If ever you thought that Wally Hall was not completely encased in Frank Broyles's sphincter, one has only to read today's Democrat-Gazette to disabuse yourself of that notion. In today's offering in the inappropriately named " Like It Is" column, Wally accused Southern Cal of running up the score against the hapless Arkansas Razorbacks during last Saturday's 70-17 debacle in Los Angeles. Not only that, but he went on to state, in his typically mangled prose:
" It was supposed to be just a game. Instead Carroll (the Trojan's head coach) turned it into a joke, and he made sure everyone knew who was the butt of the laughter, as if anyone needed another example."
Do what? This is all about mean old Pete Carroll turning what was supposed to be "just a game" into a joke? Like the Hog's porous defense had nothing to do with this?
Southern Cal didn't run up the score so much as they just flat out beat the living hell out of the Razorbacks. Running up the score is when one clearly superior team unfairly takes advantage of a lesser opponent as Texas Tech did the other night when it hung 80 on Sam Houston State. This was, on paper at least, an intriguing matchup between teams from powerful conferences. There is no way in hell that a team from the Southeastern Conference should have gotten beaten this badly.
The fact of the matter is that the Razorbacks showed no heart. The fact of the matter is that a team as talented as Arkansas doesn't get beat this badly without considerable help from the sidelines. But you will never hear a word of this out of Homer Hall.
Just because everybody but Tommy the Trojan scored for USC doesn't mean that they unfairly ran up the score. It means that the Razorbacks stunk.
Vanderbilt would have given the Trojans a better game. You won't hear that out of Homer Hall either.
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