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	<title>Comments on: USC student manager fired for deflating game balls against Oregon</title>
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		<title>By: kozbee</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kozbee]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOL Kiffin does it again,always looking for a way to win when he cant.Kiffin has more air in his azz then in his footballs.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL Kiffin does it again,always looking for a way to win when he cant.Kiffin has more air in his azz then in his footballs.</p>
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		<title>By: clemsonstillsucks</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[clemsonstillsucks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 05:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOL

The best part - he had to go to the Oregon sideline to find someone to show him how to do it. 

I reckon when you need advice - go to the professionals...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL</p>
<p>The best part &#8211; he had to go to the Oregon sideline to find someone to show him how to do it. </p>
<p>I reckon when you need advice &#8211; go to the professionals&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: papabush88</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[papabush88]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 01:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frank booth

California may be liberal but USC sure as hell isn&#039;t. Trust me. People that vote for Obama obviously don&#039;t care about keeping their well earned money and therefore cannot afford tuition at USC.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Frank booth</p>
<p>California may be liberal but USC sure as hell isn&#8217;t. Trust me. People that vote for Obama obviously don&#8217;t care about keeping their well earned money and therefore cannot afford tuition at USC.</p>
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		<title>By: frank booth</title>
		<link>http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/08/usc-student-manager-fired-for-deflating-game-balls-against-oregon/#comment-110643</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank booth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe the USC students out of liberal California are now working for the Democratic Party, helping to cover up things such as the Benghazi debacle.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe the USC students out of liberal California are now working for the Democratic Party, helping to cover up things such as the Benghazi debacle.</p>
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		<title>By: maverick2560</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[maverick2560]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past former USC students who had an ability for such trickery moved on and worked on the Richard Nixon reelection campaign  
(CREEP). Once there they noy only continued to pull campaign dirty tricks and learned to coverup illegal activity. I wonder if the Republican Party is looking for help.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the past former USC students who had an ability for such trickery moved on and worked on the Richard Nixon reelection campaign<br />
(CREEP). Once there they noy only continued to pull campaign dirty tricks and learned to coverup illegal activity. I wonder if the Republican Party is looking for help.</p>
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		<title>By: dexterismyhero</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They fired the kid. 

He is delivering pizzas now. 

In a BRAND NEW BMW!!!!!!

Boom..................]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They fired the kid. </p>
<p>He is delivering pizzas now. </p>
<p>In a BRAND NEW BMW!!!!!!</p>
<p>Boom&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: cometkazie</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cometkazie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[houndofthebaskervols says:
Nov 9, 2012 1:09 AM
LOL I don’t even know what the hell you’re talking about. Why would I say anything bad about the league? But LSU and Georgia are fair game.
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LSU and UGa along with the Mississippi schools are the only ones you don&#039;t have kin from

I guess if the Miss. schools were relevant, they would be fair game, too.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>houndofthebaskervols says:<br />
Nov 9, 2012 1:09 AM<br />
LOL I don’t even know what the hell you’re talking about. Why would I say anything bad about the league? But LSU and Georgia are fair game.<br />
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<p>LSU and UGa along with the Mississippi schools are the only ones you don&#8217;t have kin from</p>
<p>I guess if the Miss. schools were relevant, they would be fair game, too. <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: cranespy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cranespy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lame Kitten will do or say anything.  Give him two years max.....he will implode at USC!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lame Kitten will do or say anything.  Give him two years max&#8230;..he will implode at USC!</p>
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		<title>By: norcalirish</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[norcalirish]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROFLMAO

u
suckas
cheatin

usc is a JOKE!!!!

Go Irish Go]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ROFLMAO</p>
<p>u<br />
suckas<br />
cheatin</p>
<p>usc is a JOKE!!!!</p>
<p>Go Irish Go</p>
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		<title>By: frank booth</title>
		<link>http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/08/usc-student-manager-fired-for-deflating-game-balls-against-oregon/#comment-110549</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank booth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t understand why USC fans think that everyone is jealous of and hates USC.  It may be the case that a lot of people on the West Coast hate USC, but as far as the Midwest and other parts of the country go, I just don&#039;t see it.  There are a lot of other successful programs that garner more attention than USC.

