Friday, September 26, 2008

Pac-10 isn't that overrated....at least not yet.


Alright, all this Pac-10 sucks talk is getting to me. Lets wait just a little bit, because teams have bad games.

Sure USC choked on a national stage last night. So they aren't the best team ever...most people could have guessed that long ago. But this doesn't mean the Trojans are horrible or overrated. Let things play out the entire season. If USC suffers 1 or 2 more losses, then they are overrated. But an early season loss doesn't necessarily equal a disaster of a season.

There may be a little more substance behind calling ASU overrated. But its hard. They were upset at home by UNLV (bad bad lose) but then lost to a well rounded and very good Georgia team. I guess it just stinks that the Sun Devils decided to play the Bulldogs this season.

Oregon lost bad at home to Boise State. Sure the Broncos are from a smaller conference, but as we saw a few years back against the Sooners, the Broncos play bigger than a mid-level conference team.

Cal has one lost and as of right now, they probably have the best lose of ANY Pac-10 team. They traveled across country and played Maryland (who are 3-1) at 9 a.m. Eastern time (that is 6 a.m. Pacific). The Bears aren't out of it and could have a successful season if they don't implode like last season after a loss.

Overall the point is this. The Pac-10 isn't the dominate conference they were last year. But to write them off just because every team has a loss on their record is absurd. They have struggled against non-BCS conference teams this year. But 2 of those losses were to BYU who is nationally ranked and Boise State who is also nationally ranked. The Pac-10 also has some impressive non-conference wins that people are forgetting. They have beaten Ohio State, Virginia, Tennessee, Michigan State, and Purdue...thats not a bad grouping of victories.

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