GREAT Start To 2009!

Hey Trojans, what a GREAT start to the 2009 season! Not only did our Trojans easily manhandle an over-matched San Jose State squad (after an erratic 1st quarter), but the first obstacle for USC to play in the BCS Championship game has been hurdled when Oklahoma went down to BYU after their star QB, and 2008 Heisman Trophy winner, Sam Bradford was knocked out in the 2nd quarter on Saturday night. Now, I am not one to wish ill will on anyone, but the Sooners have gotten the benefit of the doubt over the Trojans too many times in the BCS era. Without Bradford, I believe they will struggle until he gets healthy again. We need Bradford back and in top form for the Red River Shootout and hope the Sooners take down Texas, which will lift another obstacle for the Men of Troy.

Of course, USC must take care of every team before them, so they have their work cut out for them...as always.

We had a GREAT turnout at JP Looney's with SIX new Trojans attending their first Triad Trojan viewing party. A big Fight On to Karl B. & Erin B. who brought their two future Trojans along; Wally P., Pam P. and Claire P. whose son/brother is a freshman at USC, having been accepted as one of only SIX students into the prestigious Thornton School of Music, and Tim K. who made his first game as well. We also had some regulars, Bob B., and Todd J. and his girlfriend Kim, and of course, I was there with my wife Sylvia and my son Ethan.

Tim K., myself and Ethan, Bob B., Erin B. and Karl B. and family.

After talking with the gang at JP Looney's, we felt it would be best if we selected one location to be THE place for Trojans to watch the games, so no one would need to ask. That place will be in Greensboro, though the Winston-Salem gang can select a place and I'll be happy to post it for them. We are considering a new sports bar, "Refs" which is scheduled to open soon, and is centrally located in Greensboro. In the meantime, the GSO gang will be watching the Trojan/Buckeye war at Beef O'Brady's on N. Elm Street, just above Pisgah Church.

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!