this is toooooooo damn funny!

Wow, you must really have issues with Arbo, who is pretty well liked in the circles I travel. How else could you explain the motivation for such a nasty and mean-spirited little tirad? Maybe you should write an article in the paper and disclose just what it is that he's done to you. I just got back from practice at SC, and someone told me that in fact you DO have issues with him. Come on, don't keep us in the dark.

Supporters of the Dirty Program have no bounds. They pander themselves at the alter of their Dirty Program. So glad the nation (and the world) has a solid notion about the Dirty Program and the toads that suck to it.

Its quite obvious that KSPN doesn't have a CLUE as to knowing the true talents and skills of this gentleman. Take it from me, it is very very difficult to survive here in Southern California if you only MAKE 1/3 the salary that Peter made the past five years and expect to survive here. Its going to be odd to not have the USC voice not being heard regularly on the flagship station. In fact, its utterly ridiculous. Look at guys like Brad Sham in Dallas, Joe Starkey in San Francisco and Ted Leitner in San Diego. They all work for their respective flagships for the teams they are broadcasting.

I don't know what's next for Pete: a spot on KFWB perhaps? Radio is a crazy business, so who knows where he will be. I hope he does get a radio job soon; he's a good guy.

Gee it is a crazy idea that the voice of the best college football program in the nation would have a show on their home station. Not sure why you feel the need to take a cheap shot at the guy. You writers are a bitter bunch.

I really don't know what motivation you have to take an obvious 'cheap shot' at Pete Arbogast, but he definitely deserves better than your "mugging" article. Pete is a nice guy and a class-act that is a true professional, and would never stoop as low as this stupid article. Pete is just looking to get a bigger venue to talk about Trojan Athletics and make a decent living in the process, what's wrong with that? He deserves at least a weekly show during the season, which I'd gladly listen to and call in.

Maybe he should become Pete Hernandez again! Arbo is the worst and is lucky to have any meaningful employment.

Talk all the crap about Arbo you want, but he's a million times better than anyone else who's done SC games recently. Anybody remember Hacksaw? He didn't know who a good portion of the roster was.

Maybe Bob Leinart can advance Pete some money or at least pay for a portion of his rent/mortgage. He won't be paying the rent this year for either his son or Dwayne Jarrett. If that doesn't work, maybe Reggie Bush's mother and step father can give him suggestions on how to get someone to supply a large new home -- rent free!! Actually I like Pete, but my feeling is that 1/3 of his salary is probably a lot more than most of us make.

Of course the station only received half a dozen responses supporting Arbo: the program directors email bounced. You probably would have known that had you bothered to continue reading the message board. And you call yourself a journalist.

Tom, whatever your motive for taking such a cheap shot at someone who has forgotten more about professionalism that you will ever know, I hope you can look in the mirror and feel like any form of a human being. To air this information personally, indicates a sad, sick person who is in dire need of deep counseling. I feel deeply sorry for you. Your conduct is that of a very disturbed individual. What comes around Tom, goes around.

Amen to that, Logical. Hoffarth was way out of line, and his obvious hatred for Pete Arbogast shows in that preposterous piece of garbage that he wrote on top of this page. Let's see how Tommy Boy can survive with 1/3 of the salary he makes out here in Los Angeles. It's impossible, and it doesn't take rocket science to figure that out. Arbogast knows this very well, otherwise he would've still been in Cincinnati doing god knows what.

Robert and others. Pete -- who I like -- needs to own up to making a strategic mistake. Everyone knew that SC was going to ESPN 710. Why didn't Pete contact the station or the school to make sure he was being included in their plans beyond his play-by-play role. If he couldn't get a promise of a position than he should have done the math. If you have one job that pays 2/3's of your salary and another job that pays 1/3, which one are you going to keep. If you choose the one that pays 1/3 because you like that job more, great. There is no problem with that. But then you have no right to whine and complain. It was -- to some degree -- your own choice. And again I have been told that Pete's SC salary was in excess of $100,000. Not bad. I don't think most of us who make less than that have to feel sorry for Pete or lobby KSPN management for him to make more money. Sorry Pete. I hope you get another job. But your "sob story" (and maybe that is too extreme a term for it) just doesn't hit home. It also seems to lack class when you are making a pretty decent salary already, while many other people are truly struggling to make ends meet.

Note to "Just Facts":

Your post has a number of suppositions which I believe cannot be substantiated. Contacting the new station would not guarantee anything, and you don't know exactly what happened or the sequence of events one way on another. You also don't know with any certainty what the SC portion of his salary was...just "hearing" something may or may not be accurate.

