Making bowl predictions is mentally draining (and fun) but this is an OK look. I will say though, Arizona can’t get to the Holiday. Either Oregon State wins out and goes to the Rose (giving Arizona 4 loses to Oregon’s 3 or Cal’s 3) or the winner of the Civil War goes to the Holiday with 2 losses, case closed.
Also, Oregon doesn’t play this weekend but can all but clinch* a Holiday Bowl berth with a Stanford win at Cal AND an Oregon State win at Arizona. I’m not sure I’d bet on that mini-parlay but I’ll surely be rooting for those teams.
Lastly, I’m a Duck through and through and have never really been an overall Pac-10 fan but working with a bunch of SEC folk makes this Oregon State to the Rose Bowl very compelling (especially if that Stanford win comes to fruition this weekend). I would love to see two Pac-10 teams in BCS games for the first time since 2003 (I believe), but more importantly I really, really want to see USC in the Sugar Bowl playing Florida or Bama (not a given even if OSU wins out).
*This also assumes USC wins out and gets an at-large berth.
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