How Many Does USC Trojans Win?

SamDiamond · 07-01-13, 01:51 PM

Well, they miss Oregon this year.

I think this is a team that could be wrecked if they get a run of injuries. Not much depth.

I'll say 9-4 for USC.

BigdaddyQH · 07-01-13, 01:55 PM

I agree with Sam. 9-4 in the regular season is the lowest they can go and save Kiffin's job.

WorkHorse · 07-01-13, 02:59 PM

Talent wise, USC is as good as any team in the country. Kiffin can recruit and there are some studs on this team. Depth is not the issue many think when you look at their roster.

I agree Sam that injuries could hurt the Trojans but injuries to key players will hurt any team. Look at Alabama. If AJ McCarron went down...Bama's chances for another title are G O N E!

My take is this is going to be a hellava team with at least ten wins.

SamDiamond · 07-01-13, 04:13 PM

Originally posted by WorkHorse

Talent wise, USC is as good as any team in the country. Kiffin can recruit and there are some studs on this team. Depth is not the issue many think when you look at their roster.

I agree Sam that injuries could hurt the Trojans but injuries to key players will hurt any team. Look at Alabama. If AJ McCarron went down...Bama's chances for another title are G O N E!

My take is this is going to be a hellava team with at least ten wins.

Work, USC has the talent to win 10 games. No doubt about it. Talent has never been the issue for USC.

It's coaching.

Lane Kiffin is not a very good football coach. He can recruit, no doubt about that.

USC has the potential to win 10-11 games--- and Lane Kiffin has the potential to cost them 3-4 wins.

BigdaddyQH · 07-01-13, 04:28 PM

Again, I agree. Put USC at it's best against Alabama at it's best and USC wins. Unfortunately Alabama has a head coach that is so superior to the one USC has that it is enough to reverse the outcome. USC has always crushed non-con opposition, going 31-2 under Pete Carroll. Now under Kiffin, they are 9-3. Not good.

WorkHorse · 07-01-13, 08:55 PM

Sam, I've never understood the love affair with Lane Kiffin. Guess his Dad got him in the door at Oakland where Al Davis who fired him said he was the biggest lier he had ever been around. A desperate Tennessee AD took a chance and both are now gone from the Vol nation.

The heat is on Kiffin....this AD who played (great player) and loves this university won't tolerate anymore crap from this guy. He wins ten or he is history. Would give you 7-5 on that.

However, this can be a very good team this season.

crazygambler21 · 07-02-13, 02:42 AM

The over and under is 10.5 wins. It is -230 for under 10.5 and it is +170 for over 10.5.
So at best USC wins 10 games,i don't see USC going 11-2 with that defense and a new QB.

BigdaddyQH · 07-02-13, 12:50 PM

A lot depends on the new QB. Remember last year, a 2nd string freshman nobody on a team that was suppose to go 6-6 won the Heisman. IMO USC has two talented QB's and neither one have a last name of Wittek, but that is just my opinion. Let's see what Kiffin does at the beginning of the season.

CrimsonTideFan · 07-02-13, 09:40 PM

Originally posted by BigdaddyQH

Again, I agree. Put USC at it's best against Alabama at it's best and USC wins. Unfortunately Alabama has a head coach that is so superior to the one USC has that it is enough to reverse the outcome. USC has always crushed non-con opposition, going 31-2 under Pete Carroll. Now under Kiffin, they are 9-3. Not good.

This has to be the top candidate for the "Stupid Post of the Year Award". USC more talented than Alabama...

BigdaddyQH · 07-03-13, 02:14 PM

If Pete Carrol were still the HC at USC, they would kick 'Bama's ass up one side of the field and down the other, just like they did to Auburn and Arkansas. Alabama could not even defeat UCLA. Why do you think that the SEC teams duck USC? Texas A&M canceled their home and home with USC. The truth of the matter is that the SEC teams are afraid to play USC. I donm't blame them. They keep getting their tails licked by USC.

D Med · 07-03-13, 04:48 PM

As long as Lane Kiffin is there, USC will be trash.

