USC Football: No Norm Chow For Now

It was previously reported that Norm Chow would be joining Lane Kiffin at USC.  Apparently Chow is not interested in moving across town to USC, he will remain at UCLA.

Norm Chow declined the chance to switch teams again in Los Angeles’ fierce football rivalry.

Chow said Thursday he’ll stay at UCLA for his third season as offensive coordinator, rebuffing overtures from Lane Kiffin to return to Southern California.

After a couple of uneasy days during which the Trojans openly courted Chow, UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel was grateful to learn his widely respected offensive mastermind had passed on a lucrative contract offer at USC.

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USC Football: Kiffin, Chow, Orgeron Back At USC

According to ESPN,

Tennessee’s Lane Kiffin has been named the next head coach at Southern California, athletic director Mike Garrett announced on Tuesday.

Kiffin replaces Pete Carroll, who jumped to the NFL as coach of the Seattle Seahawks.

“We are really excited to welcome Lane Kiffin back to USC,” Garrett said in a statement. “I was able to watch him closely when he was an assistant with us and what I saw was a bright, creative young coach who I thought would make an excellent head coach here if the opportunity ever arose. I’m confident he and his staff will keep USC football performing at the high level that we expect.”

It is also being reported that Kiffin will bring his father, Ed Orgeron, and Norm Chow, in what is being called a “blockbuster deal.”  Sorry UCLA.  For those claiming USC would not win without Norm Chow, that is now a worry of the past.  Norm Chow and Matt Barkley, that will be a formidable team.  Yes, Matt Barkley confirmed he is staying at USC.  And so is C.J. Gable.

That should also cover recruiting with Orgeron, word is he is already working.  As for defense, it does not get better than Monte Kiffin.

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H/T: TrojanWire

USC UCLA Pregame: UCLA Mascot Attacked By USC Students

The Men of Troy will face their cross-town rivals the Bruins of UCLA on 28NOV09.  The Trojans are favored, on bodog, by 13 points.   UCLA has not defeated USC since 2006.

One of the enduring traditions between these two schools is attempting to paint the other school’s mascot.  The students of USC succeeded this year when they painted the UCLA Bruin, Joe Bruin, Cardinal and Gold.

Tommy Trojan will be guarded by students until the start of the game.  Tommy is also wrapped to protect him.  You can watch the vigil on TommyCam.

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ESPN Ranks The Most Prestigious College Football Programs Of All Time

ESPN has devised a system to determine the most prestigious college-football programs of all time.  The ESPN system begins with the 1936 season and awards points for national titles, major bowls, Heisman winners, bowl wins, conference records, and top-5 finishes in the AP poll.  The system also penalizes teams for postseason bans, probation, and television bans.

Here at Dreadnaught we ranked the Top Ten College Football Programs of All Time.  ESPN was a little more ambitious ranking all 119 teams.

ESPN has released the Notables outside the Top 25.  Some items of note: Vanderbilt is the worst, Duke comes in just below VaTech at 38th and 37th respectively, and Pac-10 rivals Cal and Stanford are ranked 43rd and 44th.  Note: Stanford is one of the 11 teams with a mascot not ending with the letter “s.”

Numbers 21-119 include Auburn, 1980’s power Colorado, and Pitt at 27th.

Numbers 16-20 include the Bruins of UCLA, and Washington from the Pac-10, and a team from Texas.

USC Over UCLA 28-7 At The Rose Bowl

The Men of Troy finished their regular season by beating the Bruins 28-7, and finished the 2008 season with a record of 11-1 and 8-1 in the Pac-10.  The Bruins showed a great deal of sportsmanship by agreeing to take a timeout, because the USC was charged a timeout by the NCAA for wearing the wrong uniform.  Both Coach Carroll and Coach Neuheisel agreed to restore the tradition of both teams wearing their home uniforms.  Coach Neuheisel did the right thing by burning a timeout after USC was penalized.

Things did not stay so congenial after that, and  things got a bit chippy after halftime.

With this win, and the loss by Oregon State, the Trojans are headed to the Rose Bowl for the 4th straight year.

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UCLA: Dominance Remains With USC Just Look At The BYU Loss

UCLA recently took out an add proclaiming the end of USC’s football dominance in the City of Angeles.  Before Rich Neuheisel is ordained, one should look at the recent score in the UCLA v. BYU game: 59-0

To put this in perspective, the total margin of victor for opponents against USC in the Carroll Era is 59.

That is over a period of seven seasons.

Losses by the Trojans under Coach Carroll

2001

UCLA v. Tennessee: Quarterback Kevin Craft Shines In Second Half

Kevin Craft has been outstanding during the 2nd half for UCLA against Tennessee.  During the 1st half he threw 4 interceptions.  This is a great game. (this coming from a Trojan fan)

The UCLA defense has been bringing it, especially in the 2nd half.  Not a bad showing by the Pac-10.  Tennessee goes up by 4 with 1:54 to play.

UCLA comes back with a very good 2-minute offense.  UCLA scores a TD with :27 remaining.  That was a flawless 2-minute drill and Craft was as good as any QB in the country on that drive.

Tennessee kicks FG to take the game to OT.

Tennessee missed FG from 34 in OT

Final Score:

UCLA-27

Tenn -24

Here is the play-by-play coverage.

YMSWWC will have all the Tennessee coverage you need.

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UCLA Cheating On Admission Standards: In Violation Of Proposition 209

No, this has nothing to do with Coach Rick Neuheisel starting another high-stakes gambling pool.  But, that is a good guess.

This involves a violation of California’s Proposition 209, which prohibits the state from discriminating,

against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.

Professor Timothy Groseclose is a professor of political science at UCLA, and was previously a member of the committee that handled undergraduate admissions.  That is, until he resigned “in protest, from the committee,” and issued his report on the illegal admission standards being used by UCLA.

The reason behind Professor Groseclose’s resignation:

There is considerable evidence that high-ranking administration and a controlling block of my committee are engaged in a cover-up – they are preventing me and others from obtaining these data [admissions data] so that the above malfeasance will not be discovered.

PAC-10 Media Day: USC No. 1, McKnight Better Than Bush, And Cushing Talks About Senior Season

Today, 24JUL08, the PAC-10 held its football media day.  The West Coast media members reveled their preseason poll.

1. USC
2. Arizona State
3. Oregon
4. California
5. UCLA
6. Oregon State
7. Arizona
8. Washington
9. Stanford
10. Washington State

Norm Chow To UCLA As Offensive Coordinator

Former USC offensive coordinator – and man who many said the Trojans would fail without – Norm Chow has been hired by UCLA. We will see what he can do against Brian Cushing, Rey Maualuga, and Taylor Mays.

What is it about Chow that no school ever wants him as a head coach?

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UCLA Football Gets New Head Coach: Rick Neuheisel

UCLA has hired a new head football coach. Rick Neuheisel comes to UCLA after gaining valuable experience as a volunteer assistant-quarterback coach at Rainier Beach High School in Seattle, WA in 2003. You can bet that Neuheisel will pool his talent. Get it, betting pool.

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