Week 7 Recap

A glorious Saturday brought us a USC win (albeit a sloppy, sloppy game), an Oklahoma loss at the hands of Colt McCoy and the Longhorns, the destruction of the LSU and Leslie Miles in the Swamp, a Notre Dame loss and a UCLA loss. What more can you ask for when 4 of my most hated teams lose and my own team wins by 28 points despite an awful offensive performance? The highly ranked teams were decimated once again and the new polls reflect the chaos of college football.

Choke-lahoma

Fuck you, LSU

We get a dismal Washington St. team next weekend up in Pullman. Here's hoping we can cover the massive spread and handle our business as we continue to climb back up the rankings.


Fight On!

Get Ready for Notre Dame Week...

The last time USC traveled to South Bend to take on the Irish, the world witnessed one of the greatest college football games of all time. In an epic seesaw battle, the Trojans needed a last second score on the play that will forever be remembered as the "Bush Push" to triumph over the Irish. Trailing 31-28 late in the 4th quarter, USC first needed to convert a crucial 4th and 9 to setup Leinart's game-winning TD. The play was "82 Sluggo Win." Leinart saw a coverage he liked, audibled, and threw a perfect pass down the left sideline to a streaking Dwayne Jarrett. A couple of plays later, Leinart sneaked into the end zone as time expired and USC triumphed 34-31. Those two plays will go down as two of the most memorable moments in the history of USC Football.

Here is the clip of 4th and 9...

Fight On! Beat the Irish!(again)

The Luck of the Irish

Notre Dame is flat out terrible this season. There's really no other way to put it. The alleged "offensive genius" Charlie Weis has yet to draw up a scheme to score an offensive touchdown in three games. I think every Trojan breathes a sigh of relief when they remember Jimmy Clausen chose Notre Dame instead of USC. That guy is a joke. It doesn't help that his offensive line might be the worst unit in the history of college football and the tailbacks and receivers are non-existent. October 20th cannot come soon enough. USC might hit the Century Club against the Irish in South Bend. If USC was beating them by 30+ points with Brady Quinn and Jeff Samardzija on their team, look for Booty to stake his Heisman claim in this game and put up unreal numbers.

Clausen To Get Thrown To the Wolves on Saturday...

Freshman QB Jimmy Clausen (above), Notre Dame's prized recruit who many Irish fans consider to be the "chosen one" or "second coming," will make his first career start on the road Saturday against Joe Pa's Penn State Nittany Lions. Any team who's ever traveled to Happy Valley knows that Penn State is very tough at home, so it may not be a very glorious debut for Mr. Clausen. This is what awaits Clausen on the other side of the tunnel...

Notre Dame is coming off an embarassing 33-3 home loss to Georgia Tech, but the schedule doesn't get any easier. After Penn State, the Irish have road games at Michigan, Purdue, and UCLA, as well as home games against Michigan State and Boston College before USC hits South Bend on October 20th. It is very possible that Notre Dame will lose their first 8 games. I'm not sure that this is what the Notre Dame faithful thought year 3 of the Weis era would look like, especially after a fairly impressive first year in 2005. During Weis' first two years, we saw a very potent offense in South Bend -- though it needed to be explosive because the Irish couldn't stop anybody defensively -- but now the Irish are equally bad on offense as they are on defense. Time to step up your game Charlie "Mom Jeans" Weis...

I actually feel a little bad for ND, but as many of my colleagues would say, "Fuck Notre Dame!" and "Fuck Jimmy Clausen!" I'll be watching this game closely on Saturday, give 'em hell Joe Pa!

Fight On!

Notre Dame Sucks!!

We know our counterparts from across town aren't having much of a spring, and boy does Karl Dorrell suck, hopefully he can stick around uclgay for a while and keep those 6-6 seasons coming. Before I digress any more, let's check up on our rivals from South Bend. Notre Dame fans got their much anticipated first look at freshman QB Jimmy Clausen on Saturday at their annual spring game. Apparently, Notre Dame focused on their running game throughout spring practices, but maybe they just don't want to show anything to their opponents yet. Due to the heavy emphasis on the run by Coach Weis, none of the 4 QB's battling to replace long time starter Brady Quinn ever really shined. That includes Clausen, who was hailed as Quinn's heir apparent as soon as he committed to the Irish a year ago. Clausen has battled injuries this spring and is not a lock to be Notre Dame's starting QB when they open the season versus Georgia Tech on September 1st. Whether he wins the starting job or not, we can all agree on one thing, the guy is funny looking and will continue to be heckled for the rest of his career. Here's a fun pic of Jimmy "Emu" Clausen courtesy of 82 Sluggo Win (by way of the MZone).