re: CFB coaches poll released

It's not so much what UCLA has done that irks USC fans (because hey, not much) - it's that if they do anything slightly good, LA media treats them as suddenly great or the Kings of the town.

They upset USC ONCE out of SEVEN years in a row of losing to USC and suddenly in 2007 - LA is a UCLA town and they own the city. Well that didn't last long, as USC came back to route them 50-0 in 2011.

The LA media can't wait to crown them champs or more relevant than they really are...the are the Notre Dame of the West Coast...media exaggerating what they accomplish (almost nothing)

"When it comes to college football, Los Angeles clearly belongs to the Bruins. This is a Bruin football town, and has been a Bruin football town, and will continue to be a Bruin football town " - Bill Plaschke (2001)

Right before USC went on to win 7 straight Pac-10 titles.

And once again the LA (and now national media) is hopping on the Bruins wagon because they showed signs of not sucking last year (finishing 6-3 in the Pac-12 last year) - that's a down year for USC but a back to glory year for UCLA.

But now with Hundley returning, Plaschke proclaimed them National Champ favorites and kings of LA again...despite, even as he admits:

"This is a program that hasn't won a national title in 59 years, hasn't won a Rose Bowl in 28 years, and hasn't been close to any sort of title game since the Bruins were stunned in Miami in the final regular-season game of 1998, a loss that kept them out of the first BCS championship game."

But yeah, the Bruins own LA, are the favorites, the love-fest continues for such a mediocre program...and now the over-hyped, quite amusing love-fest has gone national.

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USC had the best recruiting class in the Pac-12 this year even though it could only take 15 kids

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Wrong

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You can't have an unequal amount of teams overrated as underrated. Doesn't work that way.

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Do you math?

If a team is ranked 1 but should be 10, 9 teams (teams 2-10) would be underrated while 1 team (the team ranked 1) would be overrated.

We call the LA fishwrap the ucLA Times for a reason. If you want pro-Trojan news in your SoCal sports digest, read the OC Register.

Hear about the flooding at ucla's Pauley Pavilion?
They were able to drain it quickly, because ucla sucks!

I think the PAC 12 is gonna come down to either UCLA or Oregon. All of Stanford's tough games the past season were all at home. Now they have to play at UCLA, ASU, Washington and Oregon and I see at least two losses there. I heard a good number of Oregon players gained a lot of weight, so hopefully the Ducks will finally be able to beat Bama lite.

I believe that quote was after UCLA had beaten USC again, the series record of 8 straight times, in the 90s when you guys weren't all that. Plaschke was writing his usual drivel to incise readers. During the 00's the paper was all USC, it's LA they go with the current winner.

Stop getting your panties in a knot, it's a preseason poll, and we all know how that shapes up at the end of the season.

Hundley had some issues last year, part of that was him, part of that was the lack of a running game due to all of our RBs being injured, and part of that was because he was playing behind three true/rs freshman lineman for most of the season. You are just being dishonest if you doubt his ability to throw and be a Heisman quality QB. As for him leaving early, look who was drafted in the first round, you doubt he would have been a first rounder?

Anyways, I look forward to UCLA making it three in a row.

Excuse me asshat - guess I forgot the 2 left over from the year before.

I think if Oregon beats Michigan State on Week 2, that'll help the PAC 12's argument, regardless of who wins it.

These past two years sure have done a number on south central

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The problem with USC fans is they don't want to have to be 2nd fiddle to UCLA in the big city.

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That's a problem? WTF kind of fan wants to play 2nd fiddle to a rival? Sounds like any normal fan base to me.