December 12, 2006
Expectations For ‘07 Flying High: ESPN On The Bandwagon
To piggyback on our last post, ESPN.com’s college football section has a picture of Ben Olson on the front page with a story on how good the Pac-10 will be next year. ESPN is apparently predicting that UCLA could win the Pac-10 and go to a BCS game next year and it will hinge on a deciding Dec. 6 game at Southern Cal because we come back next year with experience and an easier schedule. No surprise there to DD readers as we have been saying as much for a while now. Karl Dorrell has 14 returning senior starters and 20 seniors total returning to next year’s squad. The schedule next year is set up nicely too, with Notre Dame, Cal and Oregon at home. Our only tough game is at the Coliseum. And our game at BYU, good this year, will be easier because BYU is losing most of their starters to graduation.
This just adds to the argument and to our prediction that Karl Dorrell, and DeWayne Walker, will not be here after next year. That doesn’t mean we think Karl Dorrell will turn this team next year into Pac-10 champions. Unfortunately, we don’t think he will. And if he can’t next year then he never will. Still, a 9-3 or 10-2 season may get him his chance at the NFL, though he will not be qualified for it. Now that the MSM is jumping the bandwagon, the Dorrellistas are already talking National Championship! The cool-aid is being passed around again. Thank to Nestor at BruinsNation for the writeup on the ESPN report.
