This weekend is just about as good as it gets in college football rivalries with USC vs. Notre Dame and Oklahoma vs. Texas.
Problem is these games just don’t mean as much as they used to.
With USC, it’s a matter of always losing a game early to fall out of the BCS championship picture. With Notre Dame, it’s a matter of too many losses in recent years.
In the case of Oklahoma-Texas, it’s that the winner of this game doesn’t necessarily get bonus points when it counts the most.
Remember when Texas beat Oklahoma last year, only to lose to Texas Tech and later watch Oklahoma lose (again) in the BCS title game?
Or how about USC with its early season loss to Washington this year that has all but eliminated the Trojans from the national title picture?
It’s too bad that USC doesn’t play in the Big 12 or the Southeastern Conference. In those conferences, coach Pete Carroll’s Trojans could redeem themselves by winning out and playing in a conference championship game (which the Pac 10 does not have yet.)
That’s a sure way to get to the BCS championship (see the Big 12 and SEC.)
As for Oklahoma-Texas, this is a year when the Longhorns can actually make a win over Oklahoma matter more than last year. With a win over the Sooners, don’t be surprised to see Texas ride it out all the way to the BCS finals.
Colt McCoy vs. Sam Bradford. Jimmy Clausen vs. USC becoming tailback university … again.
It should make for an interesting weekend of college football.
Predictions:
USC 24, Notre Dame 14
Texas 27, Oklahoma 23
Problem is these games just don’t mean as much as they used to.
With USC, it’s a matter of always losing a game early to fall out of the BCS championship picture. With Notre Dame, it’s a matter of too many losses in recent years.
In the case of Oklahoma-Texas, it’s that the winner of this game doesn’t necessarily get bonus points when it counts the most.
Remember when Texas beat Oklahoma last year, only to lose to Texas Tech and later watch Oklahoma lose (again) in the BCS title game?
Or how about USC with its early season loss to Washington this year that has all but eliminated the Trojans from the national title picture?
It’s too bad that USC doesn’t play in the Big 12 or the Southeastern Conference. In those conferences, coach Pete Carroll’s Trojans could redeem themselves by winning out and playing in a conference championship game (which the Pac 10 does not have yet.)
That’s a sure way to get to the BCS championship (see the Big 12 and SEC.)
As for Oklahoma-Texas, this is a year when the Longhorns can actually make a win over Oklahoma matter more than last year. With a win over the Sooners, don’t be surprised to see Texas ride it out all the way to the BCS finals.
Colt McCoy vs. Sam Bradford. Jimmy Clausen vs. USC becoming tailback university … again.
It should make for an interesting weekend of college football.
Predictions:
USC 24, Notre Dame 14
Texas 27, Oklahoma 23
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