The perfect game

Chris Dufresne wonders if This Could Be the Best Ever … No, Really:

It’s a perfect game, featuring perfect teams, in a perfect setting.

In how many title-game run-ups has it been possible to write:

Oklahoma will win because it has a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, a running back who can break a defender’s kneecaps with a hip swivel and a standout defensive lineman named Cody — not to mention a coach who has won a national title and is coaching in his second Orange Bowl.

And write:

USC will win because it has a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, a running back who can break a defender’s kneecaps with a hip swivel and a standout defensive lineman named Cody — not to mention a coach who has won a national title and is coaching in his second Orange Bowl.