Pete’s on the Hot Seat

Props to Arizona State.  Sure they lost by 17 points, but only because they had the guts to schedule an SEC team (Georgia), while my Trojans are stuck with their “showcase” game being against an Ohio State team that couldn’t even put up a good fight in its two consecutive National Championship appearances even after losing only one regular season game the past two years.

Meanwhile, Georgia is a team that had an argument for being included in the National Championship game last year but had to settle for pounding Hawaii by THIRTY-ONE points, and they look poised to make it all the way this season if they can get through the relentlessly grueling punishment that is an SEC schedule with only one or two losses.

After USC’s win over Ohio State, everyone (well, almost everyone, more on that later) is talking about how USC is the clear #1 team and will be in the national championship game come January.  We’ve heard that before, only to have Pete Carroll screw things up.

Ohio State was clearly overrated.  They got blown out by LSU and Florida the last two years.  It would have been a disappointment for USC NOT to blow them out.  In fact, failing to score 40 points on them is practically a loss.

Sure USC gave them their most lopsided loss under Jim Tressel and held them without a touchdown for the first time in 140 games.  Big deal.  They were missing their leading rusher, Chris “Beanie” Wells, a extraordinary talented running back who surely would have won the Heisman this year if not for his unfortunate injury.