USC News and Notes for 7/28
by Paragon SC on Jul 28, 2010 6:01 AM PDT
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Lots of stuff out there today so lets get to it...
Bill Plaschke thinks Kennedy Pola is worth the trouble . I don't disagree in Plaschke's reasoning on the hire but in making his points he takes a swipe at Pete Carroll and attempts to undermine Lane Kiffin. I really am not interested in living in the past with regards to Pete Carroll. He has moved on, we have moved on, so why not just enjoy the good memories and leave the past at the side of the road.
In his attempt to write a "positive" piece about USC Plaschke just can't resist in taking the pot shots that he does.
As for Kiffin, I really don't understand his point...Kiffin is the coach now. Who knows what the future holds. Depending on which rumor you believe it really doesn't matter if Pat Haden signed off on Kiffin's hiring or not...he is here now so play the hand you are dealt. I won't speculate on it and I won't try to be a fortune teller either. All Plaschke needs to understand is that USC is positioned very well to weather the storm of the NCAA's sanctions. It won't be easy but 'SC is in a much better place than other schools would be if the same fate befell them...
'SC needs to deal with the here and now. Living in the past doesn't help the team moving into the future.
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Keeping with Pola for a brief moment...Lane Kiffin said yesterday that he was surprised with the lawsuit that the Titans filed.
To me this is the Money quote...
Pola's hiring "was done no differently than any we did at SC or Tennessee. I didn't anticipate this. No one would have."
This happens all the time. Coaches get poached regardless of being in college ranks or the NFL. This lawsuit was simply done to humiliate Kiffin...whatever. It says more about them then it does about Kiffin. This is the same owner who stuck it to his home town by moving the team to Nashville and who drafted Houston's favorite son Vince Young to stick it to them again...age has nothing to do with maturity.
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Here is the L.A. Times take on the Pac-10's new marketing effort...
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CFN details USC for 2010..
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From the whatever makes you feel better department...
Executive director Steve Richardson said the FWAA will decide before the start of the season whether to strip USC of its 2004 national championship and give it to Auburn.
"This is unprecedented, but it's an unprecedented situation," Richardson told the Mobile Press-Register.
Oklahoma edged Auburn in the Bowl Championship Series standings to earn a shot against USC, then was routed by the Trojans, 55-19, in the title game. Auburn completed a 13-0 season by defeating Virginia Tech, 16-13, in the Sugar Bowl and finished No. 2 to USC in the BCS standings and polls.
Ha!
I guess these championships aren't really worth the paper they are printed on. Any self-respecting Auburn would not accept this. They didn't play for it, even though they deserved to play in that game more than Oklahoma.
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Hurricane Seantrel leaves more damage in his wake. Looks like Ohio State made a few missteps in their recruitment of Seantrel Henderson.
The recruitment of offensive tackle Seantrel Henderson created a lot of paperwork for the Ohio State compliance office. The Buckeyes' chase of the highly-rated recruit led to the school reporting four secondary NCAA violations, most of which had nothing to do with the OSU coaching staff.
Unreal...
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Plaschke’s always going to have to write his columns his way, which includes some mind reading on his part, but he does have a point that where Fisher waited until after signing day to hire away Norm Chow, he’s not exactly a fan of Kiffin. Maybe that’s a function of Kiffin not having won anything yet.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Interesting sentence
From Plaschke:
“Pola has become the offensive coordinator at the unofficial request of new Athletic Director Pat Haden.”
I’m not sure exactly where Haden’s hand fits into the Pola hiring, but I would hope for Kiffin and Haden to be unified with this one. No doubt, the failure to extend a courtesy call to Fisher falls on Kiffin. But let’s face it…the Titans are mostly pissed about losing Pola, not about some issue of ettiquette. Plaschke is errant to conclude “how little support Kiffin currently has among Trojans alumni” based on the actions of exactly one alumnus. And this one alumnus (Fisher) was wearing the hat of a Titan, not a Trojan in his making his remarks. I don’t have a big problem with this, but let’s not misinterpret the significance of it.
I wish there was a way to set up a blind poll...
…to see among alumni and fans where their level of support towards Kiffin currently stands. Unfortunately, I fear it would be instantly compromized by outsiders.
Hard to know how the alumni feel...
Nothing much good happens in the offseason, and the media loves controversy. Kiffin hasn’t coached a game yet. As long as he can run a clean program, he should get a few years to prove himjself. By then, it will be obvious how the alumni feel about him. I think many alumni are happy with job Kifffin’s done recruiting and assembling a staff. There are probably few who’d pefer to see less off-field distractions and bad press.
Complete fabrication, no source, even anonymous source, and highly improbable
"Pola has become the offensive coordinator at the unofficial request of new Athletic Director Pat Haden."
Rubbish!
Death to the NCAA!!!
I'm pretty sure USC is appealing the losses in the 2004 season
It’s the 2005 ones they are not.
If I understand correction, we have NOT even filed our appeal yet
we’ve only filed the notice of appeal. I pray that we release our appeal memorandum publicly.
Death to the NCAA!!!
You are correct
However my understanding is that 2005 loses will be accepted but 2004 ones, including the Orange bowl, will be part of the appeal. The reason I brought that up is they stated in the article that USC was not going to appeal 2004. They will decided prior to the appeal which would be strange to do. Clearly they don’t know what is going on.
