There's always next year.

Massoli and LaMichael James* will be back, and THAT Option Read will be even better.

However, will be on the road for USC (who will be very, very angry), Berkeley and Oregon State...

*-there have been quite a few running backs of note from the Pac-10 (O.J., Marcus, Charles White, Best, ad infinitum), but none of them ever ran for more yards as a freshman.

P.S. Cupcake Roll Call for the 2 teams playing for the National Championship. Alabama: Florida International, North Texas and Tennessee-Chattanooga, all at home. Texas: Louisiana Monroe, Wyoming, Texas El Paso, and Central Florida. When the conference is split like the SEC and Big 12, requires fewer grueling interconference games, and more time for cupcakes. Pac-10 plays NINE interconference games, leaving only three slots for cupcakes. Oregon's cupcakes this year: Boise State, Purdue, Utah (apparently Louisiana Monroe was already booked).