September 19, 2005
Southern Cal ruining college football?
You cannot blame Arkansas coaches for struggling to find the right words after the Trojans mauled them 70-17 this past Saturday night. But what do you make of UA defensive coordiator Reggie Herring's take on USC?
"They’re the best team I’ve ever seen," Arkansas defensive coordinator Reggie Herring said. "They need to hurry up and graduate, because if they don’t, they’re going to ruin college football."
Ruin college football? Come again?
There have been many dominant teams in the history of college football--and some arguably more dominant than the current USC squad--but I fail to see how any of them have "ruined" the game. Perhaps they ruined life for many mediocre coaching staffs struggling to hold onto their jobs, but you cannot say the game itself was tarnished.
Ignoring NCAA rules might ruin college football.
The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions has placed the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, on three years probation due to violations primarily centered around impermissible employment in Dallas of a number of men's basketball and football student-athletes. The case concerned violations of NCAA bylaws governing extra benefits, recruiting and financial aid.
Player-buying scandals might ruin college football.
Lang also told jurors that Arkansas offered him either an assistant coaching job worth more than $80,000 a year or $150,000 in cash if he delivered Means and another player.
Poor off-the-field player conduct might ruin college football.
Nutt has been criticized for a lack of discipline on his teams and a number of his student-athletes have had off-campus arrests for DUI and other offenses.
Superb and dominant play by the USC Trojans will not ruin college football.
Now, to be sure, I expect that Herring was using hyperbole when discussing the Trojans' talent. And you have to credit the Razorbacks for taking on Pete Carroll's squad on a day when fellow SEC teams were playing the likes of Ball State, Indiana, Louisiana-Monroe, and Tulane in non-conference tilts.
However, if the idiots that run college football and the BCS haven't ruined it, I don't expect the Trojans OR the Razorbacks to be able to ruin it, either.
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