seems to correlate with proximity to death. An encouraging sign for the 2030 season!) It seems like each time they come down here there’s a band of 50 punks roaming around Berkeley trying to start fights, swearing in front of kids and old people, and generally conducting themselves like idiots.
I hate SC’s program and their fans, who aren’t really fans.
It’d be nice to see two pac-10 teams play in the BCS, and to see a different team win a share of the conference title. Go ducks?
by calbeers05753 on Oct 28, 2009 2:05 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I hate Oregon’s fans, but respect the program.
this deserves a rec, though I don’t respect the uniform change and don’t hate all uo fans, just the ones that think the school started playing football in the late 90s.
by ArbyOSU on Oct 28, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lots of hat.
I’ll give you a hug if you come to Eugene.
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by JShufelt on Oct 29, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is that an open invitation to all who read this?
by ArbyOSU on Oct 29, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe. Good hygiene might be a minimal requirement.
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by JShufelt on Oct 29, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just tell me what kind of Axe body spray I should wear.
by ArbyOSU on Oct 29, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
… Neither? I despise that stuff. Old roommate would spray that shit on him like a maniac.
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by JShufelt on Oct 29, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not an axe fan either—I just was trying to be considerate.
by ArbyOSU on Oct 29, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why thank you.
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by JShufelt on Oct 30, 2009 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Including TwistNHook?
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Oct 29, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Especially TwistNHook.
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by JShufelt on Oct 29, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m out
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by CruzinBears on Oct 29, 2009 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gotta go Duckies on this one
I have to admit that I got a soft spot for those little guys. Sure, some of their fans are in the 99.9th percentile of obnoxious, arrogant gits. Sure, I absolutely hate the bastards when we play them. Sure, Phil Knight makes my ill. Sure, they are almost insufferable when doing well.
But no one is perfect, right? Besides, the Ducks are kind of like our ADD, inappropriate, and slightly learning-disabled cousins. How can you not like them?
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by SoCal Oski on Oct 28, 2009 2:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
At this point I’m just going to say: Dan Rubenstein is, as far as I can tell, a pretty nice and funny guy.
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by AERose on Oct 28, 2009 2:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Easy – root for the scenario that puts USC in a non-Rose Bowl BCS game (because I want to see them put the smack down on the SEC and shut those little shits up), puts Oregon in the Rose Bowl, and Cal in the Holiday bowl. That’s the best scenario for Cal, earns respect for the Pac-10, lets us see USC play someone other than Ohio St/Penn St…
by Missing Barry on Oct 28, 2009 3:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ha ha ha!
Two Pac-10 teams in BCS bowls! Oh my, stop. You’re making my sides hurt.
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by SoCal Oski on Oct 28, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Most important point for us – Cal in the Holiday Bowl. Biggest payout/most prestigious of all the bowls that are realistically possible…
by Missing Barry on Oct 28, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SoCal, you’re thinking about it like the recent years where it has been a non-USC team that has been trying to get an at-large berth. I think everyone concedes that USC has a much more powerful draw as a at-large BCS team than everyone else.
In fact, wasn’t it in 2002 when WSU went to the Rose Bowl that USC ended up in the Orange?
by kencraw on Oct 31, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Realistically, this has no impact on Cal. Therefore, root against the team I hate: USC.
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Oct 28, 2009 3:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Root for the Trojans
I want SC to win out— hopefully they go to the national championship game— Oregon to lose another game in November, and Cal to finish tied 2nd. If Cal wins out, I believe we’ll be ranked 14th or better in the BCS, in which case we will at least be in consideration for an at-large bid for the BCS. If the Pac-10 doesn’t get two BCS bids, then there’s a probability that the Holiday Bowl might go ahead and choose the team that has won seven straight, ranked higher in the BCS, and the team that didn’t play in the HB the previous season.
by ttgiang15 on Oct 28, 2009 4:13 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
Doesn’t the Pac-10 use head-to-head? If so, we’d still be 3rd behind Oregon in the best-case scenario…
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by HolmoePhobe on Oct 28, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even if Oregon and Cal end up tied for second, Cal gets the Holiday Bowl since Oregon was there last year.
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by Takimoto on Oct 28, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah…I meant that there’s no way that Cal can get an at-large.
