It's DUCK Season!!!

Hey Trojans!

It's time for the Pac-10's most contentious rivalry between Pete Carroll and Mike Belotti. The Ducks are coming off a beatdown of Wazzu, and the Trojans are limping back home after a(nother) devastating loss in Corvalis (the second in a row). Here is a lil' YouTube clip of Pete telling Belotti off...(NSFW)



After seeing 3 other top 10 teams fall over the weekend in Georgia, Florida and Wisconsin, there is still PLENTY of football to be played and despite what the pundits say, nothing is close to being decided yet.

There is a fun event in Winston-Salem prior to the USC/Duck tilt, the Triad German Club's annual Oktoberfest. Since my wife is German, we may make it out that way for the festivities.

Hope to see you there!

CONGRATS to the Beavers...

To Mikey Riley and the Beavers, congrats on an outstanding victory for your program.

Truth be told, Coach Riley is my second favorite coach in the Pac-10...I liked him when he was at SC, and he would have been a hell of lot better choice than Paul "Can't" Hackett.

Still a LOT of football left to be played, so who knows what happens from here, kind of funny the Rose Bowl has become "disappointing" for Trojan fans. The first conference road trip trap shows its ugly head again.

ONE game at a time, BEAT the Ducks!

Fight On!

BEAT The Beavers!!

Fight On Trojans!

(Ugh...9:00 PM start times, especially on a weekday, not good.)

COMPLETE Satisfaction...

What a game, what a team, what a win! My only regret was not being able to go to the Fox and Hound in Winston-Salem because I know that is a BIG Ohio State fan hangout. Oh well.

Hope y'all enjoyed the game (who COULDN'T have?), and like Mark Sanchez said, we left points on the field. The team needs to remain as focused for every subsequent game as they did for this one in order to get to Miami.

The Pac-10 was HORRIBLE this past week, and the conference is an embarrassing 0-5 vs. MWC teams. This is why I worry because the team can't expect the conference to curl up its toes when they play the Trojans, they'll get everyone's best shot. That being said, on paper (and barring a significant injury to Mark Sanchez) there isn't another team on our schedule that should beat the Trojans.

Another BYE week this week, then an unusual Thursday night game on the road vs. the Beavers whom USC lost to two years ago.

Fight On!

USC vs. Ohio State

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME!

Fight On and BEAT the Buckeyes!!

USC vs. Ohio State Game Week!

It's HERE! The most anticipated non-conference matchup of the season between our beloved Trojans, and those boys from the midwest, the Buckeyes.

Truth be told, after watching tlOSU ("The LITTLE Ohio State University") waffle around with the Ohio U. Bobcats to a whopping 26-14 win (the Luckeyes were behind 14-12 at the end of the third quarter), it seems like USC has already won this game mentally. The Trojans are in the Buckeyes' heads. There is now serious doubts in the minds of these OSU players since they struggled against a very mediocre MAC team, how are they going to handle a behemoth in the Trojans? They aren't. I watched the Ohio OL manhandle the OSU D, and even when Boeckman had time for the Buckeyes, he didn't do too much as a QB. The Buckeyes scored only one offensive TD, one. AT home. The other was a punt return in which the official missed a blatant block in the back.

Ohio had 5 turnovers to OSU's one, but the Buckeyes couldn't do squat. Furthermore, their "Golden Boy," Terrelle Pryor, only got three snaps when the game was in doubt, and rode the pine the rest of the game until about 3 minutes left. They never got the kid the chance to get prepared for the Trojans, so I doubt we'll see him very much in L.A. No way they put this kid in the pressure cooker of the Los Angeles Coliseum with so much at stake.

The pressure of the USC game has gotten way too much for Ohio State. Their whole manhood is riding on this game, and because they will be so tense, they will get flattened by Pete Carroll and his boys come Saturday. Especially when Ohio State players like WR Ray Small starts giving out good bulletin board material.

I expected a 10-14 point USC win on Saturday before the OSU/Ohio game. But now, with the Buckeye performance, the doubt in their minds, Ray Small's comments, and the fact that USC always seems to rise up for its biggest challengers (Texas notwithstanding), I am thinking Pete and Co. will win by 21+ now, just to make a statement, and get a HUGE leg up in recruiting on Tressel.

Fight On and BEAT THE BUCKEYES!

Oktoberfest & Trojan Football!!

Hallo Meine Freunden!

How about a FUN night of Bier, Brats, Oom Paa Paa bands and TROJAN FOOTBALL?!?!