As Lane Kiffin goes, he&#039;s a scumbag and is worthy of the ire.  It&#039;s perfectly logical to think that he was aware of what was going on with the footballs.

I don&#039;t hate USC, but I don&#039;t really like them, but it&#039;s really more because of an arrogant fandom and their coach.  Matt Barkley is the beneficiary of two great wide receivers who rack up huge yards after the catch.  We had to listen to their big mouth fans on these boards tell us how USC was going to crush everyone this year, so of course it&#039;s fun to see them whining now.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t understand why USC fans think that everyone is jealous of and hates USC.  It may be the case that a lot of people on the West Coast hate USC, but as far as the Midwest and other parts of the country go, I just don&#8217;t see it.  There are a lot of other successful programs that garner more attention than USC.</p>
<p>As Lane Kiffin goes, he&#8217;s a scumbag and is worthy of the ire.  It&#8217;s perfectly logical to think that he was aware of what was going on with the footballs.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t hate USC, but I don&#8217;t really like them, but it&#8217;s really more because of an arrogant fandom and their coach.  Matt Barkley is the beneficiary of two great wide receivers who rack up huge yards after the catch.  We had to listen to their big mouth fans on these boards tell us how USC was going to crush everyone this year, so of course it&#8217;s fun to see them whining now.</p>
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		<title>By: houndofthebaskervols</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[houndofthebaskervols]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Communistkazie

&quot;Dont say anything bad about the SEC at family reunions right?&quot;

LOL I don&#039;t even know what the hell you&#039;re talking about. Why would I say anything bad about the league? But LSU and Georgia are fair game.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At Communistkazie</p>
<p>&#8220;Dont say anything bad about the SEC at family reunions right?&#8221;</p>
<p>LOL I don&#8217;t even know what the hell you&#8217;re talking about. Why would I say anything bad about the league? But LSU and Georgia are fair game.</p>
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		<title>By: cometkazie</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cometkazie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 03:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[houndofthebaskervols says:
Nov 8, 2012 7:25 PM
At papabush, calling you a whiner is not name calling, its a statement of fact.

And yes I do speak for the whole league. I have degrees from UT and Vandy. My kids graduated from Auburn, my dad graduated from Alabama, my brother went to Florida, and my wife is a South Carolina grad. So yes, I speak for everybody. LOL
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And don&#039;t say anything bad about the SEC at family reunions, right?

Y&#039;all have a great tradition going.  Congratulations!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>houndofthebaskervols says:<br />
Nov 8, 2012 7:25 PM<br />
At papabush, calling you a whiner is not name calling, its a statement of fact.</p>
<p>And yes I do speak for the whole league. I have degrees from UT and Vandy. My kids graduated from Auburn, my dad graduated from Alabama, my brother went to Florida, and my wife is a South Carolina grad. So yes, I speak for everybody. LOL<br />
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<p>And don&#8217;t say anything bad about the SEC at family reunions, right?</p>
<p>Y&#8217;all have a great tradition going.  Congratulations!</p>
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		<title>By: thekatman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[thekatman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You SC haters are spending way too much energy on this.  Why not focus on how the presidential election was stolen from the American people.
http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/did-this-dirty-trick-get-obama-elected/ 

This more important than some dumb-ass kid, on schollie even, screwing around with the balls. For all we know Oregon paid him handsomely to do it, and it wouldn&#039;t surprise me if he attends anther school in January, in the SEC.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You SC haters are spending way too much energy on this.  Why not focus on how the presidential election was stolen from the American people.<br />
<a href="http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/did-this-dirty-trick-get-obama-elected/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/did-this-dirty-trick-get-obama-elected/</a> </p>
<p>This more important than some dumb-ass kid, on schollie even, screwing around with the balls. For all we know Oregon paid him handsomely to do it, and it wouldn&#8217;t surprise me if he attends anther school in January, in the SEC.</p>
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		<title>By: pricecube</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pricecube]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lane Kiffin is attempting to employ plausible deniability. Unfortunately for him it is entirely implausible that a student manager would do such a thing completely of their own volition. It also fits a pattern of not only bending but going a step too far and breaking the rules. 

