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Ten Reasons USC Would Have Dominated Florida

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This slideshow is going to go over the reason why the USC Trojans would have beaten the overrated Florida Gators football team.

Most college fans already knew that the Oklahoma Sooners didn't belong in the game in the first place.

USC has the offensive fire power in their 3 running back system and each bring a different type of running to the table. The wide receivers of the Trojans have size and Mark Sanchez makes smarter throws as well because of the offense the Trojans run.

Defensively though that's where the Trojans would have excelled playing the Gators. Their defense is the best in the country and they have no problem with speed burners like Percy Harvin or a running quarterback like Tim Tebow because their defense is disciplined and has a ton of talent that will be playing on Sundays in the NFL.

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  1. bill o'reilly 5 months ago

    really? USC has no problem with speed? right. because they were so amazing with that 5'6" RB in Corvalis who was rolling over USC's porous olé olé "greatest defense since baby jesus" defense.

    i love all this conviction that exists in people's imaginary matchup between florida and USC. you guys are the same one's who called that Ohio State blowout a couple of years back, right?

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    • Steven Resnick 5 months ago

      Let's see how come it took a massive amount of carries just Rodgers to get his 186 yards? Do you remember how many carries it was? I do it was 37.

      How about Jahvid Best the best running back in the Pac-10? How well did he fair against the Trojans? He had 13 carries for 30 yards. So, keep thinking that USC can't handle speed when they can and they proved it against Rodgers, which is a decent average of 5 yards per carry but Best had over 3 yards per carry more on average than Rodgers.

      So, yeah you really know a lot about USC? Don't let the East Coast bias door hit you on the way out.

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    • Tony H. 5 months ago

      How many 'SC games do you think Bill has actually watched? I'm guessing the same number as the BS voters did. 'SC versus Florida is a nightmare match up for the Gators and Baby Jesus. That porous 'SC defense would confuse and frustrate the Gators with their SPEED, athleticism and overall scheme.

      Throughout the '00 decade, we've been hearing from SEC fans about how it is the toughest conference in college football and 'SC is overrated. If the Trojans are such a house of cards, why not schedule a home and home and prove it on the field? You've got nothing to lose. The pollsters would only drop the Gators to 4 or 5 after the loss, and they'd still be in the running for the National Championship game at the end of the year.

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  2. Kevin 5 months ago

    Do you watch USC. They dont trust Gable, fumbles, knowing how florida runs coverage from one game 2 years ago doesnt mean he can dominate, Stanley Havili was ineligible for the game so if USC played Florida instead he wouldnt have been able to play. Also I agree that Carroll is a great coach, but the man has had teams the last few years that he has let get complacent and lose easy games. With the talent he has he should be undefeated every year but he isnt. Get over it and stop bitching, Florida is the national Champion and that is our system. No more or this could have, would have stuff. Just win next year.

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    • Steven Resnick 5 months ago

      True, but Gable usually was the one starting for the Trojans and then Joe McKnight and Stafon Johnson would come in. Gable had a solid game against Cal's defense with 10 carries and 79 yards. Usually Johnson came in when Gable was struggling or had to go to the bench because of poor ball protection, but Gable seemed to have higher totals in yards when he touched the ball more than Johnson.

      McKnight did miss two games so his yardage total isn't the highest on the team, but he did have the most 100 yard games out of any of the Trojans running backs, but anyways with three running backs that the Trojans could use they would be running holes through the defense of the Gators.

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  3. Lisa Horne 5 months ago

    You should've reduced this slide show to one slide- the D.

    USC has an NFL defense. Ten of them will get drafted this year. That's so scary it defies belief. As much as I love the Gators, I don't think they would have had quite the same success with Tebow up the middle.

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    • Steven Resnick 5 months ago

      I don't think so either look at what they did to Jeremiah Masoli this year who had a lot more rushing yards than Tebow. Although, Tebow is the better passer. Last year look at what USC did to Dennis Dixon who was going to be the Heisman winner if he hadn't been injured. USC's defense is adept at handling quarterbacks that are able to run.

      I can't also forget Willie Tuitama either he can run the ball too. So, yeah you're right I should have just done the defense.

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    • Divya Doshi 5 months ago

      Ditto. Tebow wouldn't have been able to convert those key 3rd down runs as easily against the USC defense.

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    • Thomas Tran 5 months ago

      Amen. USC's defense has proven that they can shut down spread attacks, I mean it's the same defense that held Oregon's amazing rushing attack who averages 280 yards per game to a measly 60 yards. If this game were to happen Tebow would know better then to gut up the middle against a scary USC defense.

