Bad Strategy

I usually don't follow the Pac Ten too closely, even though I live out west. But I was intrigued this season by the two local teams, USC and UCLA. Both came into this weekend unbeaten. USC is #1, but UCLA was more interesting. The average game had them fall way behind only to make an amazing comeback in the fourth quarter.

While this makes for exciting games, as a strategy, it sucks. (A much better strategy is get out to an early lead and keep increasing it.) Sooner or later, they wouldn't be able to come back, and it finally happened. They got off to a 21-0 deficit in the first quarter against Arizona and just couldn't come back. Sorry, UCLA, it was fun while it lasted.