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And the school had developed even more respect for its above offensive coordinator since then, watching from a distance, as he turned the Beavers into one of the Pac-10’s best teams. USC had appear close to hiring the brilliant and about shockingly sincere Oregon State drillmaster in 2000 before Carroll’s exuberance and charisma blew everyone away in interviews.

But there are rules to hiring a drillmaster in the NFL, and the Seahawks had to follow them. Which is why Friday’s thunderbolt was followed by a very soft rain for most of Saturday, as the Seahawks and Carroll worked hard on making things right with the Fritz Pollard Alliance, the caretaker of the NFL’s Rooney Rule to promote diversity.

It was time to move forward. He read everything he could click on, called everyone he knew. Riley was the guy. By this point, Oregon State athletic director Bob De Carolis had already absent several hours of sleep. Carroll was leaving. At the same time, USC was bracing for the inevitable.

I think that’s media talking. Don’t think they’ll do that, that’s my guess. Asked about the Del Rio option, which Garrett seemed to favor, Carroll said, “I don’t want to accord to the actuality that guys from the NFL are coming back to USC because I don’t think that’s going to happen.

It devolved into a mob scene, with police affective in and barricading Johnny Majors Drive in front of the football complex, according to ESPN’s Chris Low. Groups of affronted fans stormed the Neyland-Thompson Sports Center. But accepting out of Los Angeles and accepting out of Knoxville are two absolutely different things.

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