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kalim1998
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Uh, it's the same offensive players (leinart, Bush, White, Jarrett, Byrd, etc) using mostly the same offensive schemes of Chow, with the same coach. So, yes you can use last year's results to predict this years. In fact, these guys have actually gotten more mature and better.
As I said, these guys shredded OU earlier this year and wiped the floor with Michigan's top 10 defense the year before that. Texas' run defense is highly suspect after bad games against weak opponents like Okie Lite, and Reggie Bush and Lendale White are coming.
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please read my post before touting the michigan top 10 d anymore. it's sickening. You do remember how bad OSU was on offense in 03, right? You only picked up a dozen more yards thru the air than osu did one game earlier.
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kalim1998
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All I said was that if you compare objectively USC defense this year against last year, and normalize it by looking at their opponents's season average, this year's defense has become better statistically than last year's defense.
http://blueboard.com/tailbacku/?p=12
The Cal game above shows it, I'll bet a look at this year's UCLA game versus last year's UCLA game will also show it.
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you're asking me to compare the two defenses "objectively" based on a one game capsule? that's hilarious...
This year's D gave up 100+ more points. There is no way they are statistically better.
None of those proves that USC will lose to texas. I'm merely disputing your points.
This year's D gave up 100+ more points. There is no way they are statistically better.
None of those proves that USC will lose to texas. I'm merely disputing your points.
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kalim1998
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it's a blog, why don't you start clicking links.. that site compares all (except UCLA) the common opponents games this year and last. There is a clear trend of the USC defense becoming significantly better as the year progresses - looking at Cal and UCLA (the last 2 common opponents) will show this year's defense performed better than last year's USC defense.
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kalim1998
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All I know is that Michigfan had a top 10 defense, was Big 10 champs that year, and USC piled more than 400 yards on them. The really old argument that they haven't faced a good defense is getting really stale, espcially since they've won 34 straight and blown out 3 straight bowl opponents.
Texas has a suspect run defense and I think Bush and White will go wild if Leinart doesn't get into his groove in the air.
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Is ESPN the week before cal? I didn't know that link was more of the same, and didn't care enough to click on it:
« ESPN gets it right Trojans defense beginning to step it up »
If the defense got so much better as the year progressed, how did they surrender 42 points despite 5 turnovers? I'm not sure the last time I remembered a team scoring that often despite having all of those turnovers (props to the D for forcing many of them).
On another note, USC made ND's return man look amazing out there. Texas' returners are much stronger/faster.
who is making the "haven't faced a defense" argument? I'm merely disputing your obsession with OU/UM's defense (which is humorous since you insist that OU was overrated).
if texas has a suspect defense based on a few games, isn't USC's even more suspect using the logic of a couple games?
« ESPN gets it right Trojans defense beginning to step it up »
If the defense got so much better as the year progressed, how did they surrender 42 points despite 5 turnovers? I'm not sure the last time I remembered a team scoring that often despite having all of those turnovers (props to the D for forcing many of them).
On another note, USC made ND's return man look amazing out there. Texas' returners are much stronger/faster.
you didn't care to go look up the stats of your bowl opponent, especially in their huge game against a top-5 team?
who is making the "haven't faced a defense" argument? I'm merely disputing your obsession with OU/UM's defense (which is humorous since you insist that OU was overrated).
if texas has a suspect defense based on a few games, isn't USC's even more suspect using the logic of a couple games?
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gregorylee
I'd rather be napping!!
24 days and we'll see. Honestly. I think Texas wins. SC hasn't played as complete a team all year.
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BuckeyeTillIDie
The North Remembers
USC fans should be happy, they changed their official school mascot/logo to this:
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