During the course of Southern Cal’s hearings in front of the NCAA last month, the governing body of college sports placed a gag order on all involved. Thus, there was very little news to come out of the hearings and even fewer legitimate guesstimations as to what sanctions USC will or won’t face for Reggie Bush‘s alleged acceptance of illegal benefits while at the school.
On Saturday, two months after unexpectedly walking away from the Trojans for the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, Pete Carroll was back in Los Angeles to speak to runners on the eve of the Los Angeles Marathon.
Needless to say, he was asked by ESPN.com‘s Arash Markazi about the hearings, which Carroll attended. And, needless to say, the ex-coach thinks the process went in such a way that it could end with a favorable result for his former school.
“Everything went very well,” Carroll said. “I think the university did everything they could to put all of the truth and information out there in front of the committee and I think everyone there felt good about the process. There are still some issues that need to be determined in the next month or so, but I don’t think we could have done any better than what we did.”Carroll says he believes USC will be fine after the rulings are revealed and will be glad when the cloud of suspicion that has been hanging over the football program for the past four years has cleared.
“It wasn’t a very difficult process, it was a just matter of validating the information that had already been turned in because we had already done everything we could do beforehand,” Carroll said. “There were some questions that the committee asked that I was glad they asked. I was glad I was there to help out because there was some stuff nobody else could have answered and nobody else could have commented on but the head football coach so I’m glad I was there to contribute and more than anything to help the university.
“I realized after getting there and then hearing the nature of the questioning that came about that it was necessary for me to be there. I felt good that I was able to serve the school one more time there.”
A final decision by the NCAA is not expected until the end of April at the earliest.
Translation: USC is screwed but I won’t have to deal with any of it. Muhahahahaha
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