BCS "National Championship" Pick

Tonight we get to watch the most hyped “national championship” (the quotations get removed when we get a playoff so that an undefeated team with the best defense in the country, TCU, actually gets a chance) since the epic Texas/USC game that saw Vince Young almost singlehandedly beat the defending champion Trojans lead by Matt Leinart & Reggie Bush before they all went on to fantastically successful NFL careers. One team has an explosive offense that plays at a breakneck pace; the other features the best professional quarterback in college football. Of course you already know all of this so the question is who will win?

Oregon’s ranked 2^nd in total offense & 1^st in scoring offense. Auburn’s ranked 7^th in total offense & 4^th in scoring offense. Each team has been held under 20 points only once. In fact Oregon’s scored at least 37 points in all but one game, though the quality of the defenses they faced were not quite up to those in the SEC. Cam Newton is the highest rated quarterback (in one season) in the history of D-1 Football, while every skill player on Oregon can run a 4.4 forty (fact not verified). Essentially there’s not much to separate these two teams offensively, there both awesome & that’s about all one can say. Defense, however is another matter.

Oregon is ranked 26^th in total defense & 12^th in scoring defense. Auburn is a less impressive 53^rd in total defense & 54^th in scoring defense, in addition their pass defense is a horrid 106^th. & alas here Auburn can’t complain about having a tougher schedule. Auburn has faced 3 teams in the top 30 in total offense, in those games they gave up an average of 34.7 points. Oregon faced four teams in the top 30 & they gave up 30.8 points per game.

So I’ll take Oregon & their superior defense to win the game & end the SEC’s dominance in BCS “Championship” games.

Oregon 37, Auburn 34