They actually were at the beginning of the 20th century until they decided to de-emphasize the sport. In the 1920's USC hired the legendary Howard Jones to be our coach and he won 4 national titles at USC between 1928 - 1939. As a player at Yale from 1905 - 1907 his teams went 28-0-2 and won three national titles.
Notre Dame is now going to be in the hunt for a new coach. Hopefully it will be one who understands the QB position.
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
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"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
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"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
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"abortion is not killing Its birth control"
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Well, good luck to you, but from what little I know of USC, ain’t seeing it, when I hear that USC recruits are given new cars upon commitment I’ll believe you (https://totalfratmove.com/tfm/alabam...n-the-country/)
anonymoose (11-30-2021)
Which brings one to my point, college football is not what it was even at the beginning of this Century, is all about money now
“Brian Kelly's move from Notre Dame to LSU shows college football has a real problem on its hands”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...er/8803498002/
Pretty obvious Kelly is leaving cause he can do, rather has more “liberty” to do, what he wants at LSU than he ever could at Norte Dame, and to suddenly skip out on the kids he recruited while they still have a chance to make the playoffs for a national championship says it all
As the article says, imagine what Sabin is going to demand at his next contract negotiations, and he’ll get it without raising an eyebrow
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
-(Midcan5)
"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
-(Ib1yysguy)
"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
-(apple0154 )
"abortion is not killing Its birth control"
-(Desh)
I'm not fully up on the whole N.I.L. thing but being in L.A. these kids will do alright on that front (but yes, cheating is breathing in the SEC and places like Oregon). I think you have been mistaking NCAA penalties and USC internal incompetence, which can be overcome/fixed, for structural issues that likely can't be fixed. USC has suffered this past decade from the former. There's a reason this hire has been dominating national discussion the last couple of days. If it were structural issues holding back the program that wouldn't be the case.
Notre Dame needed to move on from Kelly. Golson, Kizer, and Wimbush all regressed under his coaching. Rees had a low ceiling, so it didn't matter what he did, and Book was the only one of the bunch to improve as a QB. Kelly then took Coan from Wisconsin, despite his middling performance there, likely because he didn't consider the younger guys ready to start.
LSU will not be able to compete for a championship with Kelly handicapping the essential position.
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
-(Midcan5)
"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
-(Ib1yysguy)
"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
-(apple0154 )
"abortion is not killing Its birth control"
-(Desh)
But only three since then, and if you take out Florida State, there are only six up until that time, point being out of the 130 or so colleges playing Division I football there are only a half dozen or so that realistically can win the championship.
Think of it like Nascar, their may be forty cars staring the event, but only five or six that stand a chance of winning, again, as in college football, it comes down to money and what you are willing to do with the money
There is no way the media in Los Angles would let USC or any high profile local university get away with what occurs as routine in some SEC schools. And again, what little I know of USC, I don’t think the school would want to go there, but without doing such USC, or any school, can’t compete for a national championship with those half dozen schools that do
Sure they will, he will have the finances and desire to do anything necessary to load the roster with several potential quarterbacks, rest would be just fitting one to the gasmen plan. There is a reason Alabama will get five star recruits to sign with them even though they know they will ride the bench for two or three years and could start elsewhere
As I said above, different era, too much money at stake now, and some schools in the SEC now will go further, they’ll have no concern over new rules nor following them.
Look at SEC basketball, a dozen years ago they had one team competing on a national level, maybe a second for a year or two, but now, half the league is in the top twenty rankings. Suddenly kids with urban backgrounds are finding Alabama intriguing? There is a reason for that, and it ain’t what the school can offer academically. And this is what you are competing against be it basketball or any other sport that draws the big bucks
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