I guess this was what Bozo was referring to when he referenced a "ridiculously difficult schedule"
Prior to tonight & the Ohio State BEATDOWN:
Since the 2002-2003 season, USC has only lost 8 times & only 2 were to OOC opponents. Of the 2 losses, only 1 was during the regular season & that was back on September 21, 2002 when they lost 27-20 to Kansas State in Manhattan.
Lets look deeper at the losses:
2002-2003:
Kansas State 27-20 (Road)
Washington State 30-27 OT (Road)
2003-2004:
California 34-31 3 OT (Road)
2005-2006:
Texas 41-38 (Rose Bowl)
2006-2007:
Oregon State 33-31 (Road)
UCLA 13-9 (Road)
2007-2008:
Stanford 24-23 (Home)
Oregon 24-17 (Road)
Now lets take a look at their OOC wins over those same seasons:
2002-2003:
Auburn 24-17 (Home)
Colorado 40-3 (Road)
Notre Dame 44-13 (Home)
Iowa 38-17 (Orange Bowl)
2003-2004:
Auburn 23-0 (Road)
BYU 35-18 (Home)
Hawaii 61-32 (Home)
Notre Dame 45-14 (Road)
Michigan 28-14 (Rose Bowl)
2004-2005:
Virginia Tech 24-13 (Neutral although in Maryland so closer to VT)
Colorado State 49-0 (Home)
BYU 42-10 (Road)
Notre Dame 41-10 (Home)
Oklahoma 55-19 (Orange Bowl; remember this game well as I lost 5 figures on Oklahoma!)
2005-2006:
Hawaii 63-17 (Road)
Arkansas 70-0 (Home)
Notre Dame 34-31 (Road)
Fresno State 50-42 (Home)
2006-2007:
Arkansas 50-14 (Road)
Nebraska 28-10 (Home)
Notre Dame 44-24 (Home)
Michigan 32-18 (Rose Bowl)
2007-2008:
Idaho 38-10 (Home)
Nebraska 49-31 (Road)
Notre Dame 38-0 (Road)
Illinois 49-17 (Rose Bowl)
No one & I mean no one in the SEC has come close to playing the OOC USC has. USC would be better off with more OOC opponents as clearly their bugaboo is the missteps versus conference foes. They beat a team from 5 of the 6 BCS conferences with the lone exception being the Big East as no games have been played between the two.
In the 8 losses they had, not one of them were they blown out or outclassed. In every single one they played subpar games & still almost won. These are facts, not opinions. I'd invite anyone to go watch the tapes of every single game & prove otherwise.
You can say all the shit you want but once again the facts blow your idiocy out of the water. OOC games are pieces of cake for USC but familiar foes tend to give them better games.
Save the comeback of Bozo this, Bozo that as once again you can't produce FACTS to support your argument of the Pac 10 being an easy conference.