AZfinfan said:IMO there are a lot more factors that need to be considered. How many times have you watched USC and when they needed to make a stop they did. The D steps up when they need 2. The offense scores so quickly that it is inevetible that the D is going to give up some good plays. Also it needs to be considered that the Pac-10 has some explosive offenses. I don't know where they land statistically but UCLA, ASU, UO can all score on anyone. IMO opinion the big difference is going to be the coaching. Mack doesn't even compare to Carrol. Then take into account that Carrol gets over 1 month to prepare and look out. That is the reason that OU got beat so badly last year.
You act like Carroll is a coaching God, he isn't. Carroll didn't win the games, he has a STACKED team. With a the team that he has he BETTER be 34-0 lateley. How is it that he didn't become a winning coach til the guys came into their own? Pete didn't hop right in and win. So you are telling me that Pete Carroll would have a 34 game win streak on any other team? No way, he wouldn't even have it on Texas. Mack Brown is ranked either 1 or 2, depending on which category, in most of the win stats for coaches. Mack Brown could easily have the 34 game streak and the 2 titles if he coaches USC, Pete Carroll wouldn't have that if he coached Texas.
And Kast, yea, I said MUCH more talent. Unless you a Texas fan or watch a lot of their games then you prolly can't name most of their starters outside Vince Young and MAYBE Michael Huff. EVERYONE knows Leinart, Bush, White, Jarrett, Smith Bing etc etc. Selvin Young, Romance Taylor, Jamaal CHarles, Limas Sweed, Dave Thomas etc etc are good players for us, but they aren't big name guy like USC's. We don't have a Reggie Bush or a Dwayne Jarrett on our team.