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No. 6 Southern California finds itself in a strange position, the only team in the Pac-10 with a realistic shot at the BCS title …
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By JEFF MILLER College football doesn’t need a playoff because it already has a playoff, right? The glorious regular season! Every game counts. Every Saturday matters. Every matchup is do-or-die. September to January. The whole thing is one magnificent tournament of gridiron love! Fudge bars!!! If college football’s regular season is a playoff, it’s the…
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Was going to update my BCS disaster scenario item from two weeks ago, since so much has happened. But I have another screwy thought about the just-as-screwy BCS: USC has a better chance to win the national championship if the Trojans don’t win the Pac-10 championship. They can’t afford… Continue reading…
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If you haven’t noticed, Ted Miller has done an amazing job transitioning traditional beat writing into blog form. He writes prolifically about the Pac-10 for ESPN. Some of his observations from USC’s 17-3 escape over Cal on Saturday: The Trojans, owners of the nation’s No. 1 defense, haven’t allowed a touchdown in more than 10…
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The Trojans face a lot of twists and turns to get to the BCS title game, but they can make it.
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Here’s the current Football Futures figures. Team to win the 2009 BCS National Champioship Penn State +5000 Florida +190 Alabama +350 Texas +550 Texas Tech +500 Oklahoma +500 USC +950
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Posted by ESPN.com’s Ted Miller In Los Angeles, everyone asks USC about the BCS. In Berkeley, everyone asks California about big, bad USC. Trojans coach Pete Carroll practically had to beg this week for questions about the Bears, who visit the Coliseum on Saturday. Meanwhile, Cal coach Jeff Tedford admitted that his best efforts to…
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Posted by ESPN.com’s Ted Miller Went 3-1 last week as the mix-and-match California offensive line proved me wrong. Will it again this week? Season record stands at 44-12. USC 35, California 13: USC needs to make a statement to enliven its fading BCS title game chances. Cal is looking to hurdle its biggest obstacle toward…
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Coach Pete Carroll, his team having dropped from No. 5 to 7 in the latest BCS rankings despite the 56-0 victory against Washington, was asked repeatedly Tuesday during his weekly press conference for his thoughts on the BCS system. He did not shy away from answering. “I think it stinks,” Carroll said. “I don’t know…
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Carson Palmer. Matt Leinart. Yogi Roth? USC quarterback Mark Sanchez said he has done some soul-searching recently. An uneven performance against Arizona two weeks ago prompted him to call the former USC Heisman quarterbacks, Palmer and Leinart. He said a sit-down last week with Roth, the USC quarterbacks graduate assistant, particularly helped him to relax…
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I rarely listen to sports talk radio, though I go on it quite a bit. It’s not that I don’t enjoy it, it’s just that I don’t find the time to tune in as much as I would like. Anyway, I heard someone on the radio this morning while heading out to my day job.…
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For all the recent talk about Mark Sanchez’s NFL possibilities – one scouting service ranked the USC junior as the 12th-best prospect for 2009, and his family has met with a draft consultant – he remains a relatively inexperienced quarterback. The Arizona game on Saturday night marked Sanchez’s 10th career start. He has thrown at…
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