Pursuant to previous years, when it the lights and cameras shine on the big stage the Big-10 doesn’t show up. Or perhaps the bright lights expose the conference for the fraud that they are, overhyped, living off the laurels of institutions with storied past, iconic coaches, and prior great wins. In recent years the victories in the afore mentioned games are as visible as the whereabouts of Madoff’s millions. Another highly touted Big-10 team allegedly worthy of a National Title shot appeared in a BCS game only to be immediately shown the door before halftime. Penn St. came in with all of the qualifications, an 11-1 record, unparalleled tradition, premiere coaching, and was soundly beat down much like their brethren Buckeyes of the past two years. Now c’mon Big-10ers, you can’t blame this one on SEC speed, your top players injuring their ankles during touchdown celebrations, or (what was it this year?) home field advantage. You just have not matchup up and should not have been there. USC got out SLOW and still picked up enough speed to have a 31-7 lead at half, which is when most of the country tuned out. Props to PSU as they didn’t quit and continued to fight long after the viewing public had given up, but the truth is they were outmatched, outplayed, and outmanned. The Trojans looked every bit like the best team in the nation and as OSU finished the season in the top 20, many of the pollsters may look back and think perhaps they should be playing next week instead. For now SC and the Pac-10 (5-0 this bowl season) are done for the year. Now on top of the routine BCS controversy the Gators and Sooners better put on a show to justify being a better one-loss team than the school that took the field in Pasadena today.
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Thursday, January 1, 2009
Big 10 a Big No-Show once again
Posted by Smacchat at 11:14 PM
Labels: alabama football, bcs championship, bcs rankings, bcs standings, bowl schedule, ncaa football scores, oklahoma football, texas football, usc football
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The SEC wasn't that good this year. Michigan dominated a very similar Florida team last year and we all saw how the Wolverines were this year without even losing many players on defense. The only loss USC had this year was to Oregon State who turned out to be a really good team. Who did Florida lose to and where are they now? So they have a very high powered offense against a very depleted SEC this year. Wow, that says so much for them and they're the only team in the SEC this year that really could compete with any other top teams. The fact of the matter is, if Penn State played Florida this year, the game would've been a lot closer than it was with USC. USC could easily dominate Florida if they played them, and Oklahoma probably will as well. The SEC has nothing to be proud of this year. South Carolina lost to a very mediocre Iowa in their bowl, LSU had a terrible season for themselves and only just managed to salvage some of it the other night, and Georgia barely pulled off a victory today against lowly MSU. So please, indulge me by telling me how the SEC can really dominate USC, whose conference happens to be undefeated this year in bowls.
USC intimidates the other teams into making turnovers and penalties. The Rose Bowl is not a home game.
UCLA plays there. About 35% of the crowd were PSU fans today. I guess LSU's wins in the Sugar Bowl and any Florida teams wins in Miami should be discounted too then?
USC is the best team in the country. Any system that doesn't recognize that is a system that doesn't work.
And for all the SEC fans out there...yes...you still haven't beaten a Pete Carroll coached USC team. You are 0-4 while trying, losing by an average of 30 points per game.
Until you beat the best team in the country, you are not national champions.
the SEC? weve already done that. remember auburn with cadillac williams and ronnie brown? we put in our 2nd stringers during the 4th quarter. remember arkansas that went to the sec title game? we had to stop ourselves from almost putting 100pts on that team. please dont bring up the SEC again. the results are there. we always kill those teams.
I'm not saying USC didn't play a good game. They did, but here's what made them victors: they made no mistakes. Not an excuse for Penn State, because you've got to come to play that way ... and they didn't for most of the game. However, for Maisel, who normally I respect more than any of ESPN's other writers, say "the Trojans ended Penn State's hopes by halftime," isn't exactly true. USC's starters played the whole game and only won by two scores over a teams that played beyond horribly for 30 minutes and not much better for 15 more.
Again, a win's a win and there's no sour PSU grad grapes on my end. USC deserved to win for playing a flawless game and my hat's off to them. Just not the whole story on a game that very well could have been a little tighter than the first half score indicated. Dang, now I sound like Paterno during the "a few breaks here and there" during our lean years earlier this decade. ;-)
To Williams, Butler and the rest of the graduating seniors, thanks for your key roles in restoring Penn State pride. Now 230-some days till fall ... sigh.
1. Penn st still got the ball back and with a chance to score in the red zone
2. It has become a tradition to see USC put win decisively in the Rose Bowl
3. The New Years bowls have kind of lost some credibility scheduling many not too exciting matchups after the New Year. Plus the format in which these bowl games are scheduled dont favor the pac 10. for instance, there were two sec v big 10 matchups on New Years day and other bowls like the cotton bowl dont accept pac 10 teams
no doubt about who were the worst teams this year but it doesnt take away the fact college football needs a playoff
The first thing the joke (otherwise known as the NCAA) needs to do is stop referring to the rose Bowl as "The Grandaddy" of them all, because IT ISN"T! It's almost inconsequential! All the teams (of any significance) are on the east coast and in every other bowl other than the joke-rose bowl.
GA, FLORIDA, BAMA , LSU WOULD PUT UP 40 + ON USC:S DEFENSE and you know it!!
1. was joe paterno not asleep in the press box when he failed to go for an onside kick with 4:30 and Penn State had just scored a touchdown? USC had packed it in and Mr. Kiski Prep was hot, so why not give him a chance to get the ball back? I found myself continuously quoting Herm Edwards in "You play to win the game" and it certainly did not look like Penn State was even making an attempt at a comeback in the end.
2. USC, well done on owning the Rose Bowl. Maybe next year you can not drop some easy conference game and end up in the national championship game where you will be truly tested.
