First I must say:

Thanks for allowing me to tag along on your blog, its one of the best and makes SB Nation the “go-to” place for sports blogs and info

Sure this game didnt go the way USC wanted, but there is nothing to be ashamed about with this program.

It’s the model program by which all others strive to be……….7 straight conference championships, outstanding BCS record, 2 NC trophies…….one of the greatest college coaches and recruiters of all time.

This has been one of the greatest ERA’s for any one school in the history of college sports.

I am and will continue to be a fan of the way USC conducts its business on the field of play………If Stanford can achieve a 1/10th of what USC has this decade then I would be grateful……needless to say this has been the best two week run for Stanford in a long long time…………….

How funny is that? Two weeks compared to an entire decade…….that should give you Trojan fans some glorous perspective even though today wasnt one of your best days. Chin up fellas……..you’ll be back whooping ass in no time.

Fight on!

This is how a classy opposing fan acts.

Fair warning to any trolls coming over…

1) As an Oregon Duck fan, I was pulling for the Trojans today; a USC win would have made our path to the Rose Bowl a lot easier. Stanford’s win removes any margin for error—any shred of it. Now, as I see it: We win out, or we go back to the Holiday Bowl. Or worse.

2) USC is still the class of the Pac-10. One mediocre season doesn’t kill a dynasty. If we beat you next year, at your house, then—-maybe—-we can talk about the dethroning of USC.

3) For reasons athletic, aesthetic and just plain jingoistic, please put a serious hurt on Arizona the last week of the season.

Thank you.

Ouch. Some quick bullets, cuz I don’t want to dwell:

1) everyone will talk about the defense. we are very young, inexperienced, hurt and undersized along the front 7. we underestimated the impact of Loni Fangupo. Tupou is undersized, Spicer is still hobbling?, DaJohn Harris sucks, Jurrell is the only stud in the hole. LBs are ALL undersized too. DEs are good rushers, bad against the run. where was the rush anyway?

2) what will be lost is that the offense (returning 10 starters) was almost as bad as the defense. if we only have 1 TO instead of 4, and convert a few of those drives, then this would be a close game. the loss got so out of hand because of how much the offense contributed to it. the media will solely blame the defense, as usual.

3) one bright spot was….drum roll….opened up the offense with old, west coast schemes!!! 4 wide, trips stacked sets, motion, shotgun. we had some of our best drives, momentum, and consistency of the season offensively. with the spread, Joe Mc had his best game of the year. where have the west coast schemes been all year? or, since 2005? you could feel the offense getting into a fast-paced rhythm, the defense on its heals in the 1st half, all until….

4) Barkley’s TOs took their toll. the Barkley experiment has failed. going from HS to the PacX in one year as a true frosh is simply not possible. in retrospect, PC bet the season on Barkley and lost. wonder if we would be faring better with Mustain?

What’s not lost is how good Luck, Gerhart, and the Stanford coaching was. Great schemes, great players, great attitude. Luck is going to be a pain for years to come.

PC needs to focus recruiting on DT and LB. Bring in about 10 players at those positions. PC needs to rethink how he manages QBs, especially youngsters. Consider starting Mustain the rest of this season, and opening up the competition for next year. PC needs to open up the offense with spread and west coast schemes a la 2005, instead of relying on the defense to win close games. And, PC could use some help at assistant coach….more experience, less turnover, and more delegation of responsibility. I trust in PC and know that SC will be back. What a great ride it was. Should have had 2 more BCS champs though. this era is officially ended. can PC start another one?

My condolences. You guys had a rough one today.

Good news: USC still has more talent than any team in the country (even us); it’s just young talent. This is your rebuilding year, much the way Florida had a 9-4 season two seasons ago. You guys will be back strong next season.

Bad news: As a Bama fan, I was rooting hard for USC the rest of the season, mostly because of your head to head recruiting battles with Florida. If you let Florida slide into California and sign Ronald Powell, Joshua Shaw, and Kenny Stills, the King really is dead. You set up our biggest championship SEC rival to have, by far, the best recruiting class in the country, while crowning them the new King of college football (whether we beat them or not).

I fear that today’s game pretty much sewed that up for Florida.

My condolences. You guys had a rough one.
But it wasn’t a good day for the rest of the SEC, either.

unless you are defining the era as “7 straight Pac-10 titles, etc.” It is the end of some streaks, to be sure, but I think we need to see how things go next year and the year after that before we can write the epitaph for this ’SC dynasty.

I didn’t see all the game, but it looks ike you guys ran into the same buzzsaw we ran into up at the Farm. Well coached, disciplined, smart, fundamentally sound football team. I am stunned at the final score, but not the result; I thought USC would win but certainly felt Stanford had a shot. What has perplexed me in watching USC the past few weeks is the continued regression of the defense. I see some posts laying the blame on injuries and the undersized LB corps, but I think the real problem is this: not matter who good the recruits are, or how many stars they have, you simply don’t know how good they are until they start playing. This crop of kids replacing the all-world defense you have fielded thepast few seasons may turn out to be great, but you have so many new starters, you simply cannot expect every year to have no drp-off in production and reel off 10 and 11 win seasons. So yah, it sucks to be headed for the Sun Bowl, but come on-we’ve had a decade of craptastic awesomeness over in Westwood and at this point I’d be pretty damned happy wth a Sun Bowl, as would any sane Bruin. So have a cocktail, DO NOT watch the replay, and remember USC will be back (much as it pains me to say it.)

PC just doesn’t seem to be able to keep up with the modern college game as a play caller.

We’ve been out schemed all season and our defensive players have looked woefully undisciplined and uncoached for 2+ seasons now. We need to get someone in here who PC won’t meddle with and will actually call a good game defensively instead of just trying to out talent everyone.