Special Guest Stars

I can imagine the conversation...

SEELY: Hey Pete...
CARROLL: Hey Brad...
SEELY: Nice ring.
CARROLL: Thanks. You too. Which Superbowl win is that ring from?
SEELY: Oh, I don't know, two or three. Is that from your National Championship number one or two?
CARROLL: Oh, this ring here? It's from National Championship number... TWO, yeah. This other finger is missing, I cut it off after the Texas game... But it's cool, I still have other fingers...

dave tarantino

Hey, what do you think the chances are of Monte taking little boy Lane back home with him so that we can get back to some serious business?

DAVID,

You are lame.

I'm with Dog. Monte, please take your no talent, idiot son back to Tampa with you.

Agree with FDOG and USC_89. Lane (and Sark) almost cost USC some games just because they were trying to promote Bush for the Heisman, when they should have been pounding the ball with Lendale first then use Bush. I hope the O-coordinators understand that because of their rookie playcallings they cost USC the championship.

What short memories some people have. Kiffin and Sark are getting better as they grow with the program. Anyone remember how Chow did that first year at SC? What about the years between Robinson 1 and Carroll? We are the University of Super Cool and not spoiled children. Start realizing how "Cool" it is to be one of the best in the country and that we have been spoiled by our recent success. Who out there would have not taken the recent five year success if you had been told ahead of time how those five years would go? New year, new guys, great fun.

Jeff, you just don't get it. Guys like you are always saying crapola like "so-and-so is getting better as they grow." C'mon man! Like you say we are "one of the best in the country." This is NOT one of those programs where we allow on-the-job training! Especially in such a crucial position! This is where you get hired to do a superior job after proving yourself and "growing" someplace else. Or at least that is the way it is supposed to be ... just like it was when Norm Chow was brought in.

You mentioned Chow in your post, but failed to report that he had to clean up the mess left by Hackett and didn't have all the horses yet.

Kiffin (and Sark ... I'm glad that USC_89 and Eddie turned up the heat on him as well) inherited the world when they sat down in Chow's chair. They have no excuse! And neither does Pete Carroll for giving them that responsibility.

Mine is not a spoiled approach. Mine is a superior approach, one befitting the level of our program.

I will say it again ... Carroll's massive ego (the United Kingdom of Carroll), which wouldn't allow him to hear about somebody else doing such a great job with the offense, is what put us in this position and Heritage Hall is one crystal football short as a result.

Shame on him. He needs to find a landing spot in the NFL for Kiffin ... far, far away from Los Angeles.

Well I was there that fun filled night. While you could say that the O play calling could have been better, I'd say that it was more that the D lost the game. Everyone in the nation knew that VY runs to his right, and good old Frosty was always on VY's left side. I'm glad PC hired a new D coach.

I agree the D lost the game. I was at the game too, and when Texas was running up and down the field with VY, it was up to the offense to outscore Texas...which they almost did. My complaint with Kiffin and Sark was that throughout last season they were calling plays as if they were playing on a Xbox. If you look at Chow's years as the coordinator, he always ran Lendale first then Bush, and forced the defense to play near the line so USC could throw it later. Just remember, but for the playcalling, USC could have been the FIRST school to win 3 Nat'l Championships in a row, and wouldn't THAT have been historic.