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BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : Rob Oller commentary: Let's stop singing praises of Carroll
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Maybe now the man behind the curtain, the wizard pulling the levers at Southern California, will be exposed. Pete Carroll is a choker. Deep down, and I mean deep, deep down, Jim Tressel has to be feeling a sense of satisfaction that Southern California lost another game on Saturday to a team it had no business losing to. This time it was unranked Washington, which owned the nation's longest losing streak (15) after the first week of the season, that shocked the No. 3 Trojans, 16-13.
Last season, Oregon State stunned USC. In 2007, it was Stanford. In 2006, Oregon State and UCLA. Six of USC's eight defeats in the Pacific-10 since 2002 have come to unranked teams.
If Tressel's label is becoming "can't win the big one," then it's fair to tag Carroll with "can't win the little one."
Which reputation is worse? Depends on your allegiance, but I'd rather be pegged as overrated (OSU) than underachiever (USC).
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