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SC played their best games at the end of the season last year - Oregon and UCLA. These two games were pretty much why they were pre-season #1

Good point, but I think starting with that Cal, Stanford, Notre Dame stretch you could start to see that coming as well, IMO.

I don't think we played that poorly against USCe in 2010. I think that was an example of South Carolina playing their best game. An example of Alabama's best game would be the 2009 SEC championship. If we had played like we played in most games that season Florida would have beaten us. But we played our most complete game of the year and dominated the undefeated, #1, defending national champions.

"up to that point" is right... The BCSNCG was the most dominating game I have ever seen if you're comparing to great teams. I'm not talking score wise either because Bama vs. Arky this year was pretty dominate from start to finish, but if comparing 2 great teams, Alabama dominated LSU last year in the Title Game. They didn't cross the 50 until well after half time

I hate UCLA almost as much as Stanford. Though I can find a small sliver in my heart to at least pity bRuins fan. Kind of.

My parents could care less about sports, unless it's some obvious front-running thing. Like the 49er's in the Super Bowl or now the Giants. It blew donkey growing up. My frickin grandparents (who actually cared about sports) came to more of my HS and college games. It's probably one of the reasons I developed an affinity for SC. Seems like all the parents that were SC alums cared deeply. I always thought that was really cool.

I think people look at how good their team would be if they minimized mistakes. Looking at PSU...I've been very happy with how they've played recently. They dominated Iowa at Kinnick Stadium, but still had two turnovers, one occurred an inch from the goal line.

Frankly, PSU's offense has gotten better each week and IMO still isn't playing up to their potential. I see small mistakes here and there that could certainly be corrected. But in the end...how far do you go before you simply accept that the players and coaches aren't going to be perfect and these mistakes are a part of playing the game? It's hard to know where to draw that line.

All those recruits being there was a kill shot. No doubt.

Rest of your post is a shade weird tho