December 5th, 2014 at 11:53 PM ^
December 6th, 2014 at 12:06 AM ^
Not letting it go on both sides of the debate and still worried about 5 years ago as if it matter now. It's as pointless as bringing up all time records claiming greater fandom for Michigan than the other guy.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:45 PM ^
They didn't beat exactly the same Oregon team. Oregon's OL was massively riddled with injuries at that point in the season. Now it's much healthier.
Arizona's had a good year but they've been like 2011 Michigan - a lot of breaks have gone their way. They're not really a 10-2-level team
December 5th, 2014 at 11:50 PM ^
Can you not say that about may successful teams? Every year teams have to win games and sometimes they get lucky and sometimes they are unlucky. Oregon is a very good team but I think my contention with the initial post I'm responding to remains the same. His teams have performed well many times against good teams this year.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:56 PM ^
IIRC, three of Arizona's wins this year came on the last play of the game. They won a few other one-possession games on top of that. That's an outlier-level of luck.
December 6th, 2014 at 12:01 AM ^
I meant when he was at Michigan, but apparently they are still doing it.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:43 PM ^
This has nothing to do with RR. Now that they're mostly healthy Oregon would be doing this to any team.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:56 PM ^
But it's been many years since Oregon held a team to under 200 total yards. It's not easy to do, playing at that tempo. I can't even find the last time.
Ed.: never mind, found it. Tennessee Tech, two years ago. They had 12 first downs, though--it wasn't nearly as bad as this has been.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:39 PM ^
Mariotta's gonna win the heisman
December 5th, 2014 at 11:40 PM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 11:40 PM ^
He's been playing out of his mind for a while now. if he wins it will be well deserved.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:40 PM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 11:40 PM ^
Mariota just won the Heisman with that throw.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:41 PM ^
OK, I revise my 4 more TD's prediction to 4 more TD's in the 3rd quarter.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:41 PM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 11:51 PM ^
December 6th, 2014 at 12:16 AM ^
He sucked me in...again. I won't fall for it next time. Promise.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:52 PM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 11:55 PM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 11:41 PM ^
I was hoping to see Oregon smoke them. I couldn't see Arizona winning this game anyway. Complete domination on display tonight.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:46 PM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 11:52 PM ^
Regarding UA, it'll be interesting to see their trajectory from here on out. Once you learn how to stop RR's offense, it's over. It then becomes a matter of having flat out superior athletes. We saw that here repeatedly whenever he played a decent defense. Now that it has been laid bare for the conference, we'll see if he can continue his success.
December 6th, 2014 at 12:04 AM ^
Some of this is just the inevitable return to earth from the gold-pooping of the regular season--the Hail Mary win over Cal, the inexplicable Washington fumble to lose the game when they could have taken a knee and run out the clock, narrow non-conference wins against bad teams like UTSA and Nevada. They're going to finish the season ranked lower at Sagarin and Massey (predictor/power I mean, not the ELO/FBS ratings) than they were last year when they lost five games.
December 6th, 2014 at 12:13 AM ^
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December 5th, 2014 at 11:47 PM ^
Leading Thievery Guy... Heh.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:52 PM ^
He's not getting paid, right? He just volunteered to announce this game for free so he could watch it, right? This could not possibly be the best Fox sports could come up with for a P5 championship game on national TV? Right?
December 6th, 2014 at 12:02 AM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 11:48 PM ^
Wtf there's a biting penalty? What a stupid penalty by the Arizona center.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:49 PM ^
Fighting, not biting
December 5th, 2014 at 11:54 PM ^
Maybe he should bite him. Nothing else is working.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:49 PM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 11:54 PM ^
I think OSU is out regardless, but this definitely seals the deal. I'm thinking especially if Mariota wins the Heisman, it would stink to not have him in a playoff.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:55 PM ^
We've got one of the four set. Now for the other three.
Of course, if Wiscy can beat Ohio State, it won't matter.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:48 PM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 11:50 PM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 11:51 PM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 11:51 PM ^
Arizona being shown where the 'ol woodshed is.... over and over and over.....
December 5th, 2014 at 11:51 PM ^
Oregon deserves the #1 ranking regardless of what Alabama does, but #2 gets to play on the West coast so they probably are fine with it.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:53 PM ^
Oregon's defense really isn't that good. I can see Bama controlling the game with their run game and the defense getting enough stops for Bama to win. I don't see how Oregon stops Alabama.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:55 PM ^
Let's hope they both make the final 2 so we can see that game. Very interesting to see if you're right.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:57 PM ^
on the process Bellotti started.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:59 PM ^
Same here...plus I'm just bored of seeing Bama win all of the time.
December 6th, 2014 at 12:03 AM ^
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December 6th, 2014 at 12:17 AM ^
Phil Knight paid for.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:58 PM ^
That's what I love about college football, the different contrasting styles of play meeting up in big games.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:56 PM ^
I hear you and I definitely want to see that match up. Well, I'd rather see the SEC left out of the championship, but Oregon Alabama would be fun to watch.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:58 PM ^
#1 gets to choose where they want to play. So I'm sure they'd rather be #1 and play FSU rather than TCU.
December 6th, 2014 at 12:02 AM ^
Cool. I didn't know that. That's what I get for paying attention to TV talking heads.
December 5th, 2014 at 11:55 PM ^
Tough to beat a top tier team 3 games in a row. It seems like Oregon is taking all of their frustration out from losing the last 2 times. Mariota continues to look like the real deal.
Arizona has a young team. They'll be scary going forward.