Letters to Sports: USC isn't the best team in college football

Bill Plaschke predicts that the USC Trojans will win the College Football Playoff. Alson Wong, a fan of the Trojan football team, makes his predictions.

Donald Peppars thinks that USC was lucky to have won the game against Stanford.

USC beats unrated Stanford by 13 points. Bill Plaschke says the Trojans could be the best team in the nation.

Stanford's new offense pushed the Trojans defense around on Saturday. Dave Roberts rested Mookie Betts, Trea Turner, Freddie Freeman and Justin Turner on Wednesday night. Craig Kimbrel was brought in to pitch the 10th inning, but he gave up a homer to the weak-hitting Diamondbacks. Mark Walker and Brian Gura think the Dodgers are still in a dogfight with the Astros for the best record in baseball.

This year's failed Kimbrel experiment brings back memories of the failed one involving Todd Worrell. Brandon McCarthy was included on the playoff roster despite having a terrible year. Kimbsrel should not be allowed to play the closer's role in the playoffs.

Dodgers have a wild celebration for winning the NL West division. NBA teams barely acknowledge winning a conference championship after three rounds of playoffs. UCLA is playing a rigorous nonconference schedule. Robert Sarver's $10 million fine is an embarrassment to Adam Silver. George Sagadencky, George Sadencker and Marty Foster are disappointed with Justin Herbert. They think he channeled Jean van de Velde. Mark Roth, Mark R Roth and George sadenck are unhappy with the way Robert Satter was treated.

MLB wants to make baseball more exciting by eliminating the shift. Instead, players should learn to hit to all fields like Freddie Freeman, Tony Gwynn, Ichiro Suzuki, and Rod Carew. It took Roy Forbes almost an hour to get Amazon Prime for the Chargers game added to his TV. The Los Angeles Times welcomes expressions of all views. Letters should be brief and become the property of The Times.