I just took a look at the clowns over at Bruins Nation and was surprised to see them preaching that it was time to rally behind their team.

These are the same people who were calling for the head of the coach the year the team won 10 games?

Agee. The best salve for my wounds are to watch fU¢LA in a death spiral. Quite entertaining. If we win out and beat fU¢LA by 20 points and go to the Fiesta, or even the Holiday Bowl against OU, this season will still have a moderately happy ending. The 7 year streak had to end eventually. It is sad that Oregon didn’t get more of a pop in the polls. It will be very tough for them to make the BCS game, it appears. We’ll see what happens in 45 minutes with the BCS rankings.

not THAT big of a deal. Sure it’ll probably keep USC out of a BCS bowl game but in reality, you’ll still recruit really good for next year when your toughest opponents are a home game. By the time you rip off a bunch of wins here to end the season (hopefully except against UCLA) and work some people over next year the Oregon game will be a distant memory.

I’m not saying that I’m sticking up for you Trojans but everything should be kept into perspective.

I think we have the right perspective.

We will be back while you guys try to get the training wheels off…

Hard to say. UCLA wasn’t projected to do much this year; at best 7-5 and a minor bowl bid. That is still possible although more likely its 5-7 or 6-6. I don’t see a win against USC, obviously, but home games against UW and ASU are certainly winnable and the road game against WSU is a pretty sure bet for UCLA. We played everyone in the upper half of the conference, were underdogs in all IIRC, and were competitive in most. Now we play the three worst teams in the conference. Hard to say UCLA is disappointing for results; disappointing as to the team’s showing and relative lack of improvement, absolutely.

Personally, I don’t believe this USC loss should be considered a disappointment-certainly the UW loss was. Oregon is a good team and USC has lost so much talent, coaches as well as players. 2 losses was hardly unexpected; I think I called 2-3 losses as probable. So where’s the disappointment? Only in the minds of some delusional fans who think that the ride can last forever.

Stupid poll question if you ask me.

At this point probably Trojan fans. No one was expecting much in Westwood. No one is shocked at how bad the bruins are doing. People may have expected USC to not win the Pac-10 this year, or at least think that this is the year when some other team in the conference could make a serious run at the Trojans. Well… it happened. I knew this day would come. It has been a great ride, the streak was awesome, and unbelievable, but it has come to an end, and that’s ok.

Its time to dare I say it… rebuild. Was this Pete Carroll’s first rebuilding year? Why doesn’t he get to have one? We will be fine in the long run. The conference is better when more teams are competing for the Rose Bowl. The Ducks stepped up and took our crown, now we have to come back in 2010 and take it back.

2010 at the coliseum… its going to be Duck season in Los Angeles.

has higher admissions standards, and doesn’t cheat.

What USC’s excuse?