Comments on: Football: USC picked again http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2009/07/30/football-usc-picked-again/ Wed, 22 May 2013 19:55:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jethro http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2009/07/30/football-usc-picked-again/comment-page-1/#comment-8923 Jethro Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:30:57 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/?p=5247#comment-8923 Stanfurd plays ASU at home. Who do you think will be favored to win that game? The Furd of course. So why do these numbnuts think ASU will finish ahead of the Furd? Do they think ASU will win more Pac-10 games than the Furd even if they lose to the Furd? Not likely.

Same goes for Az and UCLA. Az will be favored over UCLA at home. It is very unlikely Az finishes below UCLA if they beat UCLA at home.

And, I’m sorry to say, the same goes for Oregon and Cal. Except that I think Cal is a better team than Oregon by a wider margin than Az over UCLA and the Furd over ASU, but that home field advantage is very tough to overcome. The odds are that Oregon at home is favored over Cal. Also, Cal has 5 road Pac-10 games this year whereas Oregon only has 4 Pac-10 road games. So the odds are Oregon finishes ahead of Cal.

]]> By: Pete Carroll http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2009/07/30/football-usc-picked-again/comment-page-1/#comment-8924 Pete Carroll Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:36:11 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/?p=5247#comment-8924 Who were the three voters that actually had the guts to pick Cal to finish first?

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