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2007 (College Football News) Pac-10 Preview
College Football News ^ | 27 July 2007 | Richard Cirminiello and Pete Fiutak

Posted on 08/03/2007 5:31:12 AM PDT by GOP_Raider

Whether or not you like the Pac-10, you have to give the left coast league its just due for being the BCS conference that does the most for college football

Beyond getting it right by scheduling all the teams to play each other (wake up Big Ten: figure out how to make this happen), it does the best job of pushing itself out of conference.

Outside of Arizona (who’s making a respectable trip to BYU), every Pac-10 team plays a non-conference game against a BCS-league team or Notre Dame. And we’re not talking about showdowns with Duke and Baylor here.

California vs. Tennessee, Oregon vs. Michigan, USC vs. Nebraska, Washington vs. Ohio State and Washington State vs. Wisconsin highlight the non-conference match-ups, and there are plenty of other juicy ones throughout the year. There’s only one embarrassment against a D-IAA team when Oregon State hosts Idaho State.

But does the league get any love east of the Mississippi for playing it tough? No. The national perception is that it’s still USC and a bunch of other teams. That will only change once the Pac-10 starts winning some of these big match-ups.

Oh sure, Cal blew away Texas A&M in the Holiday Bowl, but the Bears were all but dismissed by the SEC after an opening-day loss to Tennessee. UCLA is remembered for choking late against Notre Dame and being the one team Florida State was able to run over. Even when the non-USCers pulled off a seemingly really big win (Oregon over Oklahoma), it wasn’t exactly a clean victory.

It doesn’t matter; the league should be applauded for having teams willing to put themselves on the chopping block. This year, the tough games aren’t going to be limited to the non-conference showdowns.

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To: Dog Gone

I expect USC will never be seriously challenged this year. They should be far and away the best team (apologies to LSU).


81 posted on 08/03/2007 6:10:31 PM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: NittanyLion

On paper, USC should run the table. Realistically, these are kids in college. The football is pointy and bounces funny when it hits the ground.

USC should make the season somewhat boring in terms of who is #1, but it rarely works out that way when the season actually starts.

I’m still sticking to my 143-0 score at South Bend, though.


82 posted on 08/03/2007 7:09:11 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone

And you play for a weapon :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeweled_Shillelagh


83 posted on 08/03/2007 8:41:46 PM PDT by GOP_Raider (Your one stop shop for all your useless information needs.)
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To: GOP_Raider

Playing for a Shillelagh is already a concession to the Irish. But that’s okay. The winner of the current one gets to keep it for a year, and it’s kinda fun having disarmed them.


84 posted on 08/04/2007 9:15:17 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone

“they do have one easy road game at Notre Dame where the final score will be something like USC 143, Notre Dame 0” Not so fast. Coach Weiss could let the grass grow so tall this year that you can’t read the score board.


85 posted on 08/05/2007 9:50:44 PM PDT by soccermom
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To: NittanyLion
I wish you guys were right -- I don't like the #1 preseason pick. It is like a curse. And USC always manages to be challenged in what were supposed to be easy games.
86 posted on 08/05/2007 9:53:22 PM PDT by soccermom
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To: GOP_Raider
OK...I'm Wazzu...but this picture and the one at post 30 are enough to make me go along with the USC bent of this thread.

Though the Wazzu girls (I'm married to one too) are pretty damn good too.

87 posted on 08/05/2007 9:59:18 PM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

LOL! -— I’m sure they are when the fog against their pale skin doesn’t render them invisible! (OK — I know that is more of an issue with the Huskies. You guys actually get sun.)


88 posted on 08/05/2007 10:06:40 PM PDT by soccermom
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To: Dog Gone

would any other school get away with having a sports agent foot the bill for a top players parents to live in a free home?.......


89 posted on 08/05/2007 10:31:00 PM PDT by cherry
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To: cherry
I don't think any school, including USC, could "get away" with NCAA violations that were investigated and determined to be violations. But what are you implying from your comment? Are you suggesting that USC benefited from Bush's talent because an agent gave his parents a cushy place to live? So he wouldn't have played for USC and played well otherwise? If Bush knowingly violated the rules, he should pay for it. If USC was involved -- and no one has alleged they were -- they should be punished. But it is silly to pretend that Bush and, subsequently, USC wouldn't have played as well had his mom not gotten a sweetheart deal. Or are you alleging the deal was made in order to recruit Bush to the school in the first place?
90 posted on 08/05/2007 10:54:33 PM PDT by soccermom
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

Well, since you mentioned them...

http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/wast/genrel/auto_pdf/06-crimson-girls-poster

(PDF Format)


91 posted on 08/06/2007 12:34:51 AM PDT by GOP_Raider (Your one stop shop for all your useless information needs.)
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To: soccermom

Think spray on tan...which ironically enough seems to be what everyone uses here in Vegas, where it’s sunny every day.


92 posted on 08/06/2007 7:14:18 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: GOP_Raider
Definitely more competitive than our football team is likely to be.

(The girl in the back center is TALL)

93 posted on 08/06/2007 7:17:50 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: soccermom
Coach Weiss could let the grass grow so tall this year that you can’t read the score board.

Oh yeah, I had forgotten about that little stunt.

94 posted on 08/06/2007 2:20:55 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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