The NCAA just wrapped up their hearings regarding Southern Cal infractions this weekend. Some highlights of what happened outside of the closed-door sessions provided by the NYT: The hearings were secret, and participants were required not to reveal anything to the news media. A decision will be made only after hours of conference calls between the members of the committee on infractions. But there were signs from the hearings that make it highly improbable U.S.C. football will leave ...
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The Southern Cal Situation Just Went To 11
11 on the "Oh, C'mon!" Scale. Chow is returning to Southern Cal. We'll wait to see if Reggie Bush is returning too. ...
Pete Carroll:NCAA Rules::Salvador Dali:Reality
Or maybe I should say Pete's more of a Bob Ross. He sees happy little trees everywhere, and, more importantly, he sees "happy little mistakes." USC football Coach Pete Carroll employed a former NFL tactician last season to help with the team's punting and kicking game, an arrangement that may have violated NCAA rules that prohibit consultants from coaching, The Times has learned. Carroll's action could widen a continuing investigation by the NCAA, the governing body of major college ...
Time May Be Running Out For ND To Beat Pete Carroll
Tim Floyd is now the former head coach of the Southern Cal Men's Basketball. Embroiled in controversy, Southern California coach Tim Floyd resigned on Tuesday. The Clarion Ledger of Jackson, Miss., first reported the resignation. The newspaper obtained the letter that the coach submitted to USC athletic director Mike Garrett. It read: "As of 1 p.m. today, I am resigning as head basketball coach at the University of Southern California. I deeply appreciate the opportunity afforded me ...
Ti-i-e-ime, Is On Our Side…
Matt Hinton at Dr. Saturday makes a big fuss today over the fact that it's now been 2000 days since Michigan (sucks!) has beaten Ohio State in a game of contact football. That's nothing. No doubt that length of time is causing those petulant little namby-pamby troglodytes a great deal of suffering, much like 2 minutes without The Ring made Gollum go bonkers, but Notre Dame has had it far worse recently in the greatest rivalry in college football. It's been 7 years, 6 months, 25 days since the ...
Notre Dame had 8 Defensive Players Drafted…
...in the last 5 drafts. 2009: David Bruton 2008: Trevor Laws, Tom Zbikowski 2007: Victor Abiamiri, Derek Landri, Mike Richardson, Chinedum Ndukwe 2006: Nobody, nada, zilch, zero 2005: Justin Tuck Southern Cal? Well, they had 8 defensive players drafted this past weekend. Brian Cushing Clay Matthews Rey Maualuga Fili Moala Kaluka Maiava Kyle Moore Cary Harris Kevin Ellison Naturally, the internet is aflame with talk about how ND did disservice to the young men of ...
Update: Cushing’s Moobs Are All Natural
Turns out the feature from our Friday Roundup was completely fabricated. I blame the internets. Cushing's Moobs, along with his stunning acne and attitude problems are all his own and have nothing to do with illegal substances. Also, the Trojan's official website is borderline NSFW. (HT: FOFM) ...
Southern Cal, India Have Odd Notions About STDs…
I remember a few years ago I saw a really depressing documentary about rampaging STDs in India because the citizens of India had very strange notions about how STDs worked. For example, it was common "knowledge" in India's trucking and shipping industry that you could protect yourself from most any STD so long as you washed your hands after employing a member of the oldest profession. Sounds like Southern Cal might have weird notions as well... Each day, it seems, another player shows ...
Pete Carroll Hits Cop
You've already read this on every other sports website in the world. I just wanted to use the headline even though it's completely inaccurate. Apparently the cop hit Pete. And not with an asp. Asps, by the way, have to be the greatest personal security device ever invented. The fact that Ben, from Lost, uses an Asp to beat the crap out of his enemies gives him a +10 in the cool column. USC coach Pete Carroll said he was involved an auto accident Tuesday night when a Los Angeles County ...
The Chewbacca Defense of Southern Cal
I was going to ignore the entire “OJ Mayo Took Money From Agents In High School and College†thing. For one, OJ Mayo didn’t play football at Southern Cal. He played basketball, and we’re a college football blog. Second, I didn’t really think it would get much attention outside of enraged UCLA and Notre Dame fans because the entire scenario seemed like a giant “Duh Moment.†Honestly, who among us is actually surprised by this? It was practically assumed that OJ Mayo was receiving ...