ESPN's Mark Schlabach Speaks on USC

Sgt John · 09-26-2008, 02:20 PM

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no matter what the Trojans do from now until season's end, they will be hard-pressed to do enough to overcome their second stunning upset in as many seasons. And their overall body of work won't be any more impressive than the aforementioned teams.

USC will have fewer chances to impress voters this season. The Trojans entered this week as the only Pac-10 team ranked in the Top 25. The Mountain West and WAC had more ranked teams than the Pac-10. In fact, Mountain West teams were 5-0 against Pac-10 foes.

Because of the Pac-10's mediocrity, USC had no room for error. The Trojans erred in a big way against the Beavers.

And why did we think USC was so good to begin with?

The Trojans' 35-3 victory over Ohio State? Apparently, it was just a case of another non-Big Ten team beating up the Buckeyes. The Trojans' 52-7 victory over Virginia? USC was impressive flying across the country and routing an ACC team by 45 points on its home field in its opener. In hindsight, though, the Cavaliers must really be that bad. After all, Duke is favored over Virginia on Saturday.

Still, many college football pundits were quick to anoint USC as the team to beat in 2008. But Virginia was blasted by Connecticut 45-10 in the Cavaliers' third game. And the Buckeyes, who narrowly beat Ohio and Troy, didn't have tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells when they played USC in the Coliseum.

We were all blinded by USC's stable of pretty tailbacks and prettier Song Girls. We forgot this was the same school that lost to Stanford and UCLA and Oregon State during the previous three seasons. The Trojans should suffer the same fate Ohio State did two weeks ago. The Buckeyes fell eight spots to No. 13 in the Associated Press poll after losing badly at USC. That same plunge is exactly what the Trojans deserve.

USC isn't the No. 1 team in the country. It didn't even look like a top-10 team against Oregon State. ESPN NCAAF Big 12, Big Ten, SEC teams benefit from USC loss

Excellent Article

bodey24 · 09-26-2008, 02:56 PM

That is a really good article

Runnik's Hambones · 09-26-2008, 03:00 PM

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We were all blinded by USC's stable of pretty tailbacks and prettier Song Girls. We forgot this was the same school that lost to Stanford and UCLA and Oregon State during the previous three seasons.

Yeah that is great!

Sgt John · 09-26-2008, 04:12 PM

and its the truth.

gmrcharity · 09-26-2008, 05:24 PM

Good article. At least we got rid of an overhyped Pac-10 Team and an overhyped Big 10 team early enough this season. Oh Penn State in still there but everyone has to cheer for Joe Pa

Da Bomb · 09-26-2008, 05:37 PM

its the truth... but its not. logically, usc is -- SHOULD BE -- out of the picture. but its been seen time and time again that the voters dont use logic. they vote on tradition and name, and a 1-loss pac 10 champ USC team that has reeled off 9 straight wins would have an excellent shot at being in the bcs top 2, regardless of what we think about this terrible loss.


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bodey24 Outlaw Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Toledo Posts: 258 vCash: 239024 Donate	That is a really good article


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Sgt John Genibus Nitito Canus Premium Member Forum Leader Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Taylor, TX Posts: 6,756 vCash: 543172 Donate Blog Entries: 4	and its the truth.


09-26-2008, 05:24 PM	#5
gmrcharity Outlaw Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Africa Posts: 1,923 vCash: 1601800 Donate	Good article. At least we got rid of an overhyped Pac-10 Team and an overhyped Big 10 team early enough this season. Oh Penn State in still there but everyone has to cheer for Joe Pa