Pete Carroll was asked by Ed Werder of Sports Illustrated if he ever had a loss this tough? Carroll quickly answered, “Texas.”
By the way, New England coach Bill Bellichick is now being talked about as the greatest coach in NFL history. But what was he thinking not calling timeout after first-and-goal? How much time would Tom Brady have left if the Seahawks scored?
In the 2006 Texas NC game, Pete should’ve punted and pinned Texas down by their own goal line. Make them drive the length of the field to score. Texas scored with 19 seconds left. You think those 30 plus yards Texas gained by USC going for it on fourth down and not making it helped them? Damn straight it did.
In this game Darrell Bevel had a case of Sarkiffin; getting too damn cute and it cost them a title. Give the ball the Lynch three times and the game is over. If you get beat, get beat by using your best.
i like the odds of Lynch gaining 1/2 a yard with three tries.
Trouble was that there were only 26 seconds left with one timeout, so there would not have been three runs by Lynch.
stop making foolish excuses for Cheatey!! he had time for one run, (call timeout) then try a pass and then he still has enough time for one last play!!
if you try a pass, you try a fade or an out to the tall Mathews, WHERE NO ONE CAN INTERCEPT the ball. you do NOT try to throw a flat pass into the line of scrimmage where 20 guys are bunched up!!!
so cry and spin all you want– 99.999% of the world agrees Caesar is coaching’s all time chowder head!!!
#SoFitting
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PC was 8-1 against the woeful little gutties. Bridesmaid U was easy money for PC. He gives his thanks for your support.
Maybe Pete will say he doesn’t need this grief and return to SC!.
John Robinson tried that and was eventually fired by phone message.
That one loss cost Little Petey a BCS berth. “Ain’t that a shame.”
You were discussing Lynch running 3 times, and then your argument took a nose dive.
And, yes, 50 million Frenchmen can be wrong, and often are.
The video looks like even if the receiver had caught the pass, he would not have made the end zone, he was sideways and the DB was crashing in. QB Wilson made the mistake of not dropping back and waiting until he had to get rid of it. Then with 18-20 seconds left they could have two tries to get in. That would have left Pats nothing but time for a hail mary.
I think they over thought it, should have scored on 2nd down then let the defense win it.
wilson forced it, no doubt. grizzled vet QB doesn’t even try that pass.
they definitely had time for three plays, two of them runs, if they chose.
If Little Petey was a Baseball Mgr., he would had someone else pinch hit instead of Gibson.
swhee shwee.
Don’t know if that would have made a difference ’12.’ Vince Young was so hot, and SC’s defense was so porous, that I would not bet against Young still winning that game.
“Give the ball to Marshawn Lynch, ” – Larry, Moe and Curly Joe.
Pete takes the blame sure but he didn’t throw the pass and other touchdowns were pass plays. It was only a dumb play because it didn’t work.
No, it was a dumb play. PC coached a great game but blew it on that call. Let’s not throw more fuel on the troll fire…
It wasn’t PC’s fault, Wilson blew it. He should have NEVER thrown that pass. Period.
Give it to Lynch, rather than throw across a crowded middle. Or throw a fade, for goodness sake. It was a terrible call–and I’m not saying that because it’s Pete Carroll (the coach every UCLA fan dislikes). It was just an illogical call when you’ve got three plays to go what, 38-40 inches? Or skip Lynch if that’s too obvious–you’ve still a great scrambling QB–send him on a rollout or something.
Agree that over the middle was not the lowest risk option, given the target’s lack of experience in big moments. Plus, the pass wasn’t targeted ideally, and the WR didn’t attack the ball.
My quick thought: if I were to try a pass to avoid the NE convergence in the box, it would be to Lynch, in a formation and pass route that gave him a little space, isolated against a LB.
But I’m inclined to agree that a read option of some sort would have been another good alternative.
I think Scott may be wrong about Belichick. It may be that he didn’t want to give PC a free time-out, to remove an expiring clock from PC’s machinations, and to give PC more time to see all the angles, and deliberate more carefully.
Really, what was Belichick giving up. The Patriots had enjoyed success marching down the field, but the announcers had pointed out that Brady’s historical record on longer passes in the SB was terrible (although he hit that longer one to Gronk yesterday).
Scott is right, once it was first and goal the Pats could have stopped the clock and if the Seahawks scored would still have time for a tying field goal.
Or do a quarterback sneak for goodness sake- it’s only one yard!
