Pete Carroll And Trojans Clown UCLA

It’s been a tough season for the USC Trojans. After trying to carry the West on their back but coming up way short of expectations, the Trojans got a much needed victory in front of their home crowd. Pete Carroll took the opportunity to clown UCLA and specifically head coach Rick Neuheisel for a questionable move by the Bruins coach as time was winding down in the 4th quarter.

Trailing 21-7, with the Trojans in victory formation, Neuheisel decided to call a timeout with 52 seconds left in the game for no good reason. Considering that Pete Carroll loves rubbing things in and already had a sour taste in his mouth from the Stanford 50-burger 2 weeks ago, his decision to call a (successful) play should have come as no surprise. After Matt Barkley threw the 48-yard touchdown pass, the Trojans sideline erupted, getting some of that swagger back they desperately were missing following losses in 2 of the last 3 weeks and facing the reality of a nasty bowl game.

Even though Carroll’s move may have been somewhat classless, the Bruins reaction, running to the middle of the field like they wanted to get things cracking, was absolutely ridiculous and unnecessary. The team should have shown that type of fight on the field and not acted like a bunch of studio thugs after getting embarrassed. The good news this is a yearly rivalry and guaranteed this game will be remembered come next season.

Check video of the almost brawl from behind the USC bench after the jump…

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