Chow story
For those that wondered, a story on how Norm Chow will influence UCLA's offense will run in Thursday's paper as a precursor to spring practice. Everyone I talked to about Chow and his influence used some form of the word "simplistic" in describing his style.
By the way, when I talked to Chow, I asked him if he ever thought he would be UCLA's offensive coordinator.
"Not in a million years,'' he said. "I could have spent the next few years walking on the beach since I had three years left on my contract (with the Tennessee Titans), and I had some opportunities with other (NFL) teams. But I wanted to be close to home after living away for so long."
Chow going to ucla only validates the acute differences he had with Carroll, and how he now wants to stick it to his old boss.