>Southern Cal has a very fine football team and will be
>heavily favored in every game up to the BCS championship
>game. Some are calling them the greatest team in the
>history of college football. (This was one of the
>discussions on ESPN College GameDay this morning.)
>
>Forgive my skepticism, but it was just two seasons ago that
>Oklahoma was anointed the greatest team ever...right before
>they lost their last two games of the season.
>
>Can we agree that being undefeated is a prerequisite for
>the designation "greatest team ever"?
>
>Even if USC is a 95% favorite to win each game, they'll run
>their next nine games less than 2/3 of the time. If they
>are a 99% favorite to win each game, over nine games
>they'll suffer a loss about one time in eleven. In other
>words, they are not a stone-cold, lead-pipe lock to finish
>undefeated.
>
>So let's please wait until January before discussing USC's
>place in history.
>
>Penn State Proud, Trader Kevin
>
>
Even going undefeated is not evidence that they are the best ever. It
is impossible to make that determination. Who is to say that they are
better than the Army team mentioned in the same program this morning, or
the undefeated '63 Texas team that beat the #2 Staubach-led Navy team
28-6, or the Nebraska teams of a few years ago, or some of the great
Miami, Penn State, Florida State, Alabama, etc teams of the past. Can't
logically make those comparisons.
Southern Cal has a very fine football team and will be heavily favored in every game up to the BCS championship game. Some are calling them the greatest team...
... Even going undefeated is not evidence that they are the best ever. It is impossible to make that determination. Who is to say that they are better than...
... best ever. << It is evidence, just not conclusive proof. What I'm stipulating though, is that a loss would be proof that they are NOT the best ever. Penn...
Was wondering if anyone saw the worst call ever....and not only that..it was ruled correct by replay in the UM vs MSU game. UM QB trying to pass, arm goes...
... Yes, it occurred three years ago when Penn State's Tony Johnson caught a third-down pass late in the game at Michigan, clearly got both feet down in bounds...
It's just a point of discussion, but it is fun to make nonetheless. I have to agree with Kevin that all this discussion about "the greatest team ever" is...
... I believe that the Billy Sims, Greg Pruit OU teams were as good offensively as USC and with the Selmon bros their D was also pretty good. They didn't...
... as good offensively as USC and with the Selmon bros their D was also pretty good. They didn't throw the ball because the O was not designed to. But they...
... offensively... << Too bad you missed Penn State in 1994, a team that crushed USC 38-14. Kerry Collins, Ki-Jana Carter, Kyle Brady, great wideouts, great...
As always, good info. I wonder how many times in the past 25 years, that stuff has shown up? Who were the wideouts on that Penn State team? As far as 1994...
... Bobby Engram, who owns every PSU career receiving record, and Freddie Scott, who caught 47 passes for almost 1,000 yards and nine scores in 1994. Penn...
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