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There is an interesting article on MSNBC comparing Pete Carroll to Knute Rockne. Please, this is too much.

Pete Carroll has done some great things while at USC but even he would not want this sort of adulation. I understand that this sort of talk is to be expected with all the attention that SC is getting right now about the upcoming season. This is just not PC's cup of tea, he wants to do his job and be left alone doing it.

When I think about Pete Carroll, the name that keeps jumping into my head is Knute Rockne. I keep telling myself that there have to be better analogies, and there probably are. But my brain won't cooperate. It keeps whispering "Rockne."

This isn't an opinion based on careful analysis. It's a gut feeling. If it were anything else, I'd flippantly fling it in the recycle bin and move on.

It shouldn't be hard to do. Carroll isn't anything like Rockne, college football's first celebrity coach.

Again please, enough. Its pretty clear that Carroll wants to fly under the radar as best he can without all the fanfare and all these fluff pieces do is ratchet up all the haters into overdrive. Yes, USC has done some great things but there could have been more except for a few plays here and there that kept them from winning against Texas for the BCS Title and wining against ucla for a shot at another BCS Title.

I have more than sung my praises for all that Pete Carroll has done, but I am not foolish enough to think he is a god. We would all agree that timing is everything and that even though NO ONE thought we would have this type of success under Carroll no one will deny that they aren't jumping for joy at all that he is accomplished.

We are lucky to have him even if he was our 6th choice and I don't think anyone is regretting his hiring now even though there were a ton of questions when he stepped up to the podium. Pete Carroll has found his niche and SC will reap the rewards of his hard work for the forseable future but please lets not canonize him just yet, as he would be the first to tell you that he still has work to do.

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i dunno dude... he's pretty awesome.
i brought a sign to the Sweet16 game in the tourny  that said "PETE CARROLL IS GOD" and then in small letters said "and tim floyd is alright, too."  I stick by that.

by The Humanitarian on Aug 2, 2007 5:55 PM PDT reply actions  

I think
your wrong on this one Paragon. Pete Carroll is God. Around our house, we call him Lord Carroll. But then again, who do we thank for Lord Carroll? I mean, we can't thank God, right?
http://uscsportstalk.blogspot.com/

by joey @ Conquest Chronicles on Aug 2, 2007 5:58 PM PDT reply actions  

I'll be honest
I'm starting to hate you guys. Emmitt Smith said it best years ago - "Everyone loves a new champion."

You have had great success, but some of this stuff is getting to be too much. Now I know why people started hating Nebraska in the 90's.

Go Big Red Nebraska!
http://www.cornnation.com

by cornnation @ Conquest Chronicles on Aug 2, 2007 9:52 PM PDT reply actions  

Bow down
to Lord Carroll and beg his forgiveness cornnation.

by frak on Aug 3, 2007 1:40 AM PDT reply actions  

But don't worry...
he gives his forgiveness freely to those who but ask, you beautiful angel.

On the other hand, if you cross him, he will curse you three times as he did Mike Bellotti.

by Boy Howdy on Aug 3, 2007 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

I love that video
People may call it classless, but he said what every damn person watching that game, either there, or on TV, was thinking.

I mean, challenging a challenge after its already taken 15 minutes?  By the time the game ended, the only people in the stadium were the 1000 or so that stick around to watch the band play postgame.

If it had been a close game and had meant something, fine, whatever, do what you can to win the game.  But you're down by 32 with 2 minutes left, you either turn the ball over, watch 3 run plays and a punt, or you score a touchdown, watch 3 run plays and a punt, and the game ends.  Why the hell are you making that challenge?

Fight on!!! Beat the Vandals!!!

by USCLink on Aug 3, 2007 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

I couldn't have been happier
when I came home from that game, and saw that clip.  It was exactly what I was thinking.

by Boy Howdy on Aug 3, 2007 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions  

I've given Pete Carroll a high 5
And shaken his hand.  And that was religious.  He may not quite be God, but he's so close that one such as myself cannot tell the difference.
Fight on!!! Beat the Vandals!!!

by USCLink on Aug 3, 2007 11:08 AM PDT reply actions  

Who is "we"?
Well, I thought the AP writer's article on MSNBC was well-reasoned, but he is the one who has to defend it, not me. We don't haveta answer for the praise outsiders offer USC, whether it seems sincere (as in this case) or questionable (Harbaugh).

by Defender90 on Aug 6, 2007 1:27 PM PDT reply actions  

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