Ivan Maisel Kisses Pete Carroll's Ring
From ESPN's Ivan Maisel (the same guy who had the Trojans in the Holiday Bowl three weeks ago):
Carroll's four consecutive seasons are every bit as convincing as the best winning periods of coaches such as Bear Bryant of Alabama, Darrell Royal of Texas or Bobby Bowden of Florida State. USC, dormant for nearly two decades when Carroll arrived in December 2000, has re-established itself, and Southern California region with it, as a hotbed of college football.
It wasn't that long ago that the power in college football seemed to have permanently shifted to the portion of the Sun Belt that stretches from Miami in the southeast to College Station in the southwest. Carroll has redrawn that map. He has made USC fashionable again.
USC's Carroll deserves respect for his run [ESPN]
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That is, unless the 2005 National Championship is taken away for violating the rules by letting a Trojan backer pay Bush and his family.
Not to mention the long term damage he could end up causing the USC program from lost scholarships and probation.
The jury is still out.
Posted by: SanFranciscoJim at December 26, 2006 05:05 PM
Responded Carroll: "No. I know that through this investigation, because he's not cooperating the way they'd like it, there's some issues about that. Reggie gets to do whatever he wants to do. He's not part of us anymore and we can't control any of that. But there's some, I think some opinions from the NCAA that they're mad at Reggie. And, you know, they would not like him to be associated with us. But I don't know what's going on with all that. But there is some stuff.
"I did call Reggie and he didn't hear from anybody about any of that kind of stuff. We're just going to keep working along the best we can and try to keep our head above water and do the right thing and stay out of that stuff. But that stuff, it is kind of nasty. You just don't know where it's coming from and people are out to get you. It can get kind of hard."
Posted by: SanFranciscoJim at January 26, 2007 11:52 PM
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