Alot of questions have been asked this week with Oregon getting the number two slot in the College Football Playoff Rankings, along with their surprise jump ahead of undefeated Florida State was the TCU Horned Frogs leap frogging Alabama for the number four spot in the rankings. This is great news for how this commitee is handling the ranking system, it means they take into account injuries, strength of schedule, and other factors the BCS were completely ignorant of when their rankings went up every week, it is what all college football fans hoped would happen with the creation of the playoff system. It means an end to getting a national championship just because you're in the SEC or are a historic program that has one the championship a multitude of times, it means that just because Nick Saban is your coach you no longer get a shot at the title every year even with two losses, and a miriad of things that have pissed off college football fans for years. Most of all it means this year if the Ducks win out they will have a chance to play for the national championship which seems like it could be quite a possibility for Oregon. With a game against Colorado coming up in Eugene, and then the always entertaining Civil War in Corvallis the home of the Ducks state rival the Beavers, and finally the PAC 12 Championship which will be held at a neutral site this year at Levi Stadium home of the San Francisco 49ers, in the PAC 12 Championship Oregon will most likely play Arizona State, though UCLA, USC, and Arizona still have a shot at the PAC 12 South.
If the Ducks stay healthy and Mariota stays hot they should be a lock to win it this year, which would bring on the first NCAA Division 1 Football playoff and they could have a real chance at winning it all, these are all what if's but that is what sports is all about. Quack Quack!
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