Stumped: (He)Lane of Troy Calls For A Lifeline During Pac-10 Media Day Q&A
by Nestor on Jul 29, 2010 1:06 PM PDT
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PrintPac-10 coaches are wrapping up their media tour today with the LA media day at the Rose Bowl. Somehow we knew Hello Kiffin was not going to disappoint. Apparently he was the only coach who came out wearing glasses during the press conferences (waiting for wire footage). He then had to call for help from a grown-up - his SID - when asked a simple question:
Kiffin on debunking one myth about himself: "Wow. Where's my SID, you didn't prepare me for that one. What would be one myth? I'm gonna have to think about that. There are a lot of them out there."
Per Ted Miller Kiffin said he just "didn't know" about the myths about him "out there." He was also asked about transfers and came up with standard "didn't want to compete" lame excuse:
Kiffin on transfers: "The difficult thing was these sanctions, and I don't know if it was why they did it, but we created free agency in college football. There's no salary cap on. Our players can leave at any time to go anywhere. You saw a number of guys leave who weren't very excited about playing time. The penalty is about the ban, but every guy I talked to said they thought they could go and get more playing time. When they made these decisions, they'd have to leave something valuable, they'd be leaving a degree at USC."
LOL, right. I am sure Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush, and OJ Simpson are really remembered for that "degree" from Southern Cal.
GO BRUINS.
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Degree?!
I didn’t know that USC was acreditted, must have gotten them confused with the University of Phoenix.
At least....
…the University of Phoenix has its own stadium!
My favorite line:
While Barkley was talking about not being able to play for a national championship for the next couple of seasons, Kiffin piped in. “So are you announcing you will return for your senior season?” Barkley: “We’ll see.”
Go Bruins!
We had an 8-year streak
on the field. They had a 7.
But, these occasions in which CRN outshines Lame passed embarrassing a long time ago. What’s the score and streak now, about 253 to 0?
Latest Numbers for $UC = 54% of footballers...
…get degrees. But then that also includes Leinert majoring in Ballroom Dance.
Scholars?
I think Haden is the only scholar(?) that’s come out of Figueroa Tech.
Lots of people get degrees and many people become Rhodes Scholars.
We all know that a degree from just$c* is meaningless, and can be obtained in lots of ways, including endowing a wing on a building. Question (serious, not rhetorical or snarky): Can the Rhodes Scholar selection process be manipulated?
Rhodes Scholarship process is very rigorous
My father interviewed for a Rhodes scholarship in the 50’s (didn’t make the cut). The organization is independent and is very thorough in the evaluation process.
Bob O. (Signholder #3)
It does favor athletes though
One of the original standards was
energy to use one’s talents to the full, as exemplified by fondness for and success in sports;
by SuperBruinMan on Jul 30, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
One an done maybe (please God no!)
I hate to say it but Kiffin could be one and done. Odds are he will last 2 seasons, maybe 3.
But this was the most embarrassing press conference in L.A. sports history since that 1981 disaster where Jerry Buss fired Paul Westhead (in response to Magic Johnson’s complaints) and the good doctor (and known trOJan) announced he would have one coach coach the offense (Pat Riley as I remember) and another coach do the defense.
Another sc sweep, numbers 1 and 2 (maybe a tie), over a nearly 30 year period, for the two lamest news conferences in L.A. history.
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