University of Southern California Football Thread

[Lou]

Holiday Bowl vs Wisconsin

I may make the drive down depending on ticket prices

we're both in CA for bowls games and our opponents' fan will make it seem as they're playing a home game.

What's the date of the HB? I'd definitely go if I were you, nando. Just go to SD and get a cheap ticket last minute. If you can't find one, you're still in SD watching the game.

[Lou]

was just thinking that Iowa will pack the Rose Bowl, too

[halobob]

I'd buy HB sooner rather than later...prices aren't going down on that one.  Iowa is going to pack the Rose Bowl, prices jumped to $600 today on stubhub just to get in and you can bet those aren't Stanford fans buying those tickets. 

[Lou]

at any game there are always people looking to get rid of tickets.

check CL the night before and morning of the game. Also check team fan sites.

[nando714]

45 each for nosebleeds corner end zone right now on TM

[Lou]

F nosebleeds

I'd rather save the $45 for my bar tab in the Gaslamp. Then I'd just have to cover the other 3 quarters

[AngelsLongBall]

Drink free in a suite

[nando714]

Rb/ST coach Johnny Nansen retained

[nate]

Trojans trying to get Ogre back...

 

Maybe Forde was right, USC just keeps going back to that Pete Carroll coaching well.

[nando714]

Trojans trying to get Ogre back...

Maybe Forde was right, USC just keeps going back to that Pete Carroll coaching well.

Rinse and repeat nate. I'm over it already

They're talking Pendergast as DC

So helton's staff is gonna be a bunch of carroll/sark/kiffin retreads (I don't mind martin and tui though)

[nate]

lol.

 

Yea Martin and Tui are two dudes that I wouldn't mind having on the UCLA staff.

 

You should see the delusional UCLA fans though.  They are asking for Sark as OC to replace Mazzone... you know since Sark got out of rehab last week and Mora and Sark have a history...

[mtangelsfan]

Horrible hire, horrible second half.

 

SC has been out coached in pretty much every game since Petey.  No second half adjustments, no commitment to the running game.

 

I really want to see Haden fired.

[nate]

Sark suing SC.  They are making news about it but who didn't see it coming?

 

Douche move by Sark though, he didn't do his job.

[AngelsLongBall]

Horrible hire, horrible second half.

 

SC has been out coached in pretty much every game since Petey.  No second half adjustments, no commitment to the running game.

 

I really want to see Haden fired.

I actually thought they made some second half adjustments on Saturday night.  Air was let out by that fumble, but oh well. 

 

Agree re: Haden.  Dude needs to GTFO of there.  They need new blood.  Tired of the "he gets SC" crap that is a leash to retreads

[nate]

I mean, he could easily have reached out to all the big names and they all could have told him they have no interest in coaching at Clown U like they did before Sark was hired.

[nando714]

I mean, he could easily have reached out to all the big names and they all could have told him they have no interest in coaching at Clown U like they did before Sark was hired.

Like I said before. No one wants to work for haden. Haden is a micromanager who needs to be in control. He sits in on team meetings, coaches meetings, demanded a head set to listen to play calls, goes over starting line ups, he ran from his suite down to the field at Stanford a few years ago to hell at the refs. Not to mention the way he has treated his coaches in the past. What elite coach wants to work for that?....none!

I don't blame anyone for not wanting to work for him

Edited December 7, 2015 by nando714

[nate]

My prediction:  USC settles with Sark and has a change of heart and fires Haden.

[Angel Oracle]

Even with the Pac-12 title game loss, it's good to be back to normal again, blowing out UCLA by 19.

Not sure what to make of the Helton permanent hire though.

It is time for Haden to resign though. New blood is needed.

Edited December 7, 2015 by Angel Oracle

[AngelsLongBall]

My prediction:  USC settles with Sark and has a change of heart and fires Haden.

Of course they'll settle.  I'm sure they have insurance in place that will pay him a settlement that is cheaper than defending.  And as nando has stated, I see Haden shifting to fundraising

[nate]

Only if he is forced to.  I am telling you, he sees himself as a competent AD and the right person for the job.

 

I can almost guarantee you that the reason why he stepped down from the CFP committee is so that he could focus on his work as AD.

 

My guess is that Nikias faces enough backlash from donors and uses Haden's handling of Sarks situation as the reason to fire him.

[AngelsLongBall]

I'm OK with that.  But Nikias will then be forced to find someone to fund-raise for the Coliseum improvements.

[Tank]

sark seeking $30 mil. screw him. i wound't settle with him at all.

[Angel Oracle]

Sark is daffy if he thinks what happened to him is worth $30 million.

It was a mediocre hiring to start with.

U-Dub was mediocre in his time there.

Edited December 8, 2015 by Angel Oracle

[AngelsLongBall]

Court slams NCAA in Reggie Bush USC violations case

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2015/12/07/court-slams-ncaa-reggie-bush-usc-violations-case-todd-mcnair/76958960/

[nando714]

OL Zack Banner returns for senior year

Sua Cravens leaves early for NFL. Good choice he should be a 1st rounder.