USC, doesnt deserve title bid....?

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USC lost to Oregon St. Oregon St. is 7-4 and their other 6 W's came against opponents who combine for a 25-42 record. Thats sad. Ppl keep talkin about this impressive win over Cal. Tennessee dominating Cal was much much more impressive. Tenn. amassed 511 total yds, USC just 358. Ainge threw for 4 TD's on just 11 completions (of 18 attempts) and 291 yds. They also ran all over them. UT had their backups in by the beginning of the 4th quarter. Longshore was pulled the game was so out of hand. This is the product of the Pac-10? The second best team? This is why the winner of the Arkansas/Florida game deserves it, they play in a much tougher conf. and they didnt lose to a bad team such as USC did. You may say USC beat Arkansas, Arkansas played their backup QB/RB for 90% of the game and those 2 backups had 4 turnovers....if the starters were healthy, whole new ballgame.

Anyone else??????

Slim Hick....I understand that...I was saying that they dont deserve to be that close and even if they win out as long as Florida and Arkansas take care of business this week then the winner between them 2 are much more deserving than USC..........

Ok bud...the Pac-10 is weak, no chance USC has the second toughest schedule and no chance Stanford has the toughest. USC does play a tough non-conf. schedule where as Florida/Ark do not, but thats b/c they have to play 9 tough conf. games where USC gets basically a cakewalk through 9 of their games. So ur telling me those 3 non. conf games mean more than the 9 conf. games. Yeah...right.

Ur argument about Cal playing Tenn tougher, doubtful...going into Tenn where they had a chance to make a statement and to prove their worth. Yeah they proved how bad they were overrated. Kinda like laying the egg against AZ too. They suck...they havent beaten ANYONE worth mentioning and have been dominated, and they are the second best team in the Pac-10. USC lost to OREGON ST. Oh and they had all their starters for the Ark game, they lost players but so did EVERY college. Ark had their 2 main players out and ur saying thats nothing...ur clueless...

Answer 1

This is sure showing that the BCS rankings need some work to get the top colleges to play the national champ game.... and it is showing that a playoff system might be the best way to go... I do not know how that will work (top 8 teams in playoffs perhaps?), but you are right something needs to be done...

Answer 2

You're making the same mistake everyone else is. You're not looking at the entire season. It's not a 1-game season or a 2-game season, it's a 12-game season.

USC's schedule is the second toughest in the country, with only Stanford's being tougher. Granted, the SEC has better teams at the top, and both Arkansas and Florida have played some tough competition, but they both have also played a non-conference schedule outside of a big game for each (USC for Arkansas, Florida State for Florida) that is well beneath them - Utah State, Southeast Missouri State, and Louisiana-Monroe for Arkansas, Southern Mississippi, Central Florida, and Western Carolina for Florida. USC's non-conference schedule was Arkansas, Nebraska, and Notre Dame. In addition, the Trojans, unlike both Florida and Arkansas, only play 6 home games this season, whereas the Gators had 7 and the neutral site game with Georgia, while Arkansas had 8 home games.

Adding to that, USC's win over Arkansas looms as big as Michigan's does over Notre Dame - if the Trojans and the Razorbacks both end up with only one loss, Arkansas has no chance. Your argument about Arkansas playing a backup QB/RB combo is bogus, especially in light of the fact that that was USC's first game after losing two Heisman Trophy winners and all of the other starters they lost last year. In a sense, the Trojans were playing with a backup QB/RB combo, and they still beat the Razorbacks by 36. Your other argument about how Tennessee and USC beat Cal is also bogus, as you can't make the comparison between the first game of the year when a team travels cross-country and they travel down to USC to take on a traditional rival. Cal is going to play USC tougher than they would against Tennessee, because it's USC.

Florida might have an argument if they beat FSU and then Arkansas in the SEC title game, but the Hogs are essentially eliminated if USC beats Notre Dame and UCLA.

Answer 3

USC is not ranked 48th in schedule, it is ranked 1st. There is no way USC would be so high by the computers if its schedule was ranked poorly. No other school has beaten two other conference divison champs.

USC beats Arkansas by a wide margin who beat Tennesse so that is even more impressive then any Tenn comparison. Also anyway you look at it USC defense completely throttled Cal even more impressively than Tenn. USC would be favored by at least 10 over Tenn.

What kind of ridiculous arguement is it to say that a team that had 120 points put up against them in two games is somehow better than the team that crushed them? hahahaha that is unbelievable. I could understand if Arkansas lost by 7 points or something. I call this living in fantasy land. Remember that was Booty's and the RB's first career start.

Answer 4

give up observing some video games and check out the comprehensive time table. USC merits the identify shot in the event that they run the table because of the fact: 2d toughest time table interior the rustic (purely Stanford's is extra complicated) All video games are against BCS-eligible colleges (final time I checked, Western Carolina would not qualify) Non-convention fighters are a mixed 29-4 (29-2 in case you do now not comprise their effects against USC) and that i'd like to acknowledge whilst 7-4 (Oregon State) became horrific. enjoying a 2-9 branch I-AA team (who's additionally 0-7 of their convention) is horrific. enjoying a three-8 critical Florida team is horrific. I provide Florida quite some credit for working the gauntlet they did, yet do now not seek advice from me a pair of few video games. that's a 12 pastime season, and well-known USC's time table is extra complicated than the two Florida's or surely Michigan's.

Answer 5

Regarding Arkansas/USC---

You really mean to tell me that Arkansas would allow USC to come into their house, and hang 50 on them after hanging 70 on them a year earlier???

That one was on the Arkansas coaching staff and the senior squad members. They had about 9 months to think about how to wipe the taste out of their mouths.

As far as the rankings/title bid --- Deal with it - or hope that Notre Ame (no D in South Bend) , or the gutless bRuins pull an improbable upset. yeah right

Answer 6

They are only behind by like 75/1000's of a point, so if they win out they are in. Doesn't matter who #2 is anyway.

I can see Arkansas, as they lost in the beginning of the season and have been solid, ever since. But Florida has nothing.

Answer 7

Clueless??? You just don't want to see it if you want to talk down about USC. Personally I don't care, but TWO players being there (instead of being out as you said) would not have changed the outcome of a 50-14 yes, that's right a 50-14 loss. I DON'T REALLY CARE WHO GOES, but you can't ignore what USC did to Ark.

Answer 8

so agree...and why didn't Michigan not drop....Florida should be #2 especially after they beat Arkansas