11-02-2012, 02:30 PM
The Big Game in October has impacted my view of conference games in ways I would not have anticipated.
In the past I would be delighted to see UCB and UW play on a Friday. I would have watched obsessively trying to compare Stanford vs UW to UW vs UCB. I would have happily watched for UCB plays and tendencies, compared the relative size of the O & D lines, etc. It would have been an odd transitive property game that would have kept me engaged in the game for at least a half. The USC comparable was fun and favorable. Yet since SC has problems with Stanford and has had no problem with UCB, that particular comparable would not have been enough for me to ignore this opportunity. I would have seen the UCB UW contest as valuable Big Game information.
But now that Stanford has already played UCB, I am not really that interested in this game. I already know UW is better than UCB. I suspect UW will win by 10 or more, and I really don't care if UW or UCB wins this game. Win or lose tonight UCB will not finish with a winning record, and I am not that interested in watching Jeff make more foolish calls in a sorry attempt to hold on to his job.
It is amazing how that October Big Game has changed my outlook on other Pac-12 November games.
In the past I would be delighted to see UCB and UW play on a Friday. I would have watched obsessively trying to compare Stanford vs UW to UW vs UCB. I would have happily watched for UCB plays and tendencies, compared the relative size of the O & D lines, etc. It would have been an odd transitive property game that would have kept me engaged in the game for at least a half. The USC comparable was fun and favorable. Yet since SC has problems with Stanford and has had no problem with UCB, that particular comparable would not have been enough for me to ignore this opportunity. I would have seen the UCB UW contest as valuable Big Game information.
But now that Stanford has already played UCB, I am not really that interested in this game. I already know UW is better than UCB. I suspect UW will win by 10 or more, and I really don't care if UW or UCB wins this game. Win or lose tonight UCB will not finish with a winning record, and I am not that interested in watching Jeff make more foolish calls in a sorry attempt to hold on to his job.
It is amazing how that October Big Game has changed my outlook on other Pac-12 November games.


