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Originally Posted by osugrad21
Thomps, you got more than that bro...
What's your take here on the varied reactions between programs?
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Are you talking about the reaction between different message boards? I haven't really seen it out until now and on Bucknuts. I just checked the bRruin website and they mostly think it is funny. Here is the LATimes report on it:
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Carroll Treats Team to a Little Trickery
By Gary Klein, Times Staff Writer
USC got into the Halloween spirit Monday as Coach Pete Carroll treated unsuspecting players and coaches to a perfectly executed trick play with help from running back LenDale White.
As the top-ranked Trojans went through stretching exercises, White irritably jawed with teammates and assistant coaches. The exchanges continued and with about 10 minutes remaining in practice, White barked at Carroll, saying he wasn't getting enough carries.
As stunned players looked on, Carroll yelled at White and told him to leave the field. White exited, followed through the gate by a group of reporters, and boarded a cart and angrily threw a pair of athletic gloves as he was whisked away.
After practice, Carroll told stunned players they could not let distractions get in the way and that the Trojans had lost players before and moved on.
Offensive line coach Pat Ruel interrupted Carroll and pointed to a six-story building beyond the practice field fence. From the top of the building, White was yelling in apparent anger.
Suddenly, a stuffed figure wearing White's No. 21 jersey fell from the rooftop, a few players gasping in disbelief while most erupted in relieved laughter.
"I thought it was real," wide-eyed long snapper Will Collins said.
White returned to the field laughing and said that Carroll had prepped him for the prank. "We wanted my teammates to really believe it," he said.
Added Carroll: "He was most convincing. He did a great job."
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It's Halloween, so I don't think it was inapprorpriate. I think Pete Carroll is just trying to keep things loose given the tremendous pressure that is focused on the team. During fall camp he had C Ryan Kalil tell the team he was quiting to start a career in singing and then break out in a song.
All over America last night people were trying to scare the crap out of small kids. These are young men. I think PC is within the boundary. Had he done this to small children? That would be different.
BTW, here are the titles from the thread on the Ruin premium board:
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pom pom has a sick sense of humor... (
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TopangaBruin - (24) - 11/1/05 5:01:12 pm </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
Hey, nothing offends me -
Rainier Wolfecastle - 11/1/05 10:41:03 am </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
Guys on the wesuc board were saying the Tings were just -
DERF18 
- 11/1/05 10:43:08 am </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
The Tings were shown .. -
EZBEACH4 http://www.gifworks.com/cgi-bin/gifw..._toss_ball_md_ - 11/1/05 10:49:50 am </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
Re: The Tings were shown .. -
colby7 - 11/1/05 11:06:44 am </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
I thought it was funny -
BruinWord - 11/1/05 11:17:47 am </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
I thought it was funny, too ... -
EZBEACH4 http://www.gifworks.com/cgi-bin/gifw..._toss_ball_md_ - 11/1/05 11:30:33 am </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
I hate to defend Pom Pom, but ... -
EZBEACH4 http://www.gifworks.com/cgi-bin/gifw..._toss_ball_md_ - 11/1/05 10:42:35 am </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
Okay, I Thought It Was Kind of Funny. -
BruinBankr - 11/1/05 10:49:37 am </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
It was a halloween prank. I thought it was pretty funny, -
SBBruinjunkie - 11/1/05 11:01:03 am </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
He probably got acting lessons from Coach Snoop -
everglade1973 - 11/1/05 11:06:05 am </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
Please. Ever seen Super Dave Osborne? It was funny. (NT) -
davey - 11/1/05 11:05:26 am </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
Oh, come on -
Rainier Wolfecastle - 11/1/05 11:16:25 am </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
I guess that ... -
EZBEACH4 http://www.gifworks.com/cgi-bin/gifw..._toss_ball_md_ - 11/1/05 11:32:09 am </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
Re: Why the obsession with PC's every move? -
denali15 - 11/1/05 12:05:56 pm </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
Don't you have a wearsc premium acct? That sounds like -
DERF18 
- 11/1/05 1:16:41 pm </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
Re: Don't you have a wearsc premium acct? That sounds like -
denali15 - 11/1/05 2:27:49 pm </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
Links to the WeAreSC.COM PREMIUM board ? -
EZBEACH4 http://www.gifworks.com/cgi-bin/gifw..._toss_ball_md_ - 11/1/05 2:35:23 pm </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
now that's funny.... -
TopangaBruin - 11/1/05 3:09:32 pm </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
I thought it was hilarious...saw it on FSN last night -
brewnz - 11/1/05 11:06:33 am </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
I was laughing my ass off -
11banners - 11/1/05 11:23:19 am </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
An incredibly difficult prank...! -
classof95 - 11/1/05 1:50:51 pm </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
Yep -- Most difficult part -
e pluribus Bruin - 11/1/05 3:25:49 pm </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
April Fools not Halloween... -
JoJo26 - 11/1/05 3:55:53 pm </td></tr><tr> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">
Anyone have a link to the video? Sounds hysterical.* -
OgdenTheGreat - 11/1/05 5:01:11 pm</td></tr></tbody> </table>