This guy stole my line!!!
We are the Pac-10 and we are ...
September 15, 2008 11:25 AM
Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller
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USC and everybody else.
We hate stereotypes, but sometimes they are true. Or seem so. A humiliating weekend at least temporarily validated the
"USC and the Nine Dwarfs" perception for now.
What else can be said when the top-ranked Trojans showcase a tour de force performance in a 35-3 whipping of No. 5 Ohio State on a national television, while the rest of the conference goes 2-7, despite being favored in six of those nine games?
- UCLA suffers its worst lost since 1929, 59-zip, to BYU?
- Arizona State loses at home to UNLV, a 23-point underdog?
- Washington loses, 55-14, at home to Oklahoma, giving up 558 yards -- in three quarters.
- Arizona loses to New Mexico for the second consecutive year.
- California is physically dominated at Maryland, which was coming off a loss to Middle Tennessee.
- Stanford gains just 193 of total offense and folds in the fourth quarter at TCU.
- Washington State gets blown out at Baylor, widely considered one of the worst BCS conference teams.
At this point, it appears only Oregon can challenge USC, and that's dependant on the Ducks having at least one healthy QB when it visits LA on Oct. 4. That's no sure thing, given recent history.