Funny, too bad you take what I say and misconstrue it to make yourself look good. Find a quote from me that says "rivalries mean nothing" in my post? KNow why you can't cuz I didn't say it. Yeah, OK, teams play harder during rivalries, but in these two cases Texas and USC are way to overpowering for the current installment of the teams they are playing. It's not the NAME UCLA that beats you, its the team, and this UCLA team doesn't look impressive at all leately. I notice you have zero rebuttle (aside from some lame "rivalries mean nothing" dig) to my FACT-BASED posts about UCLA beaing the weaker team AS OF LATE than Fresno. Try coming back with something factual in your argument instead of "UCLA is the better team and if you don't think so you are wrong" then you're posts MIGHT hold some weight. Rivalry or no rivalry, Fresno presents a bigger challenge than UCLA for USC. I am talking right now, not based o paper stats and early rankings. Take the play of the teams the past 4 games, Fresno has played MUCH better than UCLA. But I forgot, you know everything there is to know about football so I couldn't POSSIBLY be right. No way Fresno State, who has won 7 straight and not given up more than 20 points in all but 2 games, could POSSIBLY be a bigger threat to UCLA, who has struggled the past 4 games, whos D has let up over 20 points in all games but 1, and who got SPANKED by a crappy Arizona team, to USC because UCLA is their rival :shakeno: . That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard, that JUST because it's a rivalry automatically means they are the tougher opponent than a better team with a better record and better D as of late, plus a team that is trying to prove they can play with top ranked teams.
