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Seahawks (ex-USC) Coach Pete Carroll (official thread)

Poe McKnoe;1453853; said:
Equal, but opposite.

I'd rather Ohio State lose to Texas, LSU, and Florida than Oregon State, Stanford, and UCLA.

Then again, USC could probably beat Texas, LSU, and Florida.

Then again, if Stanford and UCLA can beat them, Texas LSU and UF could too.

Poe McKnoe;1453853; said:
Then again, I'd like it if Ohio State never lost.

Yea. Equal, but opposite.

[Maybe I'm still bitter about playing Florida instead of USC in 2006.]

Poe, it sure established your opinion of the Gators. :p But I give you consistency props. :biggrin:
 
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I just don't want people to get all sour-grapesy on USC. They kicked our boys' butts. I'm a Buckeye through and through, and I HATE USC, but I'm willing to admit the obvious.

That said, Pete Carroll can go [censored] himself. If he ever stops turning a blind eye to his own players, I might have an iota of respect for him.
 
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BUCKYLE;1453818; said:
When the fuck did they do that?
Exactly. In the last three years, Petey has lost at least one game he shouldn't. It may be a matter of preference, but at least JT's losses are to teams that are equally or more talented in the past several years with one exception (Zooked!).
 
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NFBuck;1454226; said:
Exactly. In the last three years, Petey has lost at least one game he shouldn't. It may be a matter of preference, but at least JT's losses are to teams that are equally or more talented in the past several years with one exception (Zooked!).

But hasn't JT also lost by margins that he shouldn't have?
 
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If the 'margins' are set by Vegas or other bookies, then yes. They evaluate the game on full-out play, wire-to-wire. If Tress is up by 20, he'll play the 2's, not have the 1's go for another TD. Doesn't get alot of starters hurt that way, but doesn't 'win-against-the-spread' as they call it. His record counts a win, albeit ever so slight, as the same as a blow-out. There's always the upset, or 'closer-than-anticipated', but that's the beauty and glory of college football. That David can smite the Goliath at anytime. (I'd probably have given odds to the 7 footer with armor, than a lad, clothed in a tunic, without a shield or helmet).

The PLAYERS take their Standord/UCLA brothers lightly, and those kids are the ones that USC didn't even let visit for a game. They had something to prove. Could go on and on, but you get my drift......

:gobucks3::gobucks4::banger:
 
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Rick Neuheisel tells UCLA boosters he's 'ticked' at USC's Pete Carroll



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.

Entire article: Rick Neuheisel tells UCLA boosters he's 'ticked' at USC's Pete Carroll | The Fabulous Forum | Los Angeles Times

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BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : Rob Oller commentary: Let's stop singing praises of Carroll

Maybe now the man behind the curtain, the wizard pulling the levers at Southern California, will be exposed. Pete Carroll is a choker. Deep down, and I mean deep, deep down, Jim Tressel has to be feeling a sense of satisfaction that Southern California lost another game on Saturday to a team it had no business losing to. This time it was unranked Washington, which owned the nation's longest losing streak (15) after the first week of the season, that shocked the No. 3 Trojans, 16-13.

Last season, Oregon State stunned USC. In 2007, it was Stanford. In 2006, Oregon State and UCLA. Six of USC's eight defeats in the Pacific-10 since 2002 have come to unranked teams.

If Tressel's label is becoming "can't win the big one," then it's fair to tag Carroll with "can't win the little one."

Which reputation is worse? Depends on your allegiance, but I'd rather be pegged as overrated (OSU) than underachiever (USC).

CONTINUED....
 
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Steve19;1547829; said:
Well worth the read.

I'm going to go ahead and call BS on Gregg Doyel and refuse to agree with anything he writes. It's a convenient time to pile on Carroll and rightfully so, it's the right time to pile on Oklahoma. The guy just doesn't really believe anything he writes.

"Ignore the facts!"

I agree that it is harder to get kids to Columbus than So Cal. Just not when Doyel says it.
 
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