Ya, I’m sure you hate Pete since he literally blew out your little gutties so many times. He’s actually one of the most likeable coaches in the NFL, much more so than in-your-face (or is that cup-your-face) Mora will ever be.
Pete got his team to the Super Bowl two years in a row (very few can do that), won one, and just got done making one of the worst calls in NFL history which cost his team the game.
Get over it, he will. In the meantime, just be glad he’s in the NFL or he’d be kicking Mora, the NFL failure who can’t win a big game, around just like Stanford and Oregon always do. That’s a no brainer.
God bless you, Jack. I always appreciate your festive, colorful posts.
Indeed. And I will especially appreciate your notifying me when ucla accomplishes anything meaningful in football. I know you believe three straight over sanction-burdened USC is an amazing accomplishment. We’ll leave it at that for now.
Oh, on the contrary. It’s nice to beat your crosstown rival a few years in a row, but nothing short of a P12 championship and a playoff spot will be an amazing accomplishment in my book.
Well, you just missed a big time opp. Last season’s ucla team had the QB and players (not sure about big temper, oversensitive Mora) to do just that but you still lost three games and blew your window. With Hundley gone, you’re now totally beatable, especially if you think Rosen’s gonna win a conf championship as a frosh. Good luck with that.
Stinky tries the old wait to next year gambit.
Who needs to wait? We’re already 46-31 on you and have won 7 NCs since 1962 to your zero. 24 RB wins to your 5. 12 NFL HOFs to your 5. I could go on with college AAs, first rounders, overall bowls, conf champs, et al. It get’s boring it’s so radically lopsided. Oh that’s right. You won three in a row. Whooppee. Post 20 more times tonight and see if it makes a difference loser.
Stinky blows hard to inflate himself. Unfortunately, Stinky is still the same old Stinky screaming bogus SUCC fiction at top of his lungs.
You could be right. But I’ll tell you what: I’d rather have true freshman Rosen than a dozen years of senior Brehauts, Princes, Olsons, et al. Will probably be a lot like MB under PC as a true frosh.
Be careful what you wish for. By the time Rosen’s a senior he might have his shoulder in a sling with a lowered draft status. Funny game.
So you think things would have been different for MB if he’d redshirted? Still one of SC’s finest QBs in recent memory.
Blowing hard, low psi.
Exactly, it didn’t HAVE to work, Wilson should have thrown it into the stands and eaten time off the clock.
Well, the WR looked very open at the moment of truth. Pass was placed too high, and probably led WR slightly too much. WR didn’t anticipate Butler’s presence well and did not aggressively attack the pass.
It was dumb because the Pats defense was compressed into a very small area and the Seahawks had the best running back in football standing in the backfield going to waste.
Too bad “The Call” overshadowed some great moments in this memorable game:
1. Pete going for the touchdown instead of the field goal with 6 seconds remaining in the first half. And getting it for a 14-14 tie.
2. Butler coming from nowhere at full speed to get the winning pick of Wilson’s otherwise touchdown toss.
3. Seattle scoring 17 straight points to take a 2-score lead only to have New England score the final 14 points for the win.
4. Edelman running rings around Seattle’s top defense.
5. Lynch bullying his way for yards like only he can do.
6. Wilson making a couple of nice long runs
7. The circus catch to set up Seattle on the 5 yard line for what appeared to be a victory for the Seahawks’ taking.
8. Bradys come from behind down 10pts to win the Super Bowl!!
9. Pete “The Cheat” shiiiiitz the bed stance
10. Beast twit: “Russell Wilson saying we coming back next year, no we not cause I ain’t coming back” – Marshall Lynch
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wolfman, how do i get a poster size copy of this pic???
i want to put one in every restroom stall at Cadre HQ….”pete expells headphones”
You are losing it Cadrey Charlie.
Cmon friend, say it!!!
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New England coach Bill Bellichick is now being talked about as the greatest coach in NFL history.
— wait you are implying people now are just talking about Bellichick as the greatest coach in history? You mean this topic never came up after the 5 previous super bowl or 9 or 10 years of 10 win seasons? You’re on top of this stuff Scott. Keep it up!
Greatest cheating coach in NFL history.
He didn’t need to cheat to beat Cheaty Petey.
I am not a Pete Carroll fan. I doubt that any Bruins care much for PC. That being said, he is a lot better at his job than Wolf is at being a reporter. It is easy to criticize from the sidelines. PC did get the team to the Super Bowl again. Most people that win big games also suffer some crushing defeats. Part of the business.
Do you think Wolf is the only one criticizing this call?