Style Points

We are now into the BCS season. Love it or hate it everyone will be talking style points for the next couple weeks until there are only 2 undefeateds left.
The Ducks may have lost the style points battle this weekend. With 10 minutes left in the 2nd QTR the Ducks had a 43-7 lead in what appeared to be an absolute joke of a game. Looked like we could potentially put up 80 points. While that is a crappy move by all standards....we should have done it.
As I watch the crawl go by it sticks out like a sore thumb:
#2 Florida over RANKED S. Carolina 44 - 11
#3 Oregon over unranked AZ ST 43 - 21
#4 KSU over RANKED W Virginia 55 - 14 (with time left)
I don't care how dominant we were in the first 20 minutes of that game, the above information is what everyone is looking at right now. We had the closest game and the worst competition. People don't go and look at the box score, there are probably a good amount of people that don't even realize our starting QB didn't take 1 snap in the 2nd half.
With a 45-7 lead and only 2 minutes left in the 3rd Colin Klein was still in the game, scoring the TD that put them up 52-7. Jeff Driskel from FL threw a TD with 14 seconds left in the 3rd. Granted the FL game was still relatively close. They added another TD in the 4th to get the lead to over 30 points. In my opinion both W. Virginia and S. Carolina were pretty overrated, Carolina made their name whooping a GA team that is struggling with Kentucky. The perception is that the SEC is soooo much better, that will continue to work against us.
Do not be surprised at all if Oregon slips another position in the BCS poll this week. I predict they will either be #4 or the gap will be closed a good amount. I also predict that we lose our #2 spot in the human polls.
If AZ ST could have crept up just a tad from their #26 spot to #25 at least they would have been ranked. Most people don't notice the difference between #26 and #70, your just NOT ranked.
Because of the perceptions in college football the Ducks are probably going to have to be the lone undefeated team. Or we are going to need to get some style points. The bulk of our schedule is coming up, we have USC, STAN and OR ST all ranked. We need them to stay ranked and we need to crush them. USC may be our best friend when they take on Notre Dame, we will need them to win that game.
And, the Ducks must win out if they want the BCS Championship. A 1 loss Duck team does not make it, no way.

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