As Andrew Sullivan would say, Know Hope: The Seahawks still do not have an agreement [with Pete Carroll] despite widespread reports, but are closing in on a coaching contract, according to a league official with direct knowledge of Seattle’s coaching search. The official told The Associated Press Saturday the team is in “discussions” with Carroll and does not plan on… Read more »
It sounds like the annual postseason ritual of Pete-Carroll-to-the-NFL rumors is more than just rumors this year. The L.A. Times is reporting that he’s gone, or damn close to gone: “the Seahawks and Carroll are close to a deal, which is believed to be a five-year contract to become president and head coach at $7 million a year.” The Daily… Read more »
Quite possibly the single most easily mockable bowl game in the history of college football, at least on paper, is underway: Marshall vs. Ohio in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. Thank God the lords of college football are committed to avoiding a legitimate system of determining the sport’s national champion in order to preserve the sublime tradition and pageantry of… Read more »
Pat Forde on the USC-Boston College showdown December 26: According to Phil Steele’s 2009 College Football Preview ratings, Boston College does not have a single player who was in the national top 20 prospects at his position coming out of high school. USC has 50. Yes, 50. Wow. Also, two questions: Wouldn’t it be cooler if they called it the… Read more »
Tee hee hee: Yep: I won another bet with Mike Tran, my “Irish Bruin” buddy from law school. If UCLA had won, I would’ve had to post a picture of myself in UCLA gear as my Facebook profile for a week. Instead, Mike has the distinct privilege and high honor of sporting cardinal & gold for three days. (I gave… Read more »
That is all. P.S. Okay, not quite all. One more thing: Heh heh. Fight On Trojans!! Beat fUCLA!! P.P.S. Also, Go Irish!! Beat the Drunken Trees!!
On the USC football team’s official blog, Ben Malcolmson goes there: Stanford’s loss to California on Saturday further muddied the Pac-10 race and also caused several people to scratch their heads in confusion. What is going on in this conference? USC beats California by 27 points, Stanford beats USC by 34 points and then Cal goes out and beats Stanford… Read more »
Unfortunately, the scenario involves Wazzu winning, so it ain’t gonna happen. But Ken Stern can dream: [T]here would have to be a 6 way tie for the conference lead (with 6-3 records) among Oregon, Arizona, Stanford, Cal, Oregon State and USC. Under that scenario the first tie-breaker is the record against those teams and USC, Oregon State and Arizona would… Read more »
Most Trojan fans consider a “perfect day” to be a day when USC wins, and Notre Dame and UCLA both lose. As an “Irish Trojan,” I have a different definition: a Brendan Loy Perfect Day is a day when USC and ND both win, and UCLA loses. That’s happened a bunch of times since I enrolled at Notre Dame. What… Read more »
The craziest play of Saturday’s USC-ASU game. Hacky-sack in Tempe: The announcers didn’t even notice, in the real time, the fumble at the end of the play (which ended up being the focal point of the review). Speaking of which, why did ASU’s #5, Terell Carr — the same guy who kicked the ball earlier — run it back the… Read more »
