Hats off to Georgia. Clearly the better team at Sun Devil Stadium on Saturday. ASU needed all decks on hand to have a shot against the Bulldogs, and without tailback Keegan Herring, they lacked a credible running attack to keep the Georgia defense honest. But as physical as the Bulldogs are, Herring's presence may not have made much of a difference.
Say this about Pac-10 football, though: the conference's emphasis on speed, finesse and pass-happy offense makes the game more entertaining. As a fan, what would you rather watch -- a nap-inducing SEC slugfest like Georgia's 14-7 snoozer over South Carolina or Auburn's 3-2 win against Mississippi State last week, or a wide-open game like ASU-Georgia, where the Sun Devil defensive scheme challenges Georgia to tap into its full arsenal of athletic talent? Knowshown Moreno, Matt Stafford and A.J. Green all had huge games on Saturday in front of a national audience as Georgia abandoned the smashmouth approach and actually spread out the offense. Take note, SEC apologists.
Not much to speak of elsewhere in the Pac on Saturday, other than Oregon's predictable collapse and U of A's surprising drubbing of UCLA. And while I will, of course, root for ASU to pull off an upset against USC next month, I find myself envisioning a BCS title game that should have happened last year: USC-Georgia.
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