The Triad German Club is holding its annual Oktoberfest in Winston-Salem on Saturday, October 4 at 6:00 PM. Then, our beloved Trojans host those quacky Oregon Ducks at 8:00 PM. This could be a good opportunity to have a little German fare (remember, my wife is a full-blooded German) before settling in and watching our Men of Troy de-feather the Ducks.

The Oktoberfest will be hosted at the Millenuium Center, 101 5th Street, downtown Winston-Salem. Here is a MAP.

If you are interested in going to the party before the game, email me at: GSOTrojan@aol.com.

Tschuss!

Meet the New Boss, Same As The Old Boss...

Ho, hum. The KING has returned, LONG live the KING!!!

Our beloved Trojans find themselves back atop the Coaches poll at #1, followed by Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Florida rounding out the top 5. USC received 23 1st place votes, Georgia 20, Ohio State 10, Oklahoma 2, Florida 3 and LSU 3.

Strangely enough, UCLA, who undermanned but over-coached, coming off a gut wrenching victory over over-hyped SEC foe Tennessee, did not crack the top 25. They are #26. Cal sits at #27.

The AP poll has followed suit, USC #1, followed by Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Florida.

Being as USC has a bye week, and both Georgia and Ohio State play some more creampuffs this week, the Men of Troy should enter the Buckeye clash as the top-ranked team in the land.

Fight On!

Virginia Game Report

Hey Trojans, just a little recap of our trip to Charlottesville.

First, let me say that we were graciously welcomed to C'ville by 99% of the folks there. I only heard one "USC sucks" and was flipped off once by some loser UVA student while making my way back to Greensboro. All in all, we had a remarkable time, and the town and University were both impressive. My only regret, is that the game wasn't a month later. Not so much for a temperature aspect, moreso because I bet UVA and C'ville are spectacular in the dead of fall with Autumn color.

On Friday, we made our way up to C'ville, unfortunately having to forego our "Conquest Caravan to Charlottesville." That being said I had to "represent," so the night before, I decorated my car with some Cardinal and Gold battle paint. Here are a couple of pics:



The drive up 29 was really nice, mostly rural, and definitely relaxing and easy. A trip up there during the peak of fall would be amazing I am sure. Three and a half hours later, we were in the den of the "enemy."

We first stopped off at "Buffalo Wild Wings," were my pledge brother, Garry Paskwietz (Owner of the USC website "WeAreSC.com")was having a Trojan luncheon for the faithful. I hadn't seen him in some time, so it was great catching up. I also ran into two other Fraternity brothers as well as Mark Sanchez's mother, brother, sister-in-law, and nephew "Nico." They were a very pleasant family, easy to talk to and my son Ethan, played with Nico, which was cool. Mrs. Sanchez was nervous about her son's knee, and remarked that Mark was the driving force to get up and playing as soon as possible, not the coaches and not the doctors. Needless to say, he performed beautifully. To me, his play of the day was when he sat back in the pocket, eating a sandwich, and none of the WR were open. Instead of forcing a throw, he scrambled to the left and ran out of bounds after about 4-5 yards. It was then I knew we'll be fine because he took what the D gave him and didn't force the issue. If he manages the games like that, we have an incredible season ahead of us.

The UVA campus is amazing, exactly what I imagined an old, established East Coast University to look like. Here is a picture of me on "The Lawn," right in front of the "Rotunda." This is the original campus of the University created by Thomas Jefferson.
The Triad Trojan "tailgate" was a bit of a nightmare to coordinate having never been to C'ville or UVA before. That being said, I was able to find some of us in that chaos. Here is a picture of the TT's I rounded up:

Andrew, Todd, Kim, Laura, Ken, and Lil' Cal
(missing David & Mary)

Here are some pics from the game:

"Flyover" the jets are barely above the rim of the stadium and the never actually "flew over."

The Virginia band pregame

The 'Hoos take the field

Your USC TROJANS!!!

End of 3, and the Cav faithful are heading for their cars.

52-7 Conquest!

Sylvia and Ethan say "Fight On!"

A GREAT time up there. Looks like the next roadtrip on the East Coast own't be until 2011 and a trip to Boston for Boston College.

The Trojans rest for a week before the MASSIVE game vs. the Buckeyes.

Finally, congrats to the UCLA Bruins on beating yet another overhyped SEC team, Tennessee. (Okay, I just threw up a bit). Pac-10: 1, SEC: 0

Fight On!