Comments on: What does USC’s loss mean to Ohio State?

By: el Kaiser

el Kaiser — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:04:37 +0000

@C – Excellent point. A point that is often lost on the national sports media (read the ESPN) when OSU has struggled with in-state teams like OU and the like.

@Eric – I think pollsters are going to be in a pickle no matter how they vote. Just as long as OSU doesn’t stuffer from USC bed-crapping, I’m okay.

@zach – My feelings exactly! This USC/OreSt is exactly why I love this game. The OSU/PSU game is definitely going to weigh heavily on future rankings.

@Kade – USC get’s the pass they’ve never earned. Four losses in three years to unranked teams, and yet everyone loves them. This does not compute.

By: Kade

Kade — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:35:07 +0000

Dirty Sanchez is not the next great QB at USC. Against OSU, he was not forced to make 1 difficult throw. On the 4 TD’s he had, every wideout was wide open. Any QB should have hit those WR’s. Versus the fake OSU, he was forced to make tough throws and couldn’t do it…especially when it mattered most.

USC is a media darling and will not drop lower than OSU, although they should.

By: zach

zach — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:22:27 +0000

It will be interesting to see how far USC does drop. OSU dropped a whole lot, and dropped again after beating Troy. So lets see how far USC drops. More interesting will be the Penn St vs OSU match up if Penn St is still undefeated. Penn St laid the smack down on some Oregon St.

Damn i love college football, the lets see what happens next factor just adds to it. A Playoff system couldn’t ever produce this kind of excitment.

By: Eric G

Eric G — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:37:15 +0000

I’m feeling far more pessimistic about this loss. The fact that USC laid the wood to us, coupled with how badly USC looked yesterday against the Beavers (especially that offensive line play…omg, how bad is our defensive line, seriously?) is definitely not going to make people want to vote us up in the polls.

One of my students keeps asking me when the next time OSU will win a game and not drop in the polls will be. He thought this week was the answer with Beanie coming back, but now I’m not so sure I agree with him. =)

By: C

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:07:15 +0000

IF our lord and savior, Coach Tress doesn’t change his gameplan it means nothing. But it shouldn’t be overlooked how recently Oregon State played USC to OSU. Those Oregon kids undoubtedly played against the USC kids. There is no underestimation when you know someone that you played against in high school is playing for the other the team.