11-12-2012, 08:25 AM
Uncle Ted picks us to go to the Rose Bowl: http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/...-week-12-2
Before the BCS standing came out yesterday, I was thinking we actually stand a BETTER chance of going to the Rose Bowl if we lose to Oregon than if we beat them. If we beat them, we will need to beat UCLA and then a likely rematch with U.SC to go to the Rose Bowl. Lose either of those games, and the dream is over. And I think beating the Trojans a second time, with Holmes back in the line up, will be very difficult. If we lose to Oregon, then we need to beat UCLA and hope that the Rose committee sticks with Pac vs. B1G tradition, which sounds probable, despite an admittedly attractive Notre Dame.
However, right now we're barely hanging into the top-14. I agree with dabigv that losing to Oregon (especially if we're blown out) will be hard to recover from. And I think UCLA loses to U.SC, so beating them may not hold much cache prior to the final poll. Probably not enough to bring us back by whatever we're dropped after Oregon. So, it's beat Oregon, or go Bowling before New Year.
I'm feeling worse about that UW loss than I did the night of the debacle...
Before the BCS standing came out yesterday, I was thinking we actually stand a BETTER chance of going to the Rose Bowl if we lose to Oregon than if we beat them. If we beat them, we will need to beat UCLA and then a likely rematch with U.SC to go to the Rose Bowl. Lose either of those games, and the dream is over. And I think beating the Trojans a second time, with Holmes back in the line up, will be very difficult. If we lose to Oregon, then we need to beat UCLA and hope that the Rose committee sticks with Pac vs. B1G tradition, which sounds probable, despite an admittedly attractive Notre Dame.
However, right now we're barely hanging into the top-14. I agree with dabigv that losing to Oregon (especially if we're blown out) will be hard to recover from. And I think UCLA loses to U.SC, so beating them may not hold much cache prior to the final poll. Probably not enough to bring us back by whatever we're dropped after Oregon. So, it's beat Oregon, or go Bowling before New Year.
I'm feeling worse about that UW loss than I did the night of the debacle...