Archive for the ‘USC’ Category

The Rumors And Rants National Championship

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Good evening, I'm Bob Costas (pictured at actual size) and welcome to our presentation of the Rumors and Rants National Collegiate Football Championship Trophy (and half-assed homage to KSK since they won the best sports blog award and are officially Rumors and Rants' blog-daddies for another year). The votes have ...

Taylor Mays To Return To USC

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

According to Scott Wolf of the Los Angeles Daily News, junior safety - and sure top 20 pick - Taylor Mays will return to USC for his senior season. Wolf reportedly spoke with USC head coach Pete Carroll last night, who confirmed that Mays, senior defensive back Josh Pinkard and ...

McD’s Bowl Picks Part Five: Rose Bowl and Orange Bowl Edition

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Updated through Orange Bowl Record: 12-10, 8-14 ATS Thursday, January 1, 2009 11:00am ET Outback Bowl South Carolina (7-5) at Iowa (8-4) (-4) How is it that Ricky Stanzi is the best quarterback in this game? That's got to be the first time all season anyone can say that about Iowa's quarterback. I'm perplexed. What happened ...

Oh Rick, Where Will It End?

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

A bomb dropped in Los Angeles yesterday where it appears Rick Neuheisel's penchant for being one of the dirtiest players in the game has reared it's ugly head. Again. Frankly, I'm shocked. According to the Los Angeles Times, USC Linebackers coach (and UCLA alum) Ken Norton Jr. was informed by several ...

McD’s Week 15 Picks: Championship Week

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Happy Championship Week to everyone. Just want to point out Utah, Boise State and TCU are all ranked ahead of the Big East champion (Cincinnati) and whoever the ACC champion will be. But do any of those four teams get to go to BCS games? One: Utah, with an outside shot ...