Sooo this is why we got jumped?

DawgSpeare wrote:

LordVader speaketh profoundly...
Say what you will about Oklahoma, Ohio State or anyone else, but USC is to me the ultimate reality check. They are the ultimate team at present and over the last few years. Not so with their conference; the SEC is the best from top to bottom, but USC has the best team and program over time (say the last five or six years).

I disagree with you, DawgSpeare. We will never know whether or not USC is the ultimate team because their level of competition makes them look so good. Remember when Oklahoma was one of those \"elite\" teams in the country (oh, wait, they still are...)? They were undefeated in 2004 and looked like world-beaters, playing a \"more rugged and physical\" style of football than anyone else. Then it was proven that USC could manhandle them, because Oklahoma got style points for crushing Baylor and Colorado and Texas A&M and Iowa State. We'll never know whether or not the 2003 LSU team could have taken the 2003 USC team, or whether Tuberville's undefeated Auburn squad could have taken out Carroll's Trojans in 2004. But the fact is that USC never had to face those teams, two of the most dominant teams I can remember. If USC were in the Sun Belt, they wouldn't have lost for the last decade, but would they deserve a shot at a national title, given their level of competition? I don't think you can give credence to \"conference wins\" when your conference SUCKS.

dapolla's on patrol, great job of educating these folks!

I wish west coast USC would come to the SEC for 2 or 3 seasons. Then we would really see how \"great\" (so the talking heads say) they are. Of course everyone is gonna think they are \"great\" when they play a schedule as weak as theirs. The only ranked team they play right now is #17 Oregon. At this time we still have to play 4 teams ranked in the top 10, who by the way are ALL SEC teams. So to all you UGA haters, put that in your pipe and smoke it. So don't be talking that trash about how west coast USC is such a great team b/c they are NOT!! They play NOBODY!!!

O and dont forget that Oregon wont be in the top 25 for much longer, their starting QB is out for 3-5 weeks!!!!

Its pointless to argue with these people, they believe they deserve 5 of their teams in the top 10 every week but they never realize how bad the rest of their conference really is against top tier SEC teams. They brag about beating teams that were either A) coming off suspended seasons or beating teams that were down those years before they were scheduled.

I still say that most of the so-called cupcakes SEC teams play would give better games to the Pac 10 than they would like to admit.

I just hope richt discovers the dump off pass this week to keep the linebackers honest and opens up the running game more.

I to this day still believe that Auburn team that got snubbed from the title game would have beaten USC that year. We were good and got stomped on the plains that season. I have no reason to believe that USC would have fared much better against the Auburn D, and Ronnie Brown and Cadillac Williams that season.