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I had been thinking that a matchup of 3-1 Stanford and 4-0 Oregon (not tempting the woofing gods here) might tempt Game Day to come west of the Mississippi. But then I realized that the game is at Stanford and I am sure the powers-that-be on campus would not welcome such a carnival during this public health crisis. And I would agree with that decision. Regardless, given the high-profile time slot, I am sure this selection will provide a lot of exposure. Does ABC provide regional coverage during this window, or will it be a national game?

First, let's hope Oregon doesn't blow it against 0-3 Arizona.  It wouldn't quite be the greatest upset ever, but Oregon is a 28+ point favorite.

Yeah, we also have to do our part and beat UCLA, and I'm on record as saying that it will be an uphill climb.

Even if both of those happen, there will be #16 Arkansas at #2 Georgia, #13 Ole Miss at #1 Georgia, #4 Oklahoma at #25 Kansas State, and #8 Cincinnati at #12 Notre Dame.  I think all of them would be more appealing to the good folks at ESPN than a match-up of #3 Oregon and (currently) unranked Stanford.  I don't know that we'd be ranked after a win against UCLA given the scars from the K State game, and at most we'd be at the bottom of the top 25.

All of this is a long way of saying is that the odds of a 4-0 Oregon meeting a 3-1 Stanford would be less than 50:50, but even if it were to happen, the odds of that game being chosen for GameDay are pretty low.

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I had been thinking that a matchup of 3-1 Stanford and 4-0 Oregon (not tempting the woofing gods here) might tempt Game Day to come west of the Mississippi. But then I realized that the game is at Stanford and I am sure the powers-that-be on campus would not welcome such a carnival during this public health crisis. And I would agree with that decision. Regardless, given the high-profile time slot, I am sure this selection will provide a lot of exposure. Does ABC provide regional coverage during this window, or will it be a national game?

First, let's hope Oregon doesn't blow it against 0-3 Arizona.  It wouldn't quite be the greatest upset ever, but Oregon is a 28+ point favorite.

Yeah, we also have to do our part and beat UCLA, and I'm on record as saying that it will be an uphill climb.

Even if both of those happen, there will be #16 Arkansas at #2 Georgia, #13 Ole Miss at #1 Georgia, #4 Oklahoma at #25 Kansas State, and #8 Cincinnati at #12 Notre Dame.  I think all of them would be more appealing to the good folks at ESPN than a match-up of #3 Oregon and (currently) unranked Stanford.  I don't know that we'd be ranked after a win against UCLA given the scars from the K State game, and at most we'd be at the bottom of the top 25.

All of this is a long way of saying is that the odds of a 4-0 Oregon meeting a 3-1 Stanford would be less than 50:50, but even if it were to happen, the odds of that game being chosen for GameDay are pretty low.

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