I cannot believe USC hired this ass clown when they were just coming through the Reggie Bush scandal. Stupid. The only thing good I can say about Kiffin is that he recruits like hell. Speaking of which... given his penchant for cheating... it makes one wonder what he and Ogeron are doing.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lane Kiffin is attempting to employ plausible deniability. Unfortunately for him it is entirely implausible that a student manager would do such a thing completely of their own volition. It also fits a pattern of not only bending but going a step too far and breaking the rules. </p>
<p>I cannot believe USC hired this ass clown when they were just coming through the Reggie Bush scandal. Stupid. The only thing good I can say about Kiffin is that he recruits like hell. Speaking of which&#8230; given his penchant for cheating&#8230; it makes one wonder what he and Ogeron are doing.</p>
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		<title>By: houndofthebaskervols</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[houndofthebaskervols]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At papabush, calling you a whiner is not name calling, its a statement of fact.

And yes I do speak for the whole league. I have degrees from UT and Vandy. My kids graduated from Auburn, my dad graduated from Alabama, my brother went to Florida, and my wife is a South Carolina grad. So yes, I speak for everybody. LOL

Quit yer whining, nobody hates USC east of the MI Crooked Letter, we just dont like Kiffin. So stop being such a crybaby. &quot;Oooooh oooooh, you guys are so mean. Waaaaahhhhh.&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At papabush, calling you a whiner is not name calling, its a statement of fact.</p>
<p>And yes I do speak for the whole league. I have degrees from UT and Vandy. My kids graduated from Auburn, my dad graduated from Alabama, my brother went to Florida, and my wife is a South Carolina grad. So yes, I speak for everybody. LOL</p>
<p>Quit yer whining, nobody hates USC east of the MI Crooked Letter, we just dont like Kiffin. So stop being such a crybaby. &#8220;Oooooh oooooh, you guys are so mean. Waaaaahhhhh.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: cometkazie</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cometkazie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[givemeglenn says:
Nov 8, 2012 1:57 PM
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I appreciate your insight, gmg.  Thanks for posting.

I am just waiting for Deb to give us her thoughts on this.]]></description>
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Nov 8, 2012 1:57 PM<br />
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<p>I appreciate your insight, gmg.  Thanks for posting.</p>
<p>I am just waiting for Deb to give us her thoughts on this.</p>
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		<title>By: jimbo75025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jimbo75025]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@papabush

To the contrary.  While I was not a rabid USC fan previously, I did indeed watch most of their games and actually owned quite a few pieces of memorabilia.  Yes, I do believe USC somewhat got a raw deal with the whole Reggie Bush thing, but the straw that broke the camels back for me was the hiring of Lane (if you ain&#039;t cheatin&#039; , you ain&#039;t tryin&#039; ) Kiffen.  To have the arrogance to be under NCAA scrutiny and still make that hire?  Just rubbed me the wrong way shall we say.

