Kiffin-An arrogant,classeless s--t..

Can they win together? Not likely. Not because Kiffin can't, but because Garrett probably won't be around to see it. As it stands, Garrett has himself a coach with a .363 career winning percentage, a guy with as many NCAA secondary violations as wins in his first -- well, only -- year at Tennessee. A coach who taunted, teased and tweaked so often he has a rule named after him in the SEC.

 With the NCAA on the doorstep and Troy burning from inside out, it looks like Garrett put out the fire with gasoline. Coach after coach seemingly shunned interest because at least the word is out that the NCAA is about to bring the heavy artillery. So Garrett does the logical thing by bringing in the man-child coach who was a hostess away from putting Tennessee on proby.

When you are at the bottom, there is only one direction you can go.

USC is digging its own grave here.  Under investigation for major violations that occured while Kiffin was the recruiting and offensive coordinator there.  Kiffin puts himself under the NCAA microscope again at UT with 6 "minor" violations.  and what does USC do? they bring him in to be their HC, along with Coach O, who is as shady as it gets.  If you are a USC fan, alum, or supporter, tell me how you can honestly be happy with this? This makes absolutely no sense.  Why would you want to put yourself even more at risk of being slammed by the NCAA by bringing in a guy with a career win % of .336?????  just doesnt make sense....

and yes, Kiffin is as selfish as it gets.  the man doesnt know anything about character or respect.  He has got to be the luckiest man in the world.  He is 34 yrs old and this is his 3rd head coaching gig.  He has had no success as a HC, yet he continues to be given high level head coaching jobs, simply because of his last name. 

and for those that dont understand why UT fans are upset, UT did this guy a favor by hiring him and giving him one of the best jobs in college football.  They stuck their neck out for this guy.  They backed him when everyone was crucifying him for his all his stupid immature remarks through his 14 months there.  and do leave the way he did 3 weeks before signing day will set UT's program back several years.  He was hired to do a job and he bailed.  so to expect UT fans to "understand" simply because this was his "dream job" is asinine. 

to all USC fans, DONT DRINK THE KOOL AID...this is a disaster in the making...USC can do so much better...

DiamondD 

Are you in the VI ?  If so, what island?

We've been here in St Croix for about 3 years now...Kingshill, to be exact...though i spend alot of time along Grass Point fishing and what not....i am very blessed

Yes you are! 

Enjoy it,I'm very jealous.

Im not saying i deserve it, but i put alot of work in to get to where i am.  that being said, i have some roots in tennessee and i try to get back as much as possible.  you cant beat the sun and the sea here in st croix, but i always make it a point to visit the blue ridge mountains in the fall...there is nothing better

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SC was there at one point before Carrol, right?  Neuheisel is turning around the program, he is bringing in solid recruits something we had been lacking.  Give him another year and I think everyone will be surprised at how well UCLA will be competing and will be fighting for the conference title.  You can't turn a program around overnight.  We were virtually in every game we played.  Yea yea, I know that doesn't mean much but a vast improvement from years past but playing us wasn't something many teams were looking forward to. 

The real problem with UCLA has been the lack of a top QB.  The teams lately have been good enough to compete, but without a top QB, they couldn't get it done.  Look at what happened to the Trojans last year.  In the Pac10, teams must have a great QB to compete. 

Until Rick figures that out, forget UCLA doing much better. 

i was expecting a lot more from Rick by now. He put the fear in me when he was first hired. I thought he was a perfect fit, especially since he has just as big of an ego as Pete. But I havent been impressed with his recruiting. Still no big name QB or RB. He could be doing better. He has two more years, IMO.

Why are the Trojan fans not worried about sanctions? We've been following this for 5 years. Up to this point, nothing has pointed to the program itself. I have to hear USC was directly involved. Thats why if anything, they will get punished for lack of institutional control.

Why are we happy to have Kiffin? Because we know him. He's been here during the good times and is proven. I dont like him as the head coach, but I like the fact that he's bringing Ed Orgeron, Poppa Kiffin, and Tim Davis. The head coach is only as good as his staff. This staff is great.

I dont expect anyone outside of the Trojan family to understand the excitement, but we know whats going on, and considering the fact that we lose PC, this was the next best step. Everyones familiar with him, INCLUDING the players, which is most important. The players cant wait because there's no uncertainty.

yeah, thats nothing to be worried about....

Sanctions or not, USC will remain a good team for a while..........good, but not great. They'll be on a slow slide for a few years as they ride the end of the wave that PC created (see LSU/Miles). Kiffin should be adequate enough to keep this team from the doldrums, but you just can't form & hold the type of coaching staffs that PC assembled for very long.

 The Pac-10 title will now be up for grabs every year............& we may not see a Pac-10 team in the BCS CG for a spell.

damn, first you get dumped by Kiffin, than Cutcliffe dumps you.

Maybe Pat Summit can coach with Bruce Pearl as his assistant? He'd be a great recruiter.

How long till we hear Johnny Majors name pop up

What # was LK on USC's list?  PC bailed, Riley turned you down, then Sark said no, Del Rio wanted no part. 

so im guessing the conversation among the faculty at USC went something like this "PC bolted on us and the first 4 guys we wanted all turned us down. So who's dumb enough to come take this?"  everyone looks at Mike Garrett...his response, "ill get on the phone with  Kiffin"

 What makes this even funnier is the fact that it's probably very accurate.