+1, hope we appeal 2004
yes, 99.9% of the media is not even aware that the USC appeal has not even been filed yet.
Death to the NCAA!!!
PROFESSIONAL WHINER tommy tuberville cries......
Tommy Tuberville, Auburn’s coach in 2004, said Tuesday he believes a new champion should be named instead of the title being vacated, which is the plan of the BCS should USC lose its appeal to the NCAA.
“Why in the world would you not give it to anybody, whether it’s Oklahoma or us or Utah?‘’ he said. "Everybody played that year. Why would you not give it to somebody? There’s other teams that did the right things. We didn’t even get a chance to play. We had a heckuva football team that year. I don’t think people really realized how good we were. If they take it away from them, give it to somebody else. There is no reason to keep a group of players who say, ‘Hey, I was a national champion.’ I’m not saying it was us. But somebody.’’
He added this about USC: "They cheated. They’re out.
But we’re not going to re-vote it because it happened five years ago? That’s not right …That season is over with and forgotten about, but not by a bunch of fans from three or four schools. People do care. You’re talking about kids’ lives and resumes.’
WHINE ON tommy, WHINE ON!
"Understanding is a virtue, hard to come by"
J. Airplane
Will somebody please just...
…give the man a trophy so he’ll shut up.
Maybe Not!
Not if June Jones and SMU have their way
+1
SMU is due for a huge comeback. They’ve got the tradition, money and location to do it. Just ask DFWT!
Still LOCO after all these years
All hail Augustus Kiffin!
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Go Ponies! But, my wife has already shunned the Ponies to become an Adopted Trojan
Death to the NCAA!!!
Haha! My wife shunned the Bruins, but that's a heckuvalot easier!!!!!
Go Ponies!
Still LOCO after all these years
All hail Augustus Kiffin!
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Get a load of what psycho/sports-dork Jay Mariotti is Twittering
Mariotti is suffering from an acute case of KIFFIN DERANGEMENT SYNDROME
Wtf is wrong with the national sports media? Yeesh!
Still LOCO after all these years
All hail Augustus Kiffin!
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Please fan post this so we can main page it...this clown is a disgrace
"Mention USC to a Bruin and they get angry; mention UCLA to a Trojan and they laugh."
LOL
His Twitter account got suspended.
this is my signature! there are many like it but this one is mine!
You have to think someone hacked it
Which would be a huge irony in and of itself. I have a hard time believing even a blowhard like mariotti would be stupid enough to write some of those things. However I wouldn’t put it past him either.
It’s the new default position. I’m not saying that the two men are the same, but it’s not unlike the hysteria surrounding Terrell Owens a couple of years ago. Otherwise rational-looking sports reporters started using words like “cancer” and other words completely at odds with the actual severity of the situation.
Kiffin’s now got a default response. I guess we’ll see if he’s going to be able to escape it.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Don't you find the Kiffin phenomenon eerily odd?
The press have created a fictitious character loosely based on a few immature actions and largely based on gossip and folklore.
Since last fall, Kiff has been calm, reserved, self-deprecating, humble, and respectful in all of his interviews. Even at the Raiders, Kiffin always exuded a calm, respectful demeanor. Only for a brief period at Tenn did Kiff run his pie hole, and I still believe it was a brilliant, calculated coaching decision that drew recruits.
Kiff’s actions are ultra-aggressive, sure, but no more aggressive than Urbie’s or Nick’s or Skippy’s or Pete’s or Bob Stoops’. When you think of TO and their ilk, you think of loudmouths. The Evil Kiff is largely a fictional character. As Sark said paraphrased,“once labelled, people start to look for reasons to put you in that box.”
The media Kiffin is a phenomenon that I honestly do not understand. All that I know is that he is one of the brightest, young football minds in the country and he is going to kick ass on the field.
Death to the NCAA!!!
I read that fool out on 710 one day he was scared to talk, he is the biggest punk of all.
So Fight On USC followers and Don’t worry WE Will Still Play on Saturdays and Bowls will come later, for WE ARE SC not That other Softball University. Oh and don’t say you now have a baseball team, it’s not Real Baseball unless you use Wooden Bats
by so.cal.native1952 on Jul 28, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn't have a big problem with the Carroll reference
Felt as if it was made to show that Pola is assertive and not someone who can just be told what to do by the HC. Wasn’t really meant to diss Carroll, but meant as support for the hiring of Pola.
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What is the WFAA, how are they different from the AP, and.....
why does anyone care? our accomplishments on the field will never be forgotten? much of this anti-USC posturing is just an attempt to become a part of the discussion for PR purposes in the hopes of becoming relevant. sorry, WFAA, which is the local news station where I get my DFW weather reports, you are irrelevant to USC.
Death to the NCAA!!!
It's the football writers association
A small group that few give much thought to until after the season when they hand out awards. Not really important but since Auburn didn’t get anyone to recognize them except that kid in Opelika and Golf magazine, they would love it.
Stupid Plaschke contradictions
How does this make any sense
1. Kiffin wanted Eric Bieniemy
2. Haden orders Kiffin to hire Pola
3. Kiffin takes merciless punking for following orders
4. Because of punking, Haden is almost ready to fire Kiffin
5. Pola is promoted to “head coach in waiting” inside Plaschke’s tiny brain
Does this guy’s editor read this drivel before it’s published?
Still LOCO after all these years
All hail Augustus Kiffin!
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