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  4. JoeGator Gator 5 months ago

    Time for USC to make a graceful bow and exit, stage left. The college football spotlight belongs to Florida. Period. End of story.

    Nobody's buying the "USC is Invincible" nonsense anymore. Florida will be stronger in '09 than we were in '08... USC needs to get off to the side with the other once-great programs like Ohio State, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Yale, Princeton, etc.

    The Gator dynasty has arrived... enjoy the show.

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  5. Trey Jones 5 months ago

    Hasn't anybody learned...

    EVERY time the pundits claim that the Gators cant do something... they DO it! Every team that was supposed to mop the floor with us got kicked in the teeth.

    I have all the respect in the world for Pete's USC teams but don't fall into the same trap that FSU, Miami, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State, Oklahoma, and LSU fans have over the past several years... they all claimed that the Gators weren't strong, fast, smart, quick, or tough enough but we were.

    I have not seen a defense this year, either in person or on tape, that looked like they could successfully contain the Gators for 4 full quarters. And the Gator D has proven that they can shut down a grinding running game and a high octane pass attack.

    I think the Gators would do well to schedule a game or two on the west coast but our non-conference commitments (which include teams winning multiple national championships) would prevent us from doing so for the next several years.

    Maybe in the future this issue could be settled on the field.

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  6. 5 months ago

    Once again looks like the BCS has failed. Yes I agree that Florida is and should be the champ they won fairly under the current system. We can argue forever that Texas, USC, or Utah should have played in the title against Florida. Face it OU simply cant win BCS bowl games as of late. Yes USC has a ton of talent. So why havent they won a National Title since they beat Bob Stoops several years ago? (OU lets down in bowl games so that was an automatic victory). Vince Young from Texas or maybe we can talk about a loss to Standford or Oregon State. If USC is so amazing why couldnt they beat these teams who aren't exactly that great? I guess you could say Pete Caroll doesnt keep his team motivated or perhaps USC is to arrogant from everyone always talking about how great they are. I would love to see USC play some SEC teams. Face it Pac - 10 fans or not, USC is overated. I agree they are a great team. However, look at the teams they beat every year. True they play some good teams but they never play anyone great with the exception of maybe an Ohio State who lost in 2 straight title games to the SEC and Texas this year. So for all the USC fans, you may have a great coach, great team, top defense, and top talent but the numbers reflect the soft defenses and weak offenses you play. I would agree if USC played in the SEC they would win some conference championships, however, all of their statistics and victories wouldnt be as impressive. Lets put a Florida or Georgia in the Pac -10 and see how that works. The fact is USC is overhyped due to the teams they play making them look good. Except for oregon state and stanford. Texas has a better complaint. They beat OU on a neutral field and lossed in the last second to texas tech. Finally, Utah should have the biggest complaint. They beat six bowl teams from various conferences. Yes they play in a smaller conference but look what they did. USC fans, Utah beat the challenging Oregon State team the trojans simply couldnt handle. So for the Trojan fans that continue to say USC should have been in the Title game, beat Utah first they did what your team failed to. Go ahead and say there from the MAC and it was easier for them. There undefeated and your not. Hey if there coach is a better motivator and they have less talent, the fact is they did what you couldnt (an undefeated season against quality opponents). I agree USC is good and has lots of talent, but look what happend to the Patriots. The point is your team lost to Oregon State and a 13 - 0 Utah team beat the Beavers. We dont give out trophies based on stats and talent it all comes down to wins. I would love to see Texas and Utah play each other for a chance at Florida. Texas would have put up alot more points on UF than OU and Utah would do what they did all year. Honestly these 3 are the tops in the country and anyone could be a champion. USC is not (weak schedule, oregon state loss, OVERATED)

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  7. Zach Dirlam 5 months ago

    Alright enough of you USC bandwagoners already! If USC would beat teams like Stanford and Oregon St. every year then they would be playing for a National Title! Try showing up for every game USC.

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    • Steven Resnick 5 months ago

      Zach did Florida show up for every game too? Nope. Does Florida even come close to the talent that the USC Trojans do? Nope. Would the Trojans dominated these Gators, yes!

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    • Zach Dirlam 5 months ago

      the gators have just as much talent as USC. Florida lost to an underrated Ole miss team that killed No. 7 TTU in the Cotton Bowl. If the Trojans could only beat UCLA, Stanford, and Oregon St. every year maybe they could win another title.

