This past Saturday night was labeled “the collision in the coliseum” and when all the hype stopped and the teams took the field it was top ranked USC standing tall as it crushed #5 Ohio St. 35-3 in what supposed to showcase two national powers.

  USC was just too big, too strong and to fast for the overmatched Buckeyes who had a semi excuse, they were playing without their star running back Chris “beanie” Wells, but it wouldn’t have mattered. The Trojan defense was swarming and flying sideline to sideline making plays all over the field.

  The Buckeyes marched down the field early and kicked a field goal to take a 3-0 lead, but SC came right back and scored a touchdown to take the lead and never look back in fact they would go on to score 35 unanswered points to humiliate the Bucks. The turning point in the game came early when Ohio St thought they had scored on a pass to Brian Robiskie only to have it called back due to a penalty.

  In fact Ohio St played uncharacteristically sloppy having been penalized numerous times including roughing the passer twice and a couple of personal fouls which made the Bucks play with a longer field. USC on the other hand is very deep with talented running backs kept bringing in fresh tailbacks to run all over the exhausted Buckeye defense. What does this all mean??? For Ohio St. it probably means it’s not ready to be an elite team, they’ll go home, roll up their sleeves and try to regroup and start their conference schedule. For USC, this means they have made a major statement throughout the country solidified their spot at the top of the polls and are poised to make a run at another National Championship.