[BostonCard]

As a Stanford alum in the LA area, the game was a thing of beauty. Now comes the equally enjoyable schadenfreude as the Trojan fans flog the players, coaches and each other.  And of course they refuse to give any credit to the opponent. See this comment:

"Clay is losing with superior talent, like when your little brother choses Man U in FIFA and you beat him with the LA Galaxy."

This is what they ALWAYS say when Stanford kicks their ass.  And if you noticed, David Shaw took exception to the notion only USC has talented players in his post-game TV interview. He's pretty tired of his players being assumed to be inferior.

Trying to think of a position last night where USC was clearly superior.  They have more depth at running back, but Love is better than any of their RB's.  Daniels in two years may well be a better QB than Costello is now as a junior, but right now Costello is the better QB.  They usually have great receivers, but I wouldn't say they are superior to Arcega Whiteside or Irwin.  Certainly we own them at tight end, and our offensive line is better.  On defense, maybe they will wind up with a superior defensive line, and while they always have good linebackers I think this is a special unit, and again, our secondary is superb.  And we clearly have a better punter.  So pretty much top to bottom, I'm not sure that USC is a better team than Stanford.  

BC

[BostonCard]

As a Stanford alum in the LA area, the game was a thing of beauty. Now comes the equally enjoyable schadenfreude as the Trojan fans flog the players, coaches and each other.  And of course they refuse to give any credit to the opponent. See this comment:

"Clay is losing with superior talent, like when your little brother choses Man U in FIFA and you beat him with the LA Galaxy."

This is what they ALWAYS say when Stanford kicks their ass.  And if you noticed, David Shaw took exception to the notion only USC has talented players in his post-game TV interview. He's pretty tired of his players being assumed to be inferior.

Trying to think of a position last night where USC was clearly superior.  They have more depth at running back, but Love is better than any of their RB's.  Daniels in two years may well be a better QB than Costello is now as a junior, but right now Costello is the better QB.  They usually have great receivers, but I wouldn't say they are superior to Arcega Whiteside or Irwin.  Certainly we own them at tight end, and our offensive line is better.  On defense, maybe they will wind up with a superior defensive line, and while they always have good linebackers I think this is a special unit, and again, our secondary is superb.  And we clearly have a better punter.  So pretty much top to bottom, I'm not sure that USC is a better team than Stanford.  

BC