he wanted to go to an agricultural program as well…something SC really doesn’t have.

But even still, suppose young Mr. Darr ends up bored stiff in the Raisin Capital of the World, and starts to suffer from a severe case of ennui? (of course, all this is occurring without any formal or informal encouragement from anyone connected with -the city of Los Angeles-, I mean -Trojan football-, dang it! With college football. ! . !

So, technically- he never set foot formally on the ‘SC campus. He didn’t feel any Kiff love, perhaps he thought the ‘SC coaches considered him unworthy or whatever? What exactly does the current coaching staff think of the boy? Was he “taking up a scholarship”, so to speak, in this year’s recruiting class?

Here’s the thing, last year Kiffin lost a memorable game to Alabama. Tennessee lost on a last second tipped field goal. If the Vols had scored? Down goes Goliath. Out the roof goes love and adoration for Boy Brash all throughout Knoxville and surrounding greenery. If anyone should value a top-notch kicking and punting game, it should be Coach Kiffin. It would behoove him to consider the days of Ryan Killeen, Tom Malone, and Mario Danelo.

Alabama just picked up one helluva kicker/punter.

All I’m saying is, in order to be a superbadass football team, you have to maintain superbadass status by recruiting the very best at all positions. I like our current guys (kickers & punters), but I think USC deserves better than junior college transfers and kickers/punters that might all share the “he’s good, but not phenomenal”-tag. We’ve currently have a capable Pac 10 special teams unit. We need better. We should want better. Everyone, from our gunners, to our returners, to our long-snappers- want to belong to one of the premier groups of special teams in the country. Let’s not be half-assed about getting the personnel we need.

Touchbacks, 3 points, pinning the opponent inside their 10- are all just as exciting to me as watching a TB blow through a hole and hit his after-burners! It’s just as epic as a last-minute BOMB! Our special teams ROCKED against Oklahoma. As well as other hard fought wins of our recent past. When our ST rocks, we rock.

If not Darr, hopefully a badass kicker/punter comes along this coming year. Whatever it is, USC has got to get insanely serious about Special Teams. About committing less penalties, blocking more punts & FG’s, tackling better, and causing more fumbles. We need a kicker we can count on for consistently hitting it from 40-45 yds out. Someone who misses no more than a few PAT’s in a season.