Posted on 08/03/2007 5:31:12 AM PDT by GOP_Raider
Whether or not you like the Pac-10, you have to give the left coast league its just due for being the BCS conference that does the most for college football
Beyond getting it right by scheduling all the teams to play each other (wake up Big Ten: figure out how to make this happen), it does the best job of pushing itself out of conference.
Outside of Arizona (who’s making a respectable trip to BYU), every Pac-10 team plays a non-conference game against a BCS-league team or Notre Dame. And we’re not talking about showdowns with Duke and Baylor here.
California vs. Tennessee, Oregon vs. Michigan, USC vs. Nebraska, Washington vs. Ohio State and Washington State vs. Wisconsin highlight the non-conference match-ups, and there are plenty of other juicy ones throughout the year. There’s only one embarrassment against a D-IAA team when Oregon State hosts Idaho State.
But does the league get any love east of the Mississippi for playing it tough? No. The national perception is that it’s still USC and a bunch of other teams. That will only change once the Pac-10 starts winning some of these big match-ups.
Oh sure, Cal blew away Texas A&M in the Holiday Bowl, but the Bears were all but dismissed by the SEC after an opening-day loss to Tennessee. UCLA is remembered for choking late against Notre Dame and being the one team Florida State was able to run over. Even when the non-USCers pulled off a seemingly really big win (Oregon over Oklahoma), it wasn’t exactly a clean victory.
It doesn’t matter; the league should be applauded for having teams willing to put themselves on the chopping block. This year, the tough games aren’t going to be limited to the non-conference showdowns.
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I expect USC will never be seriously challenged this year. They should be far and away the best team (apologies to LSU).
On paper, USC should run the table. Realistically, these are kids in college. The football is pointy and bounces funny when it hits the ground.
USC should make the season somewhat boring in terms of who is #1, but it rarely works out that way when the season actually starts.
I’m still sticking to my 143-0 score at South Bend, though.
Playing for a Shillelagh is already a concession to the Irish. But that’s okay. The winner of the current one gets to keep it for a year, and it’s kinda fun having disarmed them.
“they do have one easy road game at Notre Dame where the final score will be something like USC 143, Notre Dame 0” Not so fast. Coach Weiss could let the grass grow so tall this year that you can’t read the score board.
Though the Wazzu girls (I'm married to one too) are pretty damn good too.
LOL! -— I’m sure they are when the fog against their pale skin doesn’t render them invisible! (OK — I know that is more of an issue with the Huskies. You guys actually get sun.)
would any other school get away with having a sports agent foot the bill for a top players parents to live in a free home?.......
Well, since you mentioned them...
http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/wast/genrel/auto_pdf/06-crimson-girls-poster
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Think spray on tan...which ironically enough seems to be what everyone uses here in Vegas, where it’s sunny every day.
(The girl in the back center is TALL)
Oh yeah, I had forgotten about that little stunt.
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