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Thanks for the clarification. I knew it was a Pac-10 team against a Big XII team.

And the reason we went to the Orange Bowl after the 2002 season was we were considered the at-large team from the Big Ten. We didn't automatically go to the Rose Bowl when the BCS sent Ohio State to the Fiesta Bowl that year, the Orange selected us and USC among the at-large teams. Oregon won...

Of course, the computers had a bigger influence in 2002 than the coaches' and AP polls (the Harris poll wasn't created until after the AP pulled out a few years ago). Now, the two polls have a 1/3 influence each, and the computers' average count for 1/3. This time around, the computers are...

I have to echo everyone else on this thread. Michigan State was the third "tough game" on the schedule, because pundits thought they, Penn State, Wisconsin and Ohio State would all be much better than they have been. Once we beat Penn State, that was our best win. Then we beat Michigan at home...