Sorry Bruin Fans; I’m Not Ashamed to be a Trojan
by Joey Kaufman on Feb 10, 2010 12:11 AM PST
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PrintIt's pretty common knowledge that college newspapers are inherently biased toward their university's various athletic teams - at least on some level. And to be perfectly honest, it makes a ton of sense. The writers will all graduate from the institution and remain a part of the larger community for years to come. So the idea that the campus's sports coverage tends to puts a positive spin on its own teams is a logical end result.
Such a situation can be seen with the Daily Bruin, as a recent article written by Matt Stevens calls out USC by declaring that Trojan fans should be ashamed of their athletic teams:
This has indeed been one of the more drama-filled and contentious periods in the UCLA/USC rivalry in years, and Sunday will add what will presumably be the latest chapter.
To recap quickly, in the last year, USC pushed Tim Floyd out the door essentially and allegedly for cheating, threw a Hail Mary to rub salt in the wounds of a losing UCLA football team, replaced the clown of a coach who celebrated after that play (Pete Carroll) with one of his protégés (Lane Kiffin) - who has learned well and exceeded his mentor in egotism and unethical behavior - hired a new women's basketball coach who, unprovoked, used an expletive to describe UCLA at a press conference, and oh yes, the school is still under NCAA investigation involving wrongdoings committed by its football program.
Ashamed? I would be a little more understanding if he had suggested that we should feel disappointed with the ways things have gone in recent months. But to suggest that we should be embarrassed about our athletic program is flat out ridiculous. In fact, I'm quite content of our athletic teams on campus and proud to be a part of the Trojan Family. To have the audacity to suggest, in print, that ‘SC fans should feel guilty about its sports department frustrates me to no end.
Am I upset with the way Tim Floyd era ended? Yes, there is no question about that. But when Floyd recruits a shady character in O.J. Mayo and allows Rodney Guillory to hang around the basketball facilities on a daily basis, you have to realize that his days are likely numbered. The Mayo situation is certainly bothersome, but am I embarrassed to be a Trojan fan based entirely on one botched incident? Absolutely not. At the very least, Floyd, despite his problems, took ‘SC to three straight NCAA tournaments for the first time in school history. I am not prepared to revoke my fandom based on the Floyd-Mayo fiasco. Frustrated? Yes. Ashamed to be a Trojan? Hardly.
As with Michael Cooper, the first year women's basketball coach, he messed up. You can't be that profane at a press conference. But seriously, am I to be embarrassed because our head coach used curse words to describe a rival program? Absolutely not. In the highly competitive world of college sports, this happens constantly, and while it may not be ideal, it certainly isn't groundbreaking news. It's just the way the system is nowadays.
But it's the blatant, completely inaccurate statements regarding the football side of things that really enflames my inner fandom. Honestly, it's completely ridiculous for people to sit back and attack Carroll's character. While it's been covered to extreme lengths, the Hail Mary bomb against the Bruins was more than justified as Neuweisel had called a timeout just before, indicating that he didn't want the Trojans to simply run out the clock. If UCLA is going to keep on playing, than why can't ‘SC run some legitimate offensive plays? If you don't like it, try covering the wide receivers instead of moaning about the play call.
As for being an ego-maniac and practicing unethical behavior, that's a tad bit excessive. Yes, the NCAA is presently investigating USC for a "lack of institutional control," but if Carroll's "illegal" actions were so transparent, than why hasn't the school been punished already? If it was a slam dunk, then wouldn't the Trojans already be on probation?
In terms of being a purely self-oriented individual, I find that equally irritating. This is the same man, who is well known as philanthropist in the Los Angeles area. After all, he founded the community-service organization, A Better LA, dedicated toward helping reduce gang violence in Los Angeles. An effort that was featured prominently on CBS's 60 Minutes last year and has been continuously praised by local citizens. This is the narcissistic coach I should be ashamed of?
In regards to Kiffin, the jury is still out. He's yet to coach a game here at USC, so it would be a bit premature to start singing his praises and calling him the second coming of Pete Carroll. But he does appear more than competent after reeling in the number one ranked recruiting class in the country according to Rivals.com. Yes, he makes a few outlandish statements here and there, but hey, at least he hasn't printed a full page add in the local papers calling out the program across town. Yes, he's young, brash, and bold, but that's a far cry from being unethical. We'll see how things develop, but I fail to understand why I would be ashamed of a guy who has been on the job for just one month.
Sorry, while it may not have been the smoothest of years for ‘SC athletics, any fan will tell that he is more than proud to be a Trojan.
Fight On!
