Paterno still not over the loss to USC in the Rose Bowl

With a few friends of mine- 2 which are Bruin-boys through and through, one- she’s a Vol (Kiffin-kountry), a married couple (Cal and Stanford grads respectively), and my g-friend (new Trojan girl)- YES I was way outnumbered.

The consensus among us reflected two glaring things:

1. Most other conferences don’t give the PAC 10 ANY RESPECT whatsoever (why is that?)
2. When other teams from other conferences get beat by a PAC 10 team, it’s usually because something “their” team did wrong during the field of play that caused their loss.

Leading up to our recent Rose Bowls, be it Michigan, Illinois, or Penn State- and especially during the game, it seems as though they have this attitude that “well, USC HASN’T PLAYED a Big Televen team LIKE US yet!”. And then, in the game, their mouths get all goo-goo-ga-ga at the machine that’s in front of them. Not just in execution here and there, but in execution each and every play and the intensity with which it is brought forth. There is hardly a let up. (except for that Arizona State game last year, being there in the stands was really really hard for me. to see Sanchez et, al play that game- I was sick to my stomach even though we won big). But then there was Ucla vs. Tennessee for the past two games. Oregon vs. Oklahoma. Cal vs. Maryland and Michigan State (I think?). Those games, the PAC 10 teams came to play and there was hardly any let up. For some reason, students, fans, and athletes think we’re sissies or something? I really just don’t get it? When will they smell the coffee? It’s the 21st century already, you’d think this perception of the PAC 10 would have gone away already- I mean- with Ucla at the forefront, we’ve won a kajillion Div. I championships. And we haven’t won them by being sissies, that’s for sure.

2. It isn’t like we don’t have any talent here in California. See last two sentences from above. We win games and championships by having superior talent, excellent coaching, intense perparation, and by just WANTING IT MORE! It isn’t because of some fluke call (ahem, sorry Oklahoma) or some screw-up from the opposing team! We win because we’re winners over here in the PAC 10. Period. End of story.

JoPa is a living legend. He’s probably pissed because he bought into PState’s invincibility last year. They WERE very good last season. Just not anywhere near USC. Oregon State? Ok, I’ll give that to them. But not us. (yeah, we lost to OreState- puh-lease haters! that’s way played out. what have you got for us LATELY?)