Dr. Saturday (who, unlike SNL, gets paid to blog) has painstakingly deconstructed the PAC 10 and illuminated all the reasons Cal, Oregon and and Oregon St. are poised to derail Poodle Pete’s juggernaut this year. In the end, however, the good Doctor was unable to convince himself, and probably few others for that matter, that anyone other the the dynastic Trojans can win this conference.
This, with a freshman QB and road games at Oregon and The Horseshoe, would seem to be the year for some PAC 10 team to stage a coup, but no one-SNL included-believes it. The unfortunate albeit unintended impact is that this league will again lack the drama necessary to intrigue football fans that reside east of the Rockies. Hell, even if compelling story lines emerge, which is doubtful, the time slots and nominal television exposure place this conference at a disadvantage when compared to its peers in the Big 12 and SEC.
On a personal level, SNL is philanthropic by nature understands that USC is Constantinople to Florida’s Rome, and accepts therefore that the vacuum that would be left should USC fail to do anything but continue its hegemonic dominance would not be filled by any of the current upstarts and therefore, would not serve the greater good. Until then, SNL will continue to hope for a Florida-USC showdown in the BCSCG.
Quickly…Dr. Lou, whose Doctor status is undermined each time he speaks on CFB, has predicted a Florida-Notre Dame title game. This is a laughable supposition by any objective measure, and downright absurd when you consider that the Leprechauns will have to beat the Men of Troy, which will not happen…Stewart Mandel, who is apparently notHowie Mandel’s brother, has gone with a Florida-Texas tilt, which is more plausible. Still, Stewie characterizes the culture clash between the Horns and Gators by making a “jorts” reference, which is irritating. Stewie was also on local talk radio the other day with Gainesville Suncolumnist, Pat Dooley (who uses the self-styled moniker of “Dr. Football”), and was about as exciting as vegetable lasagna. The upside was that Mandel’s wildly-popular “Mailbag Crush” was crystallized for SNL. Specifically, there’s no way Mandel is crushing anything with that personality. Lastly, Steve Czaban has made it to the local airwaves on the local Foxsports affiliate. He’s not much of a CFB guy, but he’s hilarious and is wholly endorsed by SNL.