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That guy Von Geragosian, as Stevens implies that he is the most die-hard Trojan fan he knows, doesn’t sound like a Trojan fan at all…
Not only that, but he's factually incorrect
He says Bush graduated six years ago. First of all, Bush never graduated, and second of all, he left USC four years ago. If you’re going to be quoted that extensively and used as the only source, you better get your shit right.
--Conquest Chronicles, SBNation's USC Trojans blog
by Joey Kaufman on Feb 10, 2010 1:03 AM PST up reply actions
An attempt to make 'SC fans look stupid?
Anything goes in this article. What garbage..
by Julio Nievas on Feb 10, 2010 1:08 AM PST up reply actions
This kid probably doesn't exist or there was never a conversation only in the mind of the Writer.
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by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 10, 2010 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
Pulling a Stephan Glass?
--Conquest Chronicles, SBNation's USC Trojans blog
by Joey Kaufman on Feb 10, 2010 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Wow Joe I just read his Bio (didn't know of him) what a snake (or Weasel for that matter) and now he is a Lawyer.
A lying Lawyer where have I seen or heard that before?
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by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 10, 2010 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Yes in the decade the Ucla fan has become to say kind of Ugly, it really wasn't that bad before.
Inthe past it was just ah we beat you ah well we got you here, and everyone have beer and get along. Now the whole thing has become hating and maybe the internet has change it all, one can comment for no fear of retaliation. Well I hope Ucla gets there stuff together because it is no fun beating someone so BAD.
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by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 10, 2010 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
This reflects so badly on UCLA
I just don’t get the Bruins sometimes. I’m being honest here: they make these claims with Basketball and the total number of NCAA titles (yay women’s gymnastics!) and want to be in the discussion with schools like Florida, OU, Texas, Ohio St, Penn St, Stanford, and USC as an elite athletic school, but then they pull this stuff. It seems to me that the priority for these guys is to pull down the successes of a rival rather than promote their own successes. The fact that I have yet to see a UCLA hate article from the Daily Trojan in at least the past year shows that the Bruins don’t feel nearly as confident in their achievements as they claim to be (ie: the same confidence level that prevents USC from constantly ripping on them, Florida from ripping on FSU, Ohio St from trashing Michigan/Penn St ect). The best example was just a few weeks ago when Rick NoHeisman took potshots at SC during the beatdown of Ben Howland’s Brats at Pauly, all under the auspices of “celebrating” the Bruin’s stunning and seminal victory in the vaunted and revered Eagle Bank Bowl. I don’t remember Urban over in the Sunshine State talking smack about Bobby Bowden after he won the Sugar Bowl… but then again, he doesn’t really have the football credentials that Eagle Bank Bowl-winning Coach Rick has, does he? But still, we have to listen to how incredible and impressive the Bruins’ athletic tradition is… They try to walk the walk, but they still talk the talk of jealous little children.
by jburkesworld on Feb 10, 2010 1:21 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Rec.
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by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 10, 2010 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
I was at the Pauley game
Neuheisel didn’t even mention the words “Eagle Bank.” All he said was “Bowl Win.” Sure its a positive to win the Eagle Bank Bowl. The bruins have a winning season, a bowl win, and ended the year on a high note. But is this a reason to call out USC? Neuheisel did it because thats part of his strategy. He needs the PR, he needs to put butts in seats. Talking smack does that, but it has it risks. This time it came in the form of a long touchdown bomb when his opponent was trying to run out the clock.
For all of you bruins out there that think Pete did the touchdown unprovoked, think again. That touchdown was a message to Neuheisel that Pete didn’t appreciate all the poop that he slung Pete’s direction.
Frak I think I now see what the Neu is doing he is lobbing for a better College FB gig, thats got to be it.
There is no way a NFL team would hire him, but maybe ASU or Zona (home state) or a private school with a lot of money. Hey wouldn’t Caltech be a fit for him?
LA Sports is what keep me off the streets and out of trouble, thanks to all the teams Rams, Dodgers, Lakers, USC sports and the Love of Tennis.
by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 10, 2010 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Its funny to think that
But I think Neu is true baby blue. He wants to succeed at ucla. The only thing that is going to pull him away is a head coaching gig in the NFL, which he wont get if he doesn’t have a significant showing in Westwood.
nah
You guys should be proud to be Trojans. As a Bruin, I wouldn’t want it any other way.
by impaulv on Feb 10, 2010 1:39 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Definitely has been a trying last few years
But I still wear my USC fandom with pride. Through thick and thin, cardinal and gold will always run through my veins
LMAO@MattStevens
Is this the same little Matty that wanted to be Athletic Director for fucla? If it is, he needs some help in the Public Relations department.
