USC almost lost to a Chance Nolan led Beavers team. They had to get 4 picks by Chance plus some very favorable officiating calls to pull out a last minute win. They just aren't as good as the talk. Yes, the Trojans beat an average Notre Dame (almost always overrated in the press) but did not have to play Oregon or Washington. They lost to Utah at home, barely beat Cal at home, a team the Beavers crushed. I don't care if they do have Caleb Williams, this is a very beatable Trojans team living on a 50 year old reputation. They will be lucky to beat Utah at a neutral site. Money can buy you a star player, but not a Championship. That takes heart and the Trojans have none
I don't think Notre Dame with 2 bad Ls but wins at UNC and vs Clemson is a bad football team. ND will be in the Committee's top 25 penultimate ranking.
ND's run game was looking very solid before being surprisingly shut down by a healthy SC D on Saturday.
SC lost at Utah and not in LA. I think SC gets a fairly easy cover over a banged up Utah team.
I would take that wager. Utah was banged up the last time the two teams played and Rising has never been the same (the Beavs faced a healthy Rising and team). But Utah beat SC anyway, even with the injuries. Good catch on the location, I was going from memory. I think the game will be close and Utah covers the spread win or lose. I did not say ND was bad. I said they are overrated. I stand by that.
Hey Brian why the USC hate? I don't think its been 50 years since Pete Carroll dominated or J. Robinson won a Natti. The woulda, coulda, shoulda talk does not substitute for what actually happens. What happened, happened and the Beavers lost and later the Ducks lost. Who are your to say ND is average. You Oregon folks are pretty good at trash talking but short of national championships, Rose Bowl wins, etc, Without Calif players the Orgon teams would not be in the PAC... because your state does not have the dudes to win anything. The Trojans have shown a lot of heart and the team is essentially only 6 months old. Not bad I would say regardless of what happens this Friday Night. Enjoy the game your Oregon teams sit at home watching. Forgot to say, ND dominated Clemson. that's not average.
“Without CA players”… not the brightest of comments. Available talent is proportional to population. Big states have more high quality players. Imagine that!! My issue with USC and LA in general is you expect the almighty buck to buy anything. You see it with the LA pro teams and the larger college teams. Some of us don’t care for the arrogance and superiority of LA people who feel entitled to success. Why you? Why not Oregon State? Do you believe OSU is inferior to you? And, by the way, apparently USC needed to go out of state for Williams and several other players. Why? Weren’t there enough great players in CA?
Yes, and Clemson also lost big to South Carolina. This is not their best team. We can calibrate Clemson against the Beavers because they beat Louisville 31-16 and the Beavers are likely to play Louisville in the Sun Bowl. We have already calibrated the Beavers against USC. They are close. The Beavs D has the ability to take away the strength of USC which is the Williams-led offense. I think the Beavers current ranking at #15 / #16 is very fair. If they had pulled a win out of one of their losses and been 10-2, they would deserve to be #10 or better. The Beav losses were all to teams above them in the standings: USC, Utah and Washington. Only Utah was a blowout. The Beavs did not lose to any unranked team. When is the last time the Beavs could say that?
You John don't appear to like my Trojans. I thought as a writer your job is to be objective and not show bias. Seems to me that some of the anti USC sentiment comes from almost 90 years of success and and possibly a little envy over their long term success. Their departure from the PAC12 is a money play and 45 to 45 million minimum annually not including the increased visiting team revenue.
PAC12 teams don't travel well and on a given Saturday against OSU in the Coliseum, you can almost count on your hands the OSU, Oregon, WSU fans on hand. SoCal is the largest population center for alumni from the Big 12 schools and they will dramatically increase the crowd sizes. You can bank on a full coliseum with Michigan, Ohio State, and possibly Wisconsin and Illinois. I hate the departure due to the traditions but todays game is unfortunately driven by the cash. I think the Washington and Oregon schools would jump at the chance to join the Big 10 if offered.
There's some money in USC winning for everyone. Also, a lesson to USC/UCLA ... turns out they didn't need to be in the Big Ten to get to the CFP. All that.
Indeed and $ wise better across the board for the conference. If SC wins it is in the PO and UW is in the Rose Bowl, equaling 2 NY6 bowl payouts. As it should be with 6 conference teams likely ranked by the PO CT this evening.
