Here we go again?
It's looking like déjà vu for USC, which trails in Corvallis, 14-0, late in the first half, and is apparently about to fall behind 21-0. Recall: two years ago, the Trojans sleepwalked through the first two-and-a-half quarters and fell behind Oregon State by 33-10, only to storm back with 21 unanswered points, coming within a failed two-point conversion of sending the game to overtime -- but ultimately losing, 33-31, derailing what many assumed would be an easy romp through the Pac-10. (Sound familiar?)
This is not good.
UPDATE: 21-0. It should have been no worse than 17-0, but a ridiculous, undisciplined, quasi-retaliatory but totally unforgivable cheap shot by #99, Averell Spicer, cost the Trojans at least four points -- and a ton of momentum -- by giving the Beavers a free first down, via personal foul, instead of 4th down with 11 seconds left. The Beavers scored a touchdown on the next play.
Get that kid off the damn field, Coach Carroll. He deserves to be benched for at least the rest of the game. He may have just cost us a chance to come back and win -- and thus stay alive for the national championship.
Anyway... time for some Pete Carroll Second Half MagicTM! (But can he do it with the new clock rules?)
UPDATE 2: 21-14, end of third quarter. Now we're talkin'. Fight on! Beat the Beavers!
UPDATE 3: Down to the wire. Still 21-14, USC's ball, deep in their own territory, with 3 minutes left.
UPDATE 4: Intercepted.
Game over.
ARGH.
I freakin' hate Corvallis.
UPDATE 5: Touchdown Oregon State. 27-14 with 2:39 left.
Not only is USC going to lose -- this may be their first loss by a multiple-possession margin, and their first loss in a game that didn't come down to the final possession, since 2002.
UPDATE 6: Well, it looks like USC might at least avoid the multiple-possession thing. They've quickly driven to the Beavers 14 with 1:35 left.
UPDATE 7: Touchdown! So it's 27-21 with 1:19 left. But they need to recover the onside kick to have any chance. They have only one timeout left.
UPDATE 8: Beavers recover the onside kick. No hop. Oregon State wins.
This is not good.
UPDATE: 21-0. It should have been no worse than 17-0, but a ridiculous, undisciplined, quasi-retaliatory but totally unforgivable cheap shot by #99, Averell Spicer, cost the Trojans at least four points -- and a ton of momentum -- by giving the Beavers a free first down, via personal foul, instead of 4th down with 11 seconds left. The Beavers scored a touchdown on the next play.
Get that kid off the damn field, Coach Carroll. He deserves to be benched for at least the rest of the game. He may have just cost us a chance to come back and win -- and thus stay alive for the national championship.
Anyway... time for some Pete Carroll Second Half MagicTM! (But can he do it with the new clock rules?)
UPDATE 2: 21-14, end of third quarter. Now we're talkin'. Fight on! Beat the Beavers!
UPDATE 3: Down to the wire. Still 21-14, USC's ball, deep in their own territory, with 3 minutes left.
UPDATE 4: Intercepted.
Game over.
ARGH.
I freakin' hate Corvallis.
UPDATE 5: Touchdown Oregon State. 27-14 with 2:39 left.
Not only is USC going to lose -- this may be their first loss by a multiple-possession margin, and their first loss in a game that didn't come down to the final possession, since 2002.
UPDATE 6: Well, it looks like USC might at least avoid the multiple-possession thing. They've quickly driven to the Beavers 14 with 1:35 left.
UPDATE 7: Touchdown! So it's 27-21 with 1:19 left. But they need to recover the onside kick to have any chance. They have only one timeout left.
UPDATE 8: Beavers recover the onside kick. No hop. Oregon State wins.
posted by Brendan Loy at
9/25/2008 10:14:00 PM
