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Evidently, Ohio State sucks and ND is great

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MyMamaTastesFunny

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Texas fan who can't believe all the hype surrounding USC. They're being touted as the greatest thing since the invention of wine, with the game against ND as proof. I see highlights of their victories over ND, UCLA, and Fresno State all day on ESPN, but I have yet to see ONE highlight of our victory over OSU. Call me crazy, but winning at the Horseshoe at night against your defense is a really, really big win. You can say it was luck that the field goal missed, or that Tressel alternated his QB's, but just BEING in a position to win at the end is a huge achievement. Evidently, ESPN doesn't share my views. Good luck against ND--hope we win and you win to end all of this talk.
 
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Texas fan who can't believe all the hype surrounding USC. They're being touted as the greatest thing since the invention of wine, with the game against ND as proof. I see highlights of their victories over ND, UCLA, and Fresno State all day on ESPN, but I have yet to see ONE highlight of our victory over OSU. Call me crazy, but winning at the Horseshoe at night against your defense is a really, really big win. You can say it was luck that the field goal missed, or that Tressel alternated his QB's, but just BEING in a position to win at the end is a huge achievement. Evidently, ESPN doesn't share my views. Good luck against ND--hope we win and you win to end all of this talk.
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We're with you man. Its ridiculous how in love ESPN is with both ND and especially USC. "Is USC the greatest team ever???" Its a joke how that 70% of the airtime is about USC...

Beat the condoms!!!
 
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footballfanatic said:
Texas fan who can't believe all the hype surrounding USC. They're being touted as the greatest thing since the invention of wine, with the game against ND as proof. I see highlights of their victories over ND, UCLA, and Fresno State all day on ESPN, but I have yet to see ONE highlight of our victory over OSU. Call me crazy, but winning at the Horseshoe at night against your defense is a really, really big win. You can say it was luck that the field goal missed, or that Tressel alternated his QB's, but just BEING in a position to win at the end is a huge achievement. Evidently, ESPN doesn't share my views. Good luck against ND--hope we win and you win to end all of this talk.
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When you (and I mean ESPN or the media generally, not you) go out of your way to pre-annoint a team as "the greatest of all time" you have to find any nugget that will support your contention. Notre Dame had a very good year, and they played their best against SC and almost won (maybe Should have)... Having a look at SC and ND's schedules, this game was the "hardest" for both of them. And, they both get huge credit for it from the media - SC for beating the storied program with the hot new coach and ND for barely losing to the "greatest team of all time" I wouldn't read much in to it.

Texas' win over OSU was a much bigger win as far as I'm concerned (and attempting to be as objective as I can be). Texas went in to a hostile territory to face a team which it had never faced before (ND and USC match up yearly) OSU fans and players were geeked up about this game for a LONG time, and it all came to a head that night. Texas probably could have lost the OSU game something on the order of 42 - 21... but, hats off to Texas... giving OSU the short field on TO's and long returns, the Texas D stepped up and did what it had to do to keep that game within reach. It was an epic battle, and while I never feel good about an OSU loss, I earned much more respect for Texas than I had going in.

I rambled a bit, I suppose... Bottom line, OSU had no shot against Miami in 02. Texas has no shot against USC this season... But, and heres the important part... DEFENSE wins championships.... Texas' D is better than SC's in my opinion. Regardless, it doesn't much matter what the talking heads say, and what games they focus on as the "key" to why SC may be better than Texas etc... bottom line is, they play these games on fields and not on talk shows. Dont' worry about it.
 
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I think the Fiesta Bowl is going to go a long way to show how the Rose Bowl is going to play out. OSU and ND were Texas and USC's biggest wins of the season. If we go out and beat ND and out physical them I think USC is in for a long day against Texas. If ND can throw the ball all over us Texas will have problems. Personally my V$ is on OSU and Texas.
 
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Yeah it is getting ridiculous all the hype that USC is getting. They may as well just hand them the title, I mean they were down by 18 pts to ASU who was in a dog fight with the 4 best team in the big east, and it was in their own backyard.
 
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crazybuckfan40 said:
Yeah it is getting ridiculous all the hype that USC is getting. They may as well just hand them the title, I mean they were down by 18 pts to ASU who was in a dog fight with the 4 best team in the big east, and it was in their own backyard.
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the asu team that just gave up almost 600 yards to the 50th ranked offense from rutgers. I realize you can't daisy chain to compare teams (tho I think you can show trends), but it really is pathetic how poor the pac-10 defenses are.
 
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jwinslow said:
the asu team that just gave up almost 600 yards to the 50th ranked offense from rutgers. I realize you can't daisy chain to compare teams (tho I think you can show trends), but it really is pathetic how poor the pac-10 defenses are.
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Yeah exactally there isnt a defense ranked in the top 30. It isnt like Rutgers is a powerhouse on O', and I believe ASU was somewhere around 104 on D'.
 
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You have to wonder how Notre Dame '05 would fair against the greatest teams of all time. I mean, they already almost beat the GREATEST team ever. And everyone seems to think USC '05 would beat the holy hell out of some of the greatest, including Ohio State '02. So, how about it?

Notre Dame 2005 vs. Ohio State 2002

The fact is that the media love affair with USC is going extremely overboard, to the point where I keep waiting for Mark May to say that USC would beat the Colts.
 
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StadiumDorm said:
You have to wonder how Notre Dame '05 would fair against the greatest teams of all time. I mean, they already almost beat the GREATEST team ever. And everyone seems to think USC '05 would beat the holy hell out of some of the greatest, including Ohio State '02. So, how about it?

Notre Dame 2005 vs. Ohio State 2002

The fact is that the media love affair with USC is going extremely overboard, to the point where I keep waiting for Mark May to say that USC would beat the Colts.
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I credit ND for almost beating USC because seriously, USC is one of the best teams in the nation. Now this 'best team of all time' schpiel is ridiculous because the season isn't over yet, and I would love to see Tejas end the hype.
 
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