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Post by fatmenace on Nov 1, 2009 14:21:47 GMT -6
Wow. Lose to Washington and get annihilated by Oregon, and they still don't fall far. Gotta wonder if it would take 5 losses for them to drop out of the top 25.
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Post by gk on Nov 1, 2009 14:24:24 GMT -6
Unbelievable. I'm so glad I don't follow college football. My head would have exploded by now.
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Post by finkle on Nov 4, 2009 22:43:20 GMT -6
pete carroll is hip
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Post by "Redneck" Johnson on Nov 5, 2009 7:51:56 GMT -6
I had a good laugh in Los Angeles listening to the local Trojan call-in show after the game. They were all in complete shock- it was funny because most of their football knowledge fell into the category of "Pete Carroll is the greatest coach in college football, USC is the greatest team in college football." And they had trouble squaring it with the big loss.
I think USC can be summed up in the following:
1. USC cherry-picks the best recruits in the country, much of it because of the location.
2. Pete Carroll has produced some great teams and some mediocre teams. Because they've been playing mostly bad competition in the PAC 10 they always appear to be world beaters.
3. The close game against Notre Dame should've served notice that the defense wasn't fantastic.
4. The loss to Washington wasn't just because Barkley was hurt- they had other issues exposed.
This was the Trojan fan analysis:
1. Oregon was a better team (true, but not from a talent perspective).
2. USC may have had key injuries that hurt them (I never heard specific players mentioned).
3. They couldn't stop Oregon (was pretty obvious). This made no sense because of the great coaching skills of Pete Carroll.
4. Completely dumbfounded otherwise.
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