USC 4-Pete

[mattvols]

SportsPickle.com - USC Ready for Shot at Historic Four-Peat

With less than two weeks until USC opens its 2006 season against Arkansas, head coach Pete Carroll has his players ready to take full advantage of the unique opportunity in front of them: becoming the first team in college football history to win four consecutive national titles. “All of the players and coaches are on the same page. We want this bad,” said Carroll. “Sure, some people doubt we can do it. They say we weren’t actually the official national champions in 2003. And that we didn’t even win a title last year. But that’s the kind of negative talk you have to push aside when you’re going for history. We have to stay positive and unified.”
Carroll said he is using the same motivational techniques he did last year when USC went after a highly-publicized three-peat that included a trip to the BCS title game against Texas.
“We had a lot of players on that team who had already tasted so much success – Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush, LenDale White – and we needed to create a little extra incentive for them,” said Carroll. “So I thought: ‘Hey, why not pretend we’ve won back-to-back championships and that we’re going for a third?’ Luckily, ESPN and the rest of the media went right along with it, and before we knew it our quest for a three-peat was the biggest story of the college football season. It was awesome. I even started to believe we were going for three in a row after a while.”
But while deep inside Carroll knows he only has a single national championship in his tenure at USC, his players and coaches honestly believe the Trojans could win four in a row this year.
“Yeah, it’s pretty funny. They have no idea that LSU won the BCS title in 2003, not us. And they’re in complete denial that we lost to Texas last year,” said Carroll. “After we got exposed in that game Matt Leinart said he still thought we were the better team. The adorable part is, these guys think that believing you’re the best is same as winning a national championship. And who am I to crush their hopes? Plus, pretending we’ve won back-to-back-to-back championships is great for recruiting. Kids will believe anything you tell them.”
Carroll says the most important part in winning a record fourth consecutive title won’t be determined so much by the performance of his team on the field as it will be by getting the media onboard with the USC hype machine again.
“As long as enough people believe something is true, it becomes true,” said Carroll. “That’s what happened last year. We need it to happen again.”
And luckily for Carroll, he’s already getting some to come over to his side.
“Take away one last minute drive and USC is holding the trophy last year,” said college football analyst Lee Corso. “So let’s not split hairs here. They more or less won that game. I mean, you say tomato, I say tomato. You say USC only has one national title, I say they’re about to get four in a row. Let’s not go and ruin what could be a great story with facts.”

this is a joke if your stupid and need me to tell you

[tvolsfan]

i think it is stupid to not count usc's 2003 title.

[kptvol]

Originally Posted by tvolsfan

i think it is stupid to not count usc's 2003 title.

It would be stupider to not count LSU's.

[therealUT]

Originally Posted by tvolsfan

i think it is stupid to not count usc's 2003 title.

I think it is BS that the AP did not uphold their end of the bargain in 2003. They signed on and agreed with the BCS criteria, did they not?

[hatvol96]

Originally Posted by therealUT

I think it is BS that the AP did not uphold their end of the bargain in 2003. They signed on and agreed with the BCS criteria, did they not?

No, they didn't. The coaches were the only ones stupid enough to sign up for the fraud that is the BCS.

[kptvol]

Originally Posted by hatvol96

No, they didn't. The coaches were the only ones stupid enough to sign up for the fraud that is the BCS.

I don't think it was a stupid move. The BCS is an improvement over the previous system. I mean, without the BCS, USC would have played Penn State in the Rose Bowl last year. They probably would have won, Texas and USC would share the national championship, and the media would have continued to praise last year's USC team as the greatest in college football history. However, I understand that the AP wouldn't want to diminish the strength of their poll by making it only a fraction of the deciding rankings.

[LetMeStay]

lol

[tvolsfan]

Originally Posted by kptvol

It would be stupider to not count LSU's.

their share counts too.

[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

But while deep inside Carroll knows he only has a single national championship in his tenure at USC, his players and coaches honestly believe the Trojans could win four in a row this year.
“Yeah, it’s pretty funny. They have no idea that LSU won the BCS title in 2003, not us. And they’re in complete denial that we lost to Texas last year,” said Carroll. “After we got exposed in that game Matt Leinart said he still thought we were the better team. The adorable part is, these guys think that believing you’re the best is same as winning a national championship. And who am I to crush their hopes? Plus, pretending we’ve won back-to-back-to-back championships is great for recruiting. Kids will believe anything you tell them.”
Carroll says the most important part in winning a record fourth consecutive title won’t be determined so much by the performance of his team on the field as it will be by getting the media onboard with the USC hype machine again.
“As long as enough people believe something is true, it becomes true,” said Carroll. “That’s what happened last year. We need it to happen again.”
And luckily for Carroll, he’s already getting some to come over to his side.
“Take away one last minute drive and USC is holding the trophy last year,” said college football analyst Lee Corso. “So let’s not split hairs here. They more or less won that game. I mean, you say tomato, I say tomato. You say USC only has one national title, I say they’re about to get four in a row. Let’s not go and ruin what could be a great story with facts.”

WOW! Almost winning counts as actually winning now. Sounds like the USC people have been taking lessons from the bammers on what counts as a national championship.

[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

Originally Posted by therealUT

I think it is BS that the AP did not uphold their end of the bargain in 2003. They signed on and agreed with the BCS criteria, did they not?

The AP never agreed to anything. They are free to vote however they want. The coaches poll is the only one required to vote for the winner of the bcs.

[milohimself]

Originally Posted by MyBloodRunnethOrange

WOW! Almost winning counts as actually winning now. Sounds like the USC people have been taking lessons from the bammers on what counts as a national championship.

You read the little disclaimer at the end of that post?

Pretty funny. Written by a still-bitter LSU fan, no doubt.

[kptvol]

Originally Posted by milohimself

You read the little disclaimer at the end of that post?

Pretty funny. Written by a still-bitter LSU fan, no doubt.

No, that guy on the sports pickle makes fun of everybody pretty equally. He manages to come up with some pretty hilarious stuff every now and then.

[milohimself]

Ah. Pretty good stuff anyhow.

[LetMeStay]

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