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January 03, 2009

Off the beaten path - USC needs more than Obama's help

The Trojans may have exposed the weakness of the Big Ten by whipping Penn State in the Rose Bowl. But they'd need more than Obama's known advocacy of a college football play-off system and trash-talking Florida and Oklahoma - BCS's flawed "title game" combatants - to get the respect they clearly feel entitled to. They'd have to beat the only unbeaten major college football team this year: the Utah Utes who annihilated Alabama yesterday in the Sugar Bowl.

Say what you want about Alabama having come into the game on a two-game losing streak. The fact of the matter is that Oregon State proved that USC could be beaten. Nobody has come close to proving that about the Utes.

If anyone has a legit claim to be national champs regardless of who wins "BCS Championship" it's the Utes who have taken on all comers and won.

Posted by Kevin at January 3, 2009 08:37 AM