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Article: UO worthy of Rose Bowl.(Columns)(Column)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- December 13, 2001
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Byline: Ron Bellamy / The Register-Guard
SO THIS IS the column in which, having reflected upon the vagaries of the Bowl Championship Series, I should take the responsible high road and assure you that no system is perfect, and that folks around here wouldn't care anyway if the Ducks hadn't blown a 14-point lead over Stanford.
Which is true enough, contends Jerry Palm, whose Web site features a computer ranking that mimics the BCS: If the Ducks had defeated Stanford, they'd be playing Miami in the Rose Bowl for the national title.
"It really pays to be undefeated," Palm said. "That would be a no-brainer. ... They played a strong enough schedule. ...