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    • Steven Resnick 5 months ago

      Oregon State is ranked too and their defense is quite underrated look at what the Beavers did to LeSean McCoy.

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    • Zach Dirlam 5 months ago

      Yes they did loook inpressive against Pitt, but they were demolished by PSU and Utah. Don't try and defend OSU's defense because their offense was what beat USC's vaunted defense. Then the Trojans finished with a weak Pac 10 schedule and Notre Dame. Florida ran through the SEC and beat the No.1 team by 10 in their conference championship. USC needed help just to win their own conference.

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  8. Kevin 5 months ago

    Oregon State beat Pittsburgh, 3-0. Pittsburgh is not that great and plays in the Big East. Ole Miss beat Texas Tech who people were saying could be in the title game in the middle of the year. The gators have just as much talent as USC, probably deeper in terms of how they sub on defense. Florida plays about 8 or 9 d lineman, 4 or 5 linebackers and 5 or 6 secondary players throughout the game. USC really tries to stick with their main guys, of course they sub but Florida is not talentless. They have had top 3 recruiting classes the last 3 years.

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  9. Ryan Callahan 5 months ago

    i want to see utah vs florida to see who is the real national champ

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  10. Zeptogator 5 months ago

    Any team that got beat by a bunch of beavers is by law ineligible of winning any championship.

    It is even more ironic that the "trojans" were beaten by the "beavers", usually it's the other way around.

    Guess what? Who cares! Gators are #1 this year, will always be remember as such, and no one will remember anything about this year's trojans in 20 years, no one will remember who finished second, third, or last. So, get over it, and try not to get beaten by any beavers again next year.

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  11. James W. Fontenot 5 months ago

    u might have 10 reasons y usc could make it a close game against florida. But USC doesnt have Tebow. Advantage Florida. O please tell me who USC has faced this season besides ohio state and Penn State which are 2 teams who never proved their consistency as being a top 10 ranked team........yea thats what i thought. Look at Floridas strength of schedule.

    P.S. I think Oklahoma would emberass USC.

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    • Thomas Tran 5 months ago

      USC faces Oregon, California, and Arizona. These three teams I just mentioned have vaunted offenses all of them who average more then five TDs. Oklahoma embarass USC? they only managed to score 14 points on Florida who doesn't even have the best defense in the nation. I mean what happened to the team that scored 35 on TCU? Yeah it goes to show when OU is in BCS games they're choke jobs case closed. You might want to do a little bit of research there, rankings won't do much especially if its a computer doing it.

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  12. James W. Fontenot 5 months ago

    o by the way steven oregon state.....yea their defense is really tough dude! ha ur a joke. people like u are the reason why USC is the most OVERRATED team every year!

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  13. Joe Mooney 5 months ago

    Gators are number one - period! SC looked lucky to beat Penn St., hardly dominating. If they could not dominate a lacky Little 11 team, how in the world could they even pretend to match up to the Mighty Gators. Even to imagine it is shear lunacy.
    The onlly argument - and there seems to be one - is who is number two. My vote would be for Utah. Reasons why: Undefeated, played well and won Bowl game against 'Bama, well coached, good stats and won against some quality teams.
    Reasons why not: conference, played a schedule that most, if not all, BCS teams would have gone undefeated too.
    Texas has a beter argument than the trojan-enz do at being ranked higher/being better. All this verbal masterbation is moot - the BCS/AP National Champions are the MIGHTY GATORS.

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    • Thomas Tran 5 months ago

      How stupid are you? Lucky against the Nittany Lions of Penn State? Clearly you did not watch the game at all. USC was already leading 31-7 in the first half! In the second half you can tell that they started to let loose a little bit and besides you shouldn't be surprised if Penn State scores on you, they're a balanced offense just like USC. Utah, true they are undefeated, but does beating an Alabama team that no one recognizes as the top team mean they're legit? No it shouldn't Alabama too had trouble with Florida's and this is a team that mainly runs and it was easy for Utah to stop them when they have 8 man at the line of scrimmage on defense. Alabama panicked and tried to win it with their QB which didn't work. As for Texas they needed a miracle to beat Ohio St. the same Ohio St. that got pounded by USC and don't say it's because they didn't have Beanie Wells or Terrelle Pryor didn't play much, because they still had that veteran defense and it wouldn't make much of a difference.

