On The Other Hand
There are concerns:
``Hopefully, at the halfway mark we would know what we were doing and here we are playing with a backup quarterback,’’ USC coach Pete Carroll said. ``The normal momentum at the halfway mark is not there.
``Things happen. Everybody is losing. We better get some guys healthy to have the strength we need.’'
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Even the irrepressibly optimistic Carroll is worried. It seems that this is just one of those years where the injury-bug will not abate.
Some fans seem to think the problem is a lack of emotion, of fire. But in the words of the acerbic John McKay, "My wife has a lot of emotion, and and she can't play football worth a darn."
Emotion might help in the first quarter, but in the fourth it comes down to character and talent. And let's face it, much of SC's talent is in the infirmary.
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October 15, 2007 08:43 AM
Last year was supposed to be a rebuilding year and, even with 2 losses, USC won the Pac 10 and destroyed a "legitimate" national title contender in the Rose Bowl. This was supposed to be the year they contended for a national championship...so go figure. Strange things happen, and in the scheme of this excessively bizarre college football season, USC having a down year is just a blip on the radar.
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October 15, 2007 10:13 AM