Did You Know: Pac-10 Edition

Some interesting tidbits about the Pac-10:

• USC hasn’t lost a regular season game against a non-conference opponent since 2002. A string of 24 straight wins.
• In the last 8 years ( including 4 games in 2009 ), USC has lost 2 non-conference games, by a total of 10 points. In the same period, they’ve lost 10 conference games by a total of 29 points. That means that the average margin of victory for USC opponents is 3.25 points.
• Pete Carroll has lost to every team in the Pac-10 except for Arizona & Arizona State. He’s also 6-0 vs. the Big 10, beating 5 out of the 11 teams in the process.
• No other Pac-10 coach besides Pete Carroll been to a BCS game with their current team. The only other coach with a BCS game appearance is Rick Neuheisel, with Washington in the 2000 Rose Bowl.
• The last Non-USC, Pac-10 BCS win was the 2001 Rose Bowl by Oregon.
• Jeff Tedford is tied for the 2nd longest tenure of a BCS coach without appearing in a BCS bowl. Only Mike Leech (TT), Al Groh (UVA), Greg Schiano (Rutgers) and Gary Pinkel (Missouri) have been at a BCS school longer without appearing in a BCS bowl. All were hired in 2001. Tedford was hired in 2002. We’ve previously covered Californias only shot.
  

  Jim Leavitt has been at South Florida 12 years, but they have only been a BCS school since 2005.