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It’s 2005 all over again with USC getting “greatest ever” hype before the games even begin. Stanford’s Jim Harbaugh, who has yet to coach a collegiate game, called USC the greatest team in the country this year and perhaps in college football history. Sure thing, coach. Sure thing.
USC coach Pete Carroll cooled that talk with levity at Pac-10 media day, simply saying “you gotta love Jim, don’t you?”
One other figure not buying into the hype is Cal receiver and Heisman Trophy candidate DeSean Jackson.
“I don’t know about all the talk,” he said of Trojans 24/7. “I mean, they lost all their receivers. They’re a great team, a great program. But separating them from the rest of the conference? That’s uncalled for.”
“They lost last season to Oregon State and UCLA, teams we beat,” Jackson continued. “That shows us right there they can be beaten. And this year, they gotta come to Cal. I ain’t gonna support all this talk too much.”
Jackson didn’t even register love for quarterbacks John David Booty or Matt Leinart. His boy? Carson Palmer.
“Greatest team of all-time?” Jackson said. “Maybe when they had Reggie Bush and LenDale White. And I wouldn’t even say Matt Leinart. Carson Palmer was the quarterback I liked.”
It’s good to see at least one person putting their foot down against runaway pre-season hype. Well, two since Carroll isn’t buying into it either.
“There’s no way I would have any understanding of what that’s [greatest ever talk] all about.”
Oh, and obligatory video below of Jackson getting hit kinda hard in a vicious way by a USC safety.
TrojanWire 
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