PETE CARROLL: SLAVE TO FASHION
Pete Carroll’s totally happy to give up timeouts to wear USC’s home jerseys against UCLA. Fuck you he won’t do what you tell him! Fuck you he won’t do what you tell him!
The Pac-10 will just make him give up two time outs in the game to do this, which is a price we’d like to see transferred and used as a measure for all kinds of things, like trading all of your time outs if players were allowed play with rollies on, or perhaps giving up your challenges in exchange for the right to play with fully mirrored reflective uniforms. The fun Oregon could have with this would be UNSANE.
Oregon’s LED-illuminated ones would look like the players had been infected with fluorescent jaundice. Make it happen, Phil Knight!
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Pete C is The Man Dept:
There is not one ucla fan that I know that thinks they have a chance against USC this weekend.
Pete Carroll giving away time-outs - unless the NCAA grants the jersey exemption - against the ‘gutty little bruins’ is about as significant as (insert joke here…)
To make the game interesting, Carroll should give up all six of his time-outs.
Comment by Stacy Keibler Luvs Me — December 2, 2025 @ 2:18 pm
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Sorry for the thread-jack, but anybody else notice that the Nissan 2008 Heisman Ballot over at espn.com doesn’t have Tim Tebow on it? Surely he’s not just a write-in candidate behind Nate Davis. Harumph!
http://promo.espn.go.com/espn/contests/theheismanvote/?dcc=0.207705374&dcn=1#
Comment by Jordan — December 2, 2025 @ 2:16 pm
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Whoops. It’s actually the visiting team’s call.
“ARTICLE 3. a. Players of opposing teams shall wear jerseys of contrasting colors, and the visiting team shall wear white jerseys.White jerseys may be worn by the home team when the teams have agreed before the season.”
Comment by Boy Howdy — December 2, 2025 @ 1:44 pm
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@12
The rule is something to the effect of one team has to wear white and the home team gets choice of uniforms. So if LSU chooses white for home games the visitors have to wear their “dark” jerseys.
Comment by ClydeB — December 2, 2025 @ 1:42 pm
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A team may choose to wear white at home if the visitor is okay with it. Few ever would, because they like the idea of wearing their own “home jerseys” while LSU (or GT now) wear white.
If the visiting team really wanted to piss off LSU fans, they could say “no,” but why would they?
Comment by Ramblin Jeff — December 2, 2025 @ 1:40 pm
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@ hobeg8r, 12:
I think the rule is that home team is allowed to choose which jerseys to wear, and the opposing team has to wear the opposite.
Comment by Boy Howdy — December 2, 2025 @ 1:40 pm
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I already posted this to the Sporting Blog comments, but I’d like to make sure people learn this.
White jerseys should no longer be required in a game. The rule came about so that people watching games on black & white TVs could tell the teams apart. that is no longer a concern.
Having one team wear white jerseys is not some honorable “tradition.” It’s an antiquated need that people think is tradition because no one remembers back before it started.
Comment by Ramblin Jeff — December 2, 2025 @ 1:38 pm
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OK, so if it is an NCAA rule that the visiting team wear white, how does LSU get away with wearing white at home while the visiting team wears their home colors?
Comment by hobeg8r — December 2, 2025 @ 1:38 pm
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Actually, first team that shows up in Tron uniforms will be my new number 1A favorite of all time. That probably means Oregon.
Comment by Joshua — December 2, 2025 @ 1:38 pm
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Anyone remember what the line was in 2006, when #2 USC was ball-gaged and prison raped to the tune of 13-9?
I think it was about 15 points, maybe more.
Wonder if Pete used all his TO’s that day?
Comment by Mich-Placed Gator — December 2, 2025 @ 1:37 pm