fred flintstone

Chip is a coach that went into UCLA when they were at ground zero. In his first year he had to suspend several players who were starters. In the four years he has been there UCLA has continually improved, the team is now 8-4, going to a Holiday Bowl, has a lineup that is respected and is starting to attract better talent. During his first year less than 5,000 people showed up for most games at the Rose Bowl. This after what he did at Oregon. He is 58 with some miles left on the tires. but......if Campbell, Aranda, Fickell, Peterson, Wilcox were willing......might be best to go that direction because Oregon now is a team loaded with talent that does not need a rebuild.....it needs a head coach that can continue the momentum.

Once the country sees the poor defense Riley puts on, Oregon will continue to do well.

LOL..... I stated Utah was equal......look position by position and include the kids that have left or transferred in. Include experience as a weight and you might be surprised which team you would want to have......especially ar LB, OL, DL, QB and Safety. USC had a good year in 21 recruiting except in areas of need. 20 was a very poor year. 19 and 18.....a lot of those guys either did not turn out, transferred or left early for the league.

I am a USC fan.......our football programs stinks right now. The OL is horrible at pass or run, tackles are horrible.....grade D. The QB is barely a C even when healthy and will be running for his life with not much sitting on the bench except inexperience. The running backs are B. The defensive line is a B- only graded B- due to a transfer that if he does not blossom could make this grade lower. The LB's are a C. The defensive backs are a B. Everything else you hear is talk by folks that are pumping ratings or have connections to the program. Coaching is horrible. Helton is a moron. The OC a kid from a no account Texas program that runs a stupid offense. The only thing holding us up is a schedule that must have been created in Heritage Hall by Mrs. Helton. AZ ST has better talent and will be playing at home against us with better coaching. Utah has equal talent and is better coached with a bye before the USC game. Stanford has equal talent and is better coached. UCLA has equal talent and is better coached. We will not get to the PAC 12 game even with us hiding from Oregon and Washington. Notre Dame is an automatic loss with the game at their place. I expect a minimum of 4 losses. Could be 5-7. I understand this may sound harsh because folks always think of USC as the big dog......well.....even a big dog catches fleas sometimes.

I say that he has the potential to be one of the best in the country. Is he the best in the pac 12....he might be but the competition is not really tough. Helton is a dunce. Shaw is OK but his hands are tied with the Stanford academic requirements. Lake is untested. Kelly is a guy with his way of doing things. That guy at Az St is OK. He needs to win a playoff game and get to the point his game coaching can stand with the best. Unfortunately its tough to see him staying long after that.

Sure hope so.