Two times in the past five years, USC has been picked to win the Pac-12 Conference football championship. Yet the Trojans have yet to win one since Carroll’s departure.
And so it begins again this season. Media members picked the Trojans as heavy favorites in the South Division at Pac-12 media days in Hollywood on Wednesday and Thursday. They were voted slight favorites to win the conference.
The players have heard this one before.
"I don't think any of that really matters to us right now,” linebacker Cameron Smith said.
Is this the year that post-Carroll USC, which opens training camp Saturday, finally lives up the hype?
An attitude shift evident Thursday in a ballroom at the Hollywood & Highland Center offered hope, or at least another tease.
The tumultuous Trojans were … calm. Almost boring. Coach Clay Helton sedately handled questions ranging from the status of USC’s inexperienced offensive line to the release of O.J. Simpson. (The former USC star, recently granted parole from a robbery sentence, won’t be welcome at a practice, Helton said.)
Helton’s steadiness, players say, has shielded them from dreaming prematurely of championships.
In an opposite corner of the room, Smith and quarterback Sam Darnold furrowed brows and spoke earnestly.
"Right now we're just focused on training camp and Western Michigan,” Darnold said of the opening opponent. “But at the same time I think expectations that anyone from the outside has of us, I think our expectations are always going to be higher."
It's coach speak but it is coach speak that mirrors Petermen. The article is correct in that it is a different attitude that the Kiffin Sark era immediately after Carroll
Not that I have anything against him I just wanted him to be Hawkins 2.0 so I could laugh at you guys.
I completely relate to, and respect, that. Fair enough.
Schad is 90% of what makes CFB special.
What the fuck is schad
A sea faring fish that migrates inland to spawn. Hearty fighters weighing between 3 and 5 lbs. The American shad has been described as "the fish that fed the (American) nation's founders
Not that I have anything against him I just wanted him to be Hawkins 2.0 so I could laugh at you guys.
I completely relate to, and respect, that. Fair enough.
Schad is 90% of what makes CFB special.
What the fuck is schad
A sea faring fish that migrates inland to spawn. Hearty fighters weighing between 3 and 5 lbs. The American shad has been described as "the fish that fed the (American) nation's founders
It's coach speak but it is coach speak that mirrors Petermen. The article is correct in that it is a different attitude that the Kiffin Sark era immediately after Carroll
Not unlike post Sark here
Helton is no Pete
You think Pete would even address whether OJ was allowed at practice?
It's coach speak but it is coach speak that mirrors Petermen. The article is correct in that it is a different attitude that the Kiffin Sark era immediately after Carroll
Not unlike post Sark here
Helton is no Pete
You think Pete would even address whether OJ was allowed at practice?
This response is as baffling as an IM zone.
Helton was asked. If OJ was an UW alum and Heisman winner Petermen would have had to say he's not welcome on campus same as Clay
It's coach speak but it is coach speak that mirrors Petermen. The article is correct in that it is a different attitude that the Kiffin Sark era immediately after Carroll
Not unlike post Sark here
You think Pete would even address whether OJ was allowed at practice?
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Schad is 90% of what makes CFB special.
I guarantee SC cares about a preseason top 5 ranking
(1) Young guys are bad asses like we'd hoped, and the D will be fierce.
(2) Brownsocks and his band of merry faggots still suck and this year will be last year, where USC buttfucks us. Again.
Two times in the past five years, USC has been picked to win the Pac-12 Conference football championship. Yet the Trojans have yet to win one since Carroll’s departure.
And so it begins again this season. Media members picked the Trojans as heavy favorites in the South Division at Pac-12 media days in Hollywood on Wednesday and Thursday. They were voted slight favorites to win the conference.
The players have heard this one before.
"I don't think any of that really matters to us right now,” linebacker Cameron Smith said.
Is this the year that post-Carroll USC, which opens training camp Saturday, finally lives up the hype?
An attitude shift evident Thursday in a ballroom at the Hollywood & Highland Center offered hope, or at least another tease.
The tumultuous Trojans were … calm. Almost boring. Coach Clay Helton sedately handled questions ranging from the status of USC’s inexperienced offensive line to the release of O.J. Simpson. (The former USC star, recently granted parole from a robbery sentence, won’t be welcome at a practice, Helton said.)
Helton’s steadiness, players say, has shielded them from dreaming prematurely of championships.
In an opposite corner of the room, Smith and quarterback Sam Darnold furrowed brows and spoke earnestly.
"Right now we're just focused on training camp and Western Michigan,” Darnold said of the opening opponent. “But at the same time I think expectations that anyone from the outside has of us, I think our expectations are always going to be higher."
Defense is always ahead of offense early in season.
Not unlike post Sark here
You think Pete would even address whether OJ was allowed at practice?
But our defense is definitely good enough to win games 17-13 ... 20-17 ... etc
Helton was asked. If OJ was an UW alum and Heisman winner Petermen would have had to say he's not welcome on campus same as Clay
Helton is 1-0 so far against Petermen
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