rose bowl hype

I occasionally read the Houston Chronicle just to see what's going on in the other world. I am reminded of our trip to bring Jeff to college for his Freshman year. USC was playing someone in the vacinity and lots of Trojans were everywhere in the area. They were wearing T-shirts that said they had won the national football championship the prior year. Uh... I think it was LSU... but I supposed that if they told enough people that they were the champions, they could convince themselves and everyone else... and some things never change, I guess.

I stumbled upon an article in the Houston Chronicle... here is an excerpt..

The great Bud Furillo, longtime sports editor of the now-defunct Los Angeles Herald Examiner and a USC booster of ridiculous proportions, informed me the other morning that the Trojans have won 34 straight games — what, like I don't read the papers? — and are seeking a historic third consecutive national title. This would be a "three-peat," or as they say in the vicinity of Tommy Trojan, a "three-Pete," in honor of USC Coach Pete Carroll.

Curiously, USC didn't even play in the BCS title game two seasons ago, so how can this be a possible third championship in a row? Oh, that's right, the media — the media!!! — said the Trojans were No. 1 in 2003. So even if we're nice and concede the Trojans shared a "split" national title two seasons ago with BCS champion LSU, that would mean they are going for a "two-and-a-half-peat" this year.

(I realize that USC students and alum likely have difficulty with fractions, but someone from Stanford can explain the concept to them.)

If you want to read the entire article here....

I think I will pull for Texas as I watch the Michigan vs Nebraska game.