Your Beavs arguably step up a bowl spot if SC wins the title. I see WSU going to the LA Bowl. An SC win gives OR ST a shot at the LV Bowl vs an SEC opponent instead of heading to the Sun Bowl. And with the W over Oregon perhaps the Holiday Bowl?
Send UCLA to the Sun Bowl; I see no reason why UCLA should get a better bowl game than OR and OR ST. I don't see DTR suiting up for the Bruins no matter the bowl UCLA plays in.
I know I don't want the Ducks making a return trip to San Antonio. Having the conference's 2nd best team play a B12 team in Texas is just more P-12 nonsense.
I’m not sure who to pick yet for Utah v USC, but I’m pretty sure it’s going to be a great game of football to watch.
I’m happy you keep paying attention to the PAC-12 football officiating issues. Something needs to change in a big way. It becomes much more obvious how poor the officiating is in the PAC when watching games in other conferences. It’s time for a whole rebuild of the system, and it needs to be done by experienced officiating professionals.
Hope Dilligham does just well enough to keep his job, however, not well enough to be relevant
Surely something can come about that will raise our standards of officiating. Based on current levels of competency, this shouldn’t be too tough a task.
Hope the (gag) Trojans win - good for the conference and BETTER for Washington
Dilly is young and can be rather stupid in his play calling ; he thinks tooo far out of the box ! Two best coaches in the Pac 12 are Smith and Whittingham. The conference can be better without SC and UCLA.
Go Utah ! Beat the “ University of Spoiled Children” !
I see two ways to success. The portal can benefit either of these philosophies because the plug and play option available with the Portal can make any team the next Cinderella story or make a good team great
1. Recruiting. If you consistently win in recruiting day, the portal simply isn't needed.
2. Develop your 3* into draft picks. This is the tried and true method that is the more difficult.
Oregon State, Wazzu and similar programs will almost never out recruit their in state rivals. They have to develop and hope for a key portal transfer.
What is your thesis that U of O will always out-recruit Oregon State? Knight? He won't be around forever with his open wallet. What happens then? OSU is a larger school and closer to Portland. They have more natural advantages and were the stronger program until Knight came along
Knight is worth $42 billion, and I would not at all be surprised to see him leave at least a few billion to the U of O Athletic dept in a trust when he passes away.
Recruiting is money. Money is recruiting. If OSU gets access to the same kind of money they will get the same kind of recruiting outcome. Pretty simple
I have opened mine up. But don't have quite the bank account of Knight. It would be nice if I did. I would build a new campus for OSU and buy a team that would put the Ducks to shame. Someone will come along who does have that bank account and the Ducks will not be able to gloat about their good fortune. Are you a Ducks fine because of Nike? Would you be a Ducks fan if they were going 2-10 year after year like in the 70s and early 80s? (bk, before Knight). Or do you just like to sit in the glow of someone else's success
I am a sore loser Duck fan who really doesn't care who wins the Pac 12 title. All college football is being blown up by. I am too old to change but I miss the old days when the rain drenched fans yelled Go Ducks and D Fence every game win or lose till the end
That depends on the set up. If they just add USC and UCLA to the west division, then, yes, USC will make it most years. And that is what Fox will want: USC vs Ohio State annual title game.
But if they do away with divisions, USC may never see a title game again.
Maybe the unnamed Duck Donor, who bought the $11K suite during the game last Saturday, was able to unload it at a big profit! It seems to work that way for the rich
USC made three bad hires back to back to back. Sark and Kiffin were reasonable hires for a place like Arizona State or Purdue. Not for USC, though. At USC, you go get someone proven.
And Helton? That breaks the #1 rule of being an athletic director: never fall for the interim coach.
I’ll say false. I think their move is bigger picture than just playoff access and some media bucks. It is about aligning with 1 of 2 super conferences, nationwide exposure for true NIL opportunities, and being able to fund larger staffs and facilities. Maybe most important, it is about being able to offer competitive student-athlete-employee revenue sharing when that becomes a reality.
Employee revenue sharing? What are you talking about? There are fifteen thousand employees at a school like USC. You think a few million $$ scraped from the NIL will make a difference to them? What, maybe a $50 Christmas bonus? No, this is all about the money for the players....Show Me the Money!!
Uh, no. There are several movements underway to consider classifying college athletes as employees, along with possibility of unionization and collective bargaining. Together or separately, the athletes getting a share of the athletic programs’ revenues is even more likely.
