Hypnotik1 said:
Next year the Pac 10 has no ground for being passed up for an 'At large' bid...
How about waiting until next season before saying that?
Sure, it's now been a back-to-back years where the No.2 team has fallen on their face in the holiday bowl, but I think it's more an issue of the discredit to the Big 12 prior to the bowl season more than the Pac-10's failure. Oklahoma peaked at the right time, and really should be a 3-loss team since they were robbed at Texas Tech...and certainly I would say Oregon is clearly not the same team without Kellen Clemens, similar to how Cal wasn't the same team last year with both starting wideouts out of the holiday bowl. Even so, a tough loss for the conference still.
a little major conference bowl recap before the big ones coming up in the next few days...
Right now the Big 12's sitting pretty with some strong bowl wins and a 4-2 overall record so far considering they've been dogged all year long.
The ACC isn't off the mark too poorly either sharing the same bowl record as the Big 12, but that LSU loss Miami suffered coupled with the Utah beatdown to Georgia Tech were probably bigger noteworthy losses than say the Oregon/Oklahoma game, which was at least a good competitive game. BC breaking Boise State's home-winning streak was a solid win.
The Pac-10's holding up pretty well even with the Oregon loss at 3-1 overall. I wouldn't say they've faced top flight competition, but you can only play who's put in front of you and in each of the wins, the Pac-10 has played their style of football whereas in the one loss, the Ducks allowed Oklahoma to dictate the pace.
The SEC...nothing much so far with just a 1-1 record. Lots will be told about where they stand tomorrow, but my own feeling about it is they will finish the day right where they started...with a .500 bowl record.
Ahhh the Big 10...all the talk during league play about being the deepest, strongest conference. Once again non-conference is showing the weakness like it did earlier this year...0-3 so far, but with 4 games coming up they have a huge chance to make a rebound statement.
The Big LEast...well they have a chance to make a statement that they belong tomorrow, but so far it's been rough with a 0-2 record.
