USC Please Give me a break.

[XtennesseeX]

Arkansas got demolished by USC in 06

Did I say they didn't?

 

[droski]

UGA is traveling west.

WHO CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM LOSE?


MEEEE

yeah and that is the first time they have travelled for a nonconfence game in something like 30 years.

ASU is overrated, not sure they can hang with georgia

 

[VOLinthaNATI]

Put down the bottle.

He was kidding.

 

[The Breakerboy]

Arkansas got demolished by USC in 06

They also weren't that healthy either that game. And another thing I don't think they wanted see that team later on in the year the way they were rolling.

 

[The Breakerboy]

I guarantee USC won't have any problems beating UCLA.

They have trouble almost every year with them. Its what you call a rivalry.

 

[dickens821]

They also weren't that healthy either that game. And another thing I don't think they wanted see that team later on in the year the way they were rolling.

:lol:

 

[The Breakerboy]

:lol:

They like to play the SEC as they're first game. Why don't they schedule LSU, Florida, or Georgia the third week into the season.

 

[TreeGreen]

I would take my chances with the top SEC team vs. USC in a national title game. That being said, USC is a very good football team, and to downplay that is silly.

 

[The Breakerboy]

I would take my chances with the top SEC team vs. USC in a national title game. That being said, USC is a very good football team, and to downplay that is silly.

All day.

 

[droski]

They have trouble almost every year with them. Its what you call a rivalry.

actually they've blown out UCLA something like 5 out of the last 7 years.

 

[The Breakerboy]

actually they've blown out UCLA something like 5 out of the last 7 years.

Oh yeah thats right blow out UCLA lose to Stanford. What a program.lol:

 

[dickens821]

Oh yeah thats right blow out UCLA lose to Stanford. What a program.lol:

6 BCS bowls in a row.... 2 National Championships in the past decade.

WHAT a program.

 

[Volmania]

They looked like a pro team against UVA. They are by far the most talented team in America.

No doubt USC is a very impressive college football program, but you might be getting a little carried away there.

Richmond gave Virginia all they could handle for the first 50 minutes of that game. Trouncing this year's Virginia team doesn't make you a pro team.

Florida and Georgia have both had recruiting classes ranked pretty similarly to USC for the last several years. USC does have top notch talent, but they aren't the only team which has had consistent top 5 recruiting classes.

I also agree with the original poster's comment about several of their marquee players looking less stellar once they get to the NFL, making you wonder if some of their stats haven't been a inflated by playing a schedule of teams they clearly dominate over.

 

[The Breakerboy]

6 BCS bowls in a row.... 2 National Championships in the past decade.

WHAT a program.

Tennessee would do the same in the Pac-10. No championship game too easy. No defenses to play against cakewalk. I would pay to switch conferences. USC wouldn't even be able to really recruit down here.

 

[VolfanMike]

No doubt USC is a very impressive college football program, but you might be getting a little carried away there.

Richmond gave Virginia all they could handle for the first 50 minutes of that game. Trouncing this year's Virginia team doesn't make you a pro team.

Florida and Georgia have both had recruiting classes ranked pretty similarly to USC for the last several years. USC does have top notch talent, but they aren't the only team which has had consistent top 5 recruiting classes.

I also agree with the original poster's comment about several of their marquee players looking less stellar once they get to the NFL, making you wonder if some of their stats haven't been a inflated by playing a schedule of teams they clearly dominate over.

I agree with you on all you said. But, from what I have seen so far USC is the most dominat team out there. Looking forward to the game with OSU, that should let us know exactly where they stand.

 

[droski]

Oh yeah thats right blow out UCLA lose to Stanford. What a program.lol:

I suggest you take a look at pete carrols record against top 10 teams.

Pac-10 Coach of the Year (for the third time)

His last 6 recruiting classes have been ranked in the Top 5 nationally (including first each year by some experts)

Six straight AP Top 4 Finishes

2003 and 2004 National Championships

Six straight BCS Bowl Appearances (unprecedented)

Six straight Pac-10 Championships (unprecedented)

Six straight seasons with 11-plus victories (unprecedented)

National-record 33 consecutive weeks as AP’s No. 1 ranked team

Winning Record of 84.4 percent (76-14)

Best winning percentage of any Division I coach with at least 5 years experience

49-9 (84 percent) in Pac-10 games

12-2 against rivals UCLA and Notre Dame

His teams have won 67 of their last 73 games (the six losses have come by a combined 20 points)

A no-longer active school record 63 consecutive games ranked in the AP Top 10

No-longer-active winning streaks:
- Pac-10 record 35 consecutive home games
- Pac-10 record 34 consecutive overall games
- Pac-10 record 27 consecutive conference games

