11-05-2010, 10:24 AM
I suppose on some level this is sacrilege, but the scenario laid out in this article might be the ideal one for Stanford. Here\'s how my logic goes:
From a pac 10 perspective we want Oregon playing a team from the SEC in the national championship game. As much as I feel like Boise State or TCU deserve to play in the game, it doesn\'t do anything for the pac-10\'s reputation to beat a non-AQ team. It only sets up the potential to lose thus proving how weak the pac 10 is. On the other hand, beating the SEC champ will finally end (or at least delay by one year) those infuriating "SEC SEC SEC" chants I\'ve been subjected to the last couple of years.
By the same token, we want the big 10 to have to shoulder the burden of facing an angry undefeated non-AQ team in a bowl. Even better if this team is Utah as they are joining the pac 10 next year.
Finally Stanford. The article does mention that if we end up #4 we could still be shut out of the rose bowl. But at #4 we\'re guaranteed a BCS bowl. Won\'t it help our recruiting to play a BCS bowl in the southeast?
As a fan it\'s fun to imagine these possibilities, but I trust that JH et al are thinking only about todays practices and tonight\'s meetings etc.
I really hope we get a full crowd on Saturday. It\'s really pretty embarrassing that it\'s #10 vs #13 in week 9 and we\'re nowhere near a sellout. Ratmandoo, are we going to drive up for the game to do our part?
From a pac 10 perspective we want Oregon playing a team from the SEC in the national championship game. As much as I feel like Boise State or TCU deserve to play in the game, it doesn\'t do anything for the pac-10\'s reputation to beat a non-AQ team. It only sets up the potential to lose thus proving how weak the pac 10 is. On the other hand, beating the SEC champ will finally end (or at least delay by one year) those infuriating "SEC SEC SEC" chants I\'ve been subjected to the last couple of years.
By the same token, we want the big 10 to have to shoulder the burden of facing an angry undefeated non-AQ team in a bowl. Even better if this team is Utah as they are joining the pac 10 next year.
Finally Stanford. The article does mention that if we end up #4 we could still be shut out of the rose bowl. But at #4 we\'re guaranteed a BCS bowl. Won\'t it help our recruiting to play a BCS bowl in the southeast?
As a fan it\'s fun to imagine these possibilities, but I trust that JH et al are thinking only about todays practices and tonight\'s meetings etc.
I really hope we get a full crowd on Saturday. It\'s really pretty embarrassing that it\'s #10 vs #13 in week 9 and we\'re nowhere near a sellout. Ratmandoo, are we going to drive up for the game to do our part?