In terms of my respect for Monte Kiffen, I have the ability to distance the recent on field performance of ones charges from the whole of a man.  Monte had always seemed to be quite a classy guy in addition to being one of those old school guys who would sooner chew off his own arm rather than allow positive offensive yardage during a game. The apple certainly seems to have fallen quite far from the tree in this case.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@papabush</p>
<p>To the contrary.  While I was not a rabid USC fan previously, I did indeed watch most of their games and actually owned quite a few pieces of memorabilia.  Yes, I do believe USC somewhat got a raw deal with the whole Reggie Bush thing, but the straw that broke the camels back for me was the hiring of Lane (if you ain&#8217;t cheatin&#8217; , you ain&#8217;t tryin&#8217; ) Kiffen.  To have the arrogance to be under NCAA scrutiny and still make that hire?  Just rubbed me the wrong way shall we say.</p>
<p>In terms of my respect for Monte Kiffen, I have the ability to distance the recent on field performance of ones charges from the whole of a man.  Monte had always seemed to be quite a classy guy in addition to being one of those old school guys who would sooner chew off his own arm rather than allow positive offensive yardage during a game. The apple certainly seems to have fallen quite far from the tree in this case.</p>
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		<title>By: daubs17</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[daubs17]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gee I wonder who&#039;s really behind this? An assistant/ball boy who stands to gain zero from doing this? Or the USC football program, who stand to lose football games and $$$?

When Lane Kiffin is involved, you have to assume where theres smoke, theres fire. Not that its obvious that the ball boy was instructed to do this anyhow.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gee I wonder who&#8217;s really behind this? An assistant/ball boy who stands to gain zero from doing this? Or the USC football program, who stand to lose football games and $$$?</p>
<p>When Lane Kiffin is involved, you have to assume where theres smoke, theres fire. Not that its obvious that the ball boy was instructed to do this anyhow.</p>
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		<title>By: thekatman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[thekatman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh please, kid. It&#039;s not about Oregon.
Oregon is certainly beatable, no doubt about it.
They have a system that they run very well, but it is not complicated, just confusing, and that&#039;s what makes it tough to defend against, but any good offense can kick it.  USC put more points on the board than any team has done since the Ducks became a better opponent.

The offense is phenominal, but it is 6 plays designed for 3 options.

The defense, well they&#039;re not as good on defense as their offense is on offense.  The issue is to put up more points than their offense.....  USC did beat Oregon last yea, and actually had the oppty to do it again this year, but 3 USC turnovers gave the game away, in addition to poor Pac-12 officiating.  Not making excuses for USCs; blunders, but we have to take the outcome of the game away from the refs.  Congrats on a great win, but hey..... it ain&#039;t all about Ducks in the Pac-12.  See you on Nov 30th.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh please, kid. It&#8217;s not about Oregon.<br />
Oregon is certainly beatable, no doubt about it.<br />
They have a system that they run very well, but it is not complicated, just confusing, and that&#8217;s what makes it tough to defend against, but any good offense can kick it.  USC put more points on the board than any team has done since the Ducks became a better opponent.</p>
<p>The offense is phenominal, but it is 6 plays designed for 3 options.</p>
<p>The defense, well they&#8217;re not as good on defense as their offense is on offense.  The issue is to put up more points than their offense&#8230;..  USC did beat Oregon last yea, and actually had the oppty to do it again this year, but 3 USC turnovers gave the game away, in addition to poor Pac-12 officiating.  Not making excuses for USCs; blunders, but we have to take the outcome of the game away from the refs.  Congrats on a great win, but hey&#8230;.. it ain&#8217;t all about Ducks in the Pac-12.  See you on Nov 30th.</p>
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		<title>By: th56</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cal faking injuries, Stanford not cutting the grass, USC doctoring the ball. It&#039;s getting comical the things teams are resorting to to get an advantage on Oregon. I wonder what the next thing will be?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cal faking injuries, Stanford not cutting the grass, USC doctoring the ball. It&#8217;s getting comical the things teams are resorting to to get an advantage on Oregon. I wonder what the next thing will be?</p>
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		<title>By: thekatman</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey papabush.. why are you bothering trying to have an intelligent and thoughtful discussion with these losers?  It was determined that the balls were not in play during the game. 

Haters will hate, that&#039;s just their nature.  They&#039;e got nothing else better to do with their lives than hate people, places, things, events, programs, whatever... that they care to hate.  These folks are just jealous and actually quite insignificant in their lives, hence the hatred of USC.  Hecjk, they probably hate their job, their wife, their girlfriend, boyfriend combo... 

