Big Day in La La Land: USC Grabs a Dissie, UCLA the Happie

The Dissie was no contest this week. USC lost to a really, really bad football team (the Cardinal, singular) and slid all the way to – as was often said in a galaxy long ago and far away – Numba Ten!

Poor Kentucky was handed its first loss by a better-than-average South Carolina team, and for a reward they get to go to LSU. The fact that they probably booted the game with the Cocks will be lost after the Tigers chew on them a while. This is how a program on the rise gets slapped down.

Notre Dame finally won a game – against UCLA, which wins our Happie for losing to the even more hapless Irish – and their reward is number 4 Boston College.

Meanwhile, since we’re talking about long ago and far away, how about the impending Massacre II at Kent State?

At Petit Dawg was worried about watching UGA play Tennessee, “Don’t do it,” I said. “If they lose it’ll just ruin your day. If they win, you won’t feel good because Tennessee isn’t very good.” The Dawgs lost. That’s two in what’s going to be a long season. Anyway, Georgia can beat Vandy this week. Can’t they?

Meanwhile, the Rodents were pasted by Indiana, and face Northwestern on Saturday looking for one of the few wins still possible in their schedule. That won’t be the case when 1-AA No. 1 North Dakota State University from Fargo (yes, that Fargo) comes to town the following week. Last year’s squeek-into-a-bowl-gophers just squeeked by the Bison 10-9 last season. These were supposed to be “soft” games, scheduled as a “favor to a neighbor.” That's become a joke! Is there another Happie in the Rodent’s future?

Amongst the mercenaries, the Motor City Kitties were brought down to earth by the Skins, as were the Packers by the Bears. That really big thud you heard was Denver losing 41-3 to the Chargers, their worst beating at home since 1966. Much was expected of the now 2-3 Broncos. There are just three unbeatens left, and that will be two after Dallas and New England play Sunday.