That’s why the annual revenue differential of tens of millions dollars between SEC/B1G and PAC/Big 12/ACC is such a big deal. Why would a star athlete ever consider a PAC school if USC can offer 5 figures in revenue sharing plus national NIL deals. This on top of poorer coaching, as Kliavkoff has admitted PAC schools won’t be paying staff as much as B1G schools. With that disparity in staff and athletes the disparity will be like G5/P5 has been.
This is one take that you apparently buy into. I don't. The NCAA would make itself irrelevant if it does not step in and stop these conference directors from destroying the fabric of college athletics. Large schools, like ASU (one of the nation's largest) or even OSU (a very large public school) aren't going to stand there like deer in the headlights and get run over. Yes, athletes should be compensated in some fashion. I have thought that all my adult life (for 50 years). But as unionized university employees, not a chance, a pipe dream of the AFL-CIO leaders. And if unions were to control pay for athletes, then the 5 star type players would get the same as the 3 stars. That won't fly either. We will see how it all works out. There are a lot of forces with differing objectives. It should be a big as Title IX was in the 1970s as it destroyed a number of men's sports to give more opportunities to women. Track and Field and Cross Country (my sports) were eliminated at OSU. It was very sad for those sports which had a rich tradition.
Help me if you ask more about the officiating review upstairs. When Jonathan asks for a spot review as he did, does he have to ask thinking it’s a first down or can he win the challenge if indeed the spot would have been a foot short instead of a yard? Both back-to-back spots were decisively off and there was also no stoppage of play for a review of a Duck catch that was obviously aided by the ground when technically OSU had no challenge left.
Best of luck to Dilly in his new gig. Will not be surprised if Thompson or Butterfield go with.
I was surprised at the fight ASU put up against Arizona and ASU's QB play was excellent.
I think Utah would have a shot if the team was healthy but SC is getting healthy while Utah is going in the other direction.
If the Utes backed in it was due to the conference eliminating divisions in 2022 but sticking with division schedules. I hope this will not be the case next season and I truly hope the CA cross division scheduling model goes away in 2023.
I think an argument can be made that SC skipping Oregon and UW and playing CAL and Stanford could be the team that backed in? Especially looking at Troy on the road in Corvallis where Williams saved SC's bacon.
I do see a fairly easy cover for the Trojans Friday night; especially, after the way Troy shut down the Irish run game on Saturday.
Of the six ranked teams in the Pac 12 (the most for any conference, which puts the lie to the idea that Pac 12 is second tier), USC only had to play three, UCLA, OSU and Utah and lost 1 of 3. What if USC had to play the Huskies and Ducks? Would they have only one loss? They got a big scheduling break. Meanwhile, OSU only got to miss UCLA, which is ranked lower than OSU. But it had to play the other four, USC, Washington, Utah and Oregon, winning one of the four. What if OSU had USC's easier schedule? Rose Bowl?
USC almost lost to a Chance Nolan led Beavers team. They had to get 4 picks by Chance plus some very favorable officiating calls to pull out a last minute win. They just aren't as good as the talk. Yes, the Trojans beat an average Notre Dame (almost always overrated in the press) but did not have to play Oregon or Washington. They lost to Utah at home, barely beat Cal at home, a team the Beavers crushed. I don't care if they do have Caleb Williams, this is a very beatable Trojans team living on a 50 year old reputation. They will be lucky to beat Utah at a neutral site. Money can buy you a star player, but not a Championship. That takes heart and the Trojans have none
Good point.
I don't think Notre Dame with 2 bad Ls but wins at UNC and vs Clemson is a bad football team. ND will be in the Committee's top 25 penultimate ranking.
ND's run game was looking very solid before being surprisingly shut down by a healthy SC D on Saturday.
SC lost at Utah and not in LA. I think SC gets a fairly easy cover over a banged up Utah team.
I would take that wager. Utah was banged up the last time the two teams played and Rising has never been the same (the Beavs faced a healthy Rising and team). But Utah beat SC anyway, even with the injuries. Good catch on the location, I was going from memory. I think the game will be close and Utah covers the spread win or lose. I did not say ND was bad. I said they are overrated. I stand by that.
