We already know that USC would be a three-point favorite over LSU. Well, it turns out that we’d also be five-point favorites over Oregon, six-point favorites over Cal, and 20-point favorites over UCLA. But would we be favored over Oklahoma?
Posted in Cal, LSU, Oklahoma, Oregon, UCLA, USC | No Comments »The injury bug gives Ben Olson his job back. Bad news for the Bruins and good news for Oregon State.
Posted in Oregon State, UCLA | No Comments »As SI considers the ‘Pac-10 vs. SEC’ question, Bill Trocchi seeks some outside help in constructing his latest conference power rankings: For this particular exercise, I forwarded Ken White, the senior oddsmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants, 10 hypothetical matchups. Keep in mind that White’s company sets the odds for 90 percent of the casinos [...]
Posted in Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Auburn, Cal, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Oregon State, Pac-10, SEC, Stanford, Tennessee, The Other USC, UCLA, USC, Vanderbilt, Washington, Washington State | 5 Comments »In honor of SC’s beatdown of Nebraska (and Utah’s beatdown of UCLA, Michigan’s beatdown of Notre Dame, etc.), we bring your attention to “The greatest beatdowns in history.” USC, and the Pac-10 in general, make a few appearances in the top 100: 18. 2005 Orange Bowl: USC wins second straight national title with 55-19 win [...]
Posted in Big Eleven, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oregon State, Pac-10, UCLA, USC, Utah | 1 Comment »Apparently some writers don’t take ther AP Poll ballot as seriously as fans would like them to. (Thanks to TheBigLead for the heads up.) First, Parrish Alford, of the NE Mississippi Daily Journal, still thinks Louisville is #13 while Kentucky is #24. (And here I could’ve sworn that I saw Kentucky score at will against [...]
Posted in Alabama, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Louisville, The Other USC, UCLA, USC | 1 Comment »Okay, so you got no live updates this week; I apologize. I was taking online defensive driving to get out of a ticket, so I saw very little of the daytime action and then the family came home and it was daddy/daughter time until SC started. First, maybe I was wrong about SC. For the [...]
Posted in Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, Army, Cal, Florida, Louisville, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oregon, Tennessee, UCLA, USC, Utah, West Virginia | 1 Comment »The Star-Telegram has a nice treatment of what’s shaping up to be a brutal road schedule for the Trojans: Two weeks into the season, the Pacific-10 Conference has earned plenty of woooooo-eeeeeee’s. The Left Coast League is the second-best only to the Southeastern Conference. The conference went 7-0 Saturday. The only loss of Week 2 [...]
Posted in Cal, Cincinnati, Coaches, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oregon, Oregon State, Pac-10, SEC, UCLA, USC, Washington | No 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 »Four Top 25 teams (and a former Top 5 team) are being told to watch out this week: Auburn hosting South Florida: Both of SI’s college football writers pick the upset. Texas hosting TCU: TCU alum Dan Jenkins prays for the upset and Bob Davie picks the Horned Frogs. UCLA hosting BYU: The battle for [...]
Posted in Auburn, BYU, Boise State, Michigan, Oregon, South Florida, TCU, Texas, UCLA, Washington | 2 Comments »Many of you have no doubt seen Page 2′s “New Rules for College Football Fans to Live By.” But let’s be honest: that’s a lot to read, and somewhere around Rule 26.a.1 our eyes started to glaze over. So here’s a condensed list: 1a. Under extenuating circumstances, however, you may have up to three Division [...]
Posted in Alabama, Boise State, Coaches, Florida, Florida State, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, The Other USC, The U, UCLA, USC | No Comments »