Jetplane, what is your obsession with trashing the Pac 10 in both hoops and football? You seem to try to discredit USC football, as well as Pac 10 hoops, every chance you get. Why? Is it because USC football stomps ass all over EVERY Big 10 team they play (see Michigan, IL, Ohio State, Penn State, etc. etc)? Or, is it because you lost your ass betting against the Pac 10 in bowl games this year after the Pac 10 went 5-0 (yes, that's right, the Pac 10....you know...the conference where USC has that "easy road"). Year in and year out I see somebody trying to bash the Pac 10 and USC football. Yet, year in and year out USC lines up and kicks the living hell out of every out of conference opponent they play (save one game verse Texas). You want to talk "easy road"....see the Big 10 in football. Look at what USC did to both Ohio State and Penn State this past year...the two best teams in the Big 10. Just imagine if USC was so lucky to be able to play Big 10 plodding crap offenses and slow defenses week in and week out. UNDEFEATED would be the norm! (ok, I'm now stepping off my soapbox).