Hey Brian why the USC hate? I don't think its been 50 years since Pete Carroll dominated or J. Robinson won a Natti. The woulda, coulda, shoulda talk does not substitute for what actually happens. What happened, happened and the Beavers lost and later the Ducks lost. Who are your to say ND is average. You Oregon folks are pretty good at trash talking but short of national championships, Rose Bowl wins, etc, Without Calif players the Orgon teams would not be in the PAC... because your state does not have the dudes to win anything. The Trojans have shown a lot of heart and the team is essentially only 6 months old. Not bad I would say regardless of what happens this Friday Night. Enjoy the game your Oregon teams sit at home watching. Forgot to say, ND dominated Clemson. that's not average.
Good thing SC has a pipeline to OK.
“Without CA players”… not the brightest of comments. Available talent is proportional to population. Big states have more high quality players. Imagine that!! My issue with USC and LA in general is you expect the almighty buck to buy anything. You see it with the LA pro teams and the larger college teams. Some of us don’t care for the arrogance and superiority of LA people who feel entitled to success. Why you? Why not Oregon State? Do you believe OSU is inferior to you? And, by the way, apparently USC needed to go out of state for Williams and several other players. Why? Weren’t there enough great players in CA?
Hey, ND, beat the Great Clemson, so they must be super!
That’s exactly what someone else told me!
Yes, and Clemson also lost big to South Carolina. This is not their best team. We can calibrate Clemson against the Beavers because they beat Louisville 31-16 and the Beavers are likely to play Louisville in the Sun Bowl. We have already calibrated the Beavers against USC. They are close. The Beavs D has the ability to take away the strength of USC which is the Williams-led offense. I think the Beavers current ranking at #15 / #16 is very fair. If they had pulled a win out of one of their losses and been 10-2, they would deserve to be #10 or better. The Beav losses were all to teams above them in the standings: USC, Utah and Washington. Only Utah was a blowout. The Beavs did not lose to any unranked team. When is the last time the Beavs could say that?
Dillingham is a “fun play caller?” Maybe, if you’re a Beaver. Going 0 for 5 on 4th down wasn’t much fun if you’re a Duck.
He was fun for a long stretch with a healthy Nix.
So, yesterday it was Lanning, now it was Dilly.... Who DID call those plays????????????
Lanning made decision to go... Dilly called the play.
Who called that fake punt on the one yard line. Man, talk about a momentum killing game loosing play.
Listening to latest Canzano/Wilner podcast
Glad to hear Wilner say that we need and should want USC to get into the Playoff
Right now, they are still a P12 team and we need that drought to end
Tend to agree... but understand the anti-USC sentiment.
You John don't appear to like my Trojans. I thought as a writer your job is to be objective and not show bias. Seems to me that some of the anti USC sentiment comes from almost 90 years of success and and possibly a little envy over their long term success. Their departure from the PAC12 is a money play and 45 to 45 million minimum annually not including the increased visiting team revenue.
PAC12 teams don't travel well and on a given Saturday against OSU in the Coliseum, you can almost count on your hands the OSU, Oregon, WSU fans on hand. SoCal is the largest population center for alumni from the Big 12 schools and they will dramatically increase the crowd sizes. You can bank on a full coliseum with Michigan, Ohio State, and possibly Wisconsin and Illinois. I hate the departure due to the traditions but todays game is unfortunately driven by the cash. I think the Washington and Oregon schools would jump at the chance to join the Big 10 if offered.
As I much as I hate to agree…I agree
🌹 GO DAWGS
Personally I think need to show strength in remaining 10 teams. And Utah beating the Trojans and keeping them out of playoffs helps.
My heart wants Utah to win. My head is rooting for USC. It would be better for my Beavs.
There's some money in USC winning for everyone. Also, a lesson to USC/UCLA ... turns out they didn't need to be in the Big Ten to get to the CFP. All that.
If Utah wins... it's also good for the Pac-12.
No lose for the conference.
Indeed and $ wise better across the board for the conference. If SC wins it is in the PO and UW is in the Rose Bowl, equaling 2 NY6 bowl payouts. As it should be with 6 conference teams likely ranked by the PO CT this evening.
Your Beavs arguably step up a bowl spot if SC wins the title. I see WSU going to the LA Bowl. An SC win gives OR ST a shot at the LV Bowl vs an SEC opponent instead of heading to the Sun Bowl. And with the W over Oregon perhaps the Holiday Bowl?
Send UCLA to the Sun Bowl; I see no reason why UCLA should get a better bowl game than OR and OR ST. I don't see DTR suiting up for the Bruins no matter the bowl UCLA plays in.
