Trouble In Trojan Town

It may not rain in Southern California, but it's about to pour on USC. Pete Carroll is the first College Coach teams in the NFL think of when they make a firing. That didn't change when the Seahawks fired Jim Mora Jr. on Friday. Pete Carroll, an underachiever as an NFL Head Coach (at least compared to his USC success), was again the first person mentioned for the Seattle Seahawks opening, mere hours after Mora's dismissal. If Carroll leaves USC & takes the Seattle offer, it can only mean one thing...how long before the proverbial shoe drops, & the Trojans of USC are placed on probation?

No official offers have been made to Carroll & no one has confirmed that both sides have even talked. But a source close to Carroll said, "You're about to see a big headline that shakes up the major college football world, " referring to the Seahawks sudden opening. Chris Mortensen of ESPN has stated Carroll is choosing his eventual staff for Seattle. The current headlines will likely be how Pete Carroll will be offered a Head Coaching Position (& what will likely be the VP of Player Operations opening along with it) of the Seattle Seahawks. But afterwards what will be the next domino to fall? My prediction is USC, so prepare yourself for the headlines. "Trojans stripped of national titles, forfeit wins, sanctioned, & placed on probation until year X." The basic death nail to a football program that enjoyed a quick rise into prominence during the early 2000's, ever since Carroll was hired. With him leaving (if he eventually is offered a position & does leave), it will signal an even more rapid fall from grace, than the last empire fooled by the Trojan horse.

This week USC put their own basketball program on probation over OJ Mayo's relationship with Event Promoter Rodney Guillory. The sanction includes a post season ban this year as well as forfeited games when Mayo played. Then you add the recent Joe McKnight SUV situation & the fact the NCAA is still looking at them for Reggie Bush's alleged violations from a few years ago, & its easy to see the end is near for the USC football program. McKnight has already declared for the NFL draft & Carroll is scheduled to meet with Seattle this weekend & is expected to accept the offer according to various league sources. What this spells is the end for USC as an elite college program.

We would like to extend a special thanks to Jon Alba of Sports Full Circle for being the main source to The Skinny Post Blog concerning this news story, when it originally broke.