This has got to be embarrassing for the Pac 10. USC and UCLA are the only two teams that won their bowl games and both of them played vastly inferior teams from vastly "inferior" conferences. Oregon State, who was one play away from the Rose Bowl, got pummeled by a non-BCS school in their bowl game. Cal, who also had Rose Bowl aspirations and was once ranked in the top 10, got manhandled by a non-BCS school. Arizona, who was also one play away from the Rose Bowl, was dominated for 60 minutes by a Big 12 North school that wasn't even ranked with one week left in the season. At one point IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, Nebraska had one fewer point than Arizona had yards (33 points to 34 yards).
They now need both Oregon and Stanford to win to get above .500. Oregon is a favorite but playing a physical Ohio State team. Stanford is an underdog and will be playing the best rush defense they have seen all season in Oklahoma.
It could be worse: they could be the ACC which needs Va Tech to beat Tennessee, Florida State to beat West Virginia, and Georgia Tech to beat Iowa to get over .500 (oh, and they were two teams short of filling their bowl tie-ins...).
Review of the underdog battle: the underdogs are 8-7 to this point.
That was a butt-kicking!
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