First Pac12 Championship Game EVER

For those of you not paying attention to college football let me give you a brief explanation of the season. Oregon lost to LSU, who is now No. 1 in the nation... Oregon also lost to USC, who would have won the Pac12 South had it not been for Reggie Bush (i.e. recruiting violations). So Oregon is playing the 6-6 UCLA Bruins for a spot in the Rose Bowl. Oh and Stanford (not playing in the game) is ranked higher than Oregon because they've only lost once (to Oregon). Yes, college football is confusing.

There's also an interesting scenario that in my eyes, takes the BCS system and trashes it. That scenario is IF and it's a big if, but if Oklahoma St. loses to Oklahoma AND LSU loses to Georgia in the SEC Championship game then the National Championship game would likely have Alabama and Stanford (two teams that didn't even play in a conference championship game, couldn't finish #1 in a half of a conference!). Would that be enough to put an end to the whole "season is the playoffs" debate in college football and make a playoff? I digress... Here's a little preview of tonight's game:

Oregon has a running game, a great one! This is our back-up RB Kenjon Barner and he could start for a lot of college teams. He's a solid player, reminiscent of Jeremiah Johnson backing-up Jonathan Stewart, or Maurice Morris and Onterrio Smith. Then Oregon has this TRUE FRESHMAN weapon:

Mr. DeAnthony Thomas, aka Black Mamba (before Kobe, got the nickname from Snoop Dogg), now it's Quack Mamba, but whatever you call him you better know he's fast. He plays receiver, does some returning, goes in the backfield, he does it all. Including scoring the most TD's by a true freshman at Oregon. Then what do we have here? It's our candidate:

LaMichael James! Amazing running back, puts up huge numbers. Has been hindered by injuries, but he's quite possibly the greatest running back that Chip Kelly's system could ask for. Sometimes you get a perfect fit and LaMichael at Oregon has been a perfect fit for three years now. I hate to say this, but this could be Autzen's last game watching LaMichael. I sure hope not, but if it is, it has been quite a ride! Go Ducks! I smell Roses!