Very, very dumb statement.
Stevens should use the word "clown"
He is the guy who pushed Dorrell on Morgan Center. He was quoted saying something about it being the one hire USC was afraid of…some BS like that. He lives in Petros shadow, that can drive you crazy all by itself.
by ev on Feb 10, 2010 8:50 AM PST up reply actions
Comment?
I was prepared to write a long, thoughtful comment on this garbage…but its not even worth it.
Our little sisters across town
have a very severe case of Trojan Derangement Syndrome. Hyper-critical behavior is a major symptom of inferiority complex. Stevens should consult a psychiatrist for his ailment. So sad to think that the guy wastes 90% of his energy hating the success of USC. Meanwhile, I spend about 0.01% of my daily energy thinking about the Bruins, which represents a few good laughs a day.
Most LA Sports Writers Suck
Newspapers are dead and the guys associated with them today are really bad: Wolf, Simers and Whicker. The Daily Bruin is reflective of this degradation. The days of Jim Murray are no more
Who is this idiot?
As I write this I am proudly wearing my “You say time out, I SAY TOUCHDAN” tee shirt, is this the ex QB? DFWTrojan, I’m no doctor but I concur this weasel is suffering from a 3rd degree case of TDS, unfortunately there is no antidote or cure. What a cruel fate!
P.S To quote MC, F ucla!
did you have to look down at the shirt to see what it said? Cause not sure how you got DAN from DOWN :-P
Congrats
you win the golden Neuheisel for blog proofreader of the week!
Oh Yeah! Rec'd x2
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UCLA is a school in an advanced state decline
They fell out of the USNWR top 20 years ago, and USC is poised to overtake them in the near future. All they have left in the tank is to try to bring USC down. It’s not going to happen.
On Sunday, USC’s rag-tag clutch of basketball survivors will drive the final nail in the Guttie’s basketball tradition. As Cowherd is fond of saying, “they’re living in the was.”
A once mighty institution is circling the drain as bankruptcy looms for the State of California. The State will do what it can to save it’s flagship campus Cal Berkeley, but the ruins will be left to decay in the sun. Snipe On Gutties, Trojan Derangement Syndrome is the least of your problems…
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For sure the state will make sure that Cal, Hayward, Chico, Sac, and the Polys servive first.
Heck they might even have to turn there fish-wrap into a one page flyer, oh no more windshield trash at your local mall parking lot.
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by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 10, 2010 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
Yah really paul who actually knows what the hell they do up there anyway.
I hope this this economy works itself out because I wouldn’t want too see a lot of schools close, maybe the freaking banks that we bailed out can contribute. I don’t think most people have a lot of extra bucks laying around, except for all the Overpaid College Coaches and Chancellors in this state. I can understand Private schools paying what they pay but state run schools no one should make more that $275,467.78 a year.
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by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 10, 2010 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry Pablo, but even though South Campus, engineering, science and business depts. are pretty rich, they don’t share. UCLA’s soft red liberal arts underbelly is running a 40% deficit, they’re cutting staff and classes to the bone and it’s going to get much worse.
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true
but the state isn’t just going to “save it’s flagship campus”, it would be politically unpopular & it’s just not currently possible to favor funds towards one school & not another. Cuts are usually made across the board, with individual schools submitting proposed cuts to meet their quotas. As for soft red liberal arts? Show me a campus where the liberal arts don’t tend towards… well… the liberal side. They are far and few in between….
Well put Pablo. It's not like USC doesn't have its share of loony faculty
You reminded me of the lovely USC Prof. Dr. Diana York Blaine (who would fit right in with the Angela Davis crowd). Back in 2006 she went ape nutz over the Mark Sanchez rape allegations (she hasn’t bothered to take it off her blog yet); anyway, my favorite quote from her (in the DT) back then was the following:
So if a few bad eggs don’t respect women’s right to decide if to have sex with them, why should I hold the whole football team accountable? Because I do.Talk about jumping to conclusions. The original pages at the Daily Trojan and the now defunct Cardinal Martini sites are gone but Trojan Wire still has it posted. Luckily her nudie pictures have also vanished, (not good to see before dinner). It is said that we need these geniuses to boost our USNWR ranking. Whatever it takes, I guess.
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She only said that because the whole FB team turned her down, she is a total Komi that should be kicked out of our country.
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by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 10, 2010 9:30 PM PST up reply actions
Here’s the link to “Dr. Diana’s” blog:
http://www.dianablaine.com/2006/04/oops_we_did_it_again.html
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When I come back in my next life I want to be a Resident Feminist Theorist Bon Vivant.
