"I grew up passionately hating USC. My dad, who was/is my biggest role model and inspiration, was born in Washington and was a diehard UW Husky fan. We hated everything about USC, I couldn’t tell you about any of their players from those years, but could talk about Mark Brunell, Napoleon Kaufman, the Huard brothers, etc., all day. It wasn’t until around the year 2000 that I was blessed with the opportunity to visit the USC campus and be recruited by them. I was offered scholarships to many schools, including The University of Washington, but I fell in love with everything USC and there was no chance I was going anywhere else. I was a Trojan and to this day nothing has ever felt more right. My whole family switched their allegiance, we are all part of the Trojan Family. Those who know me know what a USC homer I am. I love this university, the football program, the alumni, as much as anyone. When I started a company, I named it Trojan Solar, that is how important USC is to me.
Saying all that, TODAY WAS THE FIRST TIME IS ALMOST 20 YEARS I FOUND MYSELF ROOTING AGAINST USC, and I know I wasn’t alone. It is hard to watch what is happening to our cherished program, and I feel there needs to be changes that won’t happen until we hit “rock bottom”. We won the Rose Bowl two years ago, we won the conference last year, but we didn’t look like USC during any of it, and frankly, it isn’t good enough. I understand if that happened at UCLA they would be giving their coach a lifetime contract and probably building him a statue, but with the talent we have had and being USC that is not enough. So, in here lies the dilemma.
I have met and had conversations with our Head Coach in the past and he is incredible man. He is absolutely the clique coach description, “A Leader of Men”, and it shows every year. We get down, have a bad game, he is “fighting” for his job, and the players, who clearly love him, rally and come together. The problem is, this happens after we are out of contention for anything meaningful. It is probably going to happen again this year. I was in Austin, I was there tonight, we look awful. We were an embarrassing 4.5 point favorites against WSU at home and couldn’t even cover, but we got the win. The Pac 12 South is so weak there is a good chance we will win it again and who knows, play well in one game and win the Pac 12 championship. How can you fire a coach or any staff after back to back conference championships? This is what I am most scared of. Give me one really bad season, so we can move on and really have a chance.
FIGHT ON and Beat The Wildcats!!!"
Saying all that, TODAY WAS THE FIRST TIME IS ALMOST 20 YEARS I FOUND MYSELF ROOTING AGAINST USC, and I know I wasn’t alone. It is hard to watch what is happening to our cherished program, and I feel there needs to be changes that won’t happen until we hit “rock bottom”. We won the Rose Bowl two years ago, we won the conference last year, but we didn’t look like USC during any of it, and frankly, it isn’t good enough. I understand if that happened at UCLA they would be giving their coach a lifetime contract and probably building him a statue, but with the talent we have had and being USC that is not enough. So, in here lies the dilemma.
I have met and had conversations with our Head Coach in the past and he is incredible man. He is absolutely the clique coach description, “A Leader of Men”, and it shows every year. We get down, have a bad game, he is “fighting” for his job, and the players, who clearly love him, rally and come together. The problem is, this happens after we are out of contention for anything meaningful. It is probably going to happen again this year. I was in Austin, I was there tonight, we look awful. We were an embarrassing 4.5 point favorites against WSU at home and couldn’t even cover, but we got the win. The Pac 12 South is so weak there is a good chance we will win it again and who knows, play well in one game and win the Pac 12 championship. How can you fire a coach or any staff after back to back conference championships? This is what I am most scared of. Give me one really bad season, so we can move on and really have a chance.
FIGHT ON and Beat The Wildcats!!!"
