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Hoping to see Thompson (or whomever else is #2) get some reps at QB. This is a glorified exhibition game at this point. Still glad the staff is hanging around to coach one more game for the players, they deserve it.

Well actually two one-loss P12 teams have already made the playoffs, so clearly we can get a mulligan. In 2019 we were a shoe-in despite losing to a mediocre Auburn team until our late season loss to ASU knocked us out. This season we probably get in if we beat Utah twice, despite losing to Stanford. Of course beating a highly ranked USC team would help the resume, but beating any highly ranked conference team would do the same. USC has the tradition and the huge TV market that makes them very attractive to the media, but that really doesn't do much for the rest of the conference. The chances of a one-loss P12 champion getting into the CFP are still very good with or without a dominant USC. My point is that it hasn't been the weakness of USC that's kept us out of the CFP, it's that we are losing critical games in November.

I couldn't agree more. What's kept us out of the playoff the last few years has been our inability to win the meaningful late-season games, not the perceived weakness of the P12. The worn out trope that the conference is no good without blueblood USC on top is just plain lazy journalism.

I'm not a big fan of Canzano, although he does seem to be well-sourced. That said, I agree no other evidence that Wilcox was actually offered the job has surfaced. Not saying it didn't happen, but seems suspect without corroboration. Not sure that ever happens.

Ethically challenged, from the "limp an loaf" specials at Cal to being shown the door at Fuskyland after recruiting violations. Not sure this is the direction I would go.