3. the Pac-10 is not good. USC is the only team and i will give some credit to Oregon, but notice how all the weak conferences like the ACC, Big East, Big 10 and Pac 10 all had the majority of their games played before january 1st aka (they were in worse bowls). Congratulations to Oregon State for putting us to sleep against Dave's Pitt Panthers, to Arizona for beating a perennial winer/overrated BYU team, to Cal for beating a god-awful Miami team thousands of miles from home.
To conclude, when assessing the quality of the Pac 10 one must remember that two of its members, Washington and Washington State, are the two worst teams in all of college football.
mattpk33, you sound like a bitter beotch. You can't tell me that the SEC and BIG-12 are good top to bottom every year. Every conference has places that, although the overall record may not be great, are tough places to play. By the way explain the Gators loss at HOME! Unranked is Unranked, regardless if they come from the west, east, or WAC.
Have not attended a Big 10 games. USC will have no problem with OSU unless Sanchez goes pro.
Trojans have the whole offense back that carved up PSU tonight. The defense will still be solid.
USC has beaten Auburn, Nebraska, Arkansas, and Va tech on the road in the last 5 years.
Have not attended a Big 10 games. USC will have no problem with OSU unless Sanchez goes pro.
Trojans have the whole offense back that carved up PSU tonight. The defense will still be solid.
USC has beaten Auburn, Nebraska, Arkansas, and Va tech on the road in the last 5 years.
I was born and raised in California, and have traveled to Minnesota for a number of years....CALIFORNIA football is superior by all aspects of the word. Smashmouth is all good, if u like watching boring #### games. I prefer skill, talent, and overall intelligence within the game, and how can u play smashmouth against a team whose TE is bigger than your DE's? All you CALI haters just admit it, we live in a better state, with better weather, better jobs and better sports, don't get mad, move here like the rest of u midwest dumb summabitches do. GO USC
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you guys can schedule us OOC! but you would rather schedule North alaska tech or some other garbage school. how do you know its USC not scheduling SEC teams and not the other way around? last two SEC teams usc played got killed. SEC is soo overrated its not even funny. who are the good teams in the SEC? Florida is a good team, but everyone else isn't worth a ####. Bama hasnt beat anybody this year and LSU was horribly overrated!
Imagine OSU's confidence if Texas crushes them as expected.
LSU kills them in the NCG and then USC puts a beating on them this year in LA.
3 straight nationally televised beatdowns and then they face USC in the opener in 2009?
The Trojans are scared!
LITTLE10 TEAMS, 1-5 IN THE BOWLS!! WOW USC YOU CALL BEATING A TEAM FROM THAT SORRY CONFERENCE A WIN??? YOU GUYS ARE PETHETIC!! GO DAWGS!
SC win the Rose Bowl? it would be sad if they couldn't. It's in their own back yard. and talking recruiting, with that much "talent", you are expected to win. PSU doesn't get the 5 stars, yet we have shown up in these few years. One of our top reciever Deon Butler #3 was a walk on. Besides the point, ESPN talks about these stuff so they can stir up talks which raises ratings! I really don't think they do it because they want to see it! Oh gosh no, that would take away so much money from the sports world :O
Oh and USC did not slaughter PSU, as much possibilities more passing would lead to more scoring it also risks possiblities of turnovers. Excuses are unexceptable. PSU just didn't play good football, and that's what you get. If you think traveling isn't a factor, we'll see how well USC does against OSU at Columbus.
Besides nobody said PSU would win, other than PSU fans.
USC played their base package most of the game and only ran a few stunts when PSU put some drives together. USC had Penn State by the throat before halftime. Whats the point in using a laser when a club will work fine?
All I hear are sour grapes. Bunch of USC haters with nothing to spew but hate. How is USC not faster and more talented than the Bi 10? We smack the daylights out of every Big 10 team we play. PSU, OSU, Illinois, UM (x2). USC is a superior team to anything the Big 10 has. Didnt you all hear what the experts were saying before the game? USC is a superior team. As for the 2nd half, USC let off the gas. We started running the ball istead of killing your secondary. Sanchez had 300 yards by halftime. This game could have been 60-21 if USC wanted it to be. PSU couldnt stop anything thing SC was throwing at them. The WR's were skinny posting your secondary all night and you couldnt do #### about it. You got punched in the mouth and you folded.
It is much easier to travel East to West particularly when you have a week or more to adjust instead of one day during the regular season Western teams lose 3 hours on their body clock and play the next day. Not an excuse but a fact. Ohio State may get the Trojans next year as you proclaim but it won't be a BCS Bowl Game so the gag factor won't be in effect. Beat Texas, then crow, and I will acknowledge the greatness of the Buckeyes.
I am a Big Ten fan (Iowa) and I watched a lot of games this season. Two simple things.... 1)USC and Utah are playing the best football right now (We'll have to see what next Thursday brings) and 2)It is a shame that neither gets a chance to win a legitimate championship on the field. After Utah dismantled Alabama, there has to be some doubt as to the true strength of Florida. After Texas Tech's loss and Missouri's close call with Northwestern, there also has to be some questions about the Big 12 as well. Penn State was a good team with a lot of talent and USC ran circles around them. I believe Pete Carroll could have scored at least 14 more points but did not in defference to Paterno and sportsmanship. Why, for God's sake, can't we have an 8 or 16 team playoff and incorporate the bowls into the play-offs. Don't give me the meaningless bowl game excuse, because as it is now, all bowl games are "meaningless" except the Nat Championship if that is how you look at it. Just no excuse. And yes, I know as a Big Ten fan that our conference isw a big road block. Congrats Utah and USC on being the two best teams in football this year!!
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