re: Playing in Weak Conferences=Making Title Games

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the 2 best or most talented teams are Florida and USC.

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I think Texas beats USC bad.

Texas vs. UF would be a damn good game.

FWIW when we beat Tennessee in the Outback Bowl two years ago they were ranked 18th and we weren't ranked going in. IIRC they were close to a TD favorite.

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I think Texas beats USC bad.

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define bad, they haven't lost a game by more than 7 since 2001, I really don't see this Texas team as that much better frankly. IMO, Florida blowing out Texas would be more likely than Texas blowing out USC.

Texas v USC

Gotta think USC would win that game. Unless the Texas defense is going to play much better. I don't see USC's defense giving up a ton of points to anyone unless it's garbage time...even if they play a team like Texas.

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Well if you're in a BCS bowl, you generally are in the top 10.

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generally, but not in the case of Illinois.

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he fact that OSU was #1 doesn't change the fact that OSU the last two years sucked dick though

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No, they were top 5 and overmatched against the teams they played in the BCS CG, unless you are saying that there was only 1 or 2 good teams the last 2 years and everyone else sucked.

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Their 1-4 BCS record shows that they aren't a successful BCS team.

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They won the 2000 Orange Bowl BCS C and the 2002 Rose Bowl how are they 1-4 in BCS games? Besides, what they have done since 2004 doesn't matter, In 2004 they were 1 of 3 undefeated teams, they played a better schedule that year than Auburn and with out the benefit of 20/20 hindsight where worthy of playing in hte CG and if they were over rated USC beat the frick out of them, isn't that what great teams are supposed to do?

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Beating overmatched teams isn't impressive; it's doing what you should do

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That possibly the dumbest thing I've ever heard, I guess you are not impressed at all by LSU winning 2 BCS titles then, I mean we beat a team that according to you sucks at the end of the season by 7 and a crap team by 14, both in our home state, isn't that what we were supposed to do?

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You realize people can say this about LSU, beating OU (2-4 in BCS btw, not 1-4), ND (0-3 in BCS, horrible) and a "crap" OSU team?

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and we beat Illinois, but all 4 where in New Orleans, crap I thought it was impressive winning 4 BCS bowls, but I guess not.

Dude, I give your D props, there is tons of talent, but its is not that much better than D's UF sees in the SEC. You could easily beat Florida or anyone for that matter, but your D would not "shock" them at all and what makes you think it wouldn't work at all against USC?

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The USC defense would be shock to any of those offenses like Florida or Texas.

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Another reason why I would love the chance for us to play USC. I think we could put all this Oregon State stuff to bed. I think we both played Ohio State and we both can agree Ohio St's offense isn't quite there but both of our offenses can be really explosive and both of our defenses can play shutdown football.

I'm sure a lot of people here wouldn't want to see that in the end but I would think it would be a great game for both schools.

I said the same could be said for LSU, so don't try the biased bullshite.

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generally, but not in the case of Illinois.

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So 1/6 wasn't. Awesome. I think that warrants the word generally.

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No, they were top 5 and overmatched against the teams they played in the BCS CG, unless you are saying that there was only 1 or 2 good teams the last 2 years and everyone else sucked.

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What the frick are you talking about? You're saying that it's impressive that USC beats top 10 teams, but OSU was the #1 team in 2006 and 2007 and it didn't mean shite. Rankings don't reflect how good a team is always.

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They won the 2000 Orange Bowl BCS C and the 2002 Rose Bowl how are they 1-4 in BCS games

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I was referring to the time of USC relevance (since 2002).

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Besides, what they have done since 2004 doesn't matter, In 2004 they were 1 of 3 undefeated teams, they played a better schedule that year than Auburn and with out the benefit of 20/20 hindsight where worthy of playing in hte CG and if they were over rated USC beat the frick out of them, isn't that what great teams are supposed to do?

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1. They didn't play a better schedule than Auburn. 2. The fact that they won by 36 points is impressive, but the fact that they played a choke artist in the title game doesn't make it THAT impressive. Same with UF and LSU over OSU.

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That possibly the dumbest thing I've ever heard,

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So saying a team that oozes talent like USC beating a weak Big10 team is handling business is possibly the dumbest thing you've ever heard? Did you hear me say it over the internet, or did you read it?

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I guess you are not impressed at all by LSU winning 2 BCS titles then, I mean we beat a team that according to you sucks at the end of the season by 7 and a crap team by 14, both in our home state, isn't that what we were supposed to do?

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When we beat OU, they were still undefeated in BCS bowls. They didn't show signs of choking up until that point. After that, yes, we should have won ever game by a large margin. Beating OSU and ND isn't exactly some incredible accomplishment. It's great to win a BCS game regardless, but UGA beating Hawaii isn't exactly impressive just because it's a BCS game.

USC is the exception to pretty much every rule when talking about shitty conferences.