re: On what basis does anyone think A&M has a chance tomorrow?

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To be fair, while this is true, we haven't lost a season opener with Spurrier at the helm.

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And USC always starts "sluggish" because they have, historically, opened with a very good opponent. While Carolina does play an FCS/cupcake team every year, they haven't started the season with one since Holtz was here.

I think USC's reputation as coming out slowly has an awful lot to do with the level of competition that they've played to start the season.