Published on: 16th October, 2009
The USC vs. Notre Dame game has been called the greatest intersectional rivalry in college football. Actually, it used to be before Pete Carroll put his imprint on the annual matchup. Every college football fan knows what has happened since then; seven consecutive Trojan victories. Most of them beat ...Published on: 13th October, 2009
It is hard to find a rivalry with such a storied tradition as USC vs. Notre Dame. Both schools have alumni and ardent fans across the country. Young boys grow up dreaming of playing for one of these great football traditions. Not so special? What’s not so special about the annual ...Published on: 13th October, 2009
What luck! College Football fans are in for a special treat this Saturday. Two of the biggest rivalry games this year fall on the same day. In the Red River Showdown, Oklahoma battles Texas with Sam Bradford going head-to-head with Colt McCoy for the lead in the Heisman voting. In ...Published on: 10th October, 2009
Continuing with my bye-week coverage of the USC-Notre Dame matchup, this article is a follow-up to my previous one: Overrated: the Notre Dame Offense or the USC Defense? If you haven’t read that yet, be sure you do and let us hear your thoughts on which one you believe is overrated. Notre ...Published on: 9th October, 2009
The annual USC-Notre Dame matchup is still over a week away, and already the war of words has begun. USC fans are claiming that the Irish offense is overrated while Irish fans have shot back that it is the Trojan defense that is overrated. More than likely the stats are overrated. ...Published on: 2nd October, 2009
The Keys to the Game: Although they won’t make any tackles or take any snaps or throw any passes, the key to this clash of Northern California versus Southern California rivals are the two coaching staffs. Of course, when a team wins, the coach always gives credit to his players, and, when ...Published on: 28th September, 2009
As if the injury bug hasn’t done enough damage to the Trojan football program, starting with fall camp and spreading its way through the first month of the season. Now the infection has now become a major epidemic. On Saturday night, playing a struggling Washington State team that has been undergoing ...Published on: 23rd September, 2009
From the hallowed confines of Heritage Hall, the Kool-Aid flowed like government bailout funds just a couple of weeks ago. We heard how USC had the best offensive line in the country and possibly the greatest in Trojan history. This year’s defensive front seven were even faster and more mobile ...Published on: 19th September, 2009
Throughout their storied history, which includes national championships and Pac-10 titles, perhaps no victory was as great as today’s 16-13 win over USC. It marked the Huskies’ return from the dead. Win-less all of last season, how could a downtrodden program like Washington nearly upset an SEC power, LSU, in their ...Published on: 17th September, 2009
Anyone who has watched the Jets’ rookie quarterback throughout training camp and his first start in the NFL has to be impressed. Unless, perhaps, you are Pete Carroll or a die hard Trojan fan. Impressed, yes, but probably more than a little disappointed. The endless ESPN reruns of Mark Sanchez ...