THE TEN MOMENTS OF PURE MALICIOUS FATE, 2007: CRUELTY, INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED
Sometimes the wolves attack in pairs. Sometimes in packs. Either way, they’re coming. Here’s number two in our ongoing list of endlessly painful moments from 2007.
Dennis Dixon: Man, I can’t believe this. Heisman. Shot at the National title game. A possibility of finishing out a dominant season with a Pac-10 championship and going to New Orleans. Finally putting Oregon over the top. God, I can’t wait to get this pass off–
Knee: So sorry. Other plans. (POP!)
Unmistakably cruel and random? Check all the boxes. This one’s a perfect ten.
Number One’s coming, and it’s not App State. App State didn’t cost Michigan a national title shot. You can’t blame a lion for eating you when you’re wearing–yup–baconpants. This one’s actually worse.
Loading ...
36
Eric and Joe: My bad, I did misread that.
I still don’t really agree though. I see your point and after USC lost to Oregon I was hoping for Oregon to run the table and open up the Rose bowl slot for USC.
I can’t say I felt nearly as much pain over Dixon’s injury as I did the effects of the one to JD Booty.
Another point in favor of USC/Stanford being #1 is that this is the second year in a row that a fluke loss to an inferior team cost USC a slot in the BCS title game.
Comment by oc phil — January 10, 2008 @ 8:34 pm
35
Yes, without Dixon USC would have won, and I wasn’t trying to say anything different. My point was that the logic behind #1 was that losing to Stanford derailed a national title shot, but my point is #2 was a much worse twist of fate because even if USC had beat Stanford, by the time of the Oregon-Arizona game (the crossroads of #2), USC was still not only not getting a title shot, they were still down in the Pac-10 hunt. Thus, I’m saying #1 only became tragic BECAUSE of #2, because without Dixon going down, losing to Stanford would ultimately have had no national title significance.
Comment by Joe — January 10, 2008 @ 6:35 pm
34
33, you might want to re-read 31. I don’t think he suggested anything to the contrary.
Comment by Erik — January 10, 2008 @ 6:00 pm
33
#31) I don’t know about that. I’m a USC fan but I’ve said before that Oregon with Dixon was the best team I saw all year. Without him the Ducks folded. The team that lost to Arizona and was shut out by UCLA would never have beaten USC.
Comment by oc phil — January 10, 2008 @ 5:36 pm
32
Oooooh. Good point.
Comment by Erik — January 10, 2008 @ 5:05 pm
31
As an Oregon fan seeing this over and over again is a killer. My one argument for this being number #1 is that USC was still going to lose to Oregon and still lose the Pac-10 if Dixon stayed healthy.
Comment by Joe Patrice — January 10, 2008 @ 4:50 pm