Over at the Orange County Register‘s USC football blog, Scott Reid writes that the “Bush Push Era” is officially over, after Notre Dame scored a crucial two-point conversion — ultimately preserving overtime, and allowing them to beat Washington — on a four-yard, uncalled “assisting the runner” penalty: As you recall (and the Whining Irish certainly won’t let you forget) top-ranked… Read more »
…if USC has rediscovered its mojo, or if Cal is just this bad. 20-0 at halftime. Fight On! Beat the Bears! And then… well… I won’t say anything about what comes next, yet. P.S. Way to go, Irish! (Because, for the next 60 to 90 minutes or so, I’m still a Notre Dame fan.) P.P.S. Hahahahaha, UCLA lost! We’re two… Read more »
From the “blatantly and unwisely looking ahead” files… after tomorrow’s games against Cal and Washington, respectively, USC and Notre Dame both have bye weeks before their October 17 clash in South Bend. This got me thinking: if the Trojans and Irish both win tomorrow, could ND earn a spot in the Top 25 in time to turn their rivalry game… Read more »
In the immediate aftermath of Notre Dame’s dramatic win over Purdue on Saturday, I tweeted, “And Purdue saves Charlie Weis’s job by calling a terrible timeout that probably cost them the game. Irish win!” Stewart Mandel expands on this thought: If Notre Dame, now 3-1, winds up reaching the BCS promised land, affording Charlie Weis many more years of his… Read more »
USC running back Stafon Johnson was injured today in a weight room accident while bench pressing when the bar slipped from his hands and landed on his throat. According to the trainer, a spotter was on hand at the time. Johnson was taken to the hospital and into emergency surgery. No word yet on the extent of the injury or… Read more »
Don’t ever change. I don’t mean that in the sappy, high-school-yearbooky sort of way. I mean, literally, don’t change. As in your uniforms. As in, for the love of God, keep wearing the throwbacks! Seriously. Please keep wearing the throwback uniforms. I’m not saying they’re the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. But they at least look, y’know, not completely… Read more »
There are some big college football games tomorrow — Miami at Virginia Tech, Iowa at Penn State, ASU at Georgia — but the most significant, in terms of national implications, might be Cal at Oregon. Not because it will determine whether ESPN GameDay goes to Strawberry Canyon for USC at Cal next week (though it quite probably* will). Not because… Read more »
In the latest iteration of the Hitler-as-disgruntled-sports-fan meme, the Führer criticizes bandwagon USC fans, defends Pete Carroll, and lampoons the media’s obsession with the Big 12 and SEC. Funny stuff, after the jump. (Warning: subtitled profanity.)
The Sporting News has named USC’s Matt Leinart its college player of the decade. Sounds right to me. And it gives me an excuse to post these clips… (Warning: the audio on the second clip is substantially louder than the audio on the first. Adjust your volume accordingly!)