Reactionary Reporting

Gotta love how quickly sportwriters forget the past. Here's a quote from ESPN.com's Dan Shanoff,

"Fresno gave USC its toughest game of the season"

Ummm. I watched this game. USC was up by 2 touchdowns at several points in the game. Fresno St. fought back, sort of, but still would've needed a last gasp touchdown AND a 2 point conversion just to send this game into overtime. Reggie Bush alone but up over 500 yards of offense against Fresno. Here's a helpful formula for sportwriters at home:

Scoring 42 on USC ≠ Challenging USC

USC averages like 87 points per game (± 37 points). There's no doubt they can score. That's why all you forgetful sportwriters kept proclaiming them the best offensive college football team of all-time. Remember?

Meanwhile, USC needed their own last-second heroics to beat Notre Dame just one month ago. If they don't convert a 4th and 9 from their own 30 and Matt Leinart doesn't intentionally fumble out of bounds with 3 seconds left and Reggie Bush doesn't illegally push Leinart in for the winning touchdown as time expires, no one cares that Fresno hung 42 on USC Saturday night. But whatever, I'm not bitter or anything...