The Oregonian’s John Hunt did some homework using fansnap.com to figure out how the Rose Bowl ranks in interest among the entire slate of postseason games. Okay, actually, he just read their blog (no link love for their blog, John? I had to work hard to find that).

The site lists the top 25 games by ticket price and the Rose Bowl is second only to the national title game played at the same stadium a week later. It’s clear that Pasadena (and L.A. in general) is about to get a lot of money dumped into the local economy.

And it sounds like Oregon is going to be doing more than it’s share of economy boosting. Residents of my former state are outsearching Ohioans…Ohioites…uh, Ohio residents by a 3 to 1 margin. Geographical advantages aside, it’s clear Duck fans have been waiting a long time for this game.