[Farm93]

The first half reinforces a thought I\'ve had before: it\'s really hard for me to conceive of Oregon losing more than one game, if they even lose that. And that\'s not all bad.

I do not see Oregon losing at home, that is for sure.  It will be great timing for the conference\'s TV deal, if Oregon gets into the BCS game.  If Oregon looks unbeatable then Stanford could get a nice BCS bowl too.

I think I can imagine that USC could beat Oregon in LA.  The problem with that would be USC would win.  Ugh.  Oregon would have no chance at the BCS game/ Stanford would still get the Pac-10\'s #2 slot, and would have almost no chance at any BCS game.

FWIW - the backdoor BCS thing seems weak, but several teams have shown that backdoor one year leads to conference and/or national championship opportunities the next year.

[Farm93]

The first half reinforces a thought I\'ve had before: it\'s really hard for me to conceive of Oregon losing more than one game, if they even lose that. And that\'s not all bad.

I do not see Oregon losing at home, that is for sure.  It will be great timing for the conference\'s TV deal, if Oregon gets into the BCS game.  If Oregon looks unbeatable then Stanford could get a nice BCS bowl too.

I think I can imagine that USC could beat Oregon in LA.  The problem with that would be USC would win.  Ugh.  Oregon would have no chance at the BCS game/ Stanford would still get the Pac-10\'s #2 slot, and would have almost no chance at any BCS game.

FWIW - the backdoor BCS thing seems weak, but several teams have shown that backdoor one year leads to conference and/or national championship opportunities the next year.