CrimsonTideFan · 07-03-13, 04:54 PM

Are you confused as to what year it is? Those Arkansas, Auburn, and UCLA teams have nothing to do with this USC and Alabama. The talent at Alabama is way higher than USC. Just look at the way Alabama man handled ND, while USC loses at home to them. For all that "talent" USC had under Carroll, they never went 3/4 years winning championships. Hmmmmm.

Fredvic247 · 07-03-13, 06:18 PM

Originally posted by BigdaddyQH

If Pete Carrol were still the HC at USC, they would kick 'Bama's ass up one side of the field and down the other, just like they did to Auburn and Arkansas. Alabama could not even defeat UCLA. Why do you think that the SEC teams duck USC? Texas A&M canceled their home and home with USC. The truth of the matter is that the SEC teams are afraid to play USC. I donm't blame them. They keep getting their tails licked by USC.

How quickly we forget that just 2 short years ago, when Bama played LSU for the title, many thought at the end of the year that USC, if not on probation and bowl ineligible, was the best team in the country.....

USC def has as much pure talent as Alabama...

and lets not forget, Lane Kiffin took a ragtag team from Tennessee with Johnathon Crompton at quarterback and walked into Tuscaloosa and went head to head with Nick Saban....only a Terrance Cody blocked fg saved the day for Bama.....

And no, not many SEC teams want to line up against the Pac 12...I dunno why

BigdaddyQH · 07-03-13, 06:24 PM

The facts speak out loud and clear. Alabama will NOT play USC unless they have to.

Fredvic247 · 07-03-13, 07:00 PM

Originally posted by BigdaddyQH

The facts speak out loud and clear. Alabama will NOT play USC unless they have to.

I think Nick Saban is the best coach in college football, but he's not stupid....

Not that they couldn't beat USC, because they are very capable but they'd rather play at team like Va Tech and next year I believe they play West Virginia...

Boise State has tried and been denied games vs the SEC as well, it isn't only Pac 12 and USC

Fredvic247 · 07-03-13, 07:05 PM

And I don't want to ever take away anything from Alabama, theyre a dynasty right now and Saban is such a great coach but....

they beat TExas after McCoy went down....after he had drove the ball right down there throat for two straight drives...

then they beat an LSU team that was as bad as any in history on offense, after they had to have Oregon and Okie State lose...

Then last year they pounded a ND team who was just outmatched after, once again, Oregon lost....

but when they get to the Big Game, they handle their business, gotta give em credit...

But im not one of these idiots who think they cant be beat, and that theyre just dominating college football....they get beat too, just not that often...

D Med · 07-03-13, 10:57 PM

You guys win, they are so talented they can't win their own division or beat a 6-7 GA Tech.

BigdaddyQH · 07-04-13, 11:35 AM

If you are trying to say that Alabama has not been the most talented team to win titles, you are absolutely correct. In a playioff system like the one that starts next season, 'Bama would have had to play Oregon last season, and would have lost that game. They did not belong in the 2011 Champoinship game. Both Oklahoma State and Stanford had better teams. Saban knows that his great run ends next season for sure, and possibly this season when Alabama either plays a Pac 10 team or must run the table just to get into the big game. I do not blame himm for ducking the likes of USC, Oregon, or Boise State.

CrimsonTideFan · 07-04-13, 10:35 PM

eeezzzz · 07-05-13, 02:16 AM

Originally posted by BigdaddyQH

If Pete Carrol were still the HC at USC, they would kick 'Bama's ass up one side of the field and down the other, just like they did to Auburn and Arkansas. Alabama could not even defeat UCLA. Why do you think that the SEC teams duck USC? Texas A&M canceled their home and home with USC. The truth of the matter is that the SEC teams are afraid to play USC. I donm't blame them. They keep getting their tails licked by USC.

When you take SEC games do you pucker your asshole and stick your thumb in it? Maybe you are a closet SEC fan? It's ok man, come out, we won't judge you!

eeezzzz · 07-05-13, 02:19 AM

As much as a i pound the SEC, I do not hesitate to take the opposition, of-course I'm not as biased as some people. (cough) (cough) =Bigdaddyhq=