Last night's Pac-10 matchup between Oregon and Oregon State, dubbed "The Civil War," was about as close as a football game can come to actually being war.

The two teams battled back and forth before Oregon finally outlasted its rival Oregon State, 37-33, to clinch a berth in the Rose Bowl, Oregon's first since 1995.

It was a fantastic display of college football and was as entertaining as sports can be. 

You may ask, what does this game have to do with New York? The answer is simple: This is the kind of college football that the Big Apple misses out on year after year.

It was fitting that the Jets were tabbed to play in the NFL's Thursday night game. I think it would be safe to say that many of the people in...

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