Answer Tuesday! (Part 5)
We're still trying to polish off the emergency answer mode questions.
Q: gotroy22 said:
It was baffling to watch our best defensive player standing 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage all night protecting against a long bomb to Jamere Holland. It appeared that the defensive game plan was inadequate for an option team like Oregon. The Ducks reminded me of the old Nebraska teams, using lightly recruited but strong and quick players to baffle opponents with superior talent. Do you believe Pete was simply out schemed by the Oregon coaching staff?
A: Do I believe he was outcoached? Yes.
Q: Chiete76 said:
I never paid attention or cared before, but please list the Pac-10 bowl setup after the Rose Bowl.
A: 2 The Holiday Bowl receives the second choice of Pac-10 teams.
3 The Sun Bowl receives the third choice of Pac-10 teams.
4-5 The Maaco Bowl Las Vegas and the Emerald Bowl coordinate their selections of the fourth and fifth teams to provide geographically favorable match-ups.
6 The Poinsettia Bowl receives the sixth choice of Pac-10 teams. In years where the Pac-10 does not have six bowl eligible teams, the Poinsettia Bowl will select from the WAC instead.
Wow! That really is a shitty batch of bowl games.
Time for the new Pac-10 commissioner to get to work!
As Scott and others have pointed out, the Pac-10 has by far the worst bowl arrangements of any major conference. Before this year, we didn't have to worry about it.