Note the change for this column's name. Thanks to an unseemly barrage of early-season Pac-10 ineptitude, I have made the executive decision to broaden my focus to the Big 12. Hey, I have a degree from a Big 12 school, too. And I think my second alma mater has a shot to make some BCS noise now that Colt McCoy (above) is morphing into Vince Young 2.0.
Don't worry, I'm still your man for Pac-10 analysis. But it was a snoozer of a week on the left coast after Oregon State wrecked the USC juggernaut once again in Corvallis on Thursday. UCLA got humbled again, this time by Fresno State, a team populated by castaway in-state recruits that the Bruins snubbed. The Washington schools just plain stink. If Ty Willingham makes it to the end of the season, he may beat pathetic Wazzu in the Apple Cup, but that's the only win I see on the Husky horizon this season.
At the risk of spreading The Batsell Jinx -- which last week predicted a USC/Georgia BCS title game, only to see both teams sputter this week -- I'm going to offer another bold prognostication. Now that USC is saddled with a loss, this year's Red River Shootout effectively becomes a playoff for a spot in the BCS title game. Whoever wins in Dallas has the inside track on the Big 12 South crown, and we all know that Mizzou will crumble in the Big 12 title game like Academic Hall did in 1892. So either Texas or OU is headed to Miami, where they will face the last team standing in the SEC or perhaps a rejuvenated USC.
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I like the new feature, Jake. I do think, though, that by year's end the Pac-10 will make a bit of a comeback.
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