11-04-2011, 07:48 PM
The bigger issue, over SOS or conference appearance, is how a Oregon would react to a loss. If UW beats them, do them have the little bit more of motivation to come out and beat Stanford? Or does it deflate them and make them come out flat? I tend to think that a loss to UW will make the Ducks even more amped up to beat us. But the effect is probably marginal.