Posted on 10/06/2007 7:49:51 PM PDT by L.N. Smithee
Here's the game preview from ESPN.com:
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh is sticking to his preseason assessment that No. 2 Southern California might just be the greatest college football team ever."There is no question in my mind that USC is the best team in the country and may be the best team in the history of college football," Harbaugh said this week. "As a sort of college football historian, there's no question that this SC team ranks right up there."
Chances are good that his opinion won't change Saturday, when the struggling Cardinal (1-3, 0-3 Pac-10) meet the Trojans (4-0, 2-0) at Los Angeles Coliseum, where USC hasn't lost since a 21-16 defeat by Stanford in 2001.
That's a string of 35 consecutive victories by the Trojans in Los Angeles, and they're favored by 41 points over the Cardinal.
If things weren't bleak enough for injury-riddled Stanford, which has won just two of its last 18 games, the Cardinal will have a new quarterback -- Tavita Pritchard, who has thrown only three college passes.
T.C. Ostrander had a seizure and was hospitalized last Sunday and, although test results were normal and he was released the same day, he will not play against USC.
The Trojans, meanwhile, may play with more fire than usual, since they barely held on for a 27-24 victory over underdog Washington last weekend and dropped to No. 2 in the AP Top 25 behind LSU.
Some of Harbaugh's comments have left USC coach Pete Carroll shaking his head, including the first-year Stanford coach's remarks at the preseason Pac-10 media day. Carroll responded then by saying, "You've gotta love Jim, huh? I'm glad he thinks that. There's no way I would have any way of understanding what that's all about."
Even before that, Harbaugh had predicted that Carroll would be headed back to the NFL after this season...
Consider the numbers: USC hadn’t lost at home in 36 games. The Trojans were 41-point favorites over Stanford. Now know this: the Cardinal beat John David Booty and No. 2 USC 24-23 on Saturday night, the Trojans’ first loss at L.A. Coliseum since 2001 ... to Stanford.
HA HA
GO Huskies
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If LSU loses to FLA, then does anyone deserve to be No. 1?
What a year to bet only dogs.
Sorry, I put #1 instead of #2. I’m just so used to “#1 USC,” “#1 USC,” “#1 USC,” ever durn week, I forgot it dropped down to #2.
The writers will keep USC in the top 5.
For San Diego’s Jim Harbaugh, not a suprise.
He was great as coach of the Univ. of San Diego, undefeated
California looks like the logical #1 at this point.
You must be a Stanford fan! :>)
South Florida #3? LOL!
SEC
Not really -- When it comes down to Stanford vs. Cal, I'm a Cal fan. But I'm always a fan of the team playing USC!
BWWWWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAAHAAHAAA!!!!
And to Stanford at that!
Ohhhhh, this is sooooooo rich!
Don’t the first BCS rankings come out this week? That should be interesting.
Go Big Red!
Syracuse was a 35 1/2 under-dog to Louisville several weeks ago.
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