on3m@n@rmy said:
Wow. Oregon thumps FSU. OSU outlast Bama. Jim Harbaugh to Michigan. Are we seeing the beginnings of a shift in power from the SEC to the Big 10?
SEC West was supposed to be the best division in college football. Instead, all five ranked teams lost their bowl games. The best division by record might actually be the Pac-12 South, with AZ, ASU, UCLA and USC all having excellent seasons, winning at least nine games along with Utah. AZ, which beat Oregon in the RS, actually had a shot at the four team playoff going into the Pac championship game vs. Oregon, and before they lost to Stanford in their final game, UCLA might have been in the running. AZ did lose its bowl game, but ASU, USC and Utah all won theirs, with UCLA yet to play.
Though Oregon had the blowout, OSU's win may have been more impressive. When FSU wasn't turning the ball over, they were moving it pretty well. Take away those turnovers, and Oregon probably still wins by double digits, but not in a blowout.
OSU dominated the first half against Bama, outgaining them by a huge margin, but trailed by a point. Two Bama TDs resulted from turnovers deep in OSU territory, and OSU settled for FGs after having first and goal at the five and at the one. If not for those, that game may have been a blowout. OSU running game just shredded what was supposed to be one of the best defenses in the country.
But oddsmakers have Oregon by 7 in the early line.