I know I don't want the Ducks making a return trip to San Antonio. Having the conference's 2nd best team play a B12 team in Texas is just more P-12 nonsense.
I’m not sure who to pick yet for Utah v USC, but I’m pretty sure it’s going to be a great game of football to watch.
I’m happy you keep paying attention to the PAC-12 football officiating issues. Something needs to change in a big way. It becomes much more obvious how poor the officiating is in the PAC when watching games in other conferences. It’s time for a whole rebuild of the system, and it needs to be done by experienced officiating professionals.
My official pick comes Thursday.
I fear a trouncing by USC.
Hope Dilligham does just well enough to keep his job, however, not well enough to be relevant
Surely something can come about that will raise our standards of officiating. Based on current levels of competency, this shouldn’t be too tough a task.
Hope the (gag) Trojans win - good for the conference and BETTER for Washington
🌹 GO DAWGS
Great job.
I wonder if Oregon will target someone like Joe Brady for OC?
I haven't heard any rumors, but I am sure they will start to fly.
I have seen Joe B mentioned on various lists.
With the portal opening 12/5 and signing day coming soon after the Ducks need to make a quick hire.
I agree. Given that this Dillingham hire has been rumored since ASU's position opened up, I would imagine Oregon has been working on this issue.
Dilly is young and can be rather stupid in his play calling ; he thinks tooo far out of the box ! Two best coaches in the Pac 12 are Smith and Whittingham. The conference can be better without SC and UCLA.
Go Utah ! Beat the “ University of Spoiled Children” !
I see two ways to success. The portal can benefit either of these philosophies because the plug and play option available with the Portal can make any team the next Cinderella story or make a good team great
1. Recruiting. If you consistently win in recruiting day, the portal simply isn't needed.
2. Develop your 3* into draft picks. This is the tried and true method that is the more difficult.
Oregon State, Wazzu and similar programs will almost never out recruit their in state rivals. They have to develop and hope for a key portal transfer.
What is your thesis that U of O will always out-recruit Oregon State? Knight? He won't be around forever with his open wallet. What happens then? OSU is a larger school and closer to Portland. They have more natural advantages and were the stronger program until Knight came along
Knight is worth $42 billion, and I would not at all be surprised to see him leave at least a few billion to the U of O Athletic dept in a trust when he passes away.
Good, then we can dismiss all pretense and just change the name to Knight University
Oregon, the bigger brand.
Only in the past 25 years. OSU was the bigger brand until Phil Knight and Nike. Nothing is forever
Now matters more than days of yesteryear.
And the future matters more than now. Enjoy the glory while you can
I won't believe it till I see it.
The Ducks are way ahead in recruiting and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
But let's be honest, winning on recruiting day doesn't guarantee wins.
Recruiting is money. Money is recruiting. If OSU gets access to the same kind of money they will get the same kind of recruiting outcome. Pretty simple
...what if...
You can start the OSU money by opening your checkbook.
I have opened mine up. But don't have quite the bank account of Knight. It would be nice if I did. I would build a new campus for OSU and buy a team that would put the Ducks to shame. Someone will come along who does have that bank account and the Ducks will not be able to gloat about their good fortune. Are you a Ducks fine because of Nike? Would you be a Ducks fan if they were going 2-10 year after year like in the 70s and early 80s? (bk, before Knight). Or do you just like to sit in the glow of someone else's success
I am a sore loser Duck fan who really doesn't care who wins the Pac 12 title. All college football is being blown up by. I am too old to change but I miss the old days when the rain drenched fans yelled Go Ducks and D Fence every game win or lose till the end
I am also a purist.
Well to be fair, you get PLENTY of opportunity to yell “D fence” with the defense this season 😄
Pac-12 title game sold out. USC headed (maybe) to the playoff. Six conference teams likely to finish in the top 25.
True or False: If this had started 3 years ago instead of now, USC/UCLA wouldn't be leaving.
I am still not sure UCLA is leaving. About 90 percent. The question is... will USC reach the Big Ten title game in the first decade in the conference?
That depends on the set up. If they just add USC and UCLA to the west division, then, yes, USC will make it most years. And that is what Fox will want: USC vs Ohio State annual title game.
But if they do away with divisions, USC may never see a title game again.
Maybe the unnamed Duck Donor, who bought the $11K suite during the game last Saturday, was able to unload it at a big profit! It seems to work that way for the rich
If not, I'll sit there...
