A week after announcing a home and home series with Virginia, USC is now putting plans together to play a similar series with another ACC team in Boston College. This continues Pete Carroll's anytime, anywhere philosophy to scheduling. Over the past few seasons, the Trojans have played at Arkansas and a virtual road game against Virginia Tech in Washington, D.C., in addition to their annual game against Notre Dame.
While this sort of bold scheduling is common place for SC, it is a step up for the Eagles. Outside of their series with Notre Dame, BC has not taken on many of the BCS heavyweights out of conference. Beating MAC teams helps the record, but will never change BC's image of as a very good, but not great program.
Now before ACC Commissioner John Swofford gets a crazy idea to steal the ACC loving Trojans invite another marquee program to join his conference, it should be noted that the deal is not finalized. And even once it signed, 2011 is a long way away. By the time the game rolls around Carroll could be gone and his successor might not have the same confidence to take on all comers.
Previously at the Fanhouse
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5-08-2007 @ 1:57PM
USC blogger said...
Pete Carroll will continue to go outside the conference to fill in open dates giving the Trojan players a look at the rest of the country. This also good for the other teams to see the West Coast when THEIR original schedules would not allow them to travel out west.
Look for PC to go elsewhere?...even by 2011?...Think again....until USC handcuffs him, PC will never leave, and at this point USC will NOT, as long as the alumni & fans continue their strong support. USC can not survive on tuition alone.
When the fun stops for Pete Carroll, that is the day he leaves.
FIGHT ON!!!
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5-10-2007 @ 8:55AM
GeraldR5 said...
Pete obviously is going by the old, but true adage: "if you want to be the best, you've got to beat the best." You don't become a true champion beating up on a bunch of small schools with weak or inferior programs. Notre Dame can beat its chest all it wants, but as it continue to downgrade its schedule and seek out weaker and weaker opponents, it is, in essence, saying it can't compete.
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6-24-2007 @ 11:16PM
Bob said...
BC made a huge mistake when the priests lied to the conference about leaving.
Now they're stuck in a conference with no natural rivals - a la Penn State - and have to travel thousands of miles for each game.
You F'd up BC - the Big East needed to get rid of Miami and Va Tech because of their abysmal academic records. We wanted you to stay. God is getting back at you for the priests lying!!
Go RUTGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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