PROPS TO LSU!

To the fans of southern football, Jonathan Moorhead, et al,

Jamarcus Russell may well be the most NFL-ready quarterback I have ever seen and that includes my USC guys, Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart. He is astonishing! Brady Quinn looked like a boy playing against a man last night. Poor Brady saw his draft day status slide way, way down. Russell's arm is phenomenal and his footspeed and view of the field is amazing.

LSU also has a tremendous running back in that Williams, #5, the true freshman. If Russell comes back (which I doubt) they should be ranked #1 or #2 preseason.

Notre Dame? They had no business in a BCS bowl game anyway. I'm sick of seeing Notre Dame given bowl games every year. They've now lost 9 bowl games in a row. They never beat a ranked team all year. I think the BCS should tell them they have to join a conference or there will be no more BCS bowl games.

USC? Yes, they played flat against both Oregon St. and UCLA. Every team has a flat game or two and USC had their flat games when OSU and UCLA played well. National champions can't do that. No, I don't think they deserve to be in the championship game this year. But I honestly think Ohio St. should be glad they're not playing USC!

What would I like to see? I'd like to see USC and LSU play. Or USC and Florida. Who beat LSU this year? Did Florida beat them? Must have. I've forgotten. Who else beat them?

I just want to give props to LSU. They deserve them. But I never really thought ND could stay with them as well as they did in the first half.