College Football Played on West Coast, apparently.

Jan4, 2009
by Lindsay Britton
College football fans in the Central and Eastern time zones where given a shock on New Year’s Day when USC defeated Penn State in the Rose Bowl, pushing the Pac-10’s bowl record to a spotless 5-0. Fans from Kansas to the Carolinas thought their respective newspapers had fudged the numbers, or perhaps new universities had been made up overnight as a part of an elaborate plan to move “April Fool’s Day” to New Years Day. These same fans were shocked to learn that teams do indeed exist in strange cities like “Eugene” and “Berkeley.” And, not only did these schools actually exist, they are also good at football. In the past three years Oregon has beaten Oklahoma, Michigan, and USC, in addition to their 42-31 win over a good Oklahoma State team in the Holiday Bowl. Cal, meanwhile, defeated Tennessee and was on the verge of being ranked #1 during the 2007 season. This season they defeated a Michigan State team that ended up playing in a New Year’s Day game, and they sported the leagues’ leading rusher, junior-to-be Jahvid Best.. Not bad for two teams in a “weak” conference. Also, look for Best to appear on a few preseason Heisman lists next August.
Moving down the coast, we now go to “Los Angeles,” which until recently was thought to exist only in “the movies.” Los Angeles is home to one of the most dominant teams of the decade, the Trojans of USC. Since Pete Carroll took over the program in 2001, the Trojans have appeared in 7 BCS games, sporting a 6-1 record, with the only loss coming in arguably the best national title game of recent memory, the 2006 Rose Bowl versus Texas. 7 out of 8 years his team has gone to a BCS game. 7 straight years of 11 or more wins, and all this amidst numerous players leaving early for the NFL, or assistants taking positions at other schools. Fresh off a Rose Bowl victory over Penn State, USC looks to reload for another 11+ win season.
USC is the flagship school of the Pac-10, and they represent the conference well on the national stage. With the success of other Pac-10 schools during this bowl season, schools around the nation took notice of the legitimacy of teams like Oregon, Cal, Oregon St., and Arizona. Also, the Pac-10 has also repeatedly apologized for its inclusion of Washington and Washington State. They are looking in to trading the two schools for Boise State and Utah.

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