Hell, even Larry scott hates SC, hence the lousy quality of the Pac-12 referees.  Their penalty calls would never be allowed in the SEC.  and their non-calls calls against USC opponents speaks for itself.

USC just has to play significantly better than anyone other team in order to keep the refs out of the game, to where they can&#039;t interfere by calling useless penalties against USC or not calling penalties against the other teams.
Yes, Kiffin needs a true OC on the team, so he can manage the game better, and his dad has to gracefully retire..after the season.

Hey haters out there....   USC 56 UCLA 21 coming to The Rose Bowl near you next weekend.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey papabush.. why are you bothering trying to have an intelligent and thoughtful discussion with these losers?  It was determined that the balls were not in play during the game. </p>
<p>Haters will hate, that&#8217;s just their nature.  They&#8217;e got nothing else better to do with their lives than hate people, places, things, events, programs, whatever&#8230; that they care to hate.  These folks are just jealous and actually quite insignificant in their lives, hence the hatred of USC.  Hecjk, they probably hate their job, their wife, their girlfriend, boyfriend combo&#8230; </p>
<p>Hell, even Larry scott hates SC, hence the lousy quality of the Pac-12 referees.  Their penalty calls would never be allowed in the SEC.  and their non-calls calls against USC opponents speaks for itself.</p>
<p>USC just has to play significantly better than anyone other team in order to keep the refs out of the game, to where they can&#8217;t interfere by calling useless penalties against USC or not calling penalties against the other teams.<br />
Yes, Kiffin needs a true OC on the team, so he can manage the game better, and his dad has to gracefully retire..after the season.</p>
<p>Hey haters out there&#8230;.   USC 56 UCLA 21 coming to The Rose Bowl near you next weekend.</p>
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		<title>By: papabush88</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[defending Carroll from* haters]]></description>
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		<title>By: papabush88</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@houndofthebaskervols

Real mature. You&#039;ve resorted to name-calling. 

It&#039;s not just other SEC teams that hate Saban...I&#039;ve heard a lot of hate from several people about people hating Alabama. I don&#039;t quite know how you are telling me that what I experienced back in the Carroll days didn&#039;t happen. I clearly remember it. I was always defending Carroll haters which I never understood. Carroll was such a likeable guy, unlike Kiff. But anti-USC people HATED Carroll. How are you speaking for the entire SEC? Did you go to the University of the SEC? I&#039;ve heard LSU fans ON THIS WEBSITE call Saban, Nick Satan. And call him many other things like a cheater who holds the football program higher than anything else. So, I don&#039;t know what you&#039;re talking about. I respect Saban, but that&#039;s because I&#039;m a USC fan. And when you are a fan of a powerful program, you may not like other powerful programs (ND, Alabama) but you resepct them.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@houndofthebaskervols</p>
<p>Real mature. You&#8217;ve resorted to name-calling. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s not just other SEC teams that hate Saban&#8230;I&#8217;ve heard a lot of hate from several people about people hating Alabama. I don&#8217;t quite know how you are telling me that what I experienced back in the Carroll days didn&#8217;t happen. I clearly remember it. I was always defending Carroll haters which I never understood. Carroll was such a likeable guy, unlike Kiff. But anti-USC people HATED Carroll. How are you speaking for the entire SEC? Did you go to the University of the SEC? I&#8217;ve heard LSU fans ON THIS WEBSITE call Saban, Nick Satan. And call him many other things like a cheater who holds the football program higher than anything else. So, I don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re talking about. I respect Saban, but that&#8217;s because I&#8217;m a USC fan. And when you are a fan of a powerful program, you may not like other powerful programs (ND, Alabama) but you resepct them.</p>
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		<title>By: houndofthebaskervols</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a Tennessee fan, all I can say is..... Bwaahahahahahahahahahahahaha. This is some of the best free entertainment in all of sports. 

