When Stanford went for the two point conversion against USC, Pete Caroll asked Jim Harbaugh repeatedly "what's your deal?" Last night, he had quarterback Matt Barkley go long against UCLA, when USC was up by two touchdowns with less than a minute left. I would ask Pete what his deal is, except I already know the answer: he is a hypocritical, classless individual.
The response I've been getting from USC fans is "why take that time out?" You take that time out to show your team that you're not going to lie down and give up. It is a matter of pride for the program. What Carroll did was not a matter of pride. It was a matter of ego. He is upset that the USC program is circling the toilet this year. He can no longer beat good teams, so he has to run up the score against teams that are not very good, teams that are rebuilding...like UCLA.
Tha fact is both teams played terribly last night, and both programs appear to have problems. It is about time that Carroll realizes that USC is currently sitting fifth in the Pac 10, and should be headed to the Las Vegas bowl. Carroll and USC have a lot more games in which the opposing coaches are going to run up the score in his future...and I can't wait to watch them. In fact, I'm not-so secretly rooting for an Arizona linebacker to "accidentally" tackle Carroll on the sidelines next week.
Frankly, I think Rick Neuheisel should have let his team storm the USC sidelines and start swinging helmets Miami style. However, since that couldn't happen, Neuheisel better remember this when he eventually brings the UCLA football program back from the dead, and he will eventually bring this program back from the dead. Once the Bruin receivers stop doing their best impressions of TO and Neuheisel finds his qb, UCLA is back in business.
To Pete Carroll: show some respect for this great rivalry. Show some respect for your opponnents. Calls like this do not go unnoticed. UCLA and everyone else you have managed to pissed off are all gunning for you. And this time it has nothing to do with the fact that you coach a good team and everything to do with the fact that you are a jerk.
The response I've been getting from USC fans is "why take that time out?" You take that time out to show your team that you're not going to lie down and give up. It is a matter of pride for the program. What Carroll did was not a matter of pride. It was a matter of ego. He is upset that the USC program is circling the toilet this year. He can no longer beat good teams, so he has to run up the score against teams that are not very good, teams that are rebuilding...like UCLA.
Tha fact is both teams played terribly last night, and both programs appear to have problems. It is about time that Carroll realizes that USC is currently sitting fifth in the Pac 10, and should be headed to the Las Vegas bowl. Carroll and USC have a lot more games in which the opposing coaches are going to run up the score in his future...and I can't wait to watch them. In fact, I'm not-so secretly rooting for an Arizona linebacker to "accidentally" tackle Carroll on the sidelines next week.
Frankly, I think Rick Neuheisel should have let his team storm the USC sidelines and start swinging helmets Miami style. However, since that couldn't happen, Neuheisel better remember this when he eventually brings the UCLA football program back from the dead, and he will eventually bring this program back from the dead. Once the Bruin receivers stop doing their best impressions of TO and Neuheisel finds his qb, UCLA is back in business.
To Pete Carroll: show some respect for this great rivalry. Show some respect for your opponnents. Calls like this do not go unnoticed. UCLA and everyone else you have managed to pissed off are all gunning for you. And this time it has nothing to do with the fact that you coach a good team and everything to do with the fact that you are a jerk.
