During this great USC run, many college football fans have been subjected to the Pac-10 does not get the respect it deserves talk permeating from the left coast. Calls of "East Coast Bias" and the "SEC and Big Ten get a free pass" have been brewing from the West Coast. The latest example of the belly-aching has come from the University of Oregon. Oregon, despite being 10-1, was left out of an at-large BCS bowl game in favor of two 9-2 teams, Notre Dame and Ohio State. Now, I do not necessarily agree with those two teams being in the BCS, particularly Notre Dame...who did they beat....agruably one of the worst Michigan team in ages and the absolute worst Tennessee team since the Reagan administration. Oregon certainly had a gripe on the surface. However, team Nike, much like their conference buddies from Berkeley the year prior, decided to go down to San Diego and lay an egg against a second level Big XII team in the Holiday Bowl. Once again, the BCS says to the Pac-10 runner-up "I told you so". This was not your older brother's Oklahoma team the Ducks lost to last night. This year's version of the Sooners has more holes than swiss cheese, no offensive line, and can't even celebrate right (see Adrian Peterson's forehead gash and Rhett Bomar's 15 yard penalty spike). Oregon was without QB Kellen Clemens, but they have been without him the whole second half of the season and it has not stopped them from running up a 10-1 tally against the rest of the Pac-10. You knew that Oregon was in trouble when they were got the game to 17-14 and got the ball back in San Diego with Brady Leaf calling the signals. Brady Leaf, brother of all-time Charger underachiever Ryan, played valiantly, moving the Ducks in field goal territory with some nice plays, but you just knew a Leaf could not possibly engineer a great comeback in, of all places, his big brother's own Little Shop of Horrors, Qualcomm Stadium. Well, karma set in and he underthrew a ball intended for Demetrius Williams that was intercepted by OU linebacker Clint Ingram. Game Over!! The Pac-10 plays a fun style to watch, but beyond USC, the other teams in that league seem to fold when the going gets tough. These factors are reasons why people do not take the other nine teams in that conference seriously and also why USC's 34 game winning streak gets the question "well, who did they have to beat to win the Pac-10?" Nobody is doubting USC being a great team, but a lot of people would like to see them play week-in week-out in the Big Ten or SEC and see if they could reel off that type of dominance. And  a message for the rest of the Pac-10, quit complaining about BCS snubs, get some better bowl tie-ins and kick some Big XII team's butt in San Diego. Respect is earned, not given. And the other nine teams have not earned much lately. Maybe if you show up in San Diego, you may get the nod for a BCS game in the future.