USC knew when Pete Carroll left for the Seattle Seahawks that the next few years wouldn’t be easy.
It didn’t, however, have to tie both hands behind its back.
Yet that is exactly what happened when the Trojans elected to hire Lane Kiffin, last seen looking hopelessly clueless on the USC sideline with less than 5 minutes to go on Saturday night.
There is no question Kiffin stepped into a difficult situation. Unfortunately for him, he possesses the perfect combination of bravado, cockiness and bratty-ness to lose any sympathy or empathy he might have had coming.
The perennial bridge napalm-bomber collects keys to spectacular mansions only to immediately invite over his frat brothers to throw house-trashing parties and turn million-dollar palaces into potential trash dump sites.
In the history of time, nobody has been named coach of the Oakland Raiders, Tennessee and USC before the age of 35. Feel free to fact-check me on that.
The situation with the Raiders crashed and burned. But Al ...
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PLAYERS:
Pete Carroll,
Lane Kiffin,
Al Davis,
Steve Spurrier,
Jim Mora,
Will Ferrell,
E.J. Manuel,
Dylan Thompson,
Connor Shaw,
Jadeveon Clowney,
Nick Saban,
Gene Chizik,
Cameron Newton,
Nick Fairley,
Mack Brown,
David Ash,
Case McCoy,
Andrew Luck,
Stepfan Taylor,
Brian Kelly,
Joker Phillips,
Bob Stoops,
Braxton Miller,
Blake Bell,
Landry Jones,
Joseph Randle,
Kenjon Barner,
Mike Leach,
Marquess Wilson,
James Franklin,
Pat FitzGerald,
Robert Griffin III
TEAMS: Seattle Seahawks, Oakland Raiders, Arizona Cardinals, Washington Redskins, USC Trojans, South Carolina Gamecocks, UCLA Bruins, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Florida Gators, Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, Texas Longhorns, Kansas State Wildcats, Stanford Cardinal, Penn State Nittany Lions, Boise State Broncos, Kentucky Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Oregon State Beavers, Oregon Ducks, Washington State Cougars, Missouri Tigers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Kent State Golden Flashes, San Diego State Aztecs
TEAMS: Seattle Seahawks, Oakland Raiders, Arizona Cardinals, Washington Redskins, USC Trojans, South Carolina Gamecocks, UCLA Bruins, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Florida Gators, Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, Texas Longhorns, Kansas State Wildcats, Stanford Cardinal, Penn State Nittany Lions, Boise State Broncos, Kentucky Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Oregon State Beavers, Oregon Ducks, Washington State Cougars, Missouri Tigers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Kent State Golden Flashes, San Diego State Aztecs
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