09-06-2011, 03:10 PM
Oregon was also favored to win that LSU game. Remember, LSU has their starting QB facing felony charges, and a few other players are involved too. Oregon looked bad, and the trend at the end was definitely not going the Ducks way.
In the end LSU played the game to their style and honestly beat Oregon handily. In fact, I would suspect that LSU will play, and win, 3 or 4 games in the SEC that will be closer than that Oregon game. So either 5 SEC teams are in the top 10 or Oregon is not worthy of the top 10.
It does not matter too much as it was out of conference for the Ducks. Oregon probably just lost a chance for BCS title game consideration, but everything else is possible.
Sadly, the loss dramatically reduces the chances that two Pac-12 teams will go to BCS bowls. Arizona and Arizona State each play very important OOC games for the Pac-12 this weekend that now become very important for Stanford's Jan 2012 aspirations.
In the end LSU played the game to their style and honestly beat Oregon handily. In fact, I would suspect that LSU will play, and win, 3 or 4 games in the SEC that will be closer than that Oregon game. So either 5 SEC teams are in the top 10 or Oregon is not worthy of the top 10.
It does not matter too much as it was out of conference for the Ducks. Oregon probably just lost a chance for BCS title game consideration, but everything else is possible.
Sadly, the loss dramatically reduces the chances that two Pac-12 teams will go to BCS bowls. Arizona and Arizona State each play very important OOC games for the Pac-12 this weekend that now become very important for Stanford's Jan 2012 aspirations.