0 comments by Louis Dragner on 5/29/2012
Let’s take a quick look at the 16 NCAA Regionals by RPI and see how the Columbia bracket stacks up to the rest of the tournament. I used the WarrenNolan.com RPI calculator to rank each of the brackets by taking the average of all four teams in each regional. UCLA had the highest RPI at No. […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 2/1/2012
Do you remember when high school football players signed a Letter of Intent at there school or house, without a video camera present? Or when you didn’t rely on a recruiting service to tell you how good a player was by ranking him with stars and youtube.com a highlight video? Well, times have changed and the […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 1/22/2012
The USC Gamecocks blew their best chance of winning an SEC game this season at Auburn yesterday. They lost to the Tigers by the score of 63-52. This is the second straight year that the Gamecocks have lost to Auburn. Some national pundits considered Auburn the worst major D-1 program last year and of course they beat USC […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 1/10/2012
Football season is over now and there is no reason for fans not to show up tonight for the SEC home opener against Vanderbilt. Well there are actually two reasons – the game is on TV and tipoff is at nine o’clock eastern. There has been plenty of talk about ESPN putting east coast games on at nine o’clock […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 1/9/2012
Tonight the LSU Tigers will play the Alabama Crimson Tide in New Orleans for the BCS National Championship. For the first time in the BCS era, two teams will play for the national championship game out of the same conference. My question is – how does this affect USC and is it good or bad for USC? It always comes […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 12/30/2011
University of Nebraska Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Students: 24,593 (19,345 undergrad) Record vs USC: Nebraska leads the series 3-0, last game was played in 1987 2011 Record: 9-3 overall, 5-3 Big Ten, currently ranked 20th Head Coach: Bo Pelini (4th season as head coach, record 39-15) Stadium: Citrus Bowl (Capacity 70,000) Famous Alumni of Nebraska: Johnny Carson […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 12/28/2011
The SEC finally released the 2012 football schedule with the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M. There have been a few changes to the normal schedule to accommodate the two new teams. Here is USC’s conference slate: SOUTH CAROLINAAug. 30: at VanderbiltSept. 22: MISSOURISept. 29: at KentuckyOct. 6: GEORGIAOct. 13: at LSUOct. 20: at FloridaOct. […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 11/26/2011
The Battle of the Palmetto State Culture vs. Agriculture Bowl Clemson University Location: Pickens County, South Carolina Students: 15,459 Undergrad, 3,994 Post-Grad 2011 Record: 9-2 overall (6-2 ACC) Overall record vs. USC: Clemson leads, 65-39-4 Head Coach: Dabo Swinney (28-17 Overall record in 4 years as HC) Famous Alumni: Richard Davis (Flip this house), Bill Brooks (founder […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 11/18/2011
The Citadel, The Military College of South CarolinaLocation: Charleston, SC Students: 3,300 (2,100 undergrad) 2011 Record: 4-6 Overall, 2-4 SoCon Record vs. USC: USC leads the series 36-7-3 Head Coach: Kevin Higgins (7h season as head coach, 27-40 record) Famous Alumni: “Curley” Watson (1931) is the oldest living graduate and oldest practicing doctor in US at age […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 11/10/2011
University of Florida Location: Gainesville, Florida Students: 50,116 (32,064 undergrad) 2011 record: 5-4 overall, 3-4 SEC Overall record vs. USC: Florida leads the series with a 23-5-3 record Head Coach: Will Muschamp (5-4 in his first season) Famous Alumni: Stephen Ross (Owner of Miami Dolphins), Bob Vila (Home Improvement Guru), Gene Chizik (Auburn Coach), Erin Andrews (ESPN), […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 11/4/2011
University of Arkansas Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas Students: 23,199 (undergrad 18,863) Stadium: Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium, capacity 72,000 Mascot: Tusk Head Coach: Bobby Petrino, 4th year at Arkansas, 30-16 overall record. 2011 Record: 7-1, 3-1 SEC Overall record vs. USC: Arkansas leads the series 12-7 Famous Alumni: Pat Summerall (Sportscaster), Jerry Jones (owner of Cowboys), Walter Keller […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 10/27/2011
University of Tennessee Location: Knoxville, TennesseeStudents: 27,523 (undergrad 21,308) Stadium: Neyland Stadium (capacity 102,455) Overall record vs. USC: Tennessee leads series 22-5-2 2011 Record: 3-4 (0-4 SEC) Head Coach: Derek Dooley ( 9-11 as Vols Head Coach) Famous Alumni: Dixie Carter (Actor Designing Women), Deana Carter (country singer), Dave Ramsey (Financial Guru), Min Keo (Founder of […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 10/13/2011
Mississippi State University Location: Starkville, Mississippi Students: 20,242 Macot: Bulldogs (Bully the bulldog)Head Coach: Dan Mullen (3rd season as head coach, 17-14 record as head coach) Record vs. USC: USC leads the series 7-6 2011 Record: 3-3 overall (0-3 SEC) Stadium: Davis Wade Stadium (Capacity 55,082) Famous Alumni: Ronnie Parker, Founder of Pizza Inn, Will Clark (Former […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 10/7/2011
University of Kentucky Location: Lexington, Kentucky Students: 27,209 (Undergrad 19,292) Head Coach: Joker Phillips (2nd season, overall record 8-10) 2011 record: 2-3 (0-2 SEC) Overall record vs. USC: USC leads series 14-7-1 Famous Alumni: Ashley Judd (Actor), Pat Riley( Miami Heat Pres.), John Wall (Washington Wizards) and Howard Schnellenberger (FAU Head Coach). Let’s break this game down….. […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 9/30/2011
Auburn University Location: Auburn, AlabamaStudents: 25,469 (20,446 undergrad)Overall Record against USC: Auburn leads the series -8-1-1, which includes 6 straight wins against USC not to mention twice last year.Head Coach: Gene Chizik (3rd season as head coach, overall record 25-6).2011 Season: 3-1 with a win over Florida Atlantic last week 30-14.Famous Alumni: Jimmy Wales (co-founder of Wikipedia), […]
