"All of a sudden, this is the de facto Big 12 Championship. (No offense to Kansas.)"

We are offended.

The Big East is just a flawed conference this year. I know S. Florida is a feel-good story, but if Pat White doesn't leave the game because of injury, they don't beat W. Va.

A top-5 team struggling to beat a Sun Belt team? Um, I don't think so.

Good lord do I hate the word Schadenfreude.

The way I look at it...in 10 years, people will still be talking about App State-Michigan. That will not be the case for Stanford-USC.

Stanford is a conference foe, and while they have inferior talent, they still have BCS Conference Level players, and have been to the Rose Bowl in the last decade.

Not. The. Same.

Now...was it gloriously humiliating for USC? Absolutely!

It's almost like Stanford snuck into the Colosseum inside a giant wooden horse of some sort.

The Missouri Tigers are either setting up their long-suffering fanbase for a glorious payoff this season or the biggest cocktease this side of the Mississippi River.

@public enemy #1: It took WVU 3 quarters to get off the deck against Marshall, who is easily one of the worst teams in the country.

Pat White did zero against USF, and would have had to pass them back into the game. Not going to happen.

The King is dead! Long live the king!

@williamzabka:

Amen.

@Brad Lee:

Same thing every year for Missouri. Win a few games, get love from the media, promptly lose. Gary Pinkel still coaches this team.

So how is your 2 loss Gators #10? Tisk Tisk Shandy. Gamecocks and Spurrier are gonna run house this season.

Boy, that Walt Harris was a good recruiter over there at Stanford, wasn't he? The man was an undervalued treasure, I tell you.

Of course, I may have to watch the Wannstache lead Pitt to a loss against Navy this Wednesday, so you might understand my point of view....

Little Known Fact: Jim Harbaugh spent time as the Stanford Tree Mascot during his high school days at Palo Alto High School; a bullet-point on his resume which he lists 'above' any reference to his time spent at University of Michigan.

@The Gentleman Masher: White had 100 yards passing when he left in the 2nd quarter. I would hardly call that nothing. They only lost by 8 points. I'd like my chances with him in their the whole game.

They ended up winning the Marshall game by 25 points.

@Brad Lee:
Which side of the mississippi are we talking about?

/no idea where Columbia, Missouri is

@UNC Samurai: "It's almost like Stanford snuck into the Colosseum inside a giant wooden rabbit of some sort."

Monty Pythonized

Stanford beating USC is NOT a bigger upset than Appalachian State beating Michigan, regardless of what the line was. Stanford plays in the same conference as USC, and while the program may suck, they still attract some decent talent. Applachian State is not even D-1, is it? That's a way bigger upset. Stanford beating USC is like Vandy beating LSU - completely unexpected, but not completely outside the realm of possibility.

Fucking Stanfurd. Spoiling Cal's chance to be the first to knock off the Trojans this season.

They just can't do anything right in Palo Alto. And don't even get me started on the abortion that is Sushi Tomo.

This is just proof that Pete Carroll can even fuck up the easiest job in football.

It's insane, that guy's taint.

I understand it's his schtick and all, but all of this knee-jerk sensationalism by Shanoff has run its course... about when his Page 2 column got axed.

And for the record, despite losing Saturday, USC still has some good wins this season. UM was 0-1 after one week. Hence the disparity in rankings. But that doesn't make for such crazy sensationalism.

@econdave:

Bravely bold Sir Booty, rode forth from Camelot,
He was not afraid to die, Oh Brave Sir Booty,
He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways
Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Booty.

He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp
Or to have his eyes gouged out and his elbows broken;
To have his kneecaps split and his body burned away
And his limbs all hacked and mangled, brave Sir Booty.

His head smashed in, and his heart cut out,
And his liver removed, and his bowels unplugged,
And his nostrils raped, and his bottom burned off,
And his penis split ... and his ...

@Rob Iracane: Taint Misbehavin'

@Botswana Meat Commission FC: All of Missouri is west of the Mississippi.

I'd love to discuss the fall of the USC Trojans, but I have an important threadjack: I ingested some awesome brownies last night at midnight and I woke up at 10 this morning for class and was STILL high. That was important and I thought you'd all like to know.

if lsu and cal lose, can we take an ohio state vs boston college national championship?

Why must Appalachian State-Michigan and Stanford-Southern Cal be compared? They were both massive upsets that will be talked about years from now. Does it really matter which one was bigger? Can't these teams and their fans just enjoy their win without having to defend which upset they were a part of?

I mean...dick joke.

@morrisalmondjoy: Bite your tongue.

Oh, and did anyone else, for the briefest of moments think, while Florida was leading LSU in the 4th quarter, that the sun was about to explode?

Because Cal at #1 would have caused just that.

@SA: Does it really matter which one was bigger?

I mean...dick joke.

Flagged for redundancy.

stanford has won 16 games since 2003, and hadn't beat a ranked team since 2001. i mean, that's close to duke proportions right there.

can anyone imagine those mid 90s duke teams knocking off fsu in tallahassee? me either.

@Brad Lee: God, I hope it's the former.

Columbia - in the middle of Missouri - west of the Mississippi - was amazing this weekend!

@williamzabka: I get such joy from people hating the word Schadenfreude.

Dear USC,
Thanks for taking away the heat from us and our own embarassment.
Love,
UGA

The Michigan loss to App State dropped them to 0-1. The USC loss dropped them to 4-1. 4-1 should keep you in the top 25.

Shanoff can make fun of Illinois for having Ron Zook because he rooted for Florida way back when Zook was the coach. (Shanoff cannot make any comments about Spurrier or Galen Hall.)

@public enemy #1: And how many points did WVU have when he left the game? 3?

The Achilles' Heel for an offense like WVU is facing a speedy defense...they faced one that night. Same goes for an offense like Florida.

Both team's played mobile defenses that weekend, and both lost.

@KigeRamseysLoveChild: But interestingly enough, not all of Illinois is east of the Mississippi.

The More You Know...

Dan, I respect you like no other, but what's with your hard on for the Big East this year? First you were telling us that we should believe in Rutgers, and now they are completely off the radar. Now Cincy? I don't get it. If Cicny loses and UConn remains undefeated, will it be UConn next?

unnecessary bashing of Zook by the gator fan. Why is it that people forget that Spurrier left the cupboard bare when he left Florida? That Spurrier hated recruiting and one of the factors in leaving was that he'd have a hard time winning with the players on the roster?
We get on Notre Dame for firing Willingham in three years and not giving him a chance...Didn't Zook get the same treatment?
Besides, Zook is a Miami University alumnus. Cradle of Coaches. He'll come around.

Michigan lost to a two-time defending 1-AA champion. Louisville doesn't play defense. So what's USC's excuse?

QB with a broken finger?

@williamzabka: Perhaps you prefer the colloquial, "playa-hatin"?

But when the Gators win the national title next season, we will point to this near-miss at LSU as the moment the run began. (Damn it.)

What's with this "we" nonsense...you got a mouse in your pocket?

And Stanford's win was the bigger upset. When Michigan finishes 8-4 and loses its bowl game AGAIN and USC puts together another 10-win season, you all will see.

And I'm a Michigan alum and fan.

@Luthur:
Oklahoma killed the dream last year as well. Oklahoma didn't look terribly sharp against the Longhorns - if Pinkel and Chase Daniel (no s) can't pull this off this year they never will.