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    • Michael Peila 5 months ago

      What game were you watching? USC rolled over Penn State the first half and then coasted the rest of the way. Penn State never gave up in the second half but SC still held them at bay. Embarrassing someone is not Carroll's style. I am sure Paterno appreciated it. Get real.

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  14. Thomas Tran 5 months ago

    Hey Steven Resnick, I just want to say this is a great article that you wrote and it's full of insight on how good the Trojans are. You know it's a funny thing that people who hate on USC bring up stuff like Oregon St. and Stanford which was almost two years ago. True Oregon St. beat USC, but this is the same Oregon St. who nearly went to the Rose Bowl this team changed and gave Utah fits at Utah. I believe that no matter how many times USC destroys great teams they will still be targets of criticisms from idiots with no knowledge what so ever such as people like Joe, Kevin James, Bill, and etc. Not to take any credibility from Florida, I have total respect for them, but if they were to go up against an NFL defense ready defense like USC things will be bad for them.

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  15. Mitch 5 months ago

    USC was manhandled by Oregon State. This argument is officially over.

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    • Steven Resnick 5 months ago

      Thanks for the laugh Mitch, but why don't you check it out before you open your mouth. Total defense USC ranked number 2 to Oklahoma's 68th, USC rushing defense number 5 to number 20 for Oklahoma, Pass defense number 1 and Oklahoma number 99 and if you want to put that into context Washington and Washington State teams that combined for two wins were ranked 44 and 62 against the pass.

      For scoring defense meaning points allowed again USC number 1 and Oklahoma was number 58. To again put it into context Northern Illinois gave up less points than Oklahoma. Gee Mitch you may want to do research.

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    • Thomas Tran 5 months ago

      Same thing could be said about Florida losing to Ole Miss right? oh wait no, your comments might as well leave a bunch of people reading it brain dead. Use statistics and logics before you comment, a little research never hurts.

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  1. David 5 months ago

    It doesn't take "research" to see that USC could have gone undefeated and didn't so they screwed themselves up right there. Florida lost by an extra point (Maybe you consider that manhandled) so use your brain Thomas. The only team that could possibly argue with Florida is Utah. In case you didn't know you guys are #3 not even #2 so first go argue you are better than Utah.

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    • Steven Resnick 5 months ago

      Utah shouldn't even be in the discussion they would be manhandled by Florida and USC. They don't even belong.

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    • Mitch 5 months ago

      Nice work David. USC is third best. I like how USC doesn't remember an undefeated auburn team that got left out of the championship when they won it. Auburn would have slapped them to the ground. On top of that they stole half of LSU's national championship. What a bunch of whiners. Steven is the perfect example.

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  2. David 5 months ago

    good call mitch. these freakin USC idiots kill me. they are always being hated on according to them when in reality they always get better than they deserve. stop crying you bunch of losers and play in a real conference and give auburn and lsu their titles back while your at it.

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  3. Warren Wills 5 months ago

    Normally Stanley Havili would be an excellent "x-factor" in such a hypothetical match-up, save for the fact that he didn't even play against Penn State because he was academically ineligible.

    I'm an USC fan and would never claim the they could "dominate" Florida. I think it'd be the best match-up of all for the 2008 season and probably 2009 too.

    By the looks of your website, not only is your lack of professionalism evident, it's also enhanced by the cadre of reader that you attract.
    Thanks for wasting my time!

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  4. Nick The Only 5 months ago

    All you need to know:

    Florida's opponents' combined winning percentage = 64%
    USC's opponents' combined winning percentage = 55%.

    Florida's average margin of victory = 30.7 points
    USC's average margin of victory = 28.5 points

    Florida played much tougher teams and won by bigger margins. Case closed. You lost this argument. Go home.

    Is there anything worse than being the fan of a team that thinks its good, but has no factual data to back it up?

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    • Steven Resnick 5 months ago

      Has no factual data to back it up, here's a fact USC has more weapons on the offensive side and the defensive side than Florida.

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    • Nick The Only 5 months ago

      "Has no factual data to back it up"

      Those are facts. Pulled straight from the NCAA website.

      Steven = in denial. Florida played a significantly harder schedule and won more impressively.

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    • Steven Resnick 5 months ago

      Yeah and where did I pull mine from then? Same place.

      Total offense from quarterback play Tebow vs Sanchez, winner = Sanchez
      Total defense= Florida vs USC, winner = USC
      Total offense= Florida vs USC, winner = USC

      Too bad that Florida didn't even have the better offense. What is that again? Good defense leads to better offense. I guess USC can take from that, but Florida doesn't even have a better offense than USC.

