The Wazzu of South Central... (contd.)

by ucla7477 on Sep 19, 2009 11:07 PM PDT Comment 6 comments

Please take note that the conference cellar is shared by USC and WSU, although the latter had a better weekend. Interesting quotes out there include Joe McKnight saying SC was more talented but got outworked by the team with the conference-record 15 straight losses, and another that SC under Pete Cheat has now lost five times by double digits against unranked foes.

Imagine if he had to recruit lawfully and if his "student-athletes" weren't allowed to stay eligible via Senora Ross!

UPDATE: NBC Sports has taken note of this stellar matchup; http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/09/23/worst-of-the-weak----land-of-disenchantment/

No. -10 SMU at Washington State . . . This was the "Worst of the Weak" Super Bowl. Two teams locked in a ferocious battle to see who was worse. The competition was so close that they couldn't settle the matter in 60 minutes, forcing the unfortunate 22,319 in attendance to sit through some overtime. As one would expect, it was a pathetic extra frame that saw the Mustangs throw an interception on their only play, followed by the Cougars gaining a grand total of three yards before they kicked a 39-yard field goal to end the festivities. In this particular upside-down corner of the college football world,SMU "won" 27-30. Congrats!

No. -6 USC . . . In addition to the shocking loss at Washington, you can blame Pete Carroll for this ranking as well. According to him,Jake Locker is the best quarterback that his team has faced in the nine years that he's been piloting the Trojans. We could argue that point, but won't. It's more interesting to call into question his previous banana peel incidents that came at the hands ofMatt Moore (Oregon State 2006), Patrick Cowan (UCLA 2006), Tavita Pritchard (Stanford 2007) and Lyle Moevao (Oregon State 2008). Succumbing to those world beaters in recent years earns USC this retroactive ranking.

No. -5 Lane Kiffin's Mouth . . . Urban Meyer absolutely deserves an assist, but when will it end for Kiffin? Will it ever? He's been a collegiate head coach for a grand total of three games, so it's simply remarkable that he's already the poster boy for poor behavior. At 1-2, Kiffin needs to shut up and coach.

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of BruinsNation's (BN) editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of BN's editors.

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Yeah

If you ask them, they are the best team all the time. That’s cool, my team untalented fat guys is the best team of all time too. It’s too bad we lose all the time. We are the best though, trust me, I say so.

Troy will fall.

by Bruins102NCAA on Sep 19, 2009 11:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Gotta love this SBNation frontpage shot

It’s oh-so-flattering…

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela

by bruinchick on Sep 19, 2009 11:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I just can't get enough

Of Peatie scowling. Feel the burn!

The worst thing about being a classics major at UCLA is having to hear about the #@*#$@*&% Trojans every damn day.

by Thetis on Sep 20, 2009 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pete Carroll's "We Lost" Look

is always priceless. Seriously, it just reads “What the hell just happened?” EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

You think he’d be getting used to this sort of head-scratching loss by now, given that’s it happened every year since 2006.

by CAJason80 on Sep 21, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They are eating their own young over at Conquest Chronicles.

I was happy to see Silverlake Bruin over there dropping civilized and well thought out comments.

I’m not surprised by the amount of people that do in fact think they are the better team, and USC beat USC not UW. Also not surprised by the amount of infective being hurled towards Aaron Corp.

But, I am surprised by the amount of people that admit they were out-coached, and not as good a team as in years past.

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. John Wooden

by MexiBruin on Sep 20, 2009 12:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

How it happened

As the history books have said, every rebuilding team deserves one marquee win. Fortunately for UW, it was against USC, but then again, wouldn’t it help if you had playbooks from both sides of the ball? And do you think SC will ever change their playcalling… bravo Holt and Sarkisian. You truly know how to stump someone at your own game… literally.

by ucla13_usc9 on Sep 20, 2009 8:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs