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Very well could be. I think the difference is that Landry Jones is overrated. Matt Barkley is not.
If USC stumbles, it will be due to lack of depth and/or injuries. The defense will be serviceable and the offense should be great. There is only 3 games on their schedule that should pose an issue.
@Washington- tough place to play and a solid team that usually underachieves, but gets up for USC
Oregon- their offense can match them
@Stanford- the running game could give their defense issues up front.Other than that, they are set, and I think the Stanford and Washington games are less likely to be close that it may appear, IMO.
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No, no its not. Washington and Utah both have strong teams and could end up in the top 25 (many preseason polls have them in the top 25) as could Cal or even UCLA for that matter.
Also your comparison to Oklahoma is just novelty sports speak with zero spine to it. Same goes for your "they wouldn't perform in the SEC" bull***t which the NFL clearly disagrees with. That offense is littered with 1st round picks, and unless the SEC is the NFC they would get theirs.
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Jos Mit said...
It aint like i said ud be the Miss State or Ole Miss of the SEC...Id say ud be the best Offense in the SEC, but not scoring the numbers you would in the pac-12
btw many people said Alabama and LSU defense in 2011 could have been an NFL defense
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Correction. Oregon puts up points and yards against bad defenses, which they play a lot of.
I also think USC's offense is better than Oregon's, assuming injuries don't take their toll. When you take away Oregon's running game, they can't hurt you. USC can hurt in many ways.
A matchup with Oregon wouldn't scare me in the least.
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1, USC 2. LSU 3. Alabama -- QB and OL, Saban 4. Oregon 5. Georgia 6. Oklahoma 7. WVU 8. Michigan 9. Florida State 10. South Carolina
The one listing I think folks will respond to is UGA. Their roster is incredible and they have "plus" players at key positions. I simply see them winning the East and giving LSU/Bama a real game in the SECCG.
My wild card would be Texas. They had some real growing pains last year but they return two Elite coordinators and a ton of talent. Their running backs MAY be America's best, OL returns a good bit and adds an elite Juco, defense should be exceedingly salty with a ton of young DBs returning. They also don't have a B12CG but if they went 12-0 would never be kept out.
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Oregon put up 27 on LSU. That is 4.5x what you put up in your first game last year and almost a TD more than your BCSCG total. And if you are arguing that Oregon's offense only looks good because the P12 defenses are weak, the same applies to USC's offense.
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Before I look at anyone else's lists:
1. USC 2. LSU 3. Alabama 4. Oregon 5. Florida St 6. Oklahoma 7. Georgia 8. Texas 9. South Carolina 10. Michigan 11. West Virginia 12. Wisconsin 13. Stanford 14. TCU 15. Oklahoma St 16. Michigan St 17. Arkansas 18. Ohio St 19. Clemson 20. Baylor 21. Washington 22. Nebraska 23. Virginia Tech 24. Notre Dame 25. Florida
Like always, I'm sure I missed someone obvious.
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VT has owned the ACC for the past decade. IMO they have the best QB in the league and a very good defense.
Clemson is loaded with talent and won the ACC last year. People are underestimating them because of the Orange Bowl debacle, but they beat VT twice last year and played far more consistently than FSU.
FSU has done nothing for as long as I can remember and was ranked something like #5 coming into the 2011 season. You were destroyed by an Oklahoma team that came in third or fourth in the B12 and you ended up third or fourth or fifth in your own league. Why should anyone put FSU ahead of VT or Clemson?
USC has a great offense but a mediocre defense. Every top 5 USC team I can think of won with defense. USC has a relatively easy schedule this year and maybe that's where the high preseason rankings are coming from, but Oregon will win the P12 (again) this year, not USC. Who would you rather face in a BCSCG, USC or Oregon? I rest my case.
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