You might want to sit down. USC lost this weekend. I know. We didn't expect it either. At least not like this.
The media? They'll be ok. We got a therapist working with them, and she says they're progressing nicely thru the stages of mourning. Just looke what little Stewie wrote during his denial phase:
And yet, right when it seemed USC was headed for an all-out meltdown, falling behind 33-10 with 4:51 left in the third quarter, John David Booty, Steve Smith and Co. went out and mounted a near-epic, Leinart-caliber comeback. Booty, after struggling much of the game, started hitting everything, Smith gave a performance for the ages (11 catches, 258 yards, two TDs) and the defense finally quieted Beavers QB Matt Moore. Ultimately, they fell two points short, but only after Booty (who threw for 405 yards and three TDs) drove them 80 yards in two minutes to score the potential game-tying touchdown with seven seconds left.
That, more than any of their wins over the past month, tell me the Trojans haven’t completely lost their swagger, and should serve as some solace to all those USC fans out there trying to cope with their first regular-season loss since September 2003. There will likely be at least one more loss before 2006 is over, but I’d be feeling a whole lot better about Booty’s chances of leading a potential title run in ’07. (Granted, I’d feel much better than that if Smith wasn’t graduating.
See? Stewie knows it'll be ok. He just doesn't know he knows it yet. And the rest of the press? They're already thru the anger phase. Yeah, they took it out on Notre Dame, but hey, if you're gonna take it out on someone, at least take it out on someone who can handle it. Can you imagine if they'd taken it out on, say, Boston College?
It'll be ok. It's all gonna be ok.
By The Biscuit October 30, 2006 - 1:19 pm
So right now ND has 1 loss to #2 Michigan, and USC lost to freakin’ OSU. And they are still ahead of us.
And don’t even get me started with all the near-losses by top 10 teams this week. Were they penalized? Nope. Not like ND was last week for a near-loss to UCLA. Insane. I hate all voters.
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By Deep TeaKup October 30, 2006 - 2:14 pm
I would have thought that ND fans would have been more forgiving about teams losing to OSU. Seriously though, nothing to worry about, beat USC and you’ll be fine.
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By The Biscuit October 30, 2006 - 10:15 pm
It’s not what happened in the game. Once again, it’s the disparate reaction to ND by the pollsters/media. It’s not ‘beat USC and you’ll be fine’. That misses the point – I am talking about inconsistent standards. If you’re TX and come back against a weak opponent, you move up. If you’re ND, you move down.
Yes, if ND loses to USC that will hurt their BCS chances immensely. But not as much if they lose to USC when ranked 5 instead of 11.
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