Take-your-child-to-work day rarely falls on a Saturday, but UCLA's Rick Neuheisel wants to do something about that.
A league rule prohibits anybody younger than 18 from being on the sideline during a football game, so Neuheisel proposed creating a waiver for coaches' children. When he brought it up to a committee of his fellow coaches, the vote was overwhelmingly in favor -- by a margin of 9-1.
Was it another case of Pac-10 football boiling down to USC and everybody else?
Neuheisel shared the story during a booster event in Westlake Village last month. He recalled looking at the lone dissenter and thinking,
"I'm gonna' get you. I'm gonna' reel you in. I don't know how, I don't know when, but I am not going to rest until I reel you in." Then he reminded the crowd, "Now, you noticed I did not name any names, did I?"
But immediately before that, he made it clear whom he was talking about. First acknowledging respect for Pete Carroll, Neuheisel introduced his story by saying, "He did something this last week that ticks me off, and I'm going to share it with you and see if it ticks you off. And we're going to walk out of this room tonight ticked off at Pete Carroll, ticked off at all that is SC."
It's worth nothing that though Neuheisel's kids are all under 18, most if not all of Carroll's are over 18. In fact, son Brennan Carroll is an assistant coach for the Trojans.
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Rick Neuheisel tells UCLA boosters he's 'ticked' at USC's Pete Carroll | The Fabulous Forum | Los Angeles Times
