Ripped from www.sbnation.com/.../college-football-rankings-florida-state-oregon-alabama
"The Ducks are quick-strike ninjas on both sides of the ball, opportunistic and nettlesome, and got their first conference shutout since 2003 over Arizona on Saturday night in a 49-0 win that doubled as their defense's coming-out party.
Five times, Arizona drove into the red zone; five times, Oregon turned Rich Rodriguez' Wildcats back without points, snuffing out two fourth-and-goal tries from the 4- and the 2-yard lines, blocking a field goal, and intercepting two passes. There's almost no way that any team in the country matches the Ducks' 0-for-5 night on defense in the red zone this year: even New Mexico, the worst team in the red zone in 2011, never went worse than 0-for-2, and the Alabama defense that was the nation's best in the red zone in 2011 never did better than 0-for-2.
Their defense -- which forced five turnovers on the night, allowed just six third-down conversions in 17 tries, and stopped all four Arizona fourth-down tries -- kept the Ducks in the game in the first half as Chip Kelly's offense sputtered, then fueled a 36-point second half by getting two pick-sixes and setting up another two-play drive. Oregon did get to play a slightly less menacing team than Arizona's ranking (itself inflated by a big win over a merely above-average Oklahoma State squad) promised, as Wildcats quarterback Matt Scott missed time with an injury and was hampered when he was in. Still, a goose egg next to the name of a team that was scoring 46 points per contest is impressive nonetheless."
Worth mentioning in the great debate? Anyone give Oregon credit for this feat in 2012? Or will we contend that the PAC12 is soft and irrelevant ?
I mean come on. I get that we all love our LSU's and Alabama's and OSU's etc etc, And we hear about why the SEC and ACC etc should be winning games and bowls with everyone else unable to compete.
Can we agree that an Oregon/Alabama bowl would be a HELL of a lot more interesting to watch then Alabama/LSU was?
Also ....
Should Oregon boat race USC this weekend, would a dominate performance by Oregon @ USC represent a water mark/signature win in anyone's minds?