PreNicktion: Oregon 22, USC 16. Defense rules the day.
FOTB Prediction: Black helmet, black jersey, black pants, black shoes. Is there any other choice? You can simulate this combination here.
We’ve been here before. Just two years ago, Oregon stood before the gates of the ruling empire and burned Troy to the ground. It was the end of a dynasty. A new champion had entered the fray. The mighty had fallen.
Except, one game turned out to be just one game and in the end, USC remained as the Pac-10′s dominant team.
It was more bad luck than anything when Oregon couldn’t finish what looked like an inevitable run to the roses – and perhaps more – in 2007. But it serves as a good reminder that Saturday is still just one game.
The moment is huge. The eyes of a college football nation are watching and the judgments will come quick for both victor and the defeated. One will be hailed as a sure Pac-10 champion, the other cast aside as an afterthought for the rest of the season.
But still, it’s just one game. I think.
Oregon fans and players alike will pour every ounce of available emotion into winning this game. And USC will try to match the intensity in an “us-against-the-world” environment on a stage in which they so often thrive. Juggernaut vs. Challenger will feature haymakers countered by uppercuts as two teams who would be champions fight for 60 minutes to lay their claim as commander of the Pac-10 standings.
Bank on it.
But still, it’s just one game. I’m pretty sure.
Only one team can be the best. Only one team can make it’s rise in the national polls and lay claim to whatever fruits of victory may await. Pac-10 crown? National title contender? One team will be a shoe-in for the the former, a contender for the latter.
But still, it’s just one game. Well, maybe a bit more than that.
USC has seven years of unmatched glory. No one has been able to slay the proverbial dragon. Wound it, scratch it, ding it, perhaps, but never anything more. A win for the Ducks would be a win for the conference and a rallying cry for Oregon’s Pac-10 brothers. It would be a call to arms for a league beaten and downtrodden from the years of unforgiving oppression.
No, it’s more than just one game. It’s everything.
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Why does FOTB always pick the uniform combination that is being reported by the local media?
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Wow, the blog treats your commenting as spam. But I don’t.
She has no clue what’s being reported in the media. I said as much last week. She was stoked when I told her after she guessed everything right. And yes, I used the word stoked.
As for this week, you’d have to be mentally retarded to not expect an all black combo.
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I’ve actually heard that we aren’t going with the all black, but may be wearing either the carbon helmets with grey pants, or green helmet, green jersey, black pants… I dunno, I’d rather just go all black. But thats just me…
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I don’t know anything more than I just want to win this game.
GO!!!!!!!! DUCKS!!!!!!!!
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Amen Stachman. Bring the PAIN!!!!
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I say wear the throwback unis that we wore for the Cal game.
One must not question the integrity of the FOTB. Bad form.
We should be careful not to make too much of this game. Yes, it is *very* big but there are many more games yet to play and both USC and the Ducks can pick up a loss along the way. The Rose Bowl team may very well have 1 or 2 losses. I just don’t see the winner as a shoe-in for the title. Favorite? Yes. Shoe-in? No way. There are tough games ahead.
Every game is a season. One game at a time. Win this game!!
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