The Fall of Troy

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Everyone already knows the news about King Carroll's departure from Troy to the down and out Seattle Seahawks. The move seems absolutely absurd, yet could make alot of sense for Carroll. I KNOW, I said the remarkable! I said the stunning! I said the exact opposite of every ESPN announcer the past few days! So let me explain. I have a theory, I think Carroll knows that some violations are coming out from the wood works, and his So Cal dynasty will soon be in complete jeopardy (I guess he ignored USC's own Tim Floyd). With the Reggie Bush investigations lingering in the air, and the Joe McNight drama, it only seems plausible that the NCAA is onto Carroll's "amazing recruiting skills" and his window might have been slammed shut. If these rumors gain some ground, USC could be losing not only their coach but some possible championships as well. Either way, there is something going on and Carroll knows all about it. This whole debacle has put USC in a pretty bad light, and it is forcing most recruits to sit back down with their families and take another look at other schools (COME ON SEANTREL, IOWA LOVES YOU, AND KIRK DOES IT THE RIGHT WAY!).

Carroll reportedly has already sent in his resignation, but there doesn't seem to be any new news yet about Norm Chow (Carroll's OC from 2001-2004) or Jeremy Bates going along for the road trip. IF Carroll can some how steal away Bates and Chow, USC is going to go from the top of the top to the lowest of low (and lord knows it happened fast).


No matter what happens, it seems that I just might be vindicated for believing that conference supremacy is cyclical (and I think that we will see a big shift this decade). It is now time for Cal and UCLA to steal the best players in California from the "cheating" University of Southern California (and I use cheating in a very loose way, considering nothing has been proven.... yet). The Big Ten is also going to flex their muscles in the new decade, and have already showed the Eye of the Tiger in 2009 (The Big Ten is kind of like Rocky in the fourth installment. Rocky is supposed to get his ass kicked by the bigger, faster, better Ivan Drago [i.e. SEC, PAC-10, Big 12]. Week in and week out people question his integrity, and argue that he should not be fighting such a great boxer [kind of like when the media argues that teams with worse records should be ranked higher because they are from the SEC/Big 12]. Well we all know what happens in the end, Rocky proves that he can beat the best, and single handedly ends the Cold War). Sure I may be pushing it a little bit but it kind of works. With three teams in the AP Top Ten, and four in the Top 25, the Big Ten looks like they could be the conference to beat in the new decade (hopefully sticking it to every ESPN college football announcer that hates on the Big Ten including the following: Lou Holtz, Kirk Herbstreit, Jesse Palmer, Lou Holtz, Brian Griese, Lee Corso, Lee Corso again, Lee Corso a third time, Desmond Howard, Lee Corso one last time and Lou Holtz).

The SEC will continue to be ESPN's sex doll. Just a pure power conference full of stellar speed (that no other school outside of the southeast can keep up with), poster players, and orgasmic coaches (Saban is trying to steal the limelight away from Urban, which might cause Urban's head to spontaneously combust). The new decade is going to have a completely different look and I have a feeling that there will be more recruiting violations from big name coaches. I just hope I didn't jinx the Big Ten for the next ten years! Thanks for the memories Peter, I loved the "Lean On Me" segment and Will Ferrell as your trainer. Good Luck with Hasselbeck's back, a crappy defense, and the rainy weather in Seattle.