Getting teams ready for a big game is easy. Anyone could do it. They had a good game plan but really he just used the talent he had. Great coaches get their team ready for every game and make sure they don't lose games they should win. In this area Carrol still has a lot to work on. He's a great recruiter and a very good coach but he struggles to hold his kids during easy game and he also struggles to keep their heads small IMO, but I'd take him as my coach any day.
Real question is; does anyone think that Carrol didn't cheat when he first got to USC?
Interesting that nobody mentions that USC had 2 weeks for this game, two weeks for next game, and 10 days for 4th game. Did any other team in the country have as many prep days for their 1st 4 days?
BOZO didn't school anyone. He can get any player in the school he wants, they can get caught giving them hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and gifts with no reprecussions, they can get arrested for felonies and not miss any playing time. Terrel Pryor still made "his" defense look like they hadn't watched any tape dropping back and just running around (I had Vince Young flashbacks).
Bozo will go 12-0 and not one respected NFL GM will lob him a phone call
How come Mack Brown isn't on your list? Nobody would exactly put him in the upper echelon of strategists
BOZO didn't school anyone. He can get any player in the school he wants, they can get caught giving them hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and gifts with no reprecussions, they can get arrested for felonies and not miss any playing time. Terrel Pryor still made "his" defense look like they hadn't watched any tape dropping back and just running around (I had Vince Young flashbacks).
Bozo will go 12-0 and not one respected NFL GM will lob him a phone call
How come Mack Brown isn't on your list? Nobody would exactly put him in the upper echelon of strategists
Amazing the spin and excuses you put on this. Scoreboard says 35-3. Thats all that matters..Should have been worse to be honest. . USC could have played a double header this weekend and still kicked their ass. Your boy Tressel does not make any decent adjustments like Pete does...Easily could have won the Texas game too. They play that game 10 times , USC wins 8 of them no doubt. BTW your SEC represenitive will have plenty of time off before they get pummeled in last game of the year. I'm sure you'll come up with another excuse. As far as the ethics are concerned, its going on in every university around the country, don't see you bringing up other schools and their issues. Who really cares about that anyway.
Yeah? Who else has gotten caught like Reggie Bush did to the extent (amount) he received and didn't get punished, let alone 3 yrs later? Do you think the fact that Reggie Bush was Joe McKnight's recruiting host didn't help get McKnight from La. to L.A. ? USC will likely pummel anyone they play in the title game. However, Florida has a tougher game this week than USC will play all yr. My point has always been that USC has a FREE RIDE to the title game. Any team can win any title game (just look at the Super Bowl). It's getting there with the puncher's chance that is the key. There is not a Pac-1 team that could finish in the top 6 of the SEC or Big 12.
I actually thought Tressel did as much as he could. He kep it competitive for a quarter and a half without his best player and had the Pac-1 refs not gotten involved it would've been 14-10 with less than 5 min left in the half. Would've been a totally different game (although USC would've still won). Carroll and USC are great front-runners, but put a little game pressure on them and they haven't done so well when the refs aren't bailing them out.
Good coaches don't lose at home as 41 point favorites PERIOD. There is not an excuse in the book for that
What difference does it make how big a favorite they were ? Who cares, a loss is a loss. And they haven't had many their. Not sure why your not commenting on why these above mentioned coaches can't compete with them in big games instead of giving us lame excuses of not enough time to prepare and nonsense like that. You can have the best athletes but you still have to coach them,
And your nonsense of no Pac 10 teams could finish in those other leagues top 6. Don't judge by just 1 week, Oregon has beaten 3 of the top teams in the Big 12 the last 5 years , completely dismantling Colorado in Fiesta. They would probably finish 2nd in that conference unless they lose some more QB's. USC struggles in this Conference because the teams are good, especially @ home.
USC has 2 championships recently. The AP champ has been recognized as the Champ long before we were around to argue about it. If you don't want to recognize it so be it, most of us do.
Oregon beat Colorado 7 years ago.
You do make a good point with bowl records though, the Pac-10 has been impressive over the last five years in bowl games.
In the past five years, here are Pac-10 school bowl records:
USC 4-1
Cal 4-1
Oregon 1-3
ASU 2-2
Oregon State 4-0
UCLA 1-4
Washington State 1-0
That being said the Pac-10 is also 0-5 against the MWC this year, so they are not nearly as good this year as in years past. Let's be honest, the three best teams other than USC were probably Cal, Oregon, and ASU. Cal got handled by a mid-level ACC team, ASU got beaten at home by a mid-level MWC team, and Oregon needed OT to beat a bottom tier Big 10 team.
USC beat a good team in Ohio State, but let's not pretend they are playing world beaters here. Personally think that USC is at a disadvantage compared to other teams. If they lose one game they won't get into the BCS Title game with how strong the Big XII and SEC are.
On a side note I think this could be the year a mid-major can get into the big game. Would totally not be surprised to see a USF-BYU match-up as all network executives commit hari-kari.
"It's not about the X's and the O's, it's about the Jimmys and the Joes".
Carroll is a good college coach because he has the people. Look at his roster--absolutely stacked. In the NFL, where talent was roughly even, he didn't do so well.
I have no problem calling Carroll a great college coach--he does what needs to be done to be successful at the college level.
Carroll is a good college coach because he has the people. Look at his roster--absolutely stacked. In the NFL, where talent was roughly even, he didn't do so well.
I have no problem calling Carroll a great college coach--he does what needs to be done to be successful at the college level.
Great players come to play for great coaches. This has been going on for as long as I can remember. Great players are coming to USC because of Pete Carroll... not the other way around. Pete makes the game fun and allows great athletes to show their stuff. If Pete Carroll went to UCLA, it wouldn't be long before the Bruins would be on the rise. Give the guy the credit He deserves !
Winning big games does not make you a great coach. When you take every other week off during the season, and struggle week after week as 24 point favorites, only to squeak out 7 point wins........it shows you don't know how to consistently motivate your kids. And losing to one of the worst football teams in the nation at home......a great coach would never let that happen.
Great recruiter, yes. Fun guy, yes. Player's coach, yes. Great coach, no.
Great recruiter, yes. Fun guy, yes. Player's coach, yes. Great coach, no.
