Oklahoma’s loss to Miami is big for USC, because it means the Sooners are no longer a threat to the Trojans’ championship hopes. Texas is now the only Big 12 South team ahead of ‘SC in the BCS pecking order, assuming the Trojans finish with one loss. I could be wrong, but I don’t foresee Okie State or anyone else… Read more »
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 »
Via Olympic.org. Again, here’s the timetable. Voting starts at 9:10 AM Mountain Time (11:10 Eastern, 15:10 GMT), and the announcement is scheduled for 10:30 AM MDT (12:30 PM EDT, 16:30 GMT). Live coverage from the Chicago Breaking News Center. More from ESPN Chicago. UPDATE: Whoa. That was unexpected. Let the schadenfreude begin! UPDATE 2: That’s more like it, Matt: I… 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 »
I didn’t realize that ACORN, the Teamsters, and/or the Chicago Daley Machine had the ability to rig International Olympic Committee elections, but National Review‘s Ramesh Ponnuru apparently thinks they do: Does anyone seriously believe that the president would take a quick trip to Copenhagen with the possibility of coming back empty-handed? If the president is going, it’s because he knows… 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 »