After 10 days of hype and hysterics, the Ducks and Beavs showed the world what the Pac-10 is all about: Fast play, high scores, and their most famous innovation yet, the Swiss Cheese Defense.
Defense wins championships, or so the mantra goes. Well it didn’t work that way in the Pac-10 this year. The Ducks won the title outright despite ranking as the Pac-10’s 3rd best total defense and 5th best scoring defense. Nationally the 7th best team in the country ranks 27th and 44th respectively. Arizona State, the Pac-10’s best defensive team, went 4-8 this year. Its only two Pac-10 wins were against the Washington teams, not much of a morale booster. So defense didn’t win the Pac-10 title. What changed this year? During USC’s dominant run of championships they were the Pac-10’s most dominant defense, often ranking in the top five nationally. So when USC slipped it showed how weak the Pac-10 really is. Rabble. Rabble. Rabble. Rabble.
Bullshit. I’m sick of hearing all this crap. The Pac-10 is a little front-loaded. But the quality of defensive players the Pac-10 sends to the NFL proves how good these teams really are. The problem is they’re facing some of the most potent offenses in the nation. This explains why NFL rookies Jairus Byrd (Oregon) and Al Afalava (Oregon State) are so effective. They’ve played fast football before. They played in the Pac-10.
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