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After losing to Oregon and then later getting blown out by Stanford, the Southern Cal football program was woefully short on hutzpah as they entered their next-to-last game of the season, hosting UCLA. And so it was Carroll calling for a long bomb in the fourth quarter when the Persons of Troy already had the game in hand, running up the score…all the way to 28 points. Way to put an exclamation point on that win, Pete.
The talking point from a 28-7 [win] over its crosstown rival will be the sequence that began with USC taking over at the UCLA 47 with 54 seconds left. USC quarterback Matt Barkley, protecting a 21-7 lead, took a knee, content to run out the clock.
UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel called timeout.[..]
So, instead of taking a knee, Barkley dropped back and flicked a deep pass to Damian Williams for a 48-yard touchdown that touched off a wild celebration on the USC sideline and nearly brought the two teams to blows.
“It’s just the heart of a competitor, just battling,” Carroll said.
I wouldn’t even do that in Madden, let alone in real life. Anyway, if Oregon beats Oregon State on Thursday, it will be the first time since 2001 that Southern Cal will be denied all or part of a Pac 10 title. And that’s fine with me. Let someone else beat up on the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl for once.
Damn, Carroll might as well have given Neuheisel the D-X crotch chop and the Stone Cold double bird and then crack open a beer.
Oh, fuck you, Punte. You would totally do that in Madden.
In Carroll’s defense, I heard from a reliable source that the hooker he was with last week actually asked him “Is it in yet?” After something like that you have to do all you can to feel like a man.
…so I’ve heard.
Carroll is a douche, but UCLA got exactly what they deserved, that was the stupidest fucking time out this side of Andy Reid.
Punte, What you know about this story (and sports in general) could fit in a thimble. #1- it wasn’t USC’s last game (they play Arizona on Saturday). #2- USC started the final series by doing the right thing and taking a knee (you are slow, so…that means they were going to run the clock out without trying to score again)…BUT, the UCLA coach decided to be a jerk and use the rest of his time outs, even thought the game was unwinable. SO, all Pete Carroll did was agreed to play the full game…just as UCLA wanted. It just so happens…they scored again. Oops! You see, I actually watched the game…unlike you.
Greg, you’re being a douchebag.
Next-to-last game? Whatever. Their season’s over, anyway. And the part about taking the knee? THAT WAS IN THE FUCKING BLOCKQUOTE!
And next time you comment here, don’t tempt me again by using your work email. I’m a very angry dude with lots of free time.
No, you’re the douchebag punter. Yes in the blockquote it vaguely explained what happened, but you didn’t give any of that context before you accused USC of running up the score because they’ve had a disappointing year. You made it sound like out of nowhere they just shit on an innocent UCLA team trying to get the game over as quickly as possible. How do you explain UCLA calling a timeout at that point in the game? Anyone who’s played sports knows that if you do something gay like UCLA did by trying to pretend the game wasn’t finished, you have to be ready for what USC did, which was finish the game that UCLA tried to keep alive!
You cross a line when you threaten commenters like that. GregN criticized your post, which is what you do to athletes and coaches every day when you heap your hateful thoughts on them. It’s so obvious you’re a petty hateful child acting out trying to be one of the grownups. God knows why Unsilent, BDD and Caveman let you tag along for the ride.
As soon as Neuheisel called timeout, he asked for it. I got no problem with what USC did there.
Bullshit, all you SC bandwagoners need to shut the fuck up. The OP is right on the money with this post. Carroll is nothing more than a hypocritical classless prick and the end of that game proves it. If you think that because Neuheisel called a time out justifies going for the extra TD with a 14 point lead and 54 seconds left in the game, then I feel really sorry for you. Did Carroll have the right to do it? Of course. Was it a hypocritical thing to do after crying about the Stanford game? Without a doubt. He easily could have run the ball or gone for a short pass to get the 1st down, then the timeouts wouldn’t mean shit. But thats not why I think USC and Carroll are a bunch of classless pricks. It was the unsportsman like taunting after they went for the unnecessary TD that really put me over the edge. Neither teams played a good game in the end, but SC especially has nothing to brag about with the way they played throughout the game. Fuck USC, they are nothing but a bunch of lowlife classless pricks and now we can add vandals to it as well.
I disagree.
UCLA called the timeout. They asked for it.
Regardless of whether Carroll is a hypocritical douchebag or not(of course he is) doesn’t change this one simple fact: If UCLA doesn’t call a time out the game ends 21-7. Period. Neuheisel didn’t want the game to end for some stupid fucking reason, but at least he didn’t cry about it afterward when he realized he fucked up.
@chopblock: your diploma from the ‘call your opponent a classless prick’ school of debate is really paying off! Very persuasive.