AU2001 said:
Where was that comment when Texas Tech was killing them????
Oh, that's right you were waiting until after USC won to use them as a cover for the whole conference. Nice bandwagon rider. It's always nice to see you guys come from the woodworks after a big game. Funny I never saw you earlier?
AU2001, You misunderstand me. Refering to "Cali" I meant the state of California, not the Golden Bears of Cal! California and the west coast are ripe with athletes who can excel at the next level. My point was that by USC winning the consensus national title it will hopefully improve the prestige of the school and those who play them year after year (Pac-10 conference, especially), as desirable places to land prized recruits.
I was also commenting on your previous post about those trying to discredit USC's big win over Oklahoma and their sole claim to the national title. I thought it was an extremely gracious post and deserving of kudos. It stuck out among all the other posts that still managed to cast a negative light on USC's victory and continue to bash the Pac-10.
I think we can all agree that on any given day, one team can beat another. Sure, Auburn could beat USC in a national title game, but then USC could beat Auburn. We'll never know. Let's just say that west coast brand of balling is somewhat different than that of other regions, whether it be football or basketball or volleyball.
I don't live on the west coast, nor did I go to a Pac-10 school. Quite the contrary, I spent most of my life on the east coast and went to school in the south! Not a Pac-10 homer or bandwagoneer by any means. Just pointing out that, while the Pac-10 isn't perceived to be as strong a conference as the SEC, Big XII, etc, it doesn't deserve the level of derogatory bashing that it is getting in this forum.
By the same token, where are many of those posters who have constantly used the "weakness" of the Pac-10 as ammo to bash USC and predict that Oklahoma or Auburn would crush the Trojans? Except for those select few, where are they now? You can bet if Oklahoma had beaten USC then they would've come back and posted stuff like, "I told you so. Pac-10 sucks. USC is a fraud." By them not showing their faces after the resounding USC victory, it tells me a lot.
There seems to be a regionally-based bias I have noticed, all this "my conference is better than yours" argument, and that's a shame. Because the sports landscape covers ALL of the United States, not just the east, midwest and south. We all contribute to this forum and for some to DISRESPECT a certain conference or geographic region is to disrespect those posters who live there and contribute to MadJacks.
"Oh, the system worked, though it's flawed....Too bad, so sad", basically were the prevailing sentiments.
