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Filed under: LSU Football, USC Football, Pac 10, SEC, BCS Ha! Only in the world of delusion maybe. But seriously: The Las Vegas Sports Consultants, the group that sets opening lines for the casinos, ended the year ranking USC as the top team in all of college football, ahead of BCS and Associated Press champion…
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Not in time for Christmas, darn it, but sure to make for cozy fireside reading nonetheless; the new Reggie Bush book, Don Yaeger’s Tarnished Heisman, is here. Is this the Game of Shadows of college football? There’s apparently enough evidence of financial impropriety involving Bush at USC to make that case (Adam Rose of the…
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Is Georgia president Michael Adams the man to bring a playoff to college football? Adams, who is the chairman of the powerful NCAA executive committee, has drawn up plans for an eight-team playoff, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Adams’ goal is to have a playoff system in place within “a year or two” and believes…
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Opinion: The Ohio State Bills? The Buffalo Buckeyes? It’s an unfortunate comparison, but an accurate one. During the 1990s, the Bills had one of the greatest runs in NFL history. But they will be remembered for losing in the big game.
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BCS officials are going to have some serious discussions in the upcoming months about going to a plus-one format, which could create a four-team major college football playoff.
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Louisiana Superdome. Ohio State vs. Louisiana State. We asked 24 of the finest football minds in captivity who would win. Some are hanging on Bourbon Street, others are watching from afar. Here is what they had to say: Tony Barnhart, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Because Ohio State backed into the national championship game and because the Buckeyes…
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With the BCS title game tomorrow, a reporter from the Baton Rouge Advocate asked the AP voters the following questions: 1. Are you likely to vote someone other than the BCS championship game winner No. 1 in your final poll? 2. Does your vote depend on whether the winner is LSU or Ohio State? 3.…
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USC peaked at the right time in a 49-17 Rose Bowl rout of Illinois, but it was too late to do anything about the dream of playing for a BCS title, writes Mark Schlabach.
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USC 49 Illinois 17 USC dominated the Granddaddy of ‘Em All and wrecked an outmatched Illinois team. We finally got to see the team that we had all hoped USC could become back in August. The game was never in question and it was basically over when the plane that the Fightin’ Illini were traveling…
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Associated Press The loose balls? Southern California came up with them. Those crazy plays? They all went USC’s way, too. The Trojans were every bit as good as advertised and the Rose Bowl was even more lopsided than expected. Freshman tailback Joe McKnight finished with 170 of USC’s 633 yards in a record-setting romp Tuesday, 49-17…
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Cory McCartney, SI.com Back in September, Pasadena was the last place USC thought it would be spending New Year’s Day — and it’s most certainly not where Illinois thought its season would come to a close. The Trojans, ranked No. 1 in the preseason, were supposed to be back in the BCS National Championship Game…
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Steve Dilbeck, Los Angeles Daily News A little appreciation is in order. No, more than that. Maybe that’s part of the problem. Why it somehow feels incomplete. USC is given applause, if politely. If somewhat restrained. The hands clap together as almost required, yet there is the unspoken message of: We could be doing this so…
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