OT How bad does Silas Redd's Transfer look in hindsight?
December 31st, 2012 at 5:54 PM ^
USC looked atrocious and has carried themselves terribly the past few weeks. Everything Kiffin touches turns to shit.
December 31st, 2012 at 6:01 PM ^
December 31st, 2012 at 6:08 PM ^
what about the talent he had this year? This team was preseason #1, all the talent in the world, and ended up 7-6. He won't have plenty of time if this continues.
December 31st, 2012 at 6:11 PM ^
December 31st, 2012 at 6:13 PM ^
Was just going to say that. A lot of those 5*s are looking at ND now.
December 31st, 2012 at 5:59 PM ^
December 31st, 2012 at 6:10 PM ^
December 31st, 2012 at 6:23 PM ^
December 31st, 2012 at 8:05 PM ^
There's a number of Crip and Blood factions that have turf near USC. This kid's commentary is sad, sickening and frightening.
December 31st, 2012 at 6:43 PM ^
The only one I know of is the Halloween one at the Black Students Association party.
There have been a few shootings outside of campus.
AS far as crime is involved, crime is an issue on all college campuses, not excluding Ann Arbor.
December 31st, 2012 at 7:39 PM ^
Yes.. because Ann Arbor and Compton are so similar.
December 31st, 2012 at 8:15 PM ^
Compton is about 10 miles south of USC. The neighborhoods you're thinking of are Exposition Park/Adams-Normandie/Historic South-Central. All places with unfortunate (though often perhaps over-stated) levels of violence, though not all actually the same place.
January 1st, 2013 at 11:53 AM ^
Yes, USC is neighbored by some occasionally sketchy neighborhoods. And, yes, there have been a small handful of violent crimes in the USC area. At the same time, though, Compton, like Harlem, is a large and mostly benign area that gets grossly broad-brushed -- typically by whites who've never been there -- as a giant gangbanger war-zone.
In fact, USC is a pretty impressive place whose students tend to be smart enough to navigate their way through/around the rougher areas and toward the many safe areas just beyond. Students feel quite safe and comfortable there. In fact, USC attracts more affluent and coddled Angeleno kids than does UCLA, which is located in lily-white Westwood.
December 31st, 2012 at 7:54 PM ^
That link confirms that there is almost zero crime in Ann Arbor.
December 31st, 2012 at 6:14 PM ^
December 31st, 2012 at 6:36 PM ^
If you opted to do a little research before posting you'll see that USC was founded way back in the late 1800's. The area wasn't a hell hole then. It became a problem much later on and at that point the Univerisyt was already rooted in the area. The school thrives in a not so great part of town, a part that has culturally changed with immigration etc. And guess what? Many kids would give their left nut and right breast to go there. And let's not be blind to the fact that many of the top college football players and athletes from all sports in the country end up playing at USC even though it's not in the greatest of areas. But then again, look at a lot of prestigious schools in large cites. Many are now located in bad areas which weren't bad areas when the schools were founded.
December 31st, 2012 at 7:13 PM ^
December 31st, 2012 at 10:58 PM ^
Duke and Penn are two more prestigious schools located in sketchy areas. It's a surprisingly common phenomenon.
January 1st, 2013 at 12:16 AM ^
UChicago always struck me as a bad location, but as someone who worked and goes to school at Columbia, the neighborhood isn't that bad. It might not have the curb appeal that parts of the NYU campus have, but the area isn't as scary as people are led to believe.
That said, USC's campus does seem to be in a worse location that you'd expect given the price tag.
January 1st, 2013 at 11:04 AM ^
January 1st, 2013 at 12:55 PM ^
Morningside Heights (Columbia) and the NYU area both used to be pretty awful. It's only in the last 20 years or so that they aren't scary any more.
December 31st, 2012 at 9:09 PM ^
but this: "Many kids would give their left nut and right breast to go there." makes it sound like Harvard (or Michigan!). Get real.
Also, Redd will be hated by PSU fans/ alumni forever and USC may/may not consider him a real Trojan.
January 1st, 2013 at 12:19 AM ^
I was going to say the same thing. USC is a really good school, but UCLA is right next door, and I'd think students would rather go to Stanford or Cal Tech than USC if the goal was a top-notch education in CA.
January 1st, 2013 at 11:04 AM ^
USC was ranked above UCLA academically last year for the first time... this year they are tied (and both above Michigan). They've been using the tremendous amounts of donor money they've recieved to hire big time faculty away from some of the places you've listed and are on the rise academically.
