Ducks Down Sun Devils when Little Piggies Go Unnoticed

Pedicures pay.

Or maybe replay review doesn't.

Or maybe everyone should just accept that one play -- no matter how definitive -- is simply a lone factor in a game where an abundance of other opportunities to win exist.

And if that's the premise, no wonder the Pac-12 didn't include it in the highlight package of Oregon's 61-55 triple overtime point parade over Arizona State:

All the TV cameras covering this game, and we get are grainy repros. All that's missing is a dude on the grassy knoll:

Still, Sun Devils kicker Zane Gonzalez missed three field goals -- including a 26-yarder -- and in a classic example of flaunting history, OC Mike Norvell dialed up the same sort of goal-line pass play that made the ending of Super Bowl XIX live in Seattle Seahawks infamy.

As a result, the team that made the most of its overall opportunities prevailed and thus survived in a conference that is the very essence of parity:

North				South
Stanford ...	5-0	6-1		Utah ...	3-1	6-1
Washington St ...	3-1	5-2		UCLA ...	2-2	5-2
Oregon ...	3-2	5-3		USC ...	2-2	4-3
California ...	2-2	5-2		Arizona ...	2-3	5-3
Washington ...	1-3	3-4		Arizona St ...	2-3	4-4
Oregon St ...	0-4	2-5		Colorado ...	1-3	4-4

As it should be.