Willis has three torn knee ligaments. He will have reconstructive knee surgery tomorrow.
The thinking in South Florida is that McGahee will return to Miami after rehab as a medical redshirt.
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Chris
Posted on 01/03/2003 9:20:40 PM PST by ItsBacon
Edited on 01/03/2003 9:27:16 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
31-24 after 2 overtimes
USC's offense was limited by a quality defense in Kansas State (27-20). It could be done. I think USC vs OSU would've been a similar result as the title game last night, call it 20-17, no OT due to a missed field goal. USC vs Miami, on the other hand, would've been a 43-34 shoot-out... 27-10 at the half, and half the nation tunes out... some desperation drives at the end... not a nail-biter.
You're right about Gamble and Wilhelm. Those guys gutted it out all season and I like to see that kind of effort from ballplayers, win or lose.
On the matchup issue, maybe you're right, I don't know. USC got hot towards the end and would have been a tough opponent. OTOH, Miami was tough all year, as was OSU. Its hard to argue against the position that the two best teams were on the field last night with everything on the line.
Ohio State vs. Iowa? I don't know, some have argued that the Bucks were lucky not to have played the Hawks this year. Maybe so. But I might argue that it could very well be the other way around. The Bucks could have played the Hawks close and pulled it out, as they seemed to do all year. Then Iowa would have had two losses and instead of the Orange, they could have been playing in the coveted Poulan Weedeater Bowl, or some lunchtime bowl in Florida on New Year's Day. I say the Hawkeyes were lucky they didn't run into the Bucks, because a lot of teams did who thought that they would win and the Bucks were overrated, but somehow ended up leaving the field with their tail betwen their legs.
Remember, this is a team that won all their games but didn't really dominate anyone. Except for that one early season game against a weak opponent (was it Kent State, something like 55-7 score?), the Buckeyes, in general, didn't clobber their opponents, they edged them. I think this was Tressel's strategy all season. Just do what it takes to win and get yourself in a position to win it all, then play your game and let the chips fall.
It shows you that champions just find ways to win their games, whether its by making a defensive stand at your own goal line, or a player coming out of nowhere and stealing the ball from your opponent who has just made an interception. It doesn't take a dominating performance. The Giants did it that one year when they beat Buffalo by a point in the Super Bowl. They played tough defense and whether it was by a touchdown or a field goal, they came out on the winning side of the score. That's all you have to do.
I like the update. Marshall did have a good year a couple years back now that you mention it.
Against K State, the Trojans were without their starting tailback, who had a hamstring injury before the season started. Against Washington State, they were without All American Troy Palamalu, after already losing their best D-lineman Shaun Cody.
That being said, I think at this time USC is as good as any team in the country. They would handle Georgia with ease and Miami never really impressed me all that much this season. I think SC would also beat Ohio State, but they scare me the most because they are quicker than most Big Ten teams and very tough.
In the end this is all the lunatic rambling of biased fans, all that counts is the final scoreboard, and right now Ohio State rules the roost!
Not to be hypercritical, but: 45-21 v. Texas Tech (you remember Texas Tech -- beat Texas, won their bowl game against Clemson 55-15); 25-7 v. Washington State (you know, beat USC, won the Pac-10). ;-D
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Fouts was so bad last night they made fun of him at ESPN. Maybe SNL will pick up on it....
A shame they didn't play in a BCS bowl game with a good opponent, so we'll never know. FLA State was mediocre at best this year. They didn't belong in a bowl game that was played after Dec. 31.
The SEC was clearly overrated this particular year.
There was no replay where they showed the Miami player holding him before the ball was thrown. Touching him perhaps, but not holding. Period. As for the 5 yard "free zone", that's an NFL rule, not NCAA.
Yeah. For a couple of drives, Palmer to Williams were like Michael Jordan space-alien in getting the ball in there and Williams holding on to it.
So, yes, they won some games by wider margins, and some by closer scores. Whatever. I'm sure the team will take those, and the championship trophy, right to the bank.
Willis has three torn knee ligaments. He will have reconstructive knee surgery tomorrow.
The thinking in South Florida is that McGahee will return to Miami after rehab as a medical redshirt.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
I have yet to see a single piece of video that details what occurred during the OSU recievers route..
The second reply I saw on ABC last night showed a "from scrimmage" view of the play, tight on the reciever and defender. I'm sorry you did not see it, because you'd probably feel like I do.
As I argued earlier, holding is part-n-parcel of pass interference. And it occured well after the 5 yd buffer...
The second reply the showed, from behind the play and concentrating on the right side, showed clearly that the two players hands were all over each other, beginning at the line of scrimmage and continuing throughout the play. Their contact never ceased.
I don't know what you were watching, but I saw it plainly.
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