Ducks Down Sun Devils when Little Piggies Go Unnoticed
Published on 30-Oct-2015 by Alan Adamsson
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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.