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 ...
Sorry to disappoint ya’ll, but the PAC 10 can’t hold a candle to the SEC.
Thats it everyone. The party is over. Let’s disband the conference because nobody can be as awesome as the SEC. The PAC-10 never gets to the BCS or wins national championships. It all must be hollywood special effects at work.
Don’t forget the SEC alibi. They are so tough the teams beat each other up and that is why they can’t win titles.
I agree with you. The SEC has a better balanced league (not meaning most are mediocre but more are contenders)
More enthusiastic followers too (go to a SC game and watch all the beautiful people preen for each other rather than cheer for their team)
The PAC 10 is not bad, but for top to bottom strength the SEC is the best of all.
Last year I waited until the last preview thread to post the SEC preview, and I kept getting harped on “when ya gonna post the SEC preview, when ya gonna post the SEC preview?” So I’ll probably post it tomorrow.
I don’t know who this Dog Gone fella is, but he sure doesn’t speak for me...
“I’m also glad my wife never reads my posts here”
You’re sure?
Which conference has the last two National Championships?
No one parties the way cajuns party!
Ahem, who just was named the “Number One Party School?”
Coolest uniforms go to the Oregon Ducks. Love’um.
God love those Southern coeds !
Lee Corso once joked that the toughest adjustment going from USC to the NFL is the paycut. LOL!
The first college football game I ever saw was Oregon State vs. Georgia. I won’t say what year that was.
What's wrong with you Gator people? You're slipping. How could you let UGA take the top spot there. Needless the say the UGA President was less than thrilled by that.
BTW, when is the MAC preview?
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