Since-broken other winning streaks:
- Pac-10-record 34 overall games
- Pac-10-record 27 Pac-10 games
- School-record 18 road games (not including 4 neutral site contests)
- 18 October games
- 16 non-conference games
- 16 games against AP Top 25 teams
- School-record 13 Pac-10 road games
Since-broken NCAA records:
- Scoring at least 20 points in 63 consecutive games
- USC was AP’s No. 1 team for a national-record 33 straight polls (including 2 pre-season polls)
USC is the first school to have 3 Heisman Trophy winners in a 4-year span
Produced 30 All-American first teamers
42 NFL draft picks (including 11 first rounders, with a No. 1 selection in Carson Palmer and a No. 2 in Reggie Bush)

 

[VolfanMike]

Tennessee would do the same in the Pac-10. No championship game too easy. No defenses to play against cakewalk. I would pay to switch conferences. USC wouldn't even be able to really recruit down here.

Yeah, they could never recruit down here. Thats why they took Turner out of our backyard a couple years back. Signed the kid out of South Carolina, the #1 RB in the country was out of LA and the snagged him. Unfortunately, whenever they want a player they get him.

 

[VolfanMike]

Tennessee would do the same in the Pac-10. No championship game too easy. No defenses to play against cakewalk. I would pay to switch conferences. USC wouldn't even be able to really recruit down here.

You are aware that we just got beat by a pitiful UCLA team arent you?

The SEC is far more dominant than the PAC-10 but lets not get carried away.

 

[XtennesseeX]

Tennessee would do the same in the Pac-10. No championship game too easy. No defenses to play against cakewalk. I would pay to switch conferences. USC wouldn't even be able to really recruit down here.

Please tell me you're joking.

 

[droski]

Tennessee would do the same in the Pac-10. No championship game too easy. No defenses to play against cakewalk. I would pay to switch conferences. USC wouldn't even be able to really recruit down here.

The following teams would smoke Tenn this year:

Oregon
USC
Cal
ASU

Do you realize how horrible your QB and oline looked against a .500 pac-10 team?

 

[droski]

Notice how carrol's record is far worse against the pac-10.

 

[The Breakerboy]

I suggest you take a look at pete carrols record against top 10 teams.

Pac-10 Coach of the Year (for the third time)

His last 6 recruiting classes have been ranked in the Top 5 nationally (including first each year by some experts)

Six straight AP Top 4 Finishes

2003 and 2004 National Championships

Six straight BCS Bowl Appearances (unprecedented)

Six straight Pac-10 Championships (unprecedented)

Six straight seasons with 11-plus victories (unprecedented)

National-record 33 consecutive weeks as AP’s No. 1 ranked team

Winning Record of 84.4 percent (76-14)

Best winning percentage of any Division I coach with at least 5 years experience

49-9 (84 percent) in Pac-10 games

12-2 against rivals UCLA and Notre Dame

His teams have won 67 of their last 73 games (the six losses have come by a combined 20 points)

A no-longer active school record 63 consecutive games ranked in the AP Top 10

No-longer-active winning streaks:
- Pac-10 record 35 consecutive home games
- Pac-10 record 34 consecutive overall games
- Pac-10 record 27 consecutive conference games

Since-broken other winning streaks:
- Pac-10-record 34 overall games
- Pac-10-record 27 Pac-10 games
- School-record 18 road games (not including 4 neutral site contests)
- 18 October games
- 16 non-conference games
- 16 games against AP Top 25 teams
- School-record 13 Pac-10 road games
Since-broken NCAA records:
- Scoring at least 20 points in 63 consecutive games
- USC was AP’s No. 1 team for a national-record 33 straight polls (including 2 pre-season polls)
USC is the first school to have 3 Heisman Trophy winners in a 4-year span
Produced 30 All-American first teamers
42 NFL draft picks (including 11 first rounders, with a No. 1 selection in Carson Palmer and a No. 2 in Reggie Bush)

Sounds like Florida State in the 90s. You know what happened when we finally caught up with them. Champieeenship.:birgits_giggle:

 

[XtennesseeX]

Notice how carrol's record is far worse against the pac-10.

I am all for thinking USC is the team of the decade, but a coaches record the majority of the time, will be worse against his own conference than OOC.

 

[droski]

Then please explain why Tenn wasn't going to national championships from 2002-2004 when the SEC sucked balls.

 

[The Breakerboy]

Yeah, they could never recruit down here. Thats why they took Turner out of our backyard a couple years back. Signed the kid out of South Carolina, the #1 RB in the country was out of LA and the snagged him. Unfortunately, whenever they want a player they get him.

Let's see Turner's a bust don't care about losing him. Joe Mcknight got fed the we'll use you like Reggie Bush line. And they couldn't keep Darell Scott in State the #1 RB in the country not just the state.