I would if I bled orange and black.
Oregon State is on the cusp of a Rose Bowl bid, their first since 1965. And with that, of course I expected the entire city of Corvallis to head out and support what was once a bumbling football program.
ABC showed shots of the Resar Stadium crowd holding up signs that said "We can smell the Roses" and something about going to The Rose Bowl for the first time since '65.
But that reminded of a thing the University of California did back in 2004. With the Bears ranked No. 4 in the country and coming off a win in The Big Game, the Cal book store started to sell Rose Bowl commemorative t-shirts.
Oops.
Needless to say, two weeks later, those shirts were selling for more than half off the regular price.
Oregon State fans should be excited. Their team's time has come. Two more wins and it's off to Pasadena.
If I were a Cal fan, I'd want that to happen. Because if the Beavers get to go to the Pac-10's promised land, then USC--still ranked in the top 10 in the BCS--will get a bid to another major bowl, leaving the Bears the (payout for) the Holiday Bowl.
And for me, San Diego is way better than El Paso.
But I wouldn't count on Oregon State winning out. Next week the Beavers play in Tuscon, Ariz., against the Wildcats.
And if you asked Cal, Tuscon is the place where Rose Bowl dreams go to die.
The Headlines:
- Arizona: Whatever Happened to That Defense?
- Arizona State: Snore
- Cal: Revenge Will Have to Wait
- Oregon: Masoli's Pretty Good
- Oregon State: Smells Like Roses
- Stanford: We Don't Believe in Stanford Football
- UCLA: Someone Had to Win
- USC: That's What I Call Revenge
- Washington: Is it Over Yet?
- Wazzu: Is it Over Yet? Part II
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