I don't think, I know O.J. is guilty. I respect O.J. as a football player and his past achievements but have lost respect for him as a person.
USC lost to CAL, @ CAL, and on that day if you watched the game, CAL played really well, and USC played good football only in the 2h. USC lost in triple OT, and at the time USC was not realistically contending for a NC because it is such a young young team. But since the CAL game, USC has blown every opponent away, and been very very consistent. Playing excellent football. NO INT's for Lienart in his last 6-7 games, and just playing good football on both sides of the ball. You give CAL no respect but they have an excellent coach and playing @ CAL that day was a very tough game because USC is such a young team. Go check the USC roster and see how young they are and they lost in triple OT in a game that was claimed as an ESPN INSTANT CLASSIC. FLORIDA is a good team now, i agree, but when LSU lost to FL they were not a good team and they were being lead by a rookie QB. No way LSU should have lost that game @HOME. Also LSU was dominated by GEORGIA @HOME.
SO LSU played like crap and got dominated 2 times this year @ HOME. UGA clearly is the best team LSU faced this year, and maybe FL was too (even though FL was not a good team when they played LSU). Please do not argue that they were. LSU 2nd toughest opponent was #21 AU @home and won impressively 31-7.
So LSU has not so so against the 2 toughest opponents they played this year, and both were @HOME, and LSU played a real real cupcake OOC schedule.
Lets see, USC lost to CAL @CAL in triple OT early in year, but lets see what USC has done against their 2 toughest opponents. USC beat #6 WSU 43-16, and then beat #6 AU @ AU 23-0. USC clearly has been more impressive against their 2 toughest competition. How lucky was LSU to have WSU lose against UW @UW with WSU playing a FRESHMAN QB because the senior got injured. PRETTY DAMN LUCKY because WSU would have finished top 10 BCS!
Now USC has dominated their opponents all year since CAL, and LSU has not. USC has scored over 43 pts in 6 straight games, despite Carroll playing reserves in every 2h. USC clearly has been more impressive in my opinion, and that is why the human polls have USC ranked ahead of LSU.
Lastly, at this point in the season, a #2 team in the country does not beat OLE MISS by 3 pts, with OLE MISS missing 2 field goals, and only scoring 17pts against the OLE MISS defense. LSU needed big plays and big mistakes by OLE MISS to win that game.
Today they benefited from BIG MISTAKES from Arkansas but LSU clearly dominated 3 quarters. USC would have beat OLE MISS by at least 20pts including playing reserves in 4th quarter, and Arkansas would never have been tied with USC 17-17. Arkansas is 1 dimensional team and LSU defense could not shut them down until Arkansas started imploding.
Just my opinion.
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