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For a large segment of the USC world, fans and sports writers alike, it's still 2005. The intervening (nearly) 20 years simply haven't happened. To them, USC is still the greatest, the dream school for players and coaches, a magnet, and always a force to be reckoned with. To the reality-based community, it's puzzling.

Set your DVR (or stay up!) for 4:00am Pacific Time, when at least on Xfinity, the Ducks game against...was it Ohio State?...is on in the 60-minute version on the B1G Ten Network. Ducks will win again!

The established narratives are entrenched and very slow to change, especially for the old-guard talking heads. The made their bones on selling a certain story about college football, and damn if they're going to change now. They're too invested in yesterday's news.

Meaningless, irrelevant mumbo-jumbo...just play the games and win them. Take the FPI and ESPN and fold 'em twelve times and put 'em where the moon don't shine.

Yeah, I'm still mentally entombed in the old days, and don't believe I deserve, or will get, nice things.

One of the very best sporting events I've ever seen. Games like that are why I watch sports; total distraction from the real world, and entry into another, unscripted universe where anything can happen.

You see it's reverse psychology, you predict the loss then reap the rewards!!!! Exactly my theory, too. I majored in reverse psychology.

Not good, but bound to happen. The wizards of "financial engineering" always figure out how to take advantage of someone's situation. Like taking out a reverse mortgage or selling your life insurance policy.

Just like there's no crying in baseball, there's no finesse in football. The "finesse" thing is a stupid narrative that will either be changed or reinforced tomorrow, depending on the result.

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My favorite spot with Puddles.

Please post a trigger warning if you're going to show a picture of Paul Finebaum.

No. 1 football prospect Jahkeem Stewart reclassifies to 2025 - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM Five-star defensive end Jahkeem Stewart, ESPN's No. 1 overall prospect in the class of 2026...

Not bullish on Bear.

The Faker's Dozen.

Flip 'em, Dano!

Very entertaining, well-written article; nice job.

Then watch the pure, clean, parsimonious, never-NIL-paying Tennessee fans react with outrage that Uncle Phil has bought another recruit.

Good question: Dicky has been "showing potential" for a long time now, without ever actually achieving that potential. Don't know if it's an injury, or what. Also, some of the highly touted freshman, such as Elijah Rushing and Jericho Johnson, have not seen the field to my knowledge. And, what's up with Matthew Bedford? Is he game fit and in the rotation?

Many of our fellow fans seem to oscillate between suicidal despair and maniacal overconfidence, depending on the latest game, or even on the latest half of a game. Take a deep breath, it's a long season.

Ducks are pissed off… - Oregon - 45-17 - 2 - 4 - 377

How about if BSU had not scored all those points, the Ducks would have not needed the contributions from the special teams. The "If not this, then..." blather is just one more cliché in the windbag sports commenters' giant bag of clichés. They're just filling all that airtime.

Brilliant analysis and hugely informative, Charles; thank you for the time and effort. I sure hope the issues are largely correctable. Trouble is, BSU has been watchiing the same tape.