The Wall Street Journal wants to see a USC-SEC matchup in the BCS championship game: With universal No. 1 Southern California seemingly certain to reach the national championship game — those Arizona State and Oregon obstacles look smaller and smaller all the time — the real drama lies with the unfolding derby between the Southeastern [...]
Posted in BCS, Big 12, Mizzou, Oklahoma, SEC, Texas, USC | 1 Comment »Apparently America still wants to believe that the recruiting process is clean and pure. That schools send kids letters, and visit them at home; that the recruit visits the school, signs a letter of intent, and that’s that. Two recent stories, however, cast a darker light on the recruiting process. First, we have the story [...]
Posted in Texas, USC | 3 Comments »Amazing. Ryan Perrilloux is a moron. You are about to be the starting QB of the defending national champs and you can’t keep your nose clean for a couple months? Less than 6 weeks ago, Perrilloux was celebrating with 85 of his teammates on the Superdome floor; now, he’s suspended for the second time since [...]
Posted in LSU, Texas | No Comments »First it was stealing from Tommy Bowden’s staff again, now it’s poaching from Nick Saban’s. It is rumored that Major came home for the opportunity to take over for Mack down the road (when he is done taking all of DeLoss Dodd’s money). Will Muschamp is here for a year, max, and merely opening up [...]
Posted in Alabama, Auburn, Coaches, SEC, Texas | No Comments »Here is the bottom line: Chuck Casserly made a smart move for the Texans, who play in the Peyton Manning division; they needed a pass-rush presence and in two years he has figured it out. The Saints made a good pick based on the fact that they had Deuce: Reggie works well in space and [...]
Posted in North Carolina State, Texas, The Bigs, USC | No Comments »Fanblogs brings us StubHub’s list of 2007′s Top 25 College Football Rivalries, and, wouldn’t you know it, USC shows up twice in the top five. 1 USC at Notre Dame 20-Oct $409 1 $379 2 Ohio State at Michigan 17-Nov $408 3 $876 3 Oklahoma vs. Texas 6-Oct $400 2 $419 4 UCLA at USC [...]
Posted in Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas, Army, Auburn, Cal, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa State, LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, Navy, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon State, Pitt, Purdue, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, The Other USC, The U, UCLA, USC, Va Tech, Virginia, West Virginia | No Comments »Once again Awful Announcing takes the time while battling the WWL to give us the announcer listings for week 6. Highlights: College football on ESPN or ESPN2 every night this week as they try and counter-program the MLB playoffs that they no longer carry. The best game of the weeknight slate is Thursday’s #8 Kentucky [...]
Posted in Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Stanford, Texas, The Other USC, USC, Wisconsin | No Comments »Okay, here we go. As soon as you think that you might want to not watch much college football this weekend 7 of the Top 15 lose. #1 USC left all of their crisp play in LA and squeaked by U-Dub by 3. SC looked terrible and I would not be surprised if LSU is [...]
Posted in Alabama, Auburn, Cal, Clemson, Florida, Kansas State, Kentucky, LSU, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, USC, Washington | 2 Comments »According to Scott Wolf, one Pac-10 coach has said that Jake Locker will be better than Vince Young. Which, of course, raises the question: Which coach said it? Our guess is Bill Doba or Ty Willingham (“Please, UW AD, give me at least three more years.”) At any rate, it won’t be hard to improve [...]
Posted in Coaches, Texas, Washington, Washington State | 3 Comments »Upset Alert Recap: South Florida pulled it off at Auburn; so did Washington. Oregon put Lloyd Carr on suicide watch. UCLA and Texas survived tough games at home. Virginia Tech looked to be the 2nd most overrated team in the country; however, Pat Forde feels that LSU is #1. The Ole Ball Coach pulled his [...]
Posted in Auburn, Boise State, Cal, Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, South Florida, Texas, The Other USC, UCLA, Va Tech, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin | No Comments »