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by HolmoePhobe on Oct 28, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well yeah, I really don’t think the BCS takes a team that got blown out two straight weeks, no matter how Cal finishes the season.
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by Takimoto on Oct 28, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even if Oregon and Cal end up tied for second, Cal gets the Holiday Bowl since Oregon was there last year.
Do you have any actual evidence that this is true? Because I’ve never heard of it and it sounds pretty stupid.
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by AERose on Oct 28, 2009 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think the Holiday Bowl had a no repeat clause. Just the Sun Bowl.
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by JShufelt on Oct 29, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m pretty sure ALL of the Pac-10 bowls besides the Rose have a no-repeat clause.
However, it’s important to remember that’s an OPTION for the bowl to consider. They can take the same team multiple times if they want to. All the no-repeat clause does is allow them to pick someone lower on the list than they’re supposed to be allowed to.
However, what is also overlooked in this discussion is that there are no tie-breakers for the bowls (except the Rose). For the rest, if two teams have the same conference record, the bowl gets their choice even if they lost the head to head.
by kencraw on Oct 31, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i was under the assumption
that “head-to-head” is used by the Pac-10 only in the selection of the automatic Rose Bowl qualifier to represent the conference. The rest of the bowls, including a possible at-large selection for the Rose Bowl, is wholly independent from head-to-head in-conference determinations so the Holiday Bowl, for example, could select any bowl-eligible Pac-10 team; last year was a good example of 4th place Las Vegas Bowl “trading down” to 5th place Emerald Bowl for the rights to 5th place Arizona so that the Emerald could get 4th place California. (I know Sun Bowl has provisions that prevent a return trip on consecutive years, but unsure of the HB.)
by ttgiang15 on Oct 28, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oregon would have to lose at least two more conference games. Let’s stop worrying about the BCS, mmmk?
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by Avinash on Oct 28, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oregon could very well lose this weekend to 'SC
… with challenging games ahead @ Stanford, @ Arizona, and against rival Oregon State in the season finale. Remember how UO crushed OSU’s Rose Bowl dreams last season?
by ttgiang15 on Oct 28, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I’m not saying it’s IMpossible. But a lot has to happen and it’s out of our hands. Let’s not get our hopes raised for a 1 to 100 shot.
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by Avinash on Oct 28, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
…so you’re saying there’s a chance!!!
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by norcalnick on Oct 28, 2009 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you think about girls in these terms too?
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by Rishi on Oct 29, 2009 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, norcalnick is already taken.
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by Avinash on Oct 29, 2009 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oregon. Because the other option is USC. And I’m just not emotionally ready to accept that task, no matter how many witty rejoinders I might share with DC Trojan .
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by TwistNHook on Oct 28, 2009 4:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You want to be regarded as AtQ South forever?
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by Avinash on Oct 28, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dude, I could crush AtQ with my bare hands. We got more important things to worry about now.
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by TwistNHook on Oct 28, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There you go again with the trash talk. You’re risking another invasion Tyrant Boy.
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by Avinash on Oct 28, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Recidivism rate is high for the most inane Tyrant Boys.
by sec119 on Oct 28, 2009 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe if you didn’t wet yourself everytime somebody with the letter J in their name came around, we’d be OK.
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by TwistNHook on Oct 28, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My last girlfriend has that problem too.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-H-I-M-S-E-L-F"
by JShufelt on Oct 30, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What could possibly be more important than crushing AtQ with our bare hands?
Whose domicile? OUR DOMICILE!
by Berkelium97 on Oct 28, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
CGB: AtQ South Forever!
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by JShufelt on Oct 29, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Quiet, you!
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by TwistNHook on Oct 29, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oregon, because before the season started, my wife’s friend, a USC fan who lives in LA and goes to every home game/bowl game, said “I’m tired of the Rose Bowl, I don’t want to go there again.” To that, I responded, “I heard that there is a really nice bowl game down in San Diego, maybe if you’re lucky…”
by beson on Oct 28, 2009 5:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I have SC friends here
who say the same thing.
