4th Quarter

Musberger is having an awful game, even by his standards.

3rd Quarter

While I did bet the under, I cannot take credit for predicting that these two teams would combine for three 2rd Q points. Incredible.

Half

There are so many more points to come that while it will be interesting to see the adjustments made, it is hard to get a feel for what will happen. Both teams should be more settled so the play should be at a higher level. Let's have some fun.

Oregon Goal-Line Stand

While Matthews did make a great tackle on 3rd down--and that was a few plays after Newton had run him over for 1st down--Auburn then got cute with playcalling. Run Newton on 2nd, 3rd and 4th downs. If Oregon can stop him three straight times then hats off to them. He only ran one time and they did not score.

Still 2nd Q

The play action pass to Maehl was a product of excellent blocking by Oregon line. The Auburn line can get on a QB so fast that the play has to be done correctly by all 11 players. And the 2-pt conv run was fun. The title game may as well be entertaining.

Early 2nd Q

I thought that was a pick. And since that....I was going to say momentum swung but then Maehl beat Thorpe for long gain.