GameDay Open Thread USC vs Arizona St.

by Paragon SC on Jan 5, 2012 6:30 PM PST

Arizona St. Sun Devils at USC Trojans, Jan 5, 2012 7:30 PM PST

The Sun Devils come to Galen tonight...minus three players.

Arizona State will be without three players when it faces USC tonight, according to a report by the Arizona Republic.

The Republic said Mater Dei graduate Keala King, fellow starter Kyle Cain and reserve Chris Colvin were suspended for “unacceptable conduct,” and did not make the Sun Devils’ trip to Southern California.

So, I guess that means USC has a chance?

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man...

we are not very good this year :(

Fight On! Beat everybody but us!

by USCLink on Jan 5, 2012 9:23 PM PST reply actions

that is an understatement

painful ….

by trojanarchitect on Jan 5, 2012 10:34 PM PST reply actions

We are so crashingly bad right now . . .

It is impossible to work up any outrage.

We could be the worst team in the Pac-12.

Hopefully, we will see some improvement.

But if we play like this the rest of the year, I don’t see how you can retain O’Neill. A new multimillion dollar arena more than three-quarters empty during your conference schedule? And if it does fill up, more than half the fans at any one game are fans of the other team?

I understand preaching patience but at a certain point you need to give the players, the students and the fans something to get excited about. Right now it seems like everyone, even the basketball team, is counting down the days to spring practice.

by Zoulou on Jan 6, 2012 10:27 AM PST reply actions

Agree

I think your 3rd paragraph hit the nail on the head…."you need to give the players, the students and fans something to get excited about’. This is exactly what seems to be missing – no spark what so ever; it is less than entertaining. The team looks ill-prepared from the start of each game and while there have been injuries – taking out 2 (?) starters; it can’t explain the complete lack of umpfff… if there is such a word.

by trojanarchitect on Jan 6, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions

Give the team to Bob Cantu,

they’ll play well for him. This will give PH the necessary lead time to search for the right coach and create a splash at the end of the Pac-12 season.

"That's what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can't go to the cops. They're like the police department for wiseguys." Henry Hill, Goodfellas.

Feeling Loco?

by M. AGRIPPA on Jan 8, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions

If the football team mailed in a performance like that

This post would have 100’s of comments, and the USC Football boards on Rivals would be in danger of exceeding their bandwidth.

But with the basketball teams playing like Larry Smith’s final year, there is nothing but ‘crickets.’

One problem, at least as to getting a head coaching change, is that the entire Pac-12 is very lack-luster this year. Doesn’t seem like UCLA or Arizona are all the fired up this year either. If your conference rivals are treading water, why spend time and money and something that ultimately too many fans don’t care about.

One of the odder things about the Scott Era is that the Pac-12 is now the Big East in reverse: a “premier” football conference (it’s not USC and the Nine Dwarfs anymore) but a mid-major basketball conference.

by Zoulou on Jan 6, 2012 2:00 PM PST reply actions