Woodward and Bernstein are to the Nixon Administration as Yahoo Sports is to ... that's right, Trojan Football.
While Yahoo Sports may not be popular among the 'SC faithful right now, YS does rank the Trojans' schedule 8th toughest coming into the season. Bully for USC. But what the hell is Washington thinking?
at Syracuse
Boise State
Ohio State
at UCLA
Southern Cal
at Arizona State
Oregon
Arizona
at Stanford
at Oregon State
California
Washington State
at Hawaii
Six of the 12 teams UW played during their '91 run were sub-.500. Steve Emtman, if I recall, took October off to surf and drink mescal in Puerto Escondido. The Husky's devastating schedule that year included a 1-win Oregon State team, a fearsome 3-win USC team, Oregon with a plucky three wins, a menacing 4-win Arizona team, and a take-no-prisoners 5-win squad from Toledo. No wonder Billy Joe Hobert threw for some yards. If the Husky's sweep this year's schedule, we will all indeed be uncles of monkeys. More likely scenario, however, is AD Todd Turner will have the Sun Belt on speed dial (if they can get past all the SEC teams lined up in the Sun Belt queue) or better yet, the Great West or Mid-Eastern Atlantic leagues of I-AA, trying to work out a couple of games for the '08 campaign. Godspeed, Ty Willingham.
1 comment:
The Sun Belt is the way to go. Those damn Conference USA schools are demanding 2 for 1's and the MAC schools are getting home and home's with the Big East and 2 for 1's with the Big Ten. In other words, they have no need for a one and done with the SEC.
Also, Don't forget about that '91 Washington team beating a pretty good Nebraska squad in Lincoln 29-14 and dismantling Michigan 34-14 in the Rose Bowl. 91' was the year before college football's modern ear commenced:
10 team SEC
FSU was an independent
So Car was an independent
Ark was in SWC
and
Independents knew their bowl destination by Mid-November
'92 brought the SEC Championship game, the Bowl Alliance and the end of Miami's first dynasty.
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