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ones on ABC and the other is on ESPN i thought I've got Cal/Oregon on ABC. I really want to see what Harris can do against Tech in Blacksburg. He's fun to watch.

I can't believe I'm getting Illinois vs. OSU instead of Miami/VTech.

Nice try Indiana.

Mississippi State winning would make my day.

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I woke up about an hour ago and have seen more -20 yard plays in the early games than I can ever remember seeing.

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I agree. I used to think Ole Miss was going to be the dangerous trap game and that one game I fear on the schedule, but after watching Ole Miss (or in the words of Erin Andrews, "Oh Mess", I simply do not fear them as much. This can still beat Bama, I won't deny that, but USC really exposed them. I don't know if I'd say that USC exposed them. I don't think USC won that game so much as Ole Miss lost it with their unbelievably stupid playcalling (usually a great strength) and horribly sluggish play. Save for Michael Oher and Peria Jerry (two big losses no doubt), this is exactly the same team that beat Florida in the Swamp, beat the dog piss out of LSU at Death Valley, and beat up on Texas Tech in the Cotton Bowl. The exact same team that was only beat by a total of 17 points last year. Don't forget Bama only beat us by 4 at Bama last year. All homerism aside, I think they are a very good team (though certainly overranked). Last night was totally inexplicable. It was a big mistake to schedule SE Louisiana after the bye week. That's basically three weeks of scrimmages after you've only put in 1 real game.

I'm hoping PSU's appalling schedule thus far will leave them ill prepared for Iowa. Not that I hate PSU but I need weird crap to happen for USC to get back in the hunt. Between swine flu and increased parity I'm thinking this will be a pretty wacky year. No one's out of the picture yet for sure.

Yeah, had a feeling that was gonna bite them in the ass. Of course, Palmer and James would prefer to talk about Garcia "managing" the game instead of them doing nothing to try and put the game away.

Man, it seems like a lot of teams have already had the flu sweeping through the locker room. There's going to be a lot of weird losses and bellyaching when swine flu really kicks in.

Brilliant play calling in the red zone.

I hope Detroit beats Washington. Every week the Lions lose the team that plays them next (like the Bears next week) will have more pressure to not be the team that lets them win.

What bar is that, BigbadB? It's difficult to get a table in San Diego in a decent bar when the Bears play a late game parallel to the Chargers unless you show up for the early games (blech).

He's not a good fit for the offense USC likes to run. He's better suited in a spread option game where he can make lots of short throws and use his wheels. I have my suspicions that USC is hamstringing itself offensively by running such a traditional pro style offense but I doubt it's going anywhere anytime soon so you've gotta go with Barkley. Corp might have beat Barkley in camp but he sure as hell hasn't beaten him on the field. Even if they eeked out a win that was obvious.

A healthy Corp already beat a healthy Barkely for the starting job earlier this year. But since then, it appears Carroll has fallen in love with Barkely and wants to dick around Corp. That's a stretch. There isn't a USC fan on the planet who wants Corp to start over Barkley now. Is Neuheisel dicking around Craft because he started Prince over him? Or is it that Craft really, really blows and no sane person would start him if they had other options? Craft knew he was starting over Brehaut by Thursday (and Craft lost the starting job to Prince in competition). Corp didn't know he was starting when he took the field on Saturday even though Barkely couldn't throw warm ups. I agree that was a dumb move on the coaching staff's part (among many other problems I had with the way that game was handled). But Corp is not being dicked around if he's no longer the starter moving forward. He probably should've been yanked sometime in the 2nd half. I'm not going to place all the blame on him, even though he's basically persona non grata on campus, because the game plan and playcalling was pretty awful but now is the time to roll the dice with Barkley and see where you are heading into Cal, ND, Oregon, etc. I wish Carroll had done the same thing with Sanchez and Booty when it became apparent Booty wasn't going to live up to the hype.

A healthy Corp already beat a healthy Barkely for the starting job earlier this year. But since then, it appears Carroll has fallen in love with Barkely and wants to dick around Corp. That's a stretch. There isn't a USC fan on the planet who wants Corp to start over Barkley now. Is Neuheisel dicking around Craft because he started Prince over him? Or is it that Craft really, really blows and no sane person would start him if they had other options?

That's...unfortunate.

I think Clausen's a better prospect than Snead whenever he comes out. He throws a much better ball than him, IMO.

Simmons is 23-7 against the spread so far this season.

I would kill to have the Giants offensive line on the Bears.

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GWB couldn't even get on live.

I especially liked Legadu Nanee dancing around like a [expletive] and forgetting to pick up the first down.

I'm still concerned about the receivers. We need a big, strong guy that can catch the ball in traffic (other than Olsen).