11-18-2012, 12:05 AM
UCLA looked very good today. Playing them will not be a gimme at all. Then again, I am eating a lot of crow for my pessimistic Oregon prediction. Still, playing them twice in a row worries me.
From UCLA's vantage, they can be very conservative in the first game, no? Why give anything away in that first game? In fact, if UCLA beats us next week it would mean Oregon would win the north, correct, and UCLA will trade playing us for playing Oregon in Eugene in the championship game. What is UCLA's incentive to beat us next week at all? It might be in their best interest to lose the first game.
From UCLA's vantage, they can be very conservative in the first game, no? Why give anything away in that first game? In fact, if UCLA beats us next week it would mean Oregon would win the north, correct, and UCLA will trade playing us for playing Oregon in Eugene in the championship game. What is UCLA's incentive to beat us next week at all? It might be in their best interest to lose the first game.