The Curse of #2
November 16th, 2007 by Lucas DwyerForget Ruth or Bartman, the new curse du jour in professional sports is The Curse of the 2nd ranked team in college football.
Soon to be dropped #2 Oregon continued a stunning trend in college football this past Thursday, becoming the 5th #2 ranked team to lose to an unranked team. USC, California, South Florida, Boston College, and now Oregon.
The Curse doesn’t end with just the lone loss and it seems to be getting worse. USC won its subsequent game, then lost to Oregon later in the year. California, South Florida suffered worse fates, losing three consecutive games each. Boston College is in the midst of a two-game losing streak and must win in Clemson to avoid losing three in a row.
However, with the demise of the Ducks, apparently The Curse saved its best for last (so we think - watch out, Oklahoma and Kansas).
Oregon learned today that star quarterback and Heisman hopeful, Dennis Dixon, is done for the year after tearing his left anterior cruciate ligament in Thursday’s loss. The Ducks will go to UCLA next week and then finish the season with Oregon State at home. It was a hard enough schedule to begin with, but The Curse wanted to make it even more difficult by taking Dixon away as well.
The Curse of #2 does not discriminate and will take down anyone in its path. The best strategy to make the BCS title game is to be #3 going into the last week of the season.
