re: So can a team get blown out by A&M and still be good?

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Given that the common sentiment now seems to be that USC sucked all along

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aTm may go on to be undefeated and beat the pants off everybody, but blowing out USCe simply can't be used as measure for either team because USCe/Spurrier's going to choke at least once a year and get blown out by a good team and/or lose to a bad team.

Let's review the last 5 full seasons (opponent's SEC record in parentheses).

2009 - Got blown out by both Tennessee (4-4) and Arky (3-5).
2010 - Won the east, but lost to Kentucky (2-6) and got blown out by Auburn in the SECCG.
2011 - Lost to Auburn (4-4) at home and got blown out by Arky (6-2)
2012 - Got blown out by Florida (7-1)
2013 - Lost to Tennessee (2-6)

Only time will tell if this game is an accurate barometer of things to come or if the cocks decided to get the choke out of the way early this year.