And Dear Papabush aka. Lil Pissy Whiner {LPW}, speaking for the SEC, which unfortunately for you is the only opinion that matters, we don&#039;t &quot;despise&quot; Alabama, and I don&#039;t know anybody that hates USC. Why should we? Kiffin... well he&#039;s a different matter altogether, but nobody had an issue with Pete Carroll or his teams I can assure you.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a Tennessee fan, all I can say is&#8230;.. Bwaahahahahahahahahahahahaha. This is some of the best free entertainment in all of sports. </p>
<p>And Dear Papabush aka. Lil Pissy Whiner {LPW}, speaking for the SEC, which unfortunately for you is the only opinion that matters, we don&#8217;t &#8220;despise&#8221; Alabama, and I don&#8217;t know anybody that hates USC. Why should we? Kiffin&#8230; well he&#8217;s a different matter altogether, but nobody had an issue with Pete Carroll or his teams I can assure you.</p>
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		<title>By: papabush88</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alabama is nationally despised. Notre Dame too. Programs like these are hated everywhere. I&#039;ve seen more places call him Nick Satan than I&#039;ve seen Nick Saban. People are just jealous of Saban and Alabama. Reggie took money from a non-USC affiliated agent. USC did not cheat. There was an entire investigation and the NCAA concluded that USC had no idea Reggie was doing this. You can blow out of proportion the student manager incident but you will look ridiculous doing it. Besides, Reggie was an afterthought for the 2004 team. That team was dominant without him. I remember 2002-2009 very vividly. People hated USC before the Reggie scandal even broke. Don&#039;t try and pull a fast one on me. Even growing up in the 90s, people hated USC and USC wasn&#039;t even good then. USC is the Darth Vader of CFB. That&#039;s ok...Darth sold the most lunchboxes]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alabama is nationally despised. Notre Dame too. Programs like these are hated everywhere. I&#8217;ve seen more places call him Nick Satan than I&#8217;ve seen Nick Saban. People are just jealous of Saban and Alabama. Reggie took money from a non-USC affiliated agent. USC did not cheat. There was an entire investigation and the NCAA concluded that USC had no idea Reggie was doing this. You can blow out of proportion the student manager incident but you will look ridiculous doing it. Besides, Reggie was an afterthought for the 2004 team. That team was dominant without him. I remember 2002-2009 very vividly. People hated USC before the Reggie scandal even broke. Don&#8217;t try and pull a fast one on me. Even growing up in the 90s, people hated USC and USC wasn&#8217;t even good then. USC is the Darth Vader of CFB. That&#8217;s ok&#8230;Darth sold the most lunchboxes</p>
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		<title>By: loadofwashmother</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come on man! The center knew, the qb knew, the Rb knew, the receivers knew and  everyone knew! Seriously very simple one of them would have complained but they didn&#039;t because they knew 
We are talking about USCheaters ! 
Talking about USC ! Feel like going on a rant like allen iverson about practice!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Come on man! The center knew, the qb knew, the Rb knew, the receivers knew and  everyone knew! Seriously very simple one of them would have complained but they didn&#8217;t because they knew<br />
We are talking about USCheaters !<br />
Talking about USC ! Feel like going on a rant like allen iverson about practice!</p>
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		<title>By: ampatsisahypocrite</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[papabush88 says:
Nov 8, 2012 1:18 PM
@jimbo75025

The fact that you find joy in the failures of a team obviously means that you have a hidden jealousy. USC is probably the most hated program in the country
--------------------------------------------

That may be, but not for the reasons you want it to be. People hate USC not because they win (or else Alabama would be nationally despised) but because of their sheer, naked corruption. Whether it&#039;s Reggie Bush, capitalizing on Sandusky&#039;s actions, or Kiffin&#039;s many dirty tricks,
people see through the facade. And smell the stink. YOU want to think it&#039;s the old &quot;you&#039;re just jealous of our winning,&quot; but that of course is a convenient fantasy.

