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Originally posted by amycat412
Do me a favor. Put aside your OK bias and watch a USC game and then tell me they are overrated.
Yeah,we don't play the toughest schedule, but we are the #1 team in the country and we deserve to be as we are talented and have depth. We'd gladly play Oklahoma, Ohio State, LSU etc if it would shut our detractors up once and for all. We cannot do a thing about the current weakness of the Pac-10. What matters is that WE have the #1 recruiting class and WE are the Defending co-National Champs. Not Oklahoma.
So please quit your whining about a largely subjective poll and let the upcoming season speak for itself.
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Geez.. you're sounding like a Texas fan
"Recruiting Champion"
"Co-Big 12 South Champions"
Being the "Recruiting Champion" means jack squat unless you can do something with them. Losing to Cal doesn't have me convinced. I don't think you're going to go very far on a class of true freshmen. Most should redshirt this year. For the record, I'd take the OU class over USC's last class -- less recruits, but the #1 QB and #1 RB in the nation ain't bad.
The toughest game on the USC schedule is Virginia Tech -- that's by far the toughest game. Until you play someone worth a crap, you deserve the same fate as the teams in the MAC that do the same thing and have a weak strength of schedule. With that weak conference, I'd be pissed if my athletic coordinator weren't scheduling more marquee type matchups.
The upcoming season for USC can't speak for itself. The games USC plays don't give the USC team any real tests. My guess is that they'll stumble at least once on some nobody team again.
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For the record, I have watched USC play. I saw them lose to Cal. I saw them beat Michigan. They'd probably be 2nd or 3rd place in the Big XII, Big 10, SEC or ACC.
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It's great that we can actually be having this conversation. USC and OU are two programs that b/c of their history really should be in that "elite" status. It's nice to see them returned to their rightful place at the top of the ladder. I'd love to see OU v. USC in the Orange Bowl.