Not me.
When's the last time USC failed to blow out a big OOC opponent since Pete Carroll got the HC job? (6-7 years) Especially at the Coliseum.
I can think of once. UT in the NC game but it took a last minute score and it took a guy named Vince Young to pull it off.
Can you name another example?
When's the last time USC failed to blow out a big OOC opponent since Pete Carroll got the HC job? (6-7 years) Especially at the Coliseum.
I can think of once. UT in the NC game but it took a last minute score and it took a guy named Vince Young to pull it off.
Can you name another example?
Tom,
They've played Notre Dame every year and that includes fairly recent years when ND was top 10. They also beat Auburn when they won the SEC East. You know about the rest who were good but not as great, but schedules being as they are, that's just the way it sized up.
To me it's not just who they beat, but the way they beat them. I'm not talking about close games, even close road games for USC. That counts. It's the best we got to compare. Could have been better but I doubt that USC could have played much better with what we have to judge them by.
As far as recruiting goes, I don't think you can compare even OSU to USC. OSU has plenty of good if not great athletes, but USC has that plus more depth at nearly every position.
BOL
Everyone is basing this on the UVA game.
UVA scored 3 points in 3 qtrs vs Richmond. UVA scored on 1 offensive TD against Richmond.
If Beanie is healthy, OSU will win. The reason is because OSU has struggled against spread offenses. OSU's best success is against pro-style sets, which is exactly what USC runs.
UVA scored 3 points in 3 qtrs vs Richmond. UVA scored on 1 offensive TD against Richmond.
If Beanie is healthy, OSU will win. The reason is because OSU has struggled against spread offenses. OSU's best success is against pro-style sets, which is exactly what USC runs.
Ohio St wins this game SU. This is the real NC game as far as I'm concerned and nobody is giving OSU respect. They have arguably the most talented team in the country, or at least second after USC. I don't see how people can fade a top 3 team when they have to lose by double digits.
Ohio St 24 USC 23
Ohio St 24 USC 23
I would like to know what all the USC confidence is based on, UVA?
They are not going to win 5 games.
OSU's struggle vs OU. Didn't USC lose to Stanford? Everyone has a bad game, but to write of a team many thought would play in the NC game because of a lackluster performance and because USC beat up a patsy, is stupid.
They are not going to win 5 games.
OSU's struggle vs OU. Didn't USC lose to Stanford? Everyone has a bad game, but to write of a team many thought would play in the NC game because of a lackluster performance and because USC beat up a patsy, is stupid.
I am basing it on 6 years worth of dominance in almost every game and situation. I am basing it on the fact that USC's defense is likely the best D in the country. I am basing it on the play of Sanchez in his first start (on the road) and his OL and RB's. Probably 3 legit Heisman candidates right there.
USC lost to Stanford because they sleepwalked through the game and Booty gave up 4 picks after he broke a finger on his throwing hand. That was purely a bad coaching decision. Sh*t happens.
OK so as far as this year goes, USC clocked their opponent, granted not a very good one but still a BCS school in their own back yard. They did exactly what a great team would be expected to do. They overwhelmed them.
OSU struggeled with a D1-AA opponent. A bigger patsy than UVA. I see no logic in your arguments but you could be right anyway because sh*t happens. Are you counting on it?
I think you are underestimating Ohio State. You do not win national championships and make it to the final game two years in a row for nothing. They were young last year and better this year. They have beaten Texas (should have beaten them that year they won it all with VY..they HAD EM), Miami for the big one and more. You could be right though. Good luck.
LSU was the better more experienced team and deserved to win. Florida out played them and OSU was over confident in 2006. If you watched the OSU Texas game in 2005, OSU should have won, a simple dropped TD by Ryan Hamby was the difference.
USC is a great team no doubt about it, but they have played one game. Didn't USC beat Ark by 53 on the road, and that team lost twice. That Arkansas team was also better than UVA.
I just don't believe a team goes from being a 3 pt fav to a 11 pt based on 2 games (OSU vs OU and USC vs UVA). Uva struggled vs Richmond's D, what is the excuse their, Richmond has the 2nd best d in America behind USC?
pre-season this line was usc -4.5
if oh st had a bye and usc played w/out their top offensive player and sleep-walked thru a game vs. an out-of-conference cupcake what would the line be then..??
probably usc -3
i can't tell you how it will play out, but if you're looking for line-value you're getting over a td on the real spread with one of the top 5 teams in the country...
throw in the fact that usc comes in off a bye so they've only had one game to play (and a non-competitive one at that) with a lot of new starters on offense makes me think that it will be hard for usc to win by 2 tds, which is basically what they need to do...
oh yeah, the back-door will be open as well...
good luck
if oh st had a bye and usc played w/out their top offensive player and sleep-walked thru a game vs. an out-of-conference cupcake what would the line be then..??
probably usc -3
i can't tell you how it will play out, but if you're looking for line-value you're getting over a td on the real spread with one of the top 5 teams in the country...
throw in the fact that usc comes in off a bye so they've only had one game to play (and a non-competitive one at that) with a lot of new starters on offense makes me think that it will be hard for usc to win by 2 tds, which is basically what they need to do...
oh yeah, the back-door will be open as well...
good luck
