USC Manager Fired For Deflating Footballs

USC Head Football Coach Lane Kiffin

In a big Pac-12 showdown between USC and Oregon this past weekend, a USC team manager deflated footballs on the Oregon sideline during the game. Oregon, who is known for their high powered and high speed offense, didn't seem to be affected by the ploy considering they won the game and put up a whopping 62 points on the Trojan defense.

This is ridiculous that someone would even think to do this. I don't care if it is a manager or whoever, but it is a perfect reflection of the kind of program that USC has out in California. This is the same place in the past where they improperly gave benefits to Reggie Bush and the same place where previous coach Pete Carroll called out quarterback Mark Sanchez on live television by saying he was making a huge mistake by turning professional instead of having his back like every other coach.

It also is a perfect reflection of Lane Kiffin, who is the definition of a dirtbag. He had a rift during his tenure with the Oakland Raiders, which led to his firing. He later accused former University of Florida head coach Urban Meyer of illegally recruiting, and in turn he was the one doing something wrong by mentioning the recruits name publicly. Now most recently this season, Kiffin made his punter and backup quarterback switch numbers before a game to mess with the other team's scouting report. He then used his backup QB for a two-point conversion and everyone thought it was the punter, then later had the QB change his number back to his regular number in the second half as if nothing happened. Although it was clever, it is against the rules for players to change uniform number during the game, and it is just a unsportsmanlike move by a dirty coach.

One Last Thing: That brings us to the deflated footballs "trick." It is simply another way to gain an unfair advantage by Kiffin. The worst part about all of this is that the manger got fired. There is no shot that the manager decided to this on his own. That is very unfortunate that Kiffin would try to cover himself like that and the part that makes me personally so mad about it is that USC always tries to handle all of their blunders internally. Let the NCAA do their job and suffer the repercussions. It seems like every time something like this happens, USC acts like the self-impose these crazy sanctions. However, the NCAA is catching on, the slapped an additional $25,000 fine on the school. "Lame" Kiffin.