Over 10 Months Later, Oregon Fans Will Be Yelling "War Eagle!"

Thanks to #2 Oklahoma State's unbelievable loss to Iowa State Friday evening, the BCS title game window appears much wider than before for one-loss teams such as the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Oregon Ducks, who have only lost to the top ranked LSU Tigers this season.  Let's imagine that LSU wins out, including the SEC championship game.  In that scenario, they are obviously locked into a spot in the BCS title game.  If Oregon and Alabama both win out as well, things get semi-controversial.  The nod would likely go to Alabama due to their higher strength of schedule and their more competitive game with LSU.  So, Ducks fans ought to be rooting for a team on November 26th who was their greatest enemy last January in the BCS National Championship Game, the Auburn Tigers.  Alabama goes to Auburn for the Iron Bowl after hosting FCS Georgia Southern this week, which will not be a challenge of any sorts.  The Iron Bowl is an extremely rabid rivalry, and Auburn does not want Alabama in the championship game much less than Oregon does.  Auburn will come to play, and Jordan-Hare Stadium will be rocking.  The Tigers have been battle-tested all season long, playing five ranked teams (four on the road).  Although they are only 2-3 in such games, Auburn's experience will give them a chance against the Crimson Tide.  Assuming Oregon takes care of business at home against USC and Oregon State, and if Alabama loses to Auburn and LSU wins out as expected, Chip Kelly and the Ducks will be a Pac-12 championship game win away from their second consecutive BCS title game berth.  Oregon fans (myself included), better be screaming "War Eagle!" along with the Auburn faithful come next week.