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USC Ya Later”: What’s Next for College Football?
Fox Sports ^ | 09/26/08 | Kevin Paul

Posted on 09/26/2008 10:09:36 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen

Two weeks ago, the world was convinced the USC Trojans were by far the best team in college football.

Two days ago, the talk was how tough the road would be for the stronger SEC and Big 12 teams to get to the title to face USC.

A few hours ago, everything changed.

Something happened to USC in Corvallis – again. The Trojans left Oregon State’s campus with a quizzical look on each of their faces, in the form of 5’6” Jacquizz Rodgers, who ran big, totaling 186 yards on the ground against a USC defense that many felt was the most dominant in the country. The result: a shocking Oregon State victory, 27-21 over the top ranked Trojans

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To: MaineConservative

Uconn at L’ville tonight, should be a good game..


61 posted on 09/26/2008 1:32:18 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen (All things shall be well; You shall see for yourself that all manner of things shall be well)
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To: Biggirl

I think GA is going to win tomorrow and become #1. That said I probably just put the kiss of death of the Bulldogs so let me apologize in advance to all the Georgia fans..


62 posted on 09/26/2008 1:35:07 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen (All things shall be well; You shall see for yourself that all manner of things shall be well)
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To: Resolute Conservative

I like you.


63 posted on 09/26/2008 2:29:11 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Obama prays to himself: "The prayer that I tell myself every night ...")
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To: Terpfen
If "the media" is "the world," then yes

The media sure thinks they are "the world."

64 posted on 09/26/2008 3:33:05 PM PDT by GOP_Raider (If I wanted a Chicago politician as my President, I'd vote for Richard Daley)
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To: LakeLady
What am I supposed to do this weekend?

Wear red and act like you're too drunk to follow the score.

Alternative possibility - wear red and BE too drunk to follow the score.

65 posted on 09/26/2008 3:43:57 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: 1L

Then most college football fans are idiots. But that would explain why they’re college football fans. A vicious cycle, to be sure.


66 posted on 09/26/2008 3:45:53 PM PDT by Terpfen (Romney's loss in Florida is STILL a catastrophe. Hello, McCandidate!)
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To: LakeLady

Ask him how he could possibly support a Nick Saban team.

Then go out and rent a movie and wait for Sunday, because that’s when real football comes on.


67 posted on 09/26/2008 3:53:28 PM PDT by Terpfen (Romney's loss in Florida is STILL a catastrophe. Hello, McCandidate!)
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To: MaineConservative
I’ll say... Go UConn and the BIG EAST!!

I second that motion!
68 posted on 09/26/2008 4:10:19 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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To: Resolute Conservative

You’ve got to be kidding.


69 posted on 09/26/2008 5:38:03 PM PDT by Round 9
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To: Resolute Conservative

And then OU will get their ass handed to them again in a bowl game as usual. What conference will do it this year? The Sunbelt?


70 posted on 09/26/2008 5:39:32 PM PDT by Round 9
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To: David Whitaker

Course Reagan became President in 1981.


71 posted on 09/26/2008 5:49:33 PM PDT by Positive (Nothing is sadder than to see a beautiful theory murdered by a gang of brutal facts.)
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To: Positive
I find it interesting that the only 2 time BCS champion who is also the undefeated reigning champion only gets mentioned on this thread in the context of their conference and or the top 3-5 teams in that conference.

So I'll say it...the best team I've seen play so far this season was the one who scored the most points in the second half against Auburn last weekend.

72 posted on 09/26/2008 5:57:09 PM PDT by Positive (Nothing is sadder than to see a beautiful theory murdered by a gang of brutal facts.)
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To: NoLibZone
Typical kind of thinking I would expect from Westwood.
73 posted on 09/26/2008 6:17:19 PM PDT by Michael.SF. ("They're not Americans. They're liberals! "-- Ann Coulter, May 15, 2008)
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To: Kid Shelleen
At the rate things are going, Ohio State will be back in the BCS Championship Game almost by default.
74 posted on 09/26/2008 10:50:06 PM PDT by RayChuang88
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To: dfwgator

Seem slogical that the SEC champ should play the Big 12 champ for the title..based on the strength of the two conferences..


75 posted on 09/27/2008 3:13:34 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: RayChuang88

I think Ohio State will lose a few more games this year, they got crushed by the very same USC team that Oregon State beat.


76 posted on 09/27/2008 7:11:13 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: rightsmart
I think the Pac 10 and Big 10 are both over rated conferences this year. However, that is based on the assumption (from sports media) that USC was the best from the Pac 10 and Ohio State was the best team from the Big 10.

The Buckeyes certainly have not gelled this year - that much was obvious from their first two games - and not unexpectedly got completely clobbered. That said, there's a lot to be said for home field advantage...and for USC (and LSU, especially in night games) it means a whole lot...even moreso later in the year when the climate comes into play.

77 posted on 09/27/2008 11:49:30 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: RayChuang88
At the rate things are going, Ohio State will be back in the BCS Championship Game almost by default.

That's certainly how they got there last year.

78 posted on 09/27/2008 11:59:12 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Positive

>>>So I’ll say it...the best team I’ve seen play so far this season was the one who scored the most points in the second half against Auburn last weekend.

I don’t know about you, but that’s the way I prefer it. Let the Purple-and-Gold be overlooked by the Gameday talking heads until all the USCs and the OUs have fallen. If the Jarret Lee we saw in the 2nd half of the Auburn game is the one to take over, LSU has a great chance for an SEC championship and then the other game.


79 posted on 09/27/2008 12:33:38 PM PDT by GeraldP (Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.)
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To: dfwgator
I think Ohio State will lose a few more games this year, they got crushed by the very same USC team that Oregon State beat.

They may well, but there's a history with the PAC-10/Big10 games that crossing the country matters...with few PAC10 teams beating upper half Big10 teams when playing in the midwest, even during that tremendous run the PAC-10 had in the 70s and 80s in the bowl games (occassionally facing and beating the very same team they'd lost to earlier in the year).

80 posted on 09/27/2008 12:56:16 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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