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MY TWO OLD SCHOOLS TO START SEASON RANKED IN AP TOP FIVE

It's that time again!

From the AP via the Houston Chronicle:

Chase is on: USC starts season No. 1 in AP Top 25

Southern California received 62 of 65 first-place votes and 1,622 points from a panel of media members. USC easily outdistanced No. 2 LSU in the poll released Saturday. The Tigers received two first-place votes and 1,511 points. They haven't started a season ranked this high since 1959, when they were preseason No. 1.

No. 3 West Virginia received the other first-place vote. The Mountaineers have never been ranked higher in the preseason. No. 4 Texas and Michigan round out the top five, and defending champion Florida is sixth.

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The Southeastern Conference has six ranked teams, most of any league. The Big Ten and Big 12 are next with four and the Pac-10 and Big East have three each.

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Well, after three years at LSU, the whole "SEC is toughest" meme has kind of made me a believer. That is, if you can make it out of the SEC undefeated, there's a very good chance that the BCS title game will simply be a formality. Consequently, it's been easier for USC to stay in the title hunt over these last few years than it has been for the Tigers.

Hey, don't yell at me; I'm simply echoing Les Miles' wisdom from last week.

But really, as usual, my real money's on the Longhorns. Their quarterback, "The Doctor," a.k.a. Colt McCoy, is the real deal, and only freshman inexperience, as well as a cheap shot from a Kansas State Wildcat late last year, kept them from finishing better than they did. Damn! This is soooooo nice to have my two schools, Texas and LSU, start the season in the top five!

So fuck off OU! Go to hell Auburn! Eat me, Aggies! Fuck your sisters, Arkansas! It's football season again, and glory is right around the corner!




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