That Ohio State drive I mentioned below in an item below? The one for the field goal? Turns out that was the Buckeyes’ high-water mark. After that it was all USC. With extreme prejudice. The Trojans handled Ohio State like Florida and LSU did in the last two national-title games. Except even more decisively.

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It’s a little weasel-wordy, but it’s clear: The U.S. Olympic Committee is asking the forgiveness of the four cyclists it bullied into a false and unnecessary confession of sins to the Chinese people, etc., a few days before the start of the Beijing Olympics. I suppose this will do. It’s rare to see a big […]

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Especially if it’s Ohio State. If a big-name school from one of the serious conferences finishes 11-1 … you have to like its chances of getting to the BCS title game. So the loser of USC-Ohio State … most certainly isn’t dead. For starters, if the loser goes 11-1 — its one loss will be […]

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Trojans have taken control. A couple of nice drives, an interception returned for touchdown by Rey Maualuga, and it’s 21-3. Could have been more, by the Trojans and Mark Sanchez tried to force a play at the end of the half and threw an interception. That would have been three points. The most impressive players […]

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Here’s something you don’t see every year. Somebody physically beating up the USC defense and driving the length of the field on it. Well, almost the length of the field. Just pounding it, mostly. That’s what Ohio State just did, however, going 68 yards in 17 plays and 8 minutes, 45 seconds to take a […]

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Innocent until proven guilty, apparently, is how USC and coach Pete Carroll approach the Shareece Wright situation. Wright is the junior from Colton who has been charged with felony “resisting a police officer” in connection with a party in Colton last weekend. Wright, however, was the starting right cornerback for USC in its game with […]

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Bad day for the Pac-10 Conference. BYU 59, UCLA 0 Maryland 35, No. 23 Cal 27 TCU 31, Stanford14. That’s most of the entire second-tier (after USC) of the Pac-10 going down to (perhaps) one decent team (BYU) and two middling programs (Maryland, TCU). Washington will be thrashed by Oklahoma later today. Then, on Friday, […]

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If you’re going to lose more than you win. If you’re not really very good. If you’re not going to get to a bowl. May as well do it the way the Bruins did. UCLA is being destroyed by BYU, in Provo, in a game more than a little reminiscent of last year’s 44-6, Week […]

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