Cool story brah!

Sarkingham

USC's Failed Attempt to Recapture Glory

MisterEm

"We're not a physical team," Ellison says. "We're a finesse University of Washington football team out there. That's what we've got out there. We're supposed to be like Alabama. We're supposed to be like Ohio State. But we're playing some sort of bubble-screen offense. That's what Haden and Sark wanted."

JaWarrenJaHooker

Dude bro

JaWarrenJaHooker

Lots of great quotes in that article

PurpleReign

Sarkisian was the opposite of that, but almost over the top. He would see a player in a hallway, say "Hey, wazzzzup?!" and then greet that player the same way 10 minutes later. According to several players, few knew whether Sarkisian was real or just trying to be Carroll.

"Guys would just tease him all the time,'" the player says. "He always said 'Bro.' And we're like, dude, you can't say 'bro.'

PurpleReign

MisterEm said:

"We're not a physical team," Ellison says. "We're a finesse University of Washington football team out there. That's what we've got out there. We're supposed to be like Alabama. We're supposed to be like Ohio State. But we're playing some sort of bubble-screen offense. That's what Haden and Sark wanted."

O.M.F.G. I thought this was fake until I got to it in the article. FMFYFE.

Southerndawg

PurpleReign said:

MisterEm said:

"We're not a physical team," Ellison says. "We're a finesse University of Washington football team out there. That's what we've got out there. We're supposed to be like Alabama. We're supposed to be like Ohio State. But we're playing some sort of bubble-screen offense. That's what Haden and Sark wanted."

O.M.F.G. I thought this was fake until I got to it in the article. FMFYFE.

It really sucks but objectively, the Huskies have been finesse since 2001. Kawasaki is rapidly changing that perception of the defense, he has them starting to look like real Huskies. But until Boosh-Peterman have the offense pushing people around, like old school Dawgs, the Huskies will been seen as finesse, "bubble screen U" fags.

The other interesting thing from that article was the anti-Kelly movement from former players. Spot on IMO. They're at their best when they're playing USC football, they need someone who embodies that philosophically.


"It was enough of a disaster that, before the Notre Dame game, former Trojans Keyshawn Johnson, Willie McGinest and Keith Rivers asked Helton whether they could address the team.

What ensued was an often profane pep talk that had Johnson dissing the Chip Kelly-to-USC rumors and telling the team, "No more bulls---. No more."

What seemed to bother alumni -- from Johnson to Ellison -- was the departure from smashmouth USC football, the football of Ronnie Lott and Troy Polamalu. That seems to be why Kelly is so unattractive to many alumni. Although the Trojans went out and rang up almost 600 yards on Notre Dame, they gave up 41 points in defeat."

rodmansrage

The former Rhodes scholar stressed academics and made it chic to work in the athletic department. "I feel like I work at Google sometimes," sports information director Tim Tessalone says. "Pat's so progressive."

imo, this was the best part of the article. compare one of the smartest (evil?) companies in the world to the guy who hired andy enfield and sark.

AtomicDawg

Sounds like a job for pat hill. He would have them playing tough.

RaceBannon

AtomicDawg said:

Sounds like a job for pat hill. He would have them playing tough.

I know you're being sarkastic but I would pay to see Pat Tuff Hill at SC with that lineup.

AZDuck

rodmansrage said:

The former Rhodes scholar stressed academics and made it chic to work in the athletic department. "I feel like I work at Google sometimes," sports information director Tim Tessalone says. "Pat's so progressive."

imo, this was the best part of the article. compare one of the smartest (evil?) companies in the world to the guy who hired andy enfield and sark.

I went to college with the guy who is now Google's head of HR. The comparison isn't as far off as you'd think.

PurpleThrobber

rodmansrage said:

The former Rhodes scholar stressed academics and made it chic to work in the athletic department. "I feel like I work at Google sometimes," sports information director Tim Tessalone says. "Pat's so progressive."

imo, this was the best part of the article. compare one of the smartest (evil?) companies in the world to the guy who hired andy enfield and sark.

If you're not at least going to post a pic of Andy Enfield's smoking hot wife, I"m out.