Pac-10 Rankings - Week 1
by Joey Kaufman on Sep 6, 2010 3:03 PM PDT
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It wasn't exactly a banner opening weekend for the Pac-10 as a whole. Two teams, Oregon State and Washington, lost to teams from the Mountain West Conference, and if it wasn't for Oregon's 72-0 demolition of New Mexico, the conference would have been winless against the MWC. Furthermore, UCLA debuted its pistol offense on the road against Kansas State, yet the results looked eerily similar to seasons prior, as they ended up losing by a score of 22-31. Oh, and in case you were wondering, Washington State still isn't very good.
So, for now, here's our best guess of the conference pecking order, with a question or two attached.
1.) Oregon - Did they merely benefit from playing a team like New Mexico, or are the 72 points scored a sign of things to come?
2.) Arizona - Does any team in the conference sport better helmets than these white ones? Oh, Nick Foles is pretty good too.
3.) USC - That defense has to get better, right?
4.) Oregon State - After another early September loss to a top-25 team, has Oregon State reached the ceiling under Mike Riley?
5.) Stanford - Don't belittle a win over Sacramento State. Remember UC Davis?
6.) California - So do Bay Area schools not believe in opening the season against FBS schools?
7.) Washington - Does Steve Sarkisian not realize he has the most talented quarterback in the country?
8.) UCLA - Kansas State is simply a Big XII powerhouse, so they shouldn't be worried, right?
9.) Arizona State - Has a Dennis Erickson-coached team ever been more irrelevant nationally? They did drop 54 on Portland State on Saturday, though.
10.) Washington State - Wasn't there supposed to be at least some signs of improvement in year three of the Paul Wulff era?
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I would switch Oregon State with Stanford
and ASU with UCLA. The Beavs QB was horrible, not ready for primetime. The bruin defense took a huge step back from last year and their offense is just a little bit better. With a much tougher schedule, they have to be happy WSU is in the conference.
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Interesting breakdown of the conference overall. However, I gotta disagree about Arizona’s helmets; I thought their old blue ones were superior looking. And, at any rate, our helmets & uniforms are the best in all of college football. Hell, our unis were part of what first drew me to attending USC.
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2.) A team does have better helmets than those, that team is USC.
7.) Can you start to say overrated?
Completely agree with this statement (#7)
Even though Locker has been on a horrible team, he’s never shown the ability to elevate himself and pull the Huskies with him.
Well I see that the great Ryan boy at BN has USC at #7
So Fight On USC followers and Don’t worry WE Will Still Play on Saturdays and Bowls will come later, for WE ARE SC not That other Softball University. Oh and don’t say you now have a baseball team, it’s not Real Baseball unless you use Wooden Bats
by so.cal.native1952 on Sep 8, 2010 3:52 PM PDT reply actions
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