Every season there comes a team that turns out to be a giant killer and recent history has shown these teams come from the most unusual suspects such as East Carolina, South Florida, Troy and a host of others. But this giant killer took on the form of a 5'6" running back named Jacquizz Rodgers. Sure 5'6" riding a on a Horse a horse named Traveler, a horse that was beaten to death by a Beaver that has been renamed running little beaver aka Jacquizz Rodgers.

The amazing part of all this is that the national media proclaimed USC as one team that was already penciled in for the BCS NC game in January. They also proclaimed that this USC defense was the best defense at USC  since the arrival of Pete Carroll. Well the reality is the little Beaver ran right at the heart of this so called vaunted defense at peeled 186 yards off of them. Again, so you understand the little beaver ran right up the gut and into the heart of the pride of USC defense and made their defensive front four and linebackers look like a bunch of freshman players that just got off the bus and held their first scrimmage.

Every team from here on out will be studying that film and they will notice what I said at the very beginning of the year. And that is USC's defense is not as good as people advertised.  USC has won its games by outscoring its opponents and holding on with a defense that bends then breaks. The facts are there for everyone to see in every loss they have had.

USC's next Hollywood quarterback, as it is proclaimed every year, looks hurt to me. While Pete Carroll states the brace is a precaution just as when you wear a seat belt in a car. But as I watched this kid I noticed he has mobility issues with that knee. So it is not healed and he is not 100% by any stretch of the imagination which shows USC's hand at QB. They have no one outside of Sanchez to effectively lead this team. If you put in Mustain you might as well suit up his momma and give her a head set and frankly she is a pain in the ass and her son is not the second coming as she and others believe.

For a team that everyone, beside a few that I know, that had USC penciled in for the BCS NC game better begin to rethink their scripts today and frankly apologize to the nation and in particular to USC fans. I will guarantee you every USC fan and player believed the hype that they were destined this year to hoist the crystal football but they forgot about a running little beaver from Houston, Texas that had other ideas.