As college football’s playoff expands and the bowl season becomes more and more unnecessary, it’s tough to get too upset over a result of a bowl game. Still, when you have a ten-point lead in the fourth quarter, you’d like to end the season on a high note.
It wasn’t to be, though, as Carolina’s defense wilted in the final quarter, allowing the Oregon Ducks to come back from ten down and take a 28-27 win for the first Holiday Bowl played at Petco Park. The game was a lot like Carolina’s season in a nutshell: a promising start, breaks going their way, great numbers about two-thirds of the way through, then utter collapse.