OFFICIAL Quook hate week(s) thread

We're going to punt to him

The rivalry became heated from Oregon's perspective in 1948, when Oregon and California both went undefeated in the Pacific Coast Conference.[4] California was undefeated overall, and Oregon's only loss was at undefeated Michigan,[5][6] that year's national champions, and the Ducks had seven victories in the PCC to Cal's six. The winner of the PCC, as is today with the Pac-12, played in the Rose Bowl. Oregon, led by quarterback Norm Van Brocklin and halfback John McKay,[7] opted for a playoff game, but California declined.[8] The tiebreaker format the PCC elected to use was that the championship team be elected by the schools. The PCC had ten member schools in 1948, six in the Northwest (with Idaho and Montana) and four in California, so it was assumed that Oregon would be the team playing in the Rose Bowl, as even a 5–5 tie vote would be in their favor.[9] Instead California was voted champion of the PCC,[8][10] because Washington had persuaded Montana to vote for California, something that has not been forgotten by Oregon fans.[6][11] (The PCC allowed a second bowl team that season and Oregon went to the Cotton Bowl,[12] but lost 21–13 to hometown SMU in Dallas. California lost to twice-beaten Northwestern by six points in the Rose Bowl.)[13]