Posted on 08/06/2008 1:20:58 PM PDT by GOP_Raider
This is the year that someone breaks through and ends USC’s six-year choke hold on the Pac-10 title.
Yeah, right.
Sure, the Trojans have shown signs of vulnerability the past two seasons, losing
head-scratchers to Oregon State, UCLA and Stanford, but when a November surge is needed, they always deliver. Plus, no one fills holes in a depth chart faster than the Men of Troy.
So, as USC feeds the NFL with a new crop of talent, there are a bunch of young players, likeDE Everson Griffen, RB Joe McKnight and QB Mark Sanchez, who are poised for stardom …and another BCS bowl game.
The nine teams chasing the Trojans can be broken down neatly into three groupings. In the first tier are Oregon, Arizona State and California — the schools best positioned for a Rose Bowl run. The Ducks begin life after Dennis Dixon and Jonathan Stewart by hoping that a bunch of newcomers can keep the offense humming. Determined to build on last year’s banner season under Dennis Erickson, the Sun Devils first must figure out how to keep QB Rudy Carpenter from being treated like a piñata. Cal is looking to regain some street cred after back-to-back disappointing seasons, including last year’s second-half implosion.
(Excerpt) Read more at cfn.scout.com ...
Haha, after last season's disappointment, I decided NOT to buy season tickets. I'll buy individual tickets.
And no one fills a sweater quite like the Women of Troy, right gentlemen?
I really like this graphic showing the locations of each team - cool!
How much are Cal season tickets these days? I remember when I was a much smaller kid than I am now in the East Bay they were practically begging people to buy season tix.
Well thanks! Eventually I’m going to get to the Big XII preview, but we have to have a Big 10/Pac 10 squabble before we get to your great plains and Texans squabbling. :)
The USC songgirls are something else. Pick one at random. She’s a trophy wife.
I didn’t marry a songgirl, dammit, but I’m also glad my wife never reads my posts here.
I believe university of washington will have a better record than UCLA at the end of the season. 6-6 and squeak into a bowl game. UCLA will be lucky to win 4 to 5 games this year. Thus swap their spots in the rankings and thats it. Besides that, the preview was spot on.
Let everyone get it out of their systems before posting Big 12.... ;^)
Pac-10? (Yawn)
I see an opportunity for blackmail....... I need my flowerbeds weeded.... ;^)
No arguments from me here. Their cheerleaders are rediculously hot.
I think as long as Jake Locker is in a Husky uni, UW will be competitive. While it might be a Las Vegas Bowl appearance kind of competitive, I think they'll be a decent/good team.
It’s that whole “demand for equal time” thing that I try to satisfy here. All this without one beg for the Fairness Doctrine.
(Hear that Congressional Democrats???)
Haha, I've seen you around (I notice the Raiders whenever I see the name!). A friend of mine had "early" access to ticket sales -- I've got myself tickets to the season opener vs. the Broncos (a Monday Night game, too ... can't get much better for a Raiders fan!) plus tickets to the Patriots game in December. Nice!
The best recruiting tool in college football.
Yeah, I waited too long to get tickets for the Denver game but I’m going to see if one of my friends back in the Bay will let me use her ticket for the New England game.
Agreed. Locker is the key to UW getting to any bowl. They got a tough schedule just like UCLA, so its going to be an all out dogfight to get to 6 - 6, but I think they can do it.
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