Pete Carroll talks about his days at Ohio State

Ohio State @ USC
Saturday, September 13 - 8:00 EST
USC -11.5 - The Los Angeles Coliseum

Here are the Ohio State game notes...

Ohio State Game Notes

Here are the USC game notes...

USC Game Notes

Rob Oller of the Columbus Dispatch writes about the deep differences between Ohio State and USC... "The obvious answer, understood by anyone who was around during the 1970s, is that USC broke more OSU hearts than anyone not named Schembechler. Three times during that decade, Ohio State lost a piece of the national championship by losing to the Trojans in the Rose Bowl. The less obvious but still accurate answer is that while OSU vs. Michigan is a border dispute, OSU vs. USC is a clash of cultures." ...

Rob Oller

Doug Lesmerises of The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer writes about the similarities between Pete Carroll and Jim Tressel... "But there's a lot to be said for the right man at the right time for the right job. Asked Tuesday, both head coaches downplayed the differences, but when talking about the hiring process for college coaches last year, Tressel admitted that a regional familiarity was important. You need to know how a place works." ...

Doug Lesmerises

Bill Plaschke of The Los Angeles Times writes about how he is tired of hearing about the Buckeyes... "I'm sick of annually watching them awkwardly slog their way to the top of the polls by winning a conference that has become college football's version of the International League. And, yeah, at the end of that 2002 national championship game against Miami? Bad call. That was not pass interference. Period." ...

Bill Plaschke

Pete Thamel of The New York Times writes how the Buckeyes are looking forward to redeeming themselves on the national stage... "For Tressel, whose button-up nature does not make him prone to caring much about perception, the biggest disappointment of those losses in the title game was how poorly Ohio State played." ...

Pete Thamel

Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated about the difference between Pete Carroll and Gentleman Jim... "Start with the most basic premise -- their sideline demeanor. Tressel is the picture of solemnity in his sweater vest and glasses, his expression no different after a touchdown than after an incompletion. Carroll, either in golf shirt or sweatshirt, is the amped-up teenager trapped in a 56-year-old's body, pumping his fist after big plays and slapping players' butts as they come off the field." ...

Stewart Mandel

Many don't know that USC head coach was once an assistant at Ohio State...in fact, he was an assistant on the 1980 staff that lost to USC in the Rose Bowl when Charles White dove over the top for the winning TD...enjoy this 1:50 clip...