Morning Extras: Who's Density Destiny Will It Be?
The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae —
... • USC lost to Oregon State. I'll spare you the Beavers overpower Trojans joke, basically because I can't think of a good one. Mark Schlabach says this opens the door for the other major conferences. Or a playoff, right? One loss on the road and their done? Stupid college football. ...
USC Moves Up Their Annual "Surprise" Pac-10 Road Loss
The Legend of Cecilio Guante —
With the baseball pennant race at full throttle, it's been tough to keep up with much else in the sports world. Hence, I wasn't even aware USC was playing last night until a quick teaser on ESPN around 7 p.m. Like most, I shrugged it off and chalked up another blowout victory for the Trojans on their inevitable march to an undefeated season. As Mr. Corso would say, not so fast my friends! To my surprise this morning, I got wind that the always intimidating Beavers of Oregon St. had managed to jump out to a 21-0 lead and hang on to beat the boys of Troy. Another sterling example, by the way, of why I no longer bet on sports. Besides ...
Roll of Honor Adds A Member
Complain In Vain —
We here at CIV developed a Roll of Honor a while back to honor those people in sports who “read” our blog and then act accordingly. Already, NBA commissioner David Stern has the made the cut, as well as NBC Executives and Mississippi journalist Parrish Alford. But today, we are adding a new member to the role of honor… ESPN college football writer Mark Schlabach. Congratulations, Mark! See, on Tuesday, we wrote a post on this blog about why USC did not deserve to be ranked number 1. About how their two wins weren’t as impressive as the talking heads seemed to think. We even used something called “logic” to prove our point. You can check out that post by clicking ...