Dicking around with Helton for years hurt SC and the conference.
There may be a chance that Riley does not win the conference COY but wins the national COY?
USC made three bad hires back to back to back. Sark and Kiffin were reasonable hires for a place like Arizona State or Purdue. Not for USC, though. At USC, you go get someone proven.
And Helton? That breaks the #1 rule of being an athletic director: never fall for the interim coach.
I’ll say false. I think their move is bigger picture than just playoff access and some media bucks. It is about aligning with 1 of 2 super conferences, nationwide exposure for true NIL opportunities, and being able to fund larger staffs and facilities. Maybe most important, it is about being able to offer competitive student-athlete-employee revenue sharing when that becomes a reality.
Employee revenue sharing? What are you talking about? There are fifteen thousand employees at a school like USC. You think a few million $$ scraped from the NIL will make a difference to them? What, maybe a $50 Christmas bonus? No, this is all about the money for the players....Show Me the Money!!
Uh, no. There are several movements underway to consider classifying college athletes as employees, along with possibility of unionization and collective bargaining. Together or separately, the athletes getting a share of the athletic programs’ revenues is even more likely.
https://frontofficesports.com/survey-college-football-revenue-sharing-is-imminent/
That’s why the annual revenue differential of tens of millions dollars between SEC/B1G and PAC/Big 12/ACC is such a big deal. Why would a star athlete ever consider a PAC school if USC can offer 5 figures in revenue sharing plus national NIL deals. This on top of poorer coaching, as Kliavkoff has admitted PAC schools won’t be paying staff as much as B1G schools. With that disparity in staff and athletes the disparity will be like G5/P5 has been.
This is one take that you apparently buy into. I don't. The NCAA would make itself irrelevant if it does not step in and stop these conference directors from destroying the fabric of college athletics. Large schools, like ASU (one of the nation's largest) or even OSU (a very large public school) aren't going to stand there like deer in the headlights and get run over. Yes, athletes should be compensated in some fashion. I have thought that all my adult life (for 50 years). But as unionized university employees, not a chance, a pipe dream of the AFL-CIO leaders. And if unions were to control pay for athletes, then the 5 star type players would get the same as the 3 stars. That won't fly either. We will see how it all works out. There are a lot of forces with differing objectives. It should be a big as Title IX was in the 1970s as it destroyed a number of men's sports to give more opportunities to women. Track and Field and Cross Country (my sports) were eliminated at OSU. It was very sad for those sports which had a rich tradition.
Go Trojans!
--UW Fan :-)
There you go. Roses.
Help me if you ask more about the officiating review upstairs. When Jonathan asks for a spot review as he did, does he have to ask thinking it’s a first down or can he win the challenge if indeed the spot would have been a foot short instead of a yard? Both back-to-back spots were decisively off and there was also no stoppage of play for a review of a Duck catch that was obviously aided by the ground when technically OSU had no challenge left.
The officiating was terrible this season.
Best of luck to Dilly in his new gig. Will not be surprised if Thompson or Butterfield go with.
I was surprised at the fight ASU put up against Arizona and ASU's QB play was excellent.
I think Utah would have a shot if the team was healthy but SC is getting healthy while Utah is going in the other direction.
If the Utes backed in it was due to the conference eliminating divisions in 2022 but sticking with division schedules. I hope this will not be the case next season and I truly hope the CA cross division scheduling model goes away in 2023.
I think an argument can be made that SC skipping Oregon and UW and playing CAL and Stanford could be the team that backed in? Especially looking at Troy on the road in Corvallis where Williams saved SC's bacon.
I do see a fairly easy cover for the Trojans Friday night; especially, after the way Troy shut down the Irish run game on Saturday.
I think Butterfield is going to land in the MWC.
Of the six ranked teams in the Pac 12 (the most for any conference, which puts the lie to the idea that Pac 12 is second tier), USC only had to play three, UCLA, OSU and Utah and lost 1 of 3. What if USC had to play the Huskies and Ducks? Would they have only one loss? They got a big scheduling break. Meanwhile, OSU only got to miss UCLA, which is ranked lower than OSU. But it had to play the other four, USC, Washington, Utah and Oregon, winning one of the four. What if OSU had USC's easier schedule? Rose Bowl?
Smith and the Beavers 49, Dilly and the Devils 3--in about a year.
Could be right.