Can you spell _ u n t, with a capital K?
Yep, and get a shit-load of money for doing it. No question about it, those nutty professors ARE smarter than the rest of us!
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aREE ABOUT pROFS AND THAT POOR EXCUSE FOR A WOMEN HOW CAN SHE POSE LIKE THAT.
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by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 12, 2010 5:19 AM PST up reply actions
She's a bRuin!
That said, she does wear Cardinal & Gold on football weekends, so go figure.
A word to our young friends: Be wary muchachos, be very wary.
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From someone who has taken some liberal arts classes here recently
We do in fact have our fair share of liberal professors. Hey, it’s a college and this isn’t Hillsdale. However, in comparison to the UCLA and the rest of the UCs, we have much more straight-laced faculty.
--Conquest Chronicles, SBNation's USC Trojans blog
by Joey Kaufman on Feb 10, 2010 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
She's a deep thinker allright
She’s empowering women so they can finally answer these questions for themselves:
Every day she encounters messages all over the place that try to tell her what to think and what to look like and who to be. She no longer has to listen and she also gets to fight back, completely redefining her world and inviting people who don’t like what they see happening in their world and in their lives to come along with her.Yep, your feminist classmates are sure getting their money’s worth from Dr. Diana! Funny how underarm shaving and douching make it into the list.
Should you shave under your arms?
Should you get married?
Should you get plastic surgery?
Should you buy an SUV?
Should you watch The Bachelor?
Should you join a sorority?
Should you go to church?
Should you wear make-up?
Should you keep your boyfriend?
Should you go on a diet?
Should you douche?
Meh… fUCLA PhD, couldn’t expect less.
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Ha! It's CalGirl!!!!!!!!!
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Tex messed up me koffee break!
Gotta love Dr. D’s list of questions; proof that the line between the UC’s and USC is blurring. Like I keep saying, this ‘aint your daddy’s USC! Where this ends nobody knows.
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Btw, I did find a link to her boobie pics but to appalling for a classy blog. Feel free to google her name along with “Burning Man” and USC but prepare to avert your eyes… eesh!
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Oh God! The horror!
Must…. Flag… This… Comment!
by Julio Nievas on Feb 11, 2010 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
C’mon G, get with it! She’s saving the planet by not wasting water on sinful vanities like showering, shaving and douching! Don’t want to get the climate gods all upset do we? B.O. is beautiful, nothing like the smell of a ripe… hmmm, er thingie?
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I got enough of those gals in the 70s when I spent a summer in Europe, no thanks.
My cousin did his MED schooling in france he said he would make them take a bath first.
LA Sports is what keep me off the streets and out of trouble, thanks to all the teams Rams, Dodgers, Lakers, USC sports and the Love of Tennis.
by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 12, 2010 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
Yep, guys prefer their cheeses stinky and meats marinated over there.
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Wasn't she engaged to Mushroom at ucla, he being the right height.
YES DEAR
LA Sports is what keep me off the streets and out of trouble, thanks to all the teams Rams, Dodgers, Lakers, USC sports and the Love of Tennis.
by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 12, 2010 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
Lets see
I’m pissed with Reggie. I think our athletic program is soft on discipline. I think its going to bite us in the ass. I’m not ashamed though. I agree with Michael Cooper. F*** ucla. If they don’t like us, I don’t really give a crap. The NCAA might come down on us, and we will deal with it. When the NCAA presents its evidence in the Bush case, then I will make a determination of how ashamed I should be with the football team. If no USC people were involved then I can tell Matt Stevens that I don’t feel ashamed at all. So here’s the recap:
1. Tim Floyd- Shown the door, maybe he cheated. Until more proof other than Johnson’s word is shown- Not Ashamed
2. Hail Mary- Neuheisel obviously thought his team hadn’t lost when he called the timeout. There was a 1 in a million shot at ucla tying the game, but it wasn’t impossible. I loved the touchdown, and for the record screw ucla I hope they run up the score every time we play them if they can- Not Ashamed
3. Calling Coach Carroll a clown is just plain stupid. If Carroll is a clown, and calling a long pass is rubbing it in, then maybe Neuheisel shouldn’t have spent the last two years talking smack about reeling Pete in, or monopolies being over.- Not Ashamed (Although Stevens should be for even saying this)
4. Lane Kiffin- Has done nothing at Tennessee that Neuheisel hasn’t done at ucla in the smack talk department. It is designed to drum up publicity and alumni interest. That is why Kiffin did it, and that is why Neuheisel did it. Almost all of the violations at Tennessee were in the PR secondary violation category. Calling him unethical while employing the most unethical coach in college football today is just f-ing hypocritical.- Not Ashamed
5. Michael Cooper- Everyone at USC has probably said F*** UCLA at some point. I’m not going to fault the guy for saying what everyone at USC was thinking. Besides it was funny- Not Ashamed
6. Here is something real. Reggie Bush and OJ Mayo. I’m very frustrated and disapointed with people in the atheletic department in regards to basketball. Guillory was a known problem, and people in the AD should have known to not let him anywhere near us. But they didn’t. I don’t know if I’m ashamed, but I sure am disappointed. In regards to Reggie Bush, if the NCAA found that USC knew about him and his family, then I would be upset, perhaps embarrassed. Remains to be seen if I will be Ashamed.
