10 Thoughts on the Ducks win over FSU.

1. Ducks belong. Following the loss to Arizona, I consoled my friend, telling her that it was okay because Oregon would recover and win out and make it to the playoffs. And of course, they got their revenge in the PAC-12 Championship. But no one expected a blowout win in the playoffs like this?!? #WOW
2. How embarrassed should the Seminoles be? The only two teams this season to allow the Ducks to score 59 points or more, are Cal and South Dakota. #FSUoverrated
3. They should be even more embarrassed by the lack of sportsmanship, when most of the team made a beeline to the locker room, instead of going on the field and shaking hands with the Ducks. #lame
4. The last time a team was this embarrassed in a major bowl game, was in the 2005 Orange Bowl where Oklahoma was plastered by USC, 55-19. In that game, USC had the Sooners shellshocked by halftime, but the Sooners never gave up, and scored 9 points in the 4th quarter. #solame
5. You know where I'm going with this one, don't you? Unlike the 2004 Sooner squad, this FSU team didn't just lose, they quit. And they didn't just quit, but they quit early, before the start of the 4th quarter. #quitters
6. Marcus Mariota's performance showed why he absolutely deserved the Heisman, and deserves to be the top pick at the NFL draft. He's been showing his skills off for the last three years, he'll be ready in the NFL on day 1. You know he'll get picked #1 by a really crappy team, but let's hope that Philly sells out and moves up in the draft to grab Mariota. You know that'll be a dream come true. #badass
7. I wrote two months ago that I thought the four-team playoff would be Alabama, Oregon, Ohio State and TCU. Instead, the playoff committee chose FSU over TCU, perhaps out of pressure of leaving out the only undefeated team from the playoffs. With FSU's blowout loss and TCU's blowout win, I think it's fair to say that they picked wrong and I picked right. Likewise, all the bellyaching by Baylor fans, who thought that they belonged, were shown the door in a nail-biter loss to Michigan State. #TCUdeservedmore
8. Going back to a Rose Bowl interview earlier this week, Winston said that Mariota was all business while Winston was a more playful guy. It turns out, the smart guy won, with 400 yards total (338 passing, 62 rushing), while the fun guy lost. It wasn't even close. Mariota made the right decisions and had the Ducks in control, while Winston was combative with his coach, flat out missed his throws, and had an unforced error when he fumbled the ball as he fell backwards, untouched. #smartswin
9. Oregon broke all sorts of Rose Bowl records (many of them, held by USC), and the one that matters a lot, is total offense, previously held by USC, who blew out Illinois in 2008. But watch out for 2015, because USC's offense will be crazy good. #highpoweredoffense 
10. And finally, thanks to the Ducks, FSU is no threat to USC's (and Miami's) historical college football 34-game winning streak. Go Ducks, Trojans and Seahawks! #Winners