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•Football Schedule•Basketball Schedule•Forum•About•ContactDid anybody else see the story about USC getting fined for deflating the football after they had been approved by the officials? And does anybody buy that Kiffin didn't have anything to do with it?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/11/08/usc-fined-deflated-game-...
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Just saw this in Buckshots...my bad.
Death Penalty.
Swapping jerseys, deflaiting baslls... and they still cant win?
you think 2 all american receivers wouldn't need the balls to be deflated to catch them
It was one thing to cheat by paying recruits, it's another thing all together to actually pull shennanigans like this to win. USC has become a real clown show out there. Say what you want about surfer Pete but he never had to resort to tactics like that to win, his teams were just that good.
While it is plausible that it could be a rouge student assistant, I can't help but feel that he was told to do it by somebody. Why risk your job for no measurable gain without being told?
"Because the rules won't let you go for three." - Woody Hayes
THE Ohio State University
USC...? Cheating...? Noooooooooooo
What kind of sick b@stard is gonna take air out of his balls. Leave it to a Californian!!
Does this really surprise anyone? And does anyone really believe the guy did it by himself? No.
JT
Resident USC fan on another board says this happens everywhere. OK.
vacuuming sucks
Isn't that what fans of all teams say when they get caught? tsun fans claimed the extra practice time was a witch hunt since everyone does it. Wouldn't that be Projection, according to Dr Freud?
Kiffen and U$C
Peanut Butter and Jelly
Abbott and Costello
Boggy and Bacall
Beer, Sports, Wings
They are a perfect match
And they call us cheaters....hehehehe. what do call this?
Was it Kiffin? No probaly not directly but it was definitely a member of his staff much higher up than a student manager trusted by Kiffin to make decisions. Definitely goes higher than a rogue student manager.
From someone who knows from working with those guys (student equipment managers); their balls (pun wasn't originally intended but it fits) were honestly on the chopping block if anything happened to the game balls.
oh well, probably does happen at more places than USC. Not the biggest deal, probably the equivalent of the spit ball or the pine tar bat...silly cheating, but still cheating for a competitive advantage
"They don't know what they don't know." - Coach Mick
Thats not good when you have to mess with your balls to gain an advantage in football.
Someone didn't have any cofidence in their USC team playing the Ducks
O H I O is the Buckeye State
Wow.... That's pretty sketchy. I didn't realize each team played only with their own game balls.
No chance that the student manager did it on his own. Deliberate cheating to gain an advantage in play. Tell me again how bad tatoos are...?
"The time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect." - Woody Hayes
As a former student equipment manager for a D1 basketball program, I can assure you that there's not 1 single manager who would risk his career (most guys do it for connections in coaching) by pulling a stunt on their own. These guys are "yes men" to the fullest extent! they do exactly what they're told, and make absolutely no decisions. If they wanted those balls deflated, he'd do it. If nobody told him to....not a chance in hell and this is a coverup at its finest. Not saying Kiffen knew, but a receiver, grad assistant, coordinator...yeah, somebody made that call.
"Have you earned your buckeye today?"
I've always assumed all balls shrink when it gets cold, no?
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