USC-Oregon State: The Trojans Break and the Beavers Birth an Upset

It was a fly by night encounter, one that was never supposed to be. The product of the homecoming king and the nerdy girl who took off her glasses to discover she was hot. And in the final twisting irony, she usurps him completely, shocked by the knowledge that he was only dating her on a bet, but becoming the homecoming queen on her own merits, while enjoying the aftermath of his adoring throngs deserting. A female angst movie? No, last night’s Oregon State upset over the prematurely anointed USC Trojans. And man did Cinderella do a number on the big guy’s heart. Though it appears that the mighty men of Troy were content to be faithful, it was the Oregon State Beavers who were doing the creeping.  They were running around like two-bit tramps at a truck stop. And man can those shorties turn a trick.  Behind the undersized, but electric action of the impressive Jacquizz Rodgers, who gained 186 yards and scored three touchdowns, the Beavers ... (link)