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Golden Nuggets: Pac-2?

Jon Wilner doesn't have much confidence in the Pac-10 receiving more than two bids this year.  It's premature doom and gloom, but he has a good point.

But let’s say that Cal earns the Pac-10 automatic bid. Does any other team have the non-conference resume (besides USC) to warrant an at-large bid?

Washington hasn’t won a game outside Seattle.

Oregon lost at home to St. Mary’s and Montana.

Washington State’s SOS is No. 241 (Sagarin).

Here’s the problem:

Cal (or Washington or Oregon … pick a team) isn’t going to improve its at-large profile by winning intra-conference games.

The cannibalistic nature of league play does no good, and considerable  harm, if all the meat is rotten.

It’s not like winning at Arizona would mean much, since BYU won there by 30.

It’s not like winning at UCLA would mean much, since Cal-State Fullerton won there.

Basically, there are no opportunities for Cal (UW, Oregon, etc) to post impressive, RPI-boosting  victories because everyone is stained — there is a plague on all their houses.

And it’s not like the selection committee will gather ’round and declare: "We have to have at least two Pac-10 teams in the field."

Instead, it will disregard conference affiliation and compare one at-large candidate to another.

It will evaluate UW and Oregon, for instance, to teams from the Big Ten and ACC and Big East.

And it sure seems like the Pac-10 will come up short on all fronts.

After the jump, JO gives special teams an F, four players receive combine invitations, Jorge will miss this weekend's games, robots like Cal bball while humans don't, Cal is the lone participant in this week's bracketology and more.

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When I reference the rankings, I usually go by whatever Faraudo says. But I’ll start including the Sagarin Predictor rankings from now on. I enjoy those predictor rankings.

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by Berkelium97 on Jan 12, 2010 5:48 PM PST up reply actions  

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Good summary.

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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 5:58 PM PST up reply actions  

Lane Kiffin

Guess who’s going back to USC?

Tennessee’s Lane Kiffin has agreed in principle to become the next head coach at Southern California, sources close to the situation told ESPN.com’s Chris Low on Tuesday.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Jan 12, 2010 5:32 PM PST reply actions  

That’s certainly not going to make it any tougher to dislike USC.

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by Berkelium97 on Jan 12, 2010 5:49 PM PST up reply actions  

wow, i can see a harbaugh-kiffin feud of utter obnoxiousness coming soon.

by need4jahvid on Jan 12, 2010 5:40 PM PST reply actions  

Pac 10 has essentially become a mid major. Who knew this would ever happen.

by nickle on Jan 12, 2010 10:20 PM PST reply actions  

Pac-10 has always been and may always be viewed as a mid major by buffoons. Nothing is going to change this.

by GBB4188 on Jan 13, 2010 12:40 AM PST up reply actions  

OK, but this year the buffoons are actually correct.

Shawn Spencer: "I’m receiving a transmission from your husband. Really more of a voicemail, if I'm being honest. A status update. Perhaps a twitter."
Burton Guster: "I believe it’s called a tweet."
Shawn Spencer: "There’s no way I’m saying that."

by PaulThomas on Jan 14, 2010 9:08 AM PST up reply actions  

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