Pac 12 Championship

Is it me or have we reached overkill with the race to the final four this year? Tonight Oregon plays Arizona for the Pac 12 championship and a presumed spot in the final four--for Oregon if they win, not Arizona--and yet there does not seem to be enough buzz. Is it that Oregon is expected to win, as the spread in the game indicates? Maybe, but Arizona has beaten the Ducks two straight times so they know how to play this team. And both teams feature great players with Oregon featuring the country's most dynamic player in QB Marcus Mariota. To me Friday is the problem as we associate Friday night college football with less important games. I do expect a good game tonight and look forward to it. Oregon has a lot to prove to not only Arizona, who seems to have their number, but to the nation as they have been expected to contend every year for a national title since they reach the BCS championship game after the 2010 season but they have not even won the conference since 2011. Stanford was the hurdle they could not overcome the past two seasons but they wiped them out this year. Now redemption against Rich Rodriguez is in order to reach the playoffs. They should be able to get the job done in a close game.