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Now y'all know why I wasn't celebrating too wildly when Stanford beat Utah.  They aren't and never should have been a Top 25 team, as they are about to lose their 3rd in a row.  Stanford should have beaten them more soundly than 23-20.

OF, you have to know that scores aren't transitive. If they were, Utah wins against ASU. Also, looking at last weeks result, you would have to say UW wasn't a top 25 team either. I think you are correct about Utah, but this week is not what proves it.

The big takeaway for me here is U$C played an inspired game against Stanford that it hasn't played against anyone else, and they aren't very much better than anyone else in the Pac-12, especially now since they have lost so many DL.

I think you are correct here also, but I also think that the injury factor on both sides of the ball is the biggest effect. It is a different team out there now than the one we played. USC as now constituted can play inspired ball and still get beat. That wasn't true in game 2.

[Goose]

Now y'all know why I wasn't celebrating too wildly when Stanford beat Utah.  They aren't and never should have been a Top 25 team, as they are about to lose their 3rd in a row.  Stanford should have beaten them more soundly than 23-20.

OF, you have to know that scores aren't transitive. If they were, Utah wins against ASU. Also, looking at last weeks result, you would have to say UW wasn't a top 25 team either. I think you are correct about Utah, but this week is not what proves it.

The big takeaway for me here is U$C played an inspired game against Stanford that it hasn't played against anyone else, and they aren't very much better than anyone else in the Pac-12, especially now since they have lost so many DL.

I think you are correct here also, but I also think that the injury factor on both sides of the ball is the biggest effect. It is a different team out there now than the one we played. USC as now constituted can play inspired ball and still get beat. That wasn't true in game 2.