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    • Nick The Only 5 months ago

      Total offense and total defense are yardage measures. Wins and losses are measured by points, not yards. The better statistical measure when predicting wins and losses is points. For points, look to scoring offense (points scored) and scoring defense (points allowed) statistics.

      http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/natlRank.jsp?year=2008&rpt=IA_teamscoroff&site=org
      http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/natlRank.jsp?year=2008&rpt=IA_teamscordef&site=org

      Florida scored 6 points more per game than USC and allowed 4 points more per game. Thus, Florida was 2 points better per game than USC.

      Those 2 points may seem minor, but when you take into account the fact that Florida played the 2nd toughest schedule and USC played the 38th toughest schedule, then you can see Florida is clearly superior.

      http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/2008/Internet/toughest%20schedule/fbs_9games_cumm.pdf

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  5. bill o'reilly 5 months ago

    Hey Steven....
    You're a huge Niners and A's fan (so am I for 20years+), so I'm going to give you some respect.

    Here's my only point...can we really compare overall stats with teams from different conferences? No. I think if learned anything we learned that the big-12 numbers may have been inflated. So we can't really learn anything from USC's numbers.

    And we can't honestly say whether one team has better talent than another, because how do we know? All most of us know is what Mel Kiper and ESPN tell us.

    We can, however, look at which schools produce more NFL players. And I think USC consistently produces a good deal of quality players. Probably more than Florida. Although I think with Urban Meyer in charge that might shift slightly. But historically UF has never been great with consistently producing NFL quality players (not the way Miami, FSU, Ohio State, and USC have).

    The situation with the Trojans and USC reminds me of the Niners in the 80's. The Niners pwned the NFC West year after year over teams like Atlanta, LA Rams and the Saints. But they still had to go through powerhouse teams like the Giants, Redskins and Bears. (When teams won superbowls in the 80's the earned it! and you knew they were the best team in the NFL). With USC, yeah, they dominate the PAC-10. I've seen a few PAC-10 games (including the USC-Oregon State game) and it reminds me of the Niners walking over the NFC-west. There aren't scary teams in the PAC-10 outside of USC. Not Oregon, not Oregon state. If anything, USC suffers because Notre Dame and UCLA aren't anywhere near what they used to be. And people have this built-in respect for the SEC. Some of it illusion, some of it earned. I'd like to think that year in year out -- on average -- the SEC is the toughest conference. But who knows.

    If you're argument is that USC has more pro players and therefore would win a college football game against a team with fewer pro players, then that's a decent argument. But how many times have we seen quality teams beat teams with a more awesome collection of talent? Often enough for me to know not to hand USC anything.

    It's true I'm a gator fan b/c I went there. And I want nothing more than to see USC-Florida in the Rose Bowl next year. I've been wanting this game for a couple of years. And, yeah, it's starting to piss me off a bit that UF schedules as many patsies as it does. I don't like it. But that has more to do with money and profit than fear of a PAC-10 team.

    Good stuff.

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  6. bill o'reilly 5 months ago

    (btw....I respect Tebow and Urban Meyer, but how hilarious was it when Meyer said he'd help Tebow out by putting him in touch with....Alex Smith?! Yeah, Urban, don't to Timmy any favors there.) The Niners finally got a number one pick and they wasted it on that dude who had bust written all over him. Man, I miss Bill Walsh.

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  7. Sean Callahan 9 days ago

    USC and UF would of been a great game....this article is just non sense.

    Florida had a better offense
    USC had a better defense
    UF had better special teams.

    Also, point out Florida had the highest MOV in SEC history. They were the first SEC team ever to score at least 30 in every conference game. Had the highest PPG in SEC play. This team was not ordinary. USC had a decent offense...they wouldn't have troubled Florida's defense though. Not even close. They run the same system as Georgia, and you saw how well Stafford and Moreno did.

    It would of been a good game, speculate all you want but Florida played the tougher schedule, USC didn't. Maybe this year they get it right and UF faces USC for what I think could be one of the best games we have seen...the coaching match up, the 5 star recruits, the soon to be pro's...sick game...let's hope we get to see it.

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  8. BAMF1960 7 days ago

    Remember, USC faced an avg. opponents offense that ranked 67th & opponents defense avg. ranking was 59th...... Whew! Kind of hard not to look awesome facing that mess. With those numbers, USC should have done better.

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