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Pac-12’s bowl performance proves league had no business being in the Playoff
By Cody McClure
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The Pac-12 appears to be terrible.
Some people out west may not feel that the SEC deserves to have two teams in the College Football Playoff, but the Pac-12 has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that it had absolutely no business even sniffing the playoff.
The conference’s best team — USC — was pummeled by Ohio State 24-7 in Friday night’s Cotton Bowl. On Saturday, its second-best team — Washington — wasn’t faring much better in the Fiesta Bowl.
Washington was trailing Penn State 28-14 in the second quarter at the time of this post.
SEC Network news editor Brandon Zimmerman pointed out on Twitter just how bad the bowl season has been for the Pac-12.
It hasn’t only been a poor performance on the big stage. It’s been a poor performance all around:
If Washington can’t recover, the Pac 12 will finish bowl season 1-8. The lone win: Utah over a Will Grier-less West Virginia in the Heart of Dallas Bowl.
— Brandon Zimmerman (@BZSEC) December 30, 2017
Perhaps Washington can salvage things in the second half.
Pac-12 bowl season recap: pic.twitter.com/HM68RsEhs3
— College Sports Only (@CollegeSportsO) December 30, 2017
Cody McClure is an SEC Football Writer for Saturday Down South. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he also co-hosts a midday sports radio show for FOX Sports. Cody previously worked for Athlon Sports.
