bullsfan75
Junior
Big surprise: It isn't anyone in the Pac-2. From SI:
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No one's measured up to the Trojans in the last 20 games, and it may be that no one does again next year, what with Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush, LenDale White, Dwayne Jarrett, et al. returning. What you may not realize, though, is that at least in terms of returning players, Fresno may be the toughest foe on USC's schedule.
No disrespect to Cal, Arizona State, UCLA or Oregon, but it's quite possible the Bulldogs will enter the fall ranked higher than any of them. Hill's team returns 17 starters from a squad that went 9-3 and finished 22nd in the AP poll, ending the year on a six-game winning streak and beating No. 18 Virginia 37-34 in overtime at the MPC Computers Bowl.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/stewart_mandel/02/17/inside.fbc/index.html
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No one's measured up to the Trojans in the last 20 games, and it may be that no one does again next year, what with Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush, LenDale White, Dwayne Jarrett, et al. returning. What you may not realize, though, is that at least in terms of returning players, Fresno may be the toughest foe on USC's schedule.
No disrespect to Cal, Arizona State, UCLA or Oregon, but it's quite possible the Bulldogs will enter the fall ranked higher than any of them. Hill's team returns 17 starters from a squad that went 9-3 and finished 22nd in the AP poll, ending the year on a six-game winning streak and beating No. 18 Virginia 37-34 in overtime at the MPC Computers Bowl.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/stewart_mandel/02/17/inside.fbc/index.html