PAC 12 Offseason Thread

[Entropy]

speaking of culture:

https://www.huskermax.com/watch-sites/arizona/

Husker watch sites in Arizona.


http://fightonline.usc.edu/s/657/alumni/16/interior.aspx?sid=657&gid=5&pgid=2257&crid=0&calpgid=1590&calcid=3091

USC watch site for SPECIFIC GAMES in arizona

[CatsbyAZ]

Long article but descriptive history on How USC Became The Most Scandal Plagued Campus in America - from Los Angeles Magazine: https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/usc-scandals-cover/

A brief timeline:

Sept 2014: Fund manager Steve Cohen buys his daughter’s admission for $5 Million

Oct 2015: Steve Sarkisian fired for public intoxication at football team events and pep rally’s 

Mar 2016: The Medical School Dean resigns after investigation reveals his hosting of Meth and Ecstasy fueled parties for associates, one of whom ODed in his presence

Jun 2016: AD Pat Haden steps down after investigation reveals his pocketing of $2.4 Million in charitable donations from foundation for underserved youth

Jun 2017: Campus building named after OJ Simpson’s getaway driver

Oct 2017: Vice President Carrera forced to step down amid multiple claims of sexually harassing female colleagues

Oct 2017: Replacement Medical School dean is ousted after surfacing of sexual harassment case from 2003

May 2018: USC gynecologist George Tyndall resigns with hefty payout amidst investigations into three decades of sexually abusing patients; Settlements are expected to cost USC upwards of $500 Million

Feb 2019: And, of course, we all know about USC finding itself at the center of the FBI’s national admissions bribery investigation

[CWSooner]

Wow!  What a stellar combination of criminality and stupidity.  Over and over again.

"Jun 2017: Campus building named after OJ Simpson’s getaway driver"  How stupid does it get?

[ALA2262]

The best fans are probably the ones in Oregon (both schools) and Utah, from what I've seen (former) and noticed on TV (latter). Washington does pretty well because it has a large alumni base, but Seattle always has a Seahawks buzz. The bay area is 49'ers (and the lame duck team to the East). LA is now the Rams. Phoenix is made up almost entirely of people not from Phoenix. I'm not sure what Colorado cares about besides the Broncos.



Maybe USC needs to move to San Diego.

[ALA2262]

Two quotes from a 'California culture vs. Football' thread on a Bama board.

"I had to work in Anaheim for about two months. I've heard it said about California's lack of interest in watching and enthusiasm for college football is about the weather, beaches, and mountains. People have other things they want to do. That probably is true, but I have another takeaway from being there.

California has a very diverse international mix of people. A big percentage have grown up never watching football. For instance, on vacation in Yosemite I wore several of my Alabama championship tee shirts. You wouldn't believe how many people didn't understand. I had one lady ask me "What did you win a championship in?" After explaining, without taking offense, that is was college football, she asked me if I still had a good back. Btw, I'm 59, Lol. I had another guy tell me story about the the Braves when they were the Milwaukee Braves after seeing my shirt. I didn't have the heart to correct him."

...



"After living in a very rural part of the state for over three years I can say that the interest just isn't there like it is in the south. I can say the same about Illinois. Pro sports get some attention.

There are a few college fans here. By and large, though, they just don't care. Thank God for the butcher even though he's a Ducks fan. Since I dropped Frontier internet I don't see the USC fan so much."

[CatsbyAZ]

Wow!  What a stellar combination of criminality and stupidity.  Over and over again.

Forgot to also mention the USC basketball program’s implication in the nationwide basketball recruiting scandal.

[CatsbyAZ]

https://twitter.com/InsideTheTeam_/status/1139248322521305088

[847badgerfan]

Holy wow. That's gonna leave a mark.

[FearlessF]

a wildcat or sun-devil probably hacked an account

[CatsbyAZ]

"The Winningest Conference in the Country"


https://twitter.com/InsideUSC/status/1143233422845833216

[FearlessF]

wasn't from Bill Walton, he would have mentioned basketball

[CatsbyAZ]

USC Football scheduled their first ever FCS opponent - UC-Davis for the 2021 season. AD Lynn Swann released the news this past Friday, hoping, I guess, nobody would notice. Notre Dame and UCLA are the last two FBS programs to have never played an FCS program. Trojan fans are bemoaning this as USC Football losing yet another distinction. What’s next - putting players names on the backs of Trojan jerseys? Meanwhile the SEC averages just under one FCS opponent per program per season going back about 15 seasons.

[Cincydawg]

It does help the FCS program with funding of course, and in reality, playing an FCS team or bad FBS team is not really different from a half decent team.

Back when it was Div. IIA, was there a Div. IIB?

[CatsbyAZ]

Yes, not knocking on SEC scheduling at all - they are doing just fine. Having attended Auburn home games with their season ticket holders, another good thing about the FCS home games is that so many tickets are given away by the regulars to a lot of recipients that otherwise would never get to go to an Auburn game, mostly to the youngins - high school football teams, after school development programs, scout troops, church youth groups, JR ROTCs.