A quick detour from the Olympic orgy being presented by NBC.
Supposed Southern Cal starting quarterback "Magic" Mark Sanchez dislocated his kneecap yesterday during practice while doing absolutely nothing.
The LA Times initially reported that he could potentially miss the opener at Virginia. Today they're saying Dirty Sanchez hopes to be back for the opener.
Either way, I can't say that missing at least a week of training camp is a good thing for the relatively inexperienced QB. This is when Sanchez would be trying to tighten up things he wasn't quite ready for last year while he was throwing seven TD's and five INT's.
In the meantime, Arkansas-transfer Mitch Mustain and freshman Aaron Corp will compete for reps while 'Chez is on the mend. Mustain should have the edge there after getting some PT back in Razorback Land.
On the one hand, I'd love it if USC's most experienced QB couldn't go against Virginia or Ohio State. On the other hand, if the Buckeyes were to beat the Trojans without Mark Sanchez, the victory would be immediately discounted by the naysayers.
We'll never win this battle though so frankly, it's not worth worrying about. I already know for a fact that no matter what circumstances Ohio State would beat USC under, or win the national title under even, there are going to be people downplaying the accomplishment.
Ohio State could beat USC by four TD's. Even if Mark Sanchez played the whole game, there will be jealous losers out there downplaying Southern Cal's worth. How they'll be able to downgrade the best win-loss record of the last decade is beyond me, but they will find a way.
Southern Cal is a brand that currently is synonymous with excellence on the gridiron. I mean seriously, this is a team that managed to lose to 41-point underdog Stanford last year and still has maintained 'top dog' status less then a year later.
Don't worry though, the shitheads will figure out why they suck when Ohio State beats them.
Same goes for winning the national title this year as far as the Buckeyes are concerned. Just getting to another title game would be a ridiculous accomplishment by the way. We all know that's not what we're looking for.
If the Buckeyes win it all this year, there will be idiots out there saying that "if my team got to play three times for a national title we'd probably win one too." I can hear it now.
One other note regarding Sanchez. If for some reason he's not able to go against Ohio State, one of the positives would be getting to tool on Mitch Mustain.
Mitch Mustain is Jimmy Clausen except without the accomplishments or the talent, if that makes any sense. He's another douchebag of the highest order.
More on him in subsequent offerings of blather and bloviation.
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