Sully Talking Stuff

USC: Oops & Oh oh… What we knew would be tough for SC to overcome has begun…. early and already! Devon Kennard (19 starts), who is, at least, arguably, SC’s best D-lineman, injured his pectoral muscle while weight lifting and could miss the entire season! Many believe the Trojans have the best 22 (starters) in the country, but they are still feeling the effects of scholarship reductions and have 75, not the full compliment of 85 players on athletic scholarship! Kennard’s backup is a sophomore, George Uko, who has a total of 2 starts in this career (Washington & Oregon), but he did appear in all 12 games last year. That said, do not feel to bad for SC, while Uko has not started very often for Troy, his list of high school accolades circles the block more than once.  I wonder where the substance of the conversation between SC’s strength coach and Lane Kiffin, SC’s head coach was centered …. “This happens again…. you’ll be looking for work, accidents happen we got to push ’em, or Kiffin saying ….  !@#&*^&*”. Just wondering.

Silas Redd: Redd, a Penn State running back met with Lane Kiffin for three hours on Thursday and is flying to California today (Saturday) for a tour of Southern Cal’s Campus. A decision, for Redd to stay or go, could come as early as this weekend. A tough spot for a guy to be in, do you go and have a shot at a national championship or stay loyal to teammates and University, while being both innocent of and punished for something that happened a decade ago!

NCAA: The only misstep that I see with what the NCAA rained down on PSU is that they have allowed universities to initially contact current PSU players (per NCAA bylaw 13.1.1.3.3 all the schools have to do is notify PSU). I think first contact should be a player’s decision and solely the athlete’s determination…. and any institution that violates this should be hammered! Some of these schools’ behavior makes them look more like a combination of a lurking vulture / hooting owl rather than emulating the majesty of a soaring eagle. This type of behavior is certainly not a source of dignity or pride for higher education! Is this not more of the same moral bankruptcy that derailed PSU? Win at all costs?… Ethics be damned?…. Football first? This sounds/feels a lot like what let to the Penn State debacle in the first place. I, for one, was pleased to see @ least two Big Ten Schools steped up (Wisconsin & Northwestern)  saying “we will not recruit the current roster of the Nittany Lions.” I did not know that Badgers and Cats could soar… but I do now!!!!

Texas: David Ash, the Longhorn starting QB for 2012, strained his hamstring and now, like the rest of the American population is …. day to day! Many Texas fans were hoping that Mack Brown, Horns’ Head Coach, would stop playing musical chairs with his quarterbacks and install Ash (1068 passing yards and 4 TDs to 8 INT) as the starter over Case McCoy (1045 passing yards and 7 TD’s to 4 INT). Even though the numbers do not seem to warrant Ash over McCoy… Mack made the move! The injury is not expected to slow down Ash, but given the circumstances of a year ago, it has made the national news and caused a few stampedes around Austin!