Over-hyped?

Chris Dufrense’s statement that “the Trojans were not as good as advertised” is right on. In all of my 60 years reading the Sports section of the Los Angeles Times, I don’t recall another time that the Times’ columnists and reporters “advertised” a team before the season as much as they did the 2007 Trojans.

Martin A. Brower

Corona del Mar

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O is for the offense that makes you groan,

R is for the running game that ain’t there,

D is for the defense that can’t do it alone,

I is for interceptions no longer rare,

N is for no BCS this season

A is for another loss or two

R is for regressing for no good reason

Y is for yardage that’s overdue.

Put them all together they spell ordinary, which is what USC football has become.

Dick Van Kirk

Arcadia

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Mr. Simers, if it is your personal goal to become the Howard Stern of the sports world, then congrats, I think you made it.

Your Sunday article stinks and completely misses the mark on all the USC fans I know.

Educated fans don’t need shock journalism for facts, or for entertainment.

Patrick Ayres

Costa Mesa