Afraid that the Trojans will look past the Cavaliers to the Buckeyes? Well, that’s pretty much impossible now, if only because two of the Cavalier players were caught stealing beer from a private club in Charlottesville. SC fans planning on traveling for the game: follow the link for gameday poster ideas.
Posted in Ohio State, USC, Virginia | No Comments »Chris Dufresne provides a nice summary of the important dates of the ’08 season, along with a little jab at the Trojans: * Aug. 30: USC opens season at Virginia. Last time Trojans opened against a Virginia team on the road (2004 vs. Virginia Tech) they finished 13-0 and won the only Bowl Championship Series [...]
Posted in Coaches, USC, Virginia | No Comments »Bill Plaschke is excited about the revitalized crosstown rivalry between USC and UCLA [T]he shiny, new-car feel to this rivalry needs no clarification. College football around here hasn’t felt this much preseason sizzle in years. College football around here has become bigger than one team, bigger than one coach, as big as it’s been since [...]
Posted in Coaches, Pac-10, UCLA, USC | No Comments »Carson Palmer is no fan of the Buckeyes (Who can blame him?), and apparently he let that be known on the radio last week. Seems like pretty much what you would expect from a Pac-10 player forced to spend most of the year in Big Ten country, but Adam Jacobi over at FanHouse thinks Carson’s [...]
Posted in Big Eleven, Ohio State, Pac-10, USC | 1 Comment »Austin Murphy of SI.com predicts that Ohio State will take us out: 4. I predict the Buckeyes will launch their run at a third-consecutive national-title game by taking down USC at the L.A. Coliseum on September 13 in what will be the lowest-scoring game of the season for both teams. Laurinaitis, fellow LB Marcus Freeman [...]
Posted in Ohio State, USC | 1 Comment »According to Michael Shibley over at the Bleacher Report, the Pac-10 has fallen from a solid second place—maybe even in the running for strongest (and arguably the deepest) conference in the country—to a lackluster third, behind the resurgent Big XII. 3. Pac-10: For years, USC has been king of the mountain with everyone else looking [...]
Posted in Big 12, Pac-10, SEC | No Comments »The Sports Blawger has posted a list of the top ten college football coaches. Some interesting choices along the way (for example, Urban Meyer over Mack Brown), but he ends up in the right place: 1. Pete Carroll, Southern California Yep. It’s Pete. If OSU dominates the Big-10, I don’t think they’ve invented a name [...]
Posted in BCS, Big Eleven, Coaches, Pac-10, USC | 1 Comment »Spencer Hall, aka Orson Swindle, has an interesting piece on the SEC/Big Ten speed myth. The article is entitled Debunking myths about speed in the SEC and Big Ten, but then there’s this: In terms of players we see for the combine, the best-conditioned and prepared athletes by conference come in this order: the SEC, [...]
Posted in Big 12, Big Eleven, Ohio State, Pac-10, SEC, West Virginia | 1 Comment »The Bleacher Report has an article on the top ten college football traditions that opposing fans love to hate. Given all the anti-USC animus out there, it’s no surprise that we cracked the top ten: (8) Southern Cal’s Trojan horse and band – Who says Trojans dressed like Greeks? What is the proof these outfits [...]
Posted in USC | No Comments »Here’s a list of the top three teams in college football … that doesn’t include USC or LSU. Bummer.
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