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USC's Dominance

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scarletngrey11

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All right, all right, all right.
is this school going to slow down eventually? think about it, they play in the Pac-10 with the only team that has a chance is Cal, they sign top recruiting classes the past couple years, because they can promise playing time, great player development, serious title hopes,cheerleaders, the beach, etc. also pete caroll wont be heading off to the NFL anytime soon.

they lost Norm Chow, and lose Matt Leinart this year. i honestly can not see them losing their number one status for quite a while, they have so many high school all americans and everything and just continue to bring in the best in the country at every position.

another thing is that pete caroll does a great job of keeping his players hungry, so i dont think they will let up and be surprised. i think they lose a game this year in the regular season but for the long term what could stop them?
 
Wasn't all that long ago that the same was being said about Miami and Oklahoma. Both coaches got all the hype, Miami in particular was getting all the top talent, and pulling from one of the richest state in terms of it. OU at least had to face the Big XII, but Miami had a softer home in the Big East than USC does in the Pac 10 (although one wonders by how much).

USC does indeed have everything going for it right now, but football, like everything else, is cyclical, and someone new will step up. I don't see USC "drifting towards mediocrity" to borrow from the Nebraska AD's comment when Solich was fired (there are the remains of perhaps the strongest "dynasty" of everyone mentioned before) any time soon, they'll probably be in the running every single year. But then, that's true for a few programs, and one could reasonably argue we're one of them. Sure, an easier truth for them right now than for us, or really for anyone else. There's little doubt that they are #1 and the rest of us are trying to catch up, but as we know well, the best team in the country can have an off day, and it only takes one sometimes.
 
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personally, im tired of recruits considering only "warm weather" schools, i understand why but it gets old that we arent in on somebody because its cold in ohio. thats their choice i guess.


norm chow is a big loss, didnt leinhart say that he was staying because norm was?
 
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If a guy is choosing a school because of weather, then I'm not sure he's the kind of guy that you want on your team. If that is a factor that tips the scale toward a school that's in close contention to a cold weather school then fine, but for that to be reason to completely rule a school out, you have to wonder how tough the kid really is.
 
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personally, im tired of recruits considering only "warm weather" schools, i understand why but it gets old that we arent in on somebody because its cold in ohio. thats their choice i guess.

I think we tend to be slower than some others when it comes to oos talent. I know Tressel is aware of this and thus the reason for hiring someone to start earlier talent evaluation.
 
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As I have said before, I'm predicting a loss by them at some point during the regular season this year. I think they're better on paper than every team on their schedule. However, they already had too many close calls last year, even though the college football media would like us to believe they won every game by 30+ points. Sooner or later scraping by in the close games catches up with you. Carroll may be a good recruiter, but I think this year his lack of coaching ability and former reliance on Chow will be evidenced.
 
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Agree with Clarity, its cyclical. Go back in time to 2001-2002 and just change USC for Miami in any of the hype you read.

Someone, or someones, will step up out in the Pac 10 and present a problem. Teams like ASU and WSU come to mind for me due to their lack of strict academics and history of at least intermittent success. Also each place is a tough roadie as is Oregon. The Beavers at the other OSU can put together a decent team every now and again(just ask ND). Washington and UCLA have been down too long, they are due. A UCLA resurgence would also give the added benefit of a recruiting rival out west.

Also agree with those who want to see what Petey can do sans Chow. Coker also looked like Lombardi for a coupel of years there didn't he?

All in all its a lot like Tiger and the rest of the PGA, he's so good it makes others step up their game or just get humiliated and thats a powerful motivator.
 
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the comparison from USC to Miami is a good one, i wonder what the next team to step up is? does anyone here see a drop off at all in baton rouge because les miles is taking over for nick saban? im not sure if i do or not.
 
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Saban would have been dangerous had he stayed at LSU, he recruited the top talent with only being a moderatly big name.. had he stayed 2 or 3 more years we might have been talkinga bout them next as being unstoppable.. but not with miles, He is larry coker.

as for USC, mike stoops just took over arizona.. they will be a contender for the pac 10 within 3 years, UCLA seems to be surging, one of the washington schools will step up soon.. both oregons can pull an upset.. i dont see a threepeat.. and ASU can score with anybody.. it only takes one bad game..

Hell, we ended it for miami, maybe we can do the same for USC, just call the bucks dynasty killers :)
 
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I still don't understand what is with all this nonsense about three-peat?!?


USC last year, LSU year before, OSU year before that, Miami year before that, Oklahoma before that, FSU? before that...

Where is the 3 peat? Where?

They are going for a RE-peat. Congrats if they do...my $ says no.
 
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I remember thinking the same thing about FSU in the 90's, but as Jaxbuck already stated, it's cyclical.

I have a feeling that at least one team will have USC's number this year (especially right around the 24th of September....), which might be enough to keep them out of the NC game
 
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USC is hot right now, but in a year or two someone else will be. You only can recruit so many players before you have a roster jammed with big name guys. Eventually that will scare off players, and give you a bad recruiting year. Most big name impact high school guys don't want to sit the bench for 2-3 years, they want to play asap.
 
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