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I'm not going to say I told you so. I am going to say Scott Wolf told you so. Our USC beat writer took a lot of heat for defying the early-season conventional wisdom and voting the Trojans only No. 3 in the Associated Press poll -- almost as if they might not be an unconquerable football team. Scott looks pretty good after the Trojans' loss to Oregon State tonight. Unless, of course, you want to rip him for overrating them.
Contrary to popular opinion, the biggest threat to the USC football team's No. 1 ranking might not be Scott Wolf, our writer who voted the Trojans No. 3 in this week's AP poll. The biggest threat might be the perceived weakness of the Pac-10, which provides most of the Trojans' remaining regular-season opponents.
Continue reading What USC should worry about.
I'm looking forward to reading Scott Wolf's column in today's paper. Scott writes about why he put USC only No. 3 in the ranking he submitted to the Associated Press pollsters after the Trojans' blowout victory over Ohio State on Saturday. Scott is one of three AP voters -- on a 64-member panel -- who don't have the Trojans No. 1 in the nation.
Continue reading Underrating (?!) the Trojans.
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Kevin Modesti watches sports from a new angle since his promotion from sports columnist to sports editor for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. In his new blog, Modesti not only comments on the big sports stories of the moment-- he talks about what makes them big. Think of it as a conversation with readers about how these stories should be covered.
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Old School on Underrating (?!) the Trojans: Look it up in the American Journalism Review (www.ajr.org): "... the ...
Kevin Modesti on Underrating (?!) the Trojans: I wonder what percentage of readers would agree with you that "a newsm ...
Old School on Underrating (?!) the Trojans: Well, as you can see by reading the posts from your readers in Scott W ...
Kevin Modesti on Underrating (?!) the Trojans: I'm happy for readers to judge your argument for themselves, and to sh ...
Old School on Underrating (?!) the Trojans: My opinion is, Scott is a moron. He does a poor job (very poor) of cov ...