Tag: West Virginia
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“I would like to finish this season and make people wonder who the best team in the country is,” Pete Carroll said following USC’s dismantling of ASU. Now that the two best teams in the country, the two teams everyone wants to see battle for the title anyways, each have two losses and all but…
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Week 9 Rankings: BCS Top 25 1. Ohio State 9-02. Boston College 8-03. LSU 7-14. Arizona State 8-05. Oregon 7-16. Oklahoma 7-17. West Virginia 7-18. Kansas 8-09. Missouri 7-110. Georgia 6-211. Virginia Tech 6-212. Michigan 7-213. Connecticut 7-114. Hawaii 8-015. Texas 7-216. Auburn 6-317. Alabama 6-218. South Florida 6-219. USC 6-220. Florida 5-321. Wisconsin…
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CFR has what might be the most absurd victory chain of the year, brought about by the Big 10 conference’s second loss to a DI-AA school this year. North Dakota State > Minnesota > Miami (Oh) > Syracuse > Louisville > Cincinnati > Rutgers > South Florida > Auburn > Florida > Kentucky > LSU…
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The LSU Tigers have leap-frogged over USC for the top spot in the AP-25. The Tigers (33 votes, 1593 points) received one more first place vote than the Trojans (32 votes, 1591 points), supplanting themselves in the number one spot. The Trojans, who fought a hard victory in Seattle against the Washington Huskies, had held…
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It was an upset sort of weekend for college football’s elite. Nine of the AP-25 teams awoke with hangovers; the foul taste of defeat in their mouths. Five of the losing teams were previously ranked in the top ten. And to make matters worse only two of the losing teams, West Virginia and Oregon, fell…
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I arrived in Lincoln on Monday. I didn’t see my first USC fan until Wednesday night. The game was on Saturday. In the intervening time, to anyone who would listen, I explained my presence with an emphatic repetition of the first sentence above: “I’ve been here since Monday.” Judging by local reactions it was an…
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The battle is on — media vs. coaches. While USC added four first-place votes in the USA TODAY-Coaches Poll, the Trojans lost three first-place media votes after what the AP termed “a lackluster” opening win against Idaho. This may be a trend we can watch as the season goes on. USC still maintained a comfortable…
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The 38-10 ho-hum win over Idaho didn’t hurt USC at all in the ESPN-Coaches Poll out Tuesday morning with the Trojans actually picking up four first-place viotes from the 45 they had in the preseason poll. UCLA (1-0) improved from No. 17 to No. 14 this week with USC’s next opponent Nebraska (1-0) improving two…
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Jeremy Hogue, WeAreSC The temptation of all onlookers after week one of college football is to immediately come to conclusions, i.e., Michigan is awful, West Virginia is heading to the BCS Championship Game, and Colt Brennan should win the Heisman Trophy. And for the Trojans? continue
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Counting down College Football Resource’s preseason top 25 teams. As always, this is a "power" ranking reflecting team quality over expectations relative to schedule. I assembled this list a few weeks ago and am not intellectually bound to it as the on-field and off-field events of the season will obviously dictate future rankings. Frankly it’s…
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He says that Booty and McFadden are “far-and-away the front runners for the Heisman.” 1. John David Booty, USC/Darren McFadden, Arkansas 3. Steve Slaton, West Virginia 4. Colt Brennan, Hawaii 5. Jamaal Charles, Texas 6. Brian Brohm, Louisville 7. Patrick White, West Virginia 8. Chad Henne, Michigan 9. DeSean Jackson, California 10. Mike Hart, Michigan…
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Our friends at the Worldwide Leader have decided who will play for the alleged BcS title and in turn have created BcS chaos. On November 17th, they have Michigan finally beating Ohio State and finishing the season 12-0. Then, over Thanksgiving weekend, they have SC and LSU surviving scares from ASU and Arkansas. Finally, Championship…
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