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 [...]
Reader Bryan writes in with the following:
A few years ago, ESPN created the perfect drug for the general college football degenerate: College Gameday Live, a once-a-week quality-produced show that is not only insightful but also entertaining. Needless to say, I quickly became a regular weekend user. But after growing accustomed to the euphoria of this [...]
The LA Times reports that the Trojans have priority of use over the ‘SC’ logo, now that
the administrative tribunal of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has ruled that the local USC has priority of use when it comes to the “SC” logo, including the interlocking version.
The battle between the USCs has been quietly raging [...]
SC’s second-place ranking got you down? Well, take heart in the fact that we are nevertheless the Pac-10’s “clutch team past.” We’re not really sure what that means, but here’s the evidence in favor:
The record speaks for itself. The Trojans:
Own 11 national titles in five different decades.
Own the highest all-time winning percentage vs. NCAA [...]
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 up. [...]
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, the [...]
Here’s a list of the top three teams in college football … that doesn’t include USC or LSU. Bummer.
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Mark Mangino begins a rigorous pre-season fitness regimen.
OU cheerleaders scramble to memorize the words to Boomer Sooner.
Nerds across the country prepare for twelve weeks out of the shadows as they don Micheal Jackson-esque pseudo-military uniforms to march in the band.
A Northwest Florida cryogenics lab begins de-icing Bobby Bowden.
Joe Paterno starts sundowning.
BYU embraces its African-American [...]
As part of his “rage-inducing college football predictions,” Mark Bradley thinks that USC will make it to the title game:
Speaking of nonconference games … the winner of USC-Ohio State on Sept. 13 will play for the BCS title. It’ll be a Trojan conquest. That difference-in-speed thing again.
Haven’t we dealt with the speed myth before? Anyway, [...]
Posted in BCS, Georgia, USC | 3 Comments »Maybe it’s because I work on a sports show and I’m inundated with it, but our athletic department has quickly become a punchline. Just this week alone:
A judge ruled that Reggie Bush must quit stonewalling and must testify.
O.J. Mayo was reported to have taken $30K in cash and gifts.
DeMar DeRozan (second-highest rated basketballer ever to [...]