USC Wins If . . .
Defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin makes more adjustments during the game than he did last week. Coach Lane Kiffin remembers he was hired to blow out nonconference opponents at home, a trademark of his predecessor. Freshman tailback Dillon Baxter is allowed to get at least 10 carries. The defense misses less tackles than it did in Hawaii. The secondary intercepts one pass.
In truth, SC wins if:
1. The team is not kidnapped on the way to the coliseum;
2. Alabama does not come to town dressed up as Virginia; or
3. Barkley and Mustain both go out with injuries in the first quarter, and Baxter has to play quarterback.
On a more sober note, it is 9-11, and I see that tonight ucla will be installing some red color into their uniforms in honor and in memory of the 3000+ fallen souls. SC wears red or near-red so the Trojans don't have to polish up their uniforms as a tribute.
I love old graveyards, so much solitude and history to witness, but I was at Ground Zero a few years back, and upon my returning to Manhattan a couple of weeks ago I purposely stirred away from the site. It is a graveyard in its present naked state, but not a graveyard that I care to witness ever again.
And isn't it interesting how the 9-11 perpetrators were of the Islamic persuasion, and now Muslims desire to build a mosque at the 9-11 site.
Perhaps this is a good opportunity in history to see if mankind has moved away from "an eye for an eye," and instead has adopted a "turn the other cheek" philosophy.
USC "wins" if they get a new beat writer.