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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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There's something about the month of May in the college off-season that brings out the Nostradamus in all of us. Next up with the crystal ball: College Football News with their 2008 predictions for the bowl games and BCS games. A few highlights.... Champs Sports Bowl ... Virginia vs. Illinois Meineke Car Care Bowl ... Florida State vs. Pitt...
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This photo of Vince Young shirtless, allegedly in a bar in Texas, and the subsequent series (which originated here) will probably not have the impact of the Matt Leinart photos that surfaced earlier this summer - which was incredibly overblown in the first place - but should they? An athlete drinking at a bar in the offseason is certainly...
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Traveler is taking up permanent residence inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. A 14-foot-by-14-foot mural is being installed at the edge of the stadium's tunnel and will be visible to most of the crowd during football games. Dubbed "Tradition," the artwork features USC's mascot being ridden back from another championship at the Rose Bowl (symbolized by a bed of...
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When USC and UCLA tipoff today at the Staples Center it will be the first time the two programs have ever faced each other in the Pac-10 Tournament. It may also be the last time you see the school bands at a hoops rivalry game. Earlier this year, UCLA ended a long tradition by refusing to invite the Spirit...
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<!--start image--><!-- end image-->Aldine (Texas) Eisenhower safety Craig Loston is the best defensive back in the Lone Star State for 2009, and his growing list of scholarship offers supports that title. At 6-foot-1, 185-pounds, Loston is a hard hitting safety who can cover like a cornerback. Those skills made Loston district 19-5A Defensive Player of the Yea...
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A representative of the NFL was kind enough to break down the number of players from each college for us. Here are the leading schools: USC 12 Virginia Tech 11 Arkansas 8 LSU 8 Cal 7 Oklahoma 7 Texas 7 Michigan 7 Baylor 0...
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Michael David Smith of PRO FOOTBALL TALK has a nugget from the NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN which sums up the acumen of football *fans* north of Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles. Vince Young, who is back in school at Texas (we’re sure his mom had nothing to do with that) , on how he has been received by classmates: “The kids,...
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Heisman runner-up 'was agitated and was provoking aggressive behavior'...
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The 100-yard rushing performances by Joe McKnight and Stafon Johnson were USC’s 17th and 18th in a bowl game, dating back to Roy Baker’s 123-yard effort in the 1923 Rose Bowl game against Penn St. 85 years ago. The only other time the Trojans had two 100-yard rushing performances in a bowl game was in the 1977 Bluebonnet against...
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<!--start horton (100) image--><!-- end horton (100) image-->Seven USC commitments arrived in San Antonio on Sunday for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl that is set to kick off on Saturday, Jan. 5 at 1 p.m. ET live on NBC. Among the top players in the game, several future Trojans talk about their expectations of USC and the week ahead...
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