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USC coach Pete Carroll was asked today about the Pac-10's bowl record and focused on Oregon State.
``You saw an Oregon State team come alive this season. They had a slow start, got going, and played great football throughout the year, and for whatever reason, that game for us was one that was not respected in a sense, and Oregon State proved that anybody who thought that was wrong about the year they had.''
Um, Scott, they have this thing now called the Internet and we can use it to actually SEE videos of PC's press conference and hear what he really said.
He focused on Oregon State because the question was actually something along the lines of, "Given how well the Pac-10's done in bowl games, do you feel robbed of a trip to the BCS title game by the perception that the Pac-10 was weak?" -- and by implication, that the loss to a Pac-10 team was more shocking that it might have appeared with the benefit of hindsight.
I thought his answer was a reasonable one. At the time, people thought Oregon State was a push-over. Now you can make the case that they were a decent team that no one had identified at the time as having potential to be decent.
Certainly no one knew the name Jaquizz Rodgers. But they sure do now.
What I don't understand is why this question and answer was singled out. Big deal. Heard it before. Time to move on.