January 1st, 2013 at 11:42 AM ^
I don't take much into ranking undergraduate schools. I believe anyone can get a good education at any university if they apply themselves. Unfortunately for you, US NEWS ranks USC a few notches ahead of the almight U of M. I only post this because I am guessing that you do care about superficial rankings. And while I know many people like to tout that having a U of M degree is great because of the alumni base, the same goes for SC. The bottom line is that only the ignorant will scoff at a USC degree.
December 31st, 2012 at 6:02 PM ^
December 31st, 2012 at 6:03 PM ^
December 31st, 2012 at 6:06 PM ^
December 31st, 2012 at 6:04 PM ^
You couldn't blame him, looked like he was going into an nfl offense, nfl qb, wr's he was suppose to complete that puzzle......reality is Kiffin didn't have a great staff there and it shows.. Not to mention he can be such a douche people enjoy him failing. Silas, I would think his stock would have been better to stay at pennst.....
December 31st, 2012 at 6:05 PM ^
He got to hang in El Paso for the holidays. For you gringos, that's Spanish for "The Paso"
December 31st, 2012 at 6:36 PM ^
To be fair, Penn State spent the holidays in El State College. And will continue to do so for the next several years.
December 31st, 2012 at 6:08 PM ^
December 31st, 2012 at 6:10 PM ^
This might be terrible, but I'm sort of glad. He's still going to have a pro career and get big $$$, but I hated the way he ditched his teammates, program, and university just to make a big career move. Maybe I'm too much of a dreamer, but I think there's something to be said for making a decision based on your loyalty and what's right, rather than what's going to make you the most cash and notoriety.
December 31st, 2012 at 6:21 PM ^
December 31st, 2012 at 6:28 PM ^
It's not about the guilt of the University administrators, but supporting your teammates. Regardless, it wasn't "the university" that didn't do what was right; it was a select few administrators who encouraged criminal acts to occur, not the thousands of faculty, staff, teammates, students, and alumni of Penn State. Also, not everyone had the talent of a Silas Redd, where they can pick to transfer to any top-notch institution; why not work through one more year with your brothers on the field, trying to salvage something rather than taking the easy way out?
December 31st, 2012 at 6:43 PM ^
Well, you have a point about leaving his teamates a year early, but why in hell should he feel loyalty to a program and school that had just fired his coaches and was in turmoil with many fans and students acting in ways that would embarass most decent people? Add in that the school and program turned out to not be like the ones he was sold as a recruit. Their season turned out better than anyone expected, but it would not have been a shock if it had been a disastrous sideshow full of distractions. He hardly took the easy way out, transferring to a program where he was gong to have a lot of competition for playing time.
January 1st, 2013 at 9:37 AM ^
December 31st, 2012 at 6:18 PM ^
How can a team that recruits on the level that USC does finish 7-6? They recruit on the level of Alabama. I cannot even imagine Alabama finishing 7-6 under Saban during the rest of his tenure. Lane Kiffin must have some pictures that USC's athletic director doesn't want to go public.
December 31st, 2012 at 6:19 PM ^
I am sure that was a factor in going to USC, but there were a lot of moral issues going on. Many guys left so technically you could ask why they did also, but why even bring it up. They do not have disloyalty issues because they left amid the worst scandal in sports history.
December 31st, 2012 at 6:26 PM ^
December 31st, 2012 at 7:13 PM ^
That's because Carroll got the best players money could buy. Before he got there, USC was such a joke that they were referred to by the media as Southern Cal Community College...
2001: 6-6
2000: 5-7
1999: 6-6
1998: 7-6
1997: 6-5
1996: 6-6
1995: 9-2-1
1994: 7-5
1993: 8-5
1992: 6-5-1
1991: 3-8
The year before Carroll arrived, I posted on MLive and I remember a fellow Michigan fan asking, remember the days when we hated USC? They have been so bad for so long that you can't even hate them anymore. You just feel sorry for them.
December 31st, 2012 at 6:27 PM ^
December 31st, 2012 at 6:43 PM ^
December 31st, 2012 at 6:44 PM ^
December 31st, 2012 at 8:50 PM ^
I think it might be Kiffin's wife, Layla, who is incredibly hot.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1175650-layla-kiffin-and-the-25-hott…
December 31st, 2012 at 7:06 PM ^
It is quite nice out here- Beautiful campus. The location coined as the ghetto is a bit outdated and usually referenced by people who have never been.
Too bad their football program is the devil.
December 31st, 2012 at 7:14 PM ^
the real question is if you go to usc games do you wear michigan or usc gear?
December 31st, 2012 at 7:26 PM ^
That is a fair question- I've never been to a USC football game. Why would I? They don't even own their own stadium.
December 31st, 2012 at 9:50 PM ^
Well said.
January 1st, 2013 at 9:54 AM ^