by frak on Feb 10, 2010 11:02 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
frak's on it!
Pure freaking poetry, frak! You sir, have been rec’d!
"As for being a Raiders fan, I wouldn't wish that fucking shit on anybody." [the venerable OTS at Roll Bama Roll}
by BixBeiderbecke on Feb 11, 2010 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
I read that article (rant) and he is just being the Baby Bear that he is, I wonder if that is Matt Steven's Jr.
LA Sports is what keep me off the streets and out of trouble, thanks to all the teams Rams, Dodgers, Lakers, USC sports and the Love of Tennis.
by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 10, 2010 11:35 AM PST reply actions
Personally, I love it when people "hate" my team(s)
It only means we’re good. (And trust me, being a life-long Jets fan … I know what it is to be irrelevant.)
Frankly, 99 folks out of 100 who whine and cry about “cheating” and “ethics” and “integrity” are only mad cuz your team just whupped their team’s ass. When was the last time you heard someone hold up the championship trophy and exclaim, “And our graduation rate is higher than yours!!!”
I needed a team so I wouldn’t turn into one of the eighty million pink hat-wearing Bud Light-drinking mulleted idiots at Fenway.
Well hell if we’re coming up with various voluntary and involuntary associations to be ashamed of, I’m sure that Matt Stevens could come up with a few. I may or may not be briefly embarrassed by team and player shenanigans, but I tend to reserve shame for the things that I do wrong myself.
Collective responsibility is fine if you want to shoot a village for the actions of the Resistance or engage in some Maoist re-educatiion, but even a red liberal arts person like me sees it as insidious and eventually counterproductive.
Fuck
Yeah DC. (MInor Threat = one of my all time favorite bands!!!)
"As for being a Raiders fan, I wouldn't wish that fucking shit on anybody." [the venerable OTS at Roll Bama Roll}
by BixBeiderbecke on Feb 10, 2010 8:11 PM PST up reply actions
Hows this entry for "Hypocrite of the Year" award
In the 1986 UCLA vs. USC game, Karl Dorrell was on the receiving end of a play from Stevens that the Los Angeles Times dubbed “Hail Mary, and in your face..”4 On the last play of the first half, UCLA quarterback Stevens faked a kneel-down, then pulled up and threw a Hail Mary pass, which was tipped into the hands of the flanker—Dorrell—to put the Bruins up 31–0 at the half. The Bruins would go on to win 45–20.
This is from Matt Stevens wikipedia page.
Except that
It’s a different Matt Stevens
by SuperBruinMan on Feb 12, 2010 6:52 PM PST up reply actions
Just answer the last question from frak, SuperBM!
It will tell us all we really need to know. As far as the 2009 USC/fUcla football game and the last TD we scored, c’mon man! We HAD TO try for something unusual! And it just so happened to be bat-shit crazy enough to actually work. Hell, your boys did something crazy by calling the TO! What the flock’s up with that?
If your team chooses to play every down, well then- I tip my hat to your team because sweet mother may-I-just-say, THAT’S THE WAY FOOTBALL IS SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYED! Good on you, mates!
(advice?) THEN SERIOUSLY PLAY EVERY FUCKING GOTDANG DOWN ALREADY! Stop our badasses from scoring on sorry-asses. If y’all woulda stopped us? We wouldn’t be having to hear your whiny asses complain about anything.
There isn’t any whining in football, yo!
"As for being a Raiders fan, I wouldn't wish that fucking shit on anybody." [the venerable OTS at Roll Bama Roll}
by BixBeiderbecke on Feb 14, 2010 8:43 PM PST up reply actions
finally read that article
it seems obviously written by a student. There is a lot of passion, but not a lot of thought in what he is saying. The fact that he calls Pete Carroll out for doing the same thing as his QB namesake, is quite hilarious.
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