Secondly, he was not "whinning" about anything. Near as I can figure, he has been unemployed since April... that's around 4 months.

You sound like this is a simple matter of chosing between 1/3 vs 2/3 of his salary. That's rediculous. He doesn't have a freaking job for God's sake..period!

Finally, Tom Hoffarth is a major dick for writing such a hateful monologue...maybe the Daily News should hold his salary for 4 months; then he might understand how it feels. Who does this guy think he is. He needs to get off his high horse and get a clue what real life is like.

Arbogast wrote: "I realize that by making this public, I run the risk of being ridiculed in public, in the press and perhaps even by colleagues. I think that’s better for me, my family and my university than remaining unemployed."

OK ... I hope the man finds a way to make up his lost 66.6% in salary, but c'mon! It's right there. He knew he ran the risk of ridicule.

In response to Bill, forget who does Tom Hoffarth think he is. How about who he is: the sports media columnist at the L.A. Daily News -- not to mention the best one in town for years. Why the shock and indignation that a media columnist has chosen to criticize this man, when the guy all but acknowledged he'd probably take some heat?

Going public with a plea to help land a job usually doesn't go over too well. How about EARNING it?

And is it any wonder the e-mails bounced from the program director? They probably learned of this ploy (or could they smell the desperation in the air?) and decided to nip it in the bud.

Oh well ... it would've been wonderful hearing everything SC for three hours a day. No, wait ... make that 2 1/2 hours. Arbo SURELY would've dedicated at least 30 minutes a day to his beloved alma mater Marshall High. Can't get enough of those Barristers!!!

This is one of the best blog entrees (with responses) I have ever seen. Pete almost sounds a charater from "Saturday Night Live." I went to check out the WeAreSC.com site and saw that Pete is writing regular items. Look at this statement by him.

"I will never bring dishonor to my University, as I have been ably cautioned against this by certain people in the athletic department who are charged with such tasks."

I guess Pete has a loyalty pledge. I assume this means we will never hear any mention or any hint or any tiny tiny suggestion that during the off season there has been suggestions that Reggie Bush's family gained benefits in violation of NCAA rules. But I bet we DO HEAR of how the referees are making all those bad calls against the Trojans. No one ever loved a team more than Chick Hearn loved the Lakers, but Chick would be fair and talk about the team's problems. Also is Pete possibly scalping tickets for SC football games? Is that allowed by SC administrators -- having someone who is employed by them scalping tickets? Check out the profile of "scvoice" on his "I need your help" rant (just click on it). A profile comes up and under "Recent Posts" this is listed -- "Have four tickets and a home 5 mins from rose bowl to rent." Was Pete scalping tickets to the USC-Texas Rose Bowl. Sounds like the old UCLA guy Angelo Mazzone

Note to "B-Two":

You haven't really stated anything to justify Hoffarth's rant against Arbogast. So what if he said he runs the risk of taking heat for putting out his situation. Is that a blank check for someone like Hoffarth to go after him? I don't think so! So what if he's the "sports media columnist for the Daily News". Big deal. Does that make him a God? He's just as vulnerable to getting ripped by anyone (including me) as Arbogast and being held accountable for what he writes as well. His title doesn't mean jack in terms of giving him a supposed right to write this kind of mean spirited and unwarranted tirad against anyone. In fact, for as self rightious as his monologue was, he doesn't actually state what was specifically WRONG (in his grandiose opinion)with anything Arbogast did.

As for "earning" a job? How do you EARN a job when you're umemployed? I guess you've had the good forture to never have been unemployed. Are you saying that he doen't have the professionalism to have earned it and he's never proved it? That's laughable!

As for the e-mail bouncing back, Hoffarth was obviously trying do to make a point he knew nothing about, because MY e-mail also bounced. In fact between the two main websites, there were SCORES of them that bounced; all this vaunted writer had to do was do was get on the two sites and read the message boards. But he apparently holds too high a position to do that.

Note to Bill:

I've figured it out. You're Pete Arbogast's agent, and you're miffed that 10% of zero is zero. Either that or you're renting a room from the Arbogasts and you fear that your rent is about to shoot higher than LenDale White's popularity among his spittle-speckled Titans teammates. (BTW, Bill ... the pilot has turned on the sarcasm sign.)

Boy, oh boy, Bill. You must be seeing red after Hoffarth's opinion -- remember, he's a columnist, it's what he's paid to do -- on this matter showed up in print today.

