Stanford's upset is bigger than Appalachian State

First off I am stunned like everyone else across the nation; that USC lost to the Cardinal. The same Stanford Cardinal team that got blitzed by my #5 team Arizona State, 41-0 on the Farm (Palo Alto) just one week ago. I guess you can say it's the Tuesday Sports Report curse now? I have been so high on this USC team since the beginning of the season and their performance last night was less than inspiring. For about 55 minutes of that game USC never showed up.

Give Stanford credit though they capitalized on USC's lack of effort in that game. The Trojans completely sleep walked through this game until late when it mattered and the game was on the line. But until the Trojans acted as though they would just beat Stanford because their USC. What is the deal with these teams not showing up or thinking they are just going to dominate on these inferior opponents? Let's face it, College Football has a lot of pairity and there is no dominant team anymore. Any team could lose on any given Saturday. But I really feel this upset is bigger than Appalachian State's at the Big House. Appalachian State was at least a proven winner in the ranks of the formerly known D-1AA. The Mountaineers of App. State would beat a lot of Sun Belt and maybe some MAC, and WAC schools. The Mountaineers had an impressive skill position players and were talented. Hell, I think Appalachian State would give Stanford a game. But Stanford beating USC is just stupifying. The Cardinal who won one game last season and their lone win this year came against San Jose State go into the Coliseum and beat USC who had a 36-game home winning streak going. Unbelieveable. The Cardinal had their back-up Quarterback starting the game to boot. Congrats to Jim Harbaugh and his staff though for not bowing down to USC and doing the impossible. An amazing win to say the least. Do I think Stanford will do anything the rest of the season? No. I don't. They might get one more win this season, if that. Enjoy it now Cardinal fans because you will soon be thinking of your Cardinal hoops team over in Maples.

As for USC, the Trojans have lost the swagger now. It's gone! Teams now know they are beatable and the USC offense is sputtering. Now I'm not one to usually place blame on individual college athletes but John David Booty is overrated. If your Pete Carroll and Steve Sarkisian you start looking to use Mark Sanchez. This loss was bound to happen sooner or later with how their offense has been sputtering this season. Booty just doesn't have the confidence in the pocket to be a great QB and if you can't succeed with the talent he has around him at Southern Cal, you have a problem. Also, Joe McKnight? Where is he? I didn't see him getting used at all in that game against Stanford. This USC offense needs some new life and Carroll needs to go with some new pieces to get this offense back on track or else this team will be known as a huge underacheiving group.

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