O'Strien Unimpressed with Carroll

Sure he's 69-8 with 6 straight conference titles, 2 Rose Bowl victories, 2 Orange Bowl victories and 2 National Championships over his last six years at USC. Pete Carroll doesn't impress me. In fact, I'm more impressed with the Carol played by Horatio Sanz on SNL than the Carroll strutting the sidelines in L.A.



Nobody brings up his 10-6 loss against NCAA football powerhouse Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl back in 2001. Nor does anyone mention his highly mediocre 33-31 NFL coaching record. And that 2005 Rose Bowl loss to Texas, a "fluke" say the sportswriters: the inevitable fruition of Vince Young, whom even Carroll could not stop. He has also failed to produce a Heisman trophy winner for 2 years.

Just look at him, sauntering around in SoCal, dressing like Inside the Actor's Studio host James Lipton, conveniently surrounding himself with USC cheerleaders as a backdrop for photos like some creepy guy in a bar (i.e. Jake Peavey, Roy Oswalt).



After graduating from the prestigious academic institution University of the Pacific, Carroll tried out for the Honolulu Hawaiians of the World Football League but was cut due to "shoulder problems." In other words, he didn't have what it takes to make it in the WFL. So what did he do? Went back to school and got a Masters degree in gym, thus qualifying him to be a head coach in the NFL and/or PAC-10.

This January 1 promises to be another blight on the professional resume of Pete Carroll, as his Rose Bowl record will drop to .500 at the hands of the Illini. Said victory will be another fissure in the steel shroud of lies that comfortably blankets Pete Carroll and protects him from reality.