Inaugural Pac-12 Title Game

So tonight was the first ever Pac-12 championship game featuring the Oregon Ducks and the UCLA Bruins. People expected this to be a blowout but instead Oregon only won 49-31. Anyways the rule with the Pac-12 championship game is that the division winner with the best record would host the championship game. So this year the championship game was at the Autzen Zoo. But the commissioner, Larry Scott, did some things that did not make the Oregon fans all too happy. Larry Scott tried to take away from Oregon's home field advantage that they had earned and make it more neutral. Here are some of the following things that he did. He removed the Ducks home PA announcer and brought in an objective 3rd party. Did tot allow the Ducks field practice time at Autzen for the past several days while Pac12 people give the field an overhaul to again make it more neutral. Student tickets for the game were $50 and many of the UofO student sections have been moved to different areas of the stadium. And Lastly, the scoreboard was operated by an objective 3rd party, so no Oregon cheerleading on the board (things like "Make Noise!" signs when UCLA is in a third down situation, those kinds of things). It was just funny because the conference rewards the best team with having the championship game at home, but tries to take away the home field advantage aspect. While it did not make such a difference in this game, who knows how would have it affected if the game was against USC.