Quote of the Day

You feed a lineman a cookie, he's happy, you know?

-USC interim head coach Ed Orgeron on changes he's made after Lane Kiffin was fired

Pete Carroll is crazy.

Why? Because he's leaving the USC Trojans to coach the Seahawks. Not that the Seahawks are a bad organization, though I think it's pretty ridiculous to fire Jim Mora after just one season. I can't imagine a coach being in a better position than Carroll was at USC. Unless he suspects sanctions are coming down there's no real reason to leave USC, so Carroll must be looking for another challenge. Or maybe he just got tired of winning.

Just A Thought

I just read this article about the Rose Bowl. USC dominated Penn State to win their 3rd-straight Rose Bowl. Now, this is quite a feat, and there's not much to be said in the Big Ten or Penn State's defense. But the author does mention is passing what seems to me to be a pretty important note: This is the first of those three games where USC actually played the Big Ten champion. The previous two USC played Big Ten #2 because the champion was playing in the national championship game. Not to say those teams would have beat USC, but shouldn't USC tone it down a bit since they haven't been playing the best. Also, my memory is a little fuzzy, what happened the last time USC had to play for a national championship instead of just talking about how they deserved one? Didn't they lose?