And by EARNING the job, I was implying that Mr. Arbogast doubtless has a plethora of tapes from his play-by-play days, as well as when he's capably filled in hosting other local shows and providing updates. Shouldn't that be enough? Is it necessary to pander for support as if he were running for fifth-grade class president? "And I promise to say nothing negative about the Trojans ... oh yeah, and hotter-looking lunch ladies and longer recess for everybody!"

Not that promising the above is WRONG (in my grandiose opinion) ...

Mr. Hoffarth,

You are the true meaning of "WHAT CHOKES."

Great Slam! Arbo is a total loser and simply sucks. He is unlistenable. Good to know he goes to bed every night wishing he was someone else. Eff 'em!!

If you are a friend of Pete Arbogast, please ask him to examine his behavior. I feel that he is damaging his reputation, embarrassing himself, and ruining his chances for permanent employment.

In the past, I’ve liked Pete Arbogast and feel that he’s been a positive voice for the Trojans, but it’s clear that I don’t really know Pete and that he’s going though a tough time.

It’s sad to read his posts, blogs, and Wikipedia entry and know that he has irreparably damaged his reputation.

His posts on WeAreSc.com are dreadful. I can live w/ the fact that he’s a poor writer and wants to make everything sound as colloquial as possible, but he should really proofread his entries before posting. His posts read as if he’s speaking into a microphone then dictating into text; this is a disastrous recipe that makes the writer look illiterate. Frankly, I’m surprised that Garry P has allowed Pete’s blogs to post since they’re so different from the rest of the articles and site, both of which are extremely well done and professional.

Pete could better position himself by considering his audience and using improved wording. His post titled “I NEED YOUR HELP� does not solicit serious inquiries; it paints Pete as a desperate man. Unfortunately for him, desperate men are not coveted in the workplace; confident, intelligent, and successful men are.

I know there are homer Trojans who will blindly support Pete, but there’s a fundamental difference between “supporting� him and doing something that will lead to legitimate employment. I think we’re doing him a disservice by allowing him to humiliate himself in such a public fashion.
- He could write a great blog if he focused on more relevant topics and improved his grammar.
- He could better utilize the Trojan network and his current connections if he were more tactful in his communication.
I fear that by exposing himself in such a desperate manner coupled with unintelligible posts/blogs, he’s severely limiting the chances of finding a great permanent job. More importantly, he’s relying on sympathy and connections instead of ability, which is the true foundation of winning a permanent job. (the network may be able to get the interview, but ability and merit get you the job and help you advance.)

My final verdict: if I ever go through a tough time, I hope I don’t make it as public as this guy. I believe in giving people a break, and if you know Pete personally and concur w/ my assessment, I hope you are a good enough friend to help him see how he’s positioning himself.

Tom Hoffarth is one of the best sports columnists in LA. He's consistently clever and informing. To suggest he shouldn't comment on Arbogast's embarrassing behavior is ridiculous. That's his job! It doesn't surprise me that it's a Trojan football announcer who is making such a fool of himself. Why doesn't he tap some of that "Trojan family" and find a day job until he can get another broadcasting gig.

What is it with Trojan announcers? My suspicions about Tom Kelly were confirmed one day sitting next to a former SC football manager at an SC-UCLA game a few years ago. He told me Kelly was "the biggest jerk he had ever met". Then, there was Smacksaw. No comment necessary. Now, Arbogast who thinks it's appropriate to refer to Gary Beban as "Gary f-ing Beban". It's so classy, he does it with all Bruins.

On another topic. Can any of you Trojan honks explain why a horse is such an object of pride to SC? A Trojan horse! A horse should be an object of everlasting humiliation to the Trojan faithful. Get a donkey, a mule or a zebra to ride. Anything but a horse!

I find it amazing that some people support (and praise) Pete’s colloquial style. While I’m not a jerk who believes he needs to use flawless grammar, sophisticated words, and perfect punctuation, I am embarrassed as a USC alumnus to be associated w/ a Pete Arbogast.

Why? His writing makes him appear totally illiterate.

I can only imagine what a USC English professor would think if they read Pete’s column. One can have a friendly tone, use simple words, and even streach the bounds of correct punctuation as long as one is doing so in a manner that makes sense because it helps them make their point. Pete fails miserably in this.

If Pete were the Voice of a Professional Sports Team, I wouldn’t care that he writes at an eigth grade level. Fact of the matter is that he represents USC, prestigious university, and his poor writing is regretably a reflection of USC.