Way to go Lane Kiffin - you left a pretty good job at Tennessee with great recruits on the way to take your "dream job" at USC. Did your dream job consist of not being eligible for the post-season the next 2 years, the loss of at least 20 scholarships and a stream of negative press that makes Lindsay Lohan happy she isn't the most talked about subject in LA? Pete Carroll looks like he pulled a Calipari and bolted right before things got hot - smart move dude (I assume Carroll says things like "dude" since he's from California).
The NCAA imposed sanctions on the University of Spoiled Children after concluding a recent investigation into $100,00+ in gifts given to Reggie Bush while he was still in school. In addition to the post-season ban and loss of scholarships, USC will have to forfeit all of their wins from the 2004 season. They just so happened to go 13-0 that year with a 55-19 slaughter over Oklahoma in the championship game. Reggie Bush hasn't lost his 2005 Heisman Trophy...yet...but does it really matter if they do take it away from him? Does Reggie really care about the Heisman? He just won a Super Bowl. What are the benefits for him being in the "Heisman Club" now? Being able to call up Danny Wuerffel or Doug Flutie to hang out?
With all this conference realignment talk the Pac-10 may wind up being the Pac-16. If that happens it would mean good and bad things for USC. The good - they stand to make a butt ton more money from all of the extra revenue generated with the new teams. The bad - the lack of post-season play and scholarships will hurt their chances of winning even more with 6 new teams added to the mix.
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