At both CU and UW, after Neuheisel ran out of players from his predecessor, the programs fell into decline and the coach was eventually run out of town under differing, dubious circumstances.”

I couldn’t have said it better myself. Come to think of it, I DID say it, in previous comments when Neuheisel was first hired. He inherits a relatively decent program, does well the first couple of years using the talent and training from the previous coach, and then leaves town just before everything falls to pieces.

At Washington he didn’t even have the good grace to resign when he was caught lying to the athletic director - twice - and to the NCAA. When they fired him he sued, alleging that he deserved his job back because some junior level flunky in the compliance office mistakenly told him that participating in a basketball pool was okay. She was probably thinking about a $5.00 office pool, Neuheisal argued that applied to high-stakes gambling for thousands of dollars which he first said went to charity, but later recanted when caught. And all this from a guy that brags about having a law degree?

Anyway, since he argued he should get his job back in the lawsuit against the U.W. and the NCAA, he put Univ. of Washington recruiting on the back-burner for an entire year. That year they could hardly sign a third-string player because nobody knew who would be the coach next year. That’s really classless, and shows that Neuheisal only cares about himself.

In the end Neuheisal walks away with a hefty settlement as the U.S. and NCAA both decided to put the pain behind them, and U.W. suffered NCAA sanctions (but not Neuheisal!), just as Colorado experienced after the end of his coaching tenure there.

So all I can say is UCLA, we tried to warn you. The evidence was well documented. But you got played by as slippery a character as ever existed.

He has five years to and nothing that has happened will changed that.

Only way he does not get five years is if he doesn’t beat SC in the next two years.

Losing to SC four years in a row is what got Toledo fired, and Skippy will be in a nuclear hot seat if he loses to SC four years in a row.

By the way Brooks, I’m a long time fan of your site, but your man love for Pete Carroll is starting to go over the top.

Why does this question always come up? Running the score up? Do the right thing? It’s SPORTS. USC DID show a certain level of respect by taking a knee and UCLA threw it right back in there face. Fine. Here. Have a touchdown.

“For every action, there is a greater or equal reaction….”

So I hope Pete and USC enjoyed their short-lived jolt of superiority. They have already given the Bruins several years worth of intense motivation as a natural result.

Memo to Pete: be an example not a warning

However surprised UCLA was with the play, it was the best pass of the night from a sad USC offense.