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BCS Guru, who has successfully predicted the BCS poll standings for the last few years, has released the unofficial BCS poll standings after week one of the 2008 college football season. The results? Not surprising at all. 1. USC 2. Ohio State 3. Florida 4. Georgia 5. LSU 50. Central Florida Since the official components of the BCS poll...
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One of the really entertaining things about UCLA partisans Bruins Nation is how staunchly on-message it is at all times. It’s apparent some of its founders have political backgrounds. When the message was "Fire Karl Dorrell," no opportunity was missed, no sentence was written that might weaken the campaign. Not even after a 26-point win. Not even if it was...
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Many teams try to argue that strong recent performances justify a move to the PAC 10. This post will attempt to separate the wheat from the chafe. The reasons behind selecting teams for consideration are given in my introductory article. By examining the record of a team over their last 9 PAC 10 games, an estimate of how each...
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This is the first of a 4 part series on the sword of Damocles hanging over the current conference alignment that is PAC 10 expansion. Eventually, at a time of their choosing, the PAC 10 will add two members and reap the profits of a football championship game. This first part gives an outline of what will lay ahead...
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Recruiting rankings can be subjective, but here's one way to evaluate. Who else recruited each player? Nick Perry chose USC over Michigan. T.J. Bryant chose USC over Florida State, Florida, Miami, Alabama and LSU. Brice Butler chose USC over Georgia. Blake Ayles could have gone to Ohio State. Now it cuts both ways. Malik Jackson was headed to Fresno...
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Mark Whicker, Orange County Register Larry Smith’s three consecutive Rose Bowls did not enchant USC fans. Imagine how they reacted to three consecutive seasons that ended elsewhere, particularly 1992, the sixth one, where the Trojans were ultimately found beneath Fresno State. The few USC fans in Anaheim Stadium booed and jeered Smith as he trotted off the field. He...
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From DailyNews.com:"I pretty much went in with the mindset that I wanted to go there and if they offered, I was going to go,'' said Jackson, who de-committed from Fresno State on Tuesday night. "If it was anybody else but USC, I'd probably still be going to Fresno State. But I've been wanting to go to USC for a...
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The College Football News always tries to do things differently -- and so they did with their All-America team this year. But one thing they didn't do differently was keep USC nose tackle Sedrick Ellis' All-American streak alive. He's been named first-team on every single one released to date. But naming Oregon's Dennis Dixon as the No. 7 quarterback...
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Dennis Dixon threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, Jonathan Stewart ran for 165 yards and No. 19 Oregon defeated Fresno State, 52-21, today....
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Data from the Phil Steele College Football PreviewMost Returning Starters20: UCLA19: Virginia, Utah State18: Vanderbilt, Purdue, New Mexico, Colorado State, Buffalo, Florida Atlantic17: South Carolina, Illinois, Arizona, UCF, New Mexico State, Louisiana-MonroeJust Missed The Cut (16): Wisconsin, Virginia Tech, Miami, Northwestern, Indiana, Duke, Boston College, USC, Oregon State, Stanford, USF, Cincinnati, Utah, Memphis, Louisiana Tech, Toledo, Western Michigan, Eastern...
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As the lists continue to proliferate, we continue to tirelessly report them. The latest is Jon Wilner’s, in which he breaks down the best Pac-10 performances of the past 20 years. Former Trojans make a respectable showing, at #8 and #1: 8. Keyshawn Johnson, USC: It’s not easy to identify Keyshawn’s best performance during his dominating 1995 season. But...
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Filed under: Chiefs, LSU Football, USC Football, Big 10, Big 12, Pac 10, SEC, The WordWhat is it about the SEC that compels folks to regularly combine a fetid brew of boastfulness with ignorance? The latest example Via The Wizard of Odds provides all kinds of quotable outward contempt from LSU coach Les Miles towards count 'em 1)USC, 2)the...
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