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!)
I’ve mentioned before that I have a man-crush on announcer Sean McDonough, who was responsible for pretty much all of the most memorable baseball calls of my youth. (“Hooking toward the corner, BRUNANSKY!!!“) Whenever I hear him call a game, it’s like I’m a 9-year-old kid again — sort of the sports equivalent of how I feel listening to my… Read more »
My friend Marcelo, a fellow Trojan, posted this on Facebook and Flickr Saturday: Heh. [Bumped. -ed.] P.S. Washington is now ranked in the AP poll — at #24 — though not in the slower-to-adjust coaches poll, in which they’re effectively #31 (sixth in “others receiving votes”). I’ve gotta agree with the AP on this one: the Huskies have both a… Read more »
When unranked Washington stunned #3 USC on Saturday, it may have seemed like a bolt out of the blue (to everyone except Stewart Mandel, at least), but it’s actually the continuation of a longstanding — and, for Trojan fans, all-too-familiar — pattern. Even though USC regularly plays in tough, heavily hyped intersectional games, BCS bowls, etc., the Trojans simply do… Read more »
I don’t plan on doing a “liveblog” per se — but any tweets I might post about today’s college football action, or anything else for that matter, will appear in the Cover It Live window at below left. And if anybody happens to stop by and feels like chatting, you can do so here, or after the jump. (You may… Read more »
Last week, immediately after USC wrapped up its epic victory over Ohio State, our resident “Trojan Husky,” David K., responded to my obligatory “Beat the Huskies!” tweet by commenting: “BOW DOWN! BEAT THE TROJANS!” I snarkily responded, “My my, aren’t we getting uppity and optimistic after our first win since 2007, over the sixth-worst team in Division I-A [i.e., Idaho].”… Read more »
For a sports fan, it doesn’t get much worse than what Stewart Mandel reader Josh from Delaware, Ohio experienced last weekend: Friday night, my high school alma mater was down 20-7 with a few minutes left, scored two touchdowns but missed the second extra point and lost in overtime. Saturday evening, my college alma mater held up very well on… Read more »