WinterBorn
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At least one of our members should be ecstatic.
Maybe USC will be really relevant in a year or two.
What say you CaWacko?
Maybe USC will be really relevant in a year or two.
What say you CaWacko?
Lincoln Riley headed to USC
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Minister of Truth
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Riley can recruit potent offenses to Oklahoma, but not physical defenses. It will be interesting to see how this plays out for him.
cawacko
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cawacko
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I was on the computer yesterday morning killing my refresh button waiting for official word that we hired Matt Campbell and then this came out of left field. He should be able to crush recruiting in So Cal.
Now because we have to nit pick my one concern will be about the defense because it definitely wasn't OU's strength. Carroll and Saban were defensive guru's. Dabo has an offensive background but has Max Venable. Sounds like Riley is bringing Alex Grinch with him to be our DC. We'll see how that goes.
Now because we have to nit pick my one concern will be about the defense because it definitely wasn't OU's strength. Carroll and Saban were defensive guru's. Dabo has an offensive background but has Max Venable. Sounds like Riley is bringing Alex Grinch with him to be our DC. We'll see how that goes.
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
sad.......his family will suffer through the transition from Oklahoma to the cesspits of California.....
Right, having to go from Norman, Oklahoma to Las Angles, California is a real step down, his family is sure going to miss watching the wheat grow
Even though "cawacko" don't believe it, USC, regardless of who they hire or recruit, is never going to actually play for the national championship, being a private school they are never going to spend the money nor devote the resources that the half dozen or so perennial State schools do for that very purpose
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
instead, they can watch homeless people shoot up heroin......
Only if they go to where those people are doing that, I know you don't get out much, but a city of four million people ain't Mayberry
cawacko
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Ummmm... we just gave Riley a ten year $100+ million contract. You think we don't have the money? Forbes has a chart that shows the Universities with the most (undergrad) billionaires and 'SC was like fifth on the list. Point being, while we may not spend the exact same amount as Alabama the money will be there.
Pete Carroll had a great quote. When asked about all this money other schools were spending on fancy indoor practice facilities and why USC wasn't he responded "because its 70+ degrees every day here and gorgeous. We'll practice outside."
Never said the money wasn't there, a lot of schools have the money, they just can't or choose not to spend the amount needed to compete at that level
cawacko
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I'm not sure how you look at this signing, and all that Bohn has done as AD, and say we aren't willing to spend money.
(I'm an Oakland A's fan. I know what not spending money looks like, this isn't it.)
Matt Dillon
Semolina comes from wheat
^This is why a lot of football players come from FL. That and nobody has pickup hockey games here.
PostmodernProphet
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obviously.......and intelligent people prefer Mayberry.....
Minister of Truth
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It's like 2003-2005 never happened, or something.
Nah, any one intelligent wouldn't want to die a death of mediocrity in Norman, Oklahoma
Again, they have the bucks, and are willing to spend enough to keep the alumni and fans happy, but it is crossing the Rubicon to spend and go to the ends the way those select few State schools do and I don't believe a private school especially one with an academic reputation will go that far, Notre Dame hasn't and can't see USC doing it either
And don't get me wrong, nothing missing with that, in fact just the opposite is true, just as enjoyable beating your traditional rivals and competing for your Conference championship, all about that particular Saturday afternoon
Nearly two decades ago, and college football isn't the same today as it was then
"USC has won 17 national championships from NCAA-designated major selectors"
cawacko
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Thank you. Back to back national championships and seconds away from winning three in a row. If the playoffs existed back then we would have made them in subsequent years as well.
He's fixated on money instead of the real issues such as the massive NCAA sanctions and then the failures of our AD's in hiring Sark and Helton (as well as other issues at the school).