USC = where even the ball boys cheat.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>papabush88 says:<br />
Nov 8, 2012 1:18 PM<br />
@jimbo75025</p>
<p>The fact that you find joy in the failures of a team obviously means that you have a hidden jealousy. USC is probably the most hated program in the country<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p>That may be, but not for the reasons you want it to be. People hate USC not because they win (or else Alabama would be nationally despised) but because of their sheer, naked corruption. Whether it&#8217;s Reggie Bush, capitalizing on Sandusky&#8217;s actions, or Kiffin&#8217;s many dirty tricks,<br />
people see through the facade. And smell the stink. YOU want to think it&#8217;s the old &#8220;you&#8217;re just jealous of our winning,&#8221; but that of course is a convenient fantasy.</p>
<p>USC = where even the ball boys cheat.</p>
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		<title>By: onceuponatimeinsports</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If this had happened at Penn St. Joepa would just have looked the other way....]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If this had happened at Penn St. Joepa would just have looked the other way&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: givemeglenn</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I should have added these guys &quot;knew&quot; the balls were under inflated because they would have felt different than a properly inflated ball; one they would have even been using during practices. It would have been VERY obvious, and someone should have said something right away so the problem could have been resolved right away.

As far as they knew, the first time they encountered a ball that was under inflated, it may have had a slow leak, and it needed to be re-pumped. However, as soon as they found a second ball that was under inflated, it was one of two things, it was either intentional or they were using a broken gauge, and they needed to get a replacement immediately.

Neither of these things happened so this tells me this was an intentional act.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I should have added these guys &#8220;knew&#8221; the balls were under inflated because they would have felt different than a properly inflated ball; one they would have even been using during practices. It would have been VERY obvious, and someone should have said something right away so the problem could have been resolved right away.</p>
<p>As far as they knew, the first time they encountered a ball that was under inflated, it may have had a slow leak, and it needed to be re-pumped. However, as soon as they found a second ball that was under inflated, it was one of two things, it was either intentional or they were using a broken gauge, and they needed to get a replacement immediately.</p>
<p>Neither of these things happened so this tells me this was an intentional act.</p>
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		<title>By: givemeglenn</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was a student manager at a large program in college and I can assure you they know what the balls are supposed to be pumped to as are the players and coaches.

I might add that each team has their own ball held on their sideline for when their offense comes on the field, and they &quot;toss them around,&quot; and punt and receive them prior to the game during warmups, with players AND Coaches.

So either the balls were deflated AFTER the team went back into their locker room after warmups and before coming back on the field, which would have happened in plain sight, or they were using deflated balls during their warmups.

Finally, student managers also receive athletic scholarships (I ended with a full scholarship) so the thought of losing it, as well as knowing their University was already under the microscope with the NCAA and anything else, even something like this, could look really, really bad and it would potentially make him, personally, a Pariah at the University if this event turned out to to add more penalties, I HIGHLY doubt he would have done this without a coach having some direct knowledge, given his permission, or perhaps even made the suggestion or request.

In other words, I think this kid &quot;took one&quot; for the team...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was a student manager at a large program in college and I can assure you they know what the balls are supposed to be pumped to as are the players and coaches.</p>
<p>I might add that each team has their own ball held on their sideline for when their offense comes on the field, and they &#8220;toss them around,&#8221; and punt and receive them prior to the game during warmups, with players AND Coaches.</p>
<p>So either the balls were deflated AFTER the team went back into their locker room after warmups and before coming back on the field, which would have happened in plain sight, or they were using deflated balls during their warmups.</p>
<p>Finally, student managers also receive athletic scholarships (I ended with a full scholarship) so the thought of losing it, as well as knowing their University was already under the microscope with the NCAA and anything else, even something like this, could look really, really bad and it would potentially make him, personally, a Pariah at the University if this event turned out to to add more penalties, I HIGHLY doubt he would have done this without a coach having some direct knowledge, given his permission, or perhaps even made the suggestion or request.</p>
<p>In other words, I think this kid &#8220;took one&#8221; for the team&#8230;</p>
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