High 5 wrote:PhilipNelsonFan wrote:High 5 wrote:When USC ever plays a schedule as tough as Georgia's this year then get back to me. We can't all be as fortunate to play in the Pac-1. Like I said, I don't care, I just laugh at the inconsistency. Watch OSU jump to #2 this week just so they can hype up this matchup even more.
You're funny. Virginia is miles beyond Georgia Southern in football, and USC plays Ohio State. The only team Georgia matches up with that's even close is Florida. LSU is worse than last year, Tennessee blows, Alabama is overrated...I'm not asking you to face the fact that the SEC is weak, possibly weaker than the Pac-10 this year, but you're way off base with this argument.
And WEC, didn't Oregon beat USC by a touchdown last year?
Playing 1 great team over a season is not a tough schedule. Playing several good/great teams is extremely tough. Realize how much one tough game takes out of a team and then imagine doing that back-to-back-to-back-to-back. Look at these stretches: @ Arizona State, @ South Carolina, Alabama. Then later in the season: @ LSU, @ neutral site w/ Florida, @ Kentucky, @ Auburn. All of that with the pressure of being #1 or #2. Are you kidding me?
Whatever, let's just see this season play out. SEC will dominate like usual and the Pac-1 fans will still swear that they're some awesome conference. At least Ohio State fans will admit that they're the only team in their conference.
Ballsy response, but you have no idea what you're talking about. Let me break it down for you:
@ Arizona State
USC gets the Sun Devils at home, but as penance they have to go play at Oregon State and at Arizona, two tough home environments even if the teams themselves aren't that great. Kind of a wash of a point.
EDIT: After further review, my point sucks, but the overarching theme is that this is a common opponent and both teams will be judged upon this. Slight edge here to you, which you lose almost immediately.
@ South Carolina
South Carolina sucks. Washington, a team that may finish ninth in the Pac-10, could beat the wrong SC in a walkabout.
Alabama
At home = less impressive, and this game is comparable to USC playing Cal in Berkeley (which they do), and I think Cal is on par with Alabama and possibly a little better. True the Bears did lose all their WRs, but they'll run the ball down the Tide's throats, something Clemson evidently forgot to do.
@ LSU
Yawn. LSU is a tough place to play but I'm not so sure about this LSU squad after a week. Arizona State likely beats them in a head-to-head, and maybe even UCLA.
@ neutral site w/ Florida
I'm a Gator supporter, but if you're trying to compare this to USC-Ohio State in the Colisseum you are crazy. A healthy Florida is as good as a healthy Ohio State this year, but Florida is bereft of Percy Harvin, who is more critical to the Gators' success than Beanie is to Ohio State. (Yes, I'm willing to stick my neck out that far.)
@ Kentucky
Again, every Pac-10 team can win this game, even Washington State. Kentucky, so far, has shut down an offensively challenged (to put it nicely) Louisville team while scoring all of 20 points against a brutally bad defense. Kentucky doesn't even have a noticeable home-field advantage. Yawn. Sigh. Next.
@ Auburn
Tough game, but I'm not overly impressed. Oregon's schedule (@Purdue, @USC, @Cal, @Arizona State, @Oregon State) more than makes up for the road games Georgia plays. That game is comparable to Oregon playing @Cal, which could be the weakest game on that list.
All of that with the pressure of being #1 or #2. Are you kidding me?
So does USC. The major difference is that USC's players won't be subjected to racial epithets, death threats and outright slander on talk radio. (Insert joke about bandwagon SoCal fans here.)
Whatever, let's just see this season play out. SEC will dominate like usual and the Pac-1 fans will still swear that they're some awesome conference.
I love the Pac-10 because it is the nation's ONLY BCS conference where a) everybody plays everybody else and b) any given Saturday some Pac-10 team can overcome odds to beat its opponent. You cannot goose-step to the national championship in the Pac-10 the way you can in the SEC, the Big Ecks-Eye-Eye and the Big Eleven.
In the words of Ted Miller of ESPN.com:
The Pac-10 is now 10-6 versus the SEC and is 6-2 in games played on the West Coast since the BCS Era began in 1998.
Scoreboard.
