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Carson Palmer has not done much to endear himself to football fans in Ohio. (AP Images)

It appears as though Carson Palmer's ties to USC are stronger most thought. In an interview on Los Angeles radio station KLAC, Palmer went out of his way to disparage Ohio State – who just so happen to be playing the Trojans at USC on Sept. 13th – apparently ignoring the fact that his pro career is, you know, festering right in the middle of Ohio. An excerpt, courtesy of USA Today:

"I don't watch what I say. I cannot stand the Buckeyes, and having to live in Ohio and hear those people talk about their team, it drives me absolutely nuts . . . It's amazing to hear what those guys think about that university and what they think about that football program and (Ohio State coach Jim) Tressel and all the crap I gotta put up with being back there. I just can't wait for two years from now when SC comes to the 'Shoe and I get to hopefully, hopefully we'll have a home game that weekend and I can go up there and watch us pound on them in their own turf and kind of put all the talk to rest. Because I'm really getting sick of it and I just can't wait for this game to get here so they can come out to the Coliseum and experience LA and get an old-fashioned Pac-10 butt-whoopin' and go back to the Big Ten . . . I can't wait."

Probably not the greatest PR move ever, but hey, the guy is free to say what he wants. Get all your NCAA college football betting odds in the Bodog Sportsbook today!