Pac-10: We've Got Excuses!

Ok, ok, so maybe this weekend didn’t turn out as good as Pac-10 fans would have hoped. But honestly, it wasn’t that bad. There are reasonable excuses for each loss, and it’s pretty awesome that the Pac-10 has a chance to maybe be as good as the Big East or at the very worst the Mountain West Conference.  Those are two behemoth power conferences with a history of domination over mid-major competition and we shouldn’t be ashamed of it.

First let’s talk about the UCLA and Washington losses.

There is really no reason to pay attention to the final score.

Often when a ranked team only beats an unranked team by a few points you’ll hear the coach say things like, “a win is a win” and “come January no one will remember the score”.

So why doesn’t that also apply to a loss? Sure UCLA and Washington were completely annihilated, but a loss is a loss right? It’s only one game. Who cares what the final score is!

Kudos to UCLA and Washington for not letting pride get in the way these losses. They obviously realized in the first quarter of each game that there was no hope in winning and therefore, why exert the effort? Get ready for next week. Final score be damned.

So yes, UCLA and Washington lost, but I’m not interested in the final score and you shouldn’t be either.

What about Washington State?

Well every conference has the ugly-step-child-I-won’t-pay-any-attention-to team. For the Pac-10 this team is Washington State. As far as I’m concerned they didn’t even play this weekend.  And since every conference has a team like this, (hello Big 12’s Baylor!) it all cancels each other out. I mean seriously, who did they even play this week???

And Stanford?

They played TCU this week and LaDainian Tomlinson is a beast. No one should have expected a win. I’ll bet money LT becomes a serviceable NFL back one day.

California?

Jet lag. You can’t expect college students to be awake for a 9 am game. Hell, I went through college only taking TWO classes that started before 10am. Yes, yes, yes, Cal should have beat Maryland, but seriously 9 am? You can’t blame them for losing. Saturdays are made for sleeping-in and Cal was merely keeping its priorities in order.   

As for ASU and ‘Zona?

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