Coaches hate distractions, yet the irony is Lane Kiffin has made the injury issue a distraction. He has wasted his valuable time, and ours, and yours.
And somewhere in the midst of all this, USC lost to Stanford…Hmmmmmm.
Q: Tell us all again how USC is so good and should be national champs, are the best in the country, how quick they've returned from those unfair NCAA sanctions and all the other crap you've been writing. Do you even know football?
George Cunningham
A: OK, I'll tell you again. USC finished 10-2 last year and was the only Pac-12 team to beat Oregon, the eventual Pac-12 champ.
The star quarterback decided to return to throw passes to the nation's two best receivers. The Associated Press media poll put USC at preseason No. 1 while the USA Today coaches' poll had the Trojans at No. 3.
No one ever said being preseason No. 1 makes you the national champ. USC then lost to a ranked team, by a touchdown, on the road. If you know football, you also know there are several more games to play.
Q: It is not difficult to see that the L.A. Times has been favoring USC football for decades and that UCLA football is usually positioned in a much more minor position in The Times. USC gets a more prominent position on the Sports pages and usually gets more articles that are longer in length during football season. USC gets more photographs that show players and more of these photographs are larger color pictures.
Greg Miller
Mission Viejo
A: So many things I'd like to say here. I could go off on a rant and vent and really take you to task for some of these outrageous and inaccurate accusations.
But this is a Q&A. If only you had asked a question.
Q: A friend of mine emailed your article to me from The Times re: the Ten count for USC. Having never read your article before…I wanted you to know that I thought it was pretty funny.
Scott Casebeer
Salem, Oregon
A: Thanks. Lucky for you and me, just seconds ago, I just changed my policy of only answering letters that had questions.
Q: Did you watch the same game I did? Sorry, but what I saw did not look anything like a championship team.
B. Daley
A: Maybe you were looking at the wrong team. Maybe you should have been looking at Stanford.
Q: Rankman, it's time to tell you-know-who to stop the "BS" concerning the top 25 in college football. Stop putting "Boise State" in the top 25. Fix him a shaker of martinis, a bowl of peanuts and put him the corner 'till he has the "Blue Boys" out of his system.