Self-flagged for having SC Friends.
by LeonPowe on Oct 28, 2009 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oregon
For no other reason than I always root for Oregon when they’re not playing against Cal. My dad went there, so I grew up brainducked.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Oct 28, 2009 6:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Possibilities
Ideal scenario: Cal wins out, finishes in the Top 14 and is offered an at-large berth to the Rose Bowl thanks to the Pac-10 champion heading to the MNC game.
Analysis: This scenario is totally dependent on Cal winning out. I can’t say just how likely that is yet, but I think 5-0/4-1 are the two most likely remaining possibilities. On the other hand, I think both Oregon and USC have equally strong shots at the MNC. And this is where it gets interesting. I don’t think there’s a BCS bowl in the country that wouldn’t leap at the chance to take a 10-2 USC at-large….except the Rose Bowl. Given that they’ve played three RBs in a row and seem a tad ungrateful at the chance to do it again, if there is an eligible Cal team, given its history, I believe the RB committee would select a 10-2 Cal over a 10-2 USC. Likewise, I think every BCS bowl except the Rose would prefer Oregon to Cal if both finished 10-2. Thus, if we could be certain that the PX champion would make the MNC game, it’s basically flip a coin and hope Cal wins out. That’s about as ass-backward a way to get in as there is, but better lucky than good.
Verdict: Root for whichever team you prefer and hope like hell Cal and that team win out.
Acceptable scenario: Cal goes 4-1 down the stretch, finishes third in the conference. PX champ is 11-1, runner-up 10-2, and two potential BCS teams in Oregon and USC.
Analysis: If Cal does not win out, then I think it matters who wins this game much more. A 10-2 USC team is much more attractive than a 10-2 Oregon for at-large purposes. Cal goes to the Holiday Bowl again, but rides their momentum to a 10 win season, not unlike Oregon 2008.
Verdict: Root for Oregon to win, as that will increase the chances of two PX teams earning a BCS berth.
Possibilities beyond that do not bear thinking about as it would mean Cal has two or more losses.
by Nashville on Oct 28, 2009 7:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Must...ignore....must...resist....hope
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 28, 2009 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ideal scenario:
All BCS teams have three losses each. Boise State and TCU each lose two games. Cal wins the rest of their games and goes to the BCS NC Game
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by Rishi on Oct 29, 2009 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great! Now you’ve jinxed it!
Thanks Rishi…
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by CruzinBears on Oct 29, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This thread is so bad if I were to criticize it I would have to fall back on a dialect only spoken in webcomics. Most likely Achewood or Scarygoround. This thread makes me sad.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
by AERose on Oct 28, 2009 9:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m gonna root for Oregon.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-H-I-M-S-E-L-F"
by JShufelt on Oct 29, 2009 11:33 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Dude… WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?!
STAY THIRSTY, MY FRIENDS
by Thoroughbred on Oct 29, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Easy question for me.
I’m an Oregon alum. I root for Oregon.
Oh, and I was raised by Cal alums. I hate U$C.
GO DUCKS!! :)
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Oct 29, 2009 12:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
A duck raised by bears. Sounds like a Disney movie.
by CalBear81 on Oct 29, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Where’s the racially insensitive princess?
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by TwistNHook on Oct 29, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We're not all thugs
or assholes or some intertwined combination of the both. In fact to say that about most schools that is a pretty dumb blanket statement. there are 60 thousand Oregon fans in Autzen on a given night and 4 people give you shit and you generalize us all as such? seems kind of like an unfair assessment.
by duckyou on Nov 1, 2009 2:54 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Welcome to the internet.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
by AERose on Nov 1, 2009 3:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
THE INTERNET IS SERIOUS BUSINESS.
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by Avinash on Nov 1, 2009 6:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Honestly, it seems like a perfectly fair assessment to me.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 1, 2009 3:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s probably because you are a thug or asshole or some intertwined combination of both.
by CalBear81 on Nov 1, 2009 5:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thughole.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 1, 2009 7:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not sure who you are responding to, duckyou, but I see only two or three comments out of 95 that are negative toward Duck fans, while the majority of posters seem to be rooting for the Ducks. That seems like a pretty darn good ratio to me, on an opposing team’s blog. Relax and enjoy!
by CalBear81 on Nov 1, 2009 5:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Awwww … I think someone here is feeling a bit insulted.
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It's spelled J-etc
by SoCal Oski on Nov 2, 2009 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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