Why is usc ineligible for a bowl

The ruling is a sharp repudiation of the Trojans' decade of success under former coach Pete Carroll, when USC won seven straight Pac titles and two national championships. While the bowl ban is the most damaging to new coach Lane Kiffin, USC also will lose 30 scholarships over a three-year period, 10 annually from The Trojans received four years of probation. The Trojans have been under a growing cloud of suspicion since Bush's apparently shady dealings with aspiring sports marketers and sketchy businessmen were first revealed.

USC is the first Football Bowl Subdivision school to be banned from postseason play since Alabama served a two-year ban ending in He lived his dream to be a Trojan for three years. Campbell looked on from the stands in awe as Reggie Bush broke a highlight-reel yard touchdown run against Fresno State. Surrounded by the band and the student section, Campbell watched Bush put the ball behind his back before cutting across the field and into the end zone.

The stadium erupted and Campbell — watching the game as a fan in high school — soaked in the scene as Bush crossed the goal line in front of him.

The crowd of 90, was going crazy. The Song Girls. The field. Carroll visited him multiple times at Norco Calif. High School to recruit him. The entire school was quickly in frenzy, and students filled the hallways, trying to take pictures of the USC head coach.

Once, they had to lock themselves in the locker room just to be able to talk. To this day, Campbell is still proud he was part of the Trojan family — violations or not.

He has no regrets. Not everyone views their time at USC as positively as Campbell does. Others have moved on and chosen not to look back. I was part of something great.

They lived the life of professionals at the college level. Simmons specifically remembers Will Ferrell coming multiple times. The joke started with a scare.

The report also condemned the star treatment afforded to Bush and Mayo, saying USC's oversight of its top athletes ran contrary to the fundamental principles of amateur sports. I read between the lines, and there was nothing but a lot of envy, and they wish they all were Trojans.

USC's saga reached its climax on a tumultuous day in college athletics, when Colorado's defection to the Pac from the Big 12 provided the first steps in what could be a radical nationwide conference realignment threatening to change the nature of amateur sports.

While the bowl ban is the most damaging to Kiffin, who will have to ratchet up his formidable recruiting skills to tempt players with no hope of postseason play before , USC also will lose 30 scholarships over a three-year period, 10 annually from to ' Football, we talk about all the time, is about adversity, as is life. Our older players have played in a lot of bowl games. Our fifth-year seniors, a number of them have won a number of bowl games already, have played in three Rose Bowl championships.

Even our morning workout this morning was one of the best we've had. Guys were hyped up. We kind of took it as a challenge. We're excited. It does stink to not be able possibly to play in a bowl game, but at the same time I came here to get a degree from one of the best universities in the country and to win football games. If we play 13 instead of 14, then we're going to try to win all 13 of those.

USC had long been known for its lenient admission policy at football practices, which during Carroll's tenure were open to almost anybody from movie stars to regular fans. Although Kiffin tightened the rules shortly after taking over, the NCAA also prohibited all nonuniversity personnel, except media and a few others, from attending practices and camps -- or even standing on the sidelines during games, a favorite pastime of Will Ferrell and other wealthy USC alumni.

The Trojans barely avoided further punishment that would have removed one of the sport's most popular teams from television. The committee discussed a TV ban, but decided the penalties handed down "adequately respond to the nature of violations and the level of institutional responsibility. USC is the first Football Bowl Subdivision school to be banned from postseason play since Alabama served a two-year ban ending in The Trojans have been under suspicion for years.

The report also criticized "an assistant football coach" known to be running backs coach Todd McNair , putting him on a one-year "show-cause penalty" prohibiting him from recruiting, among other sanctions.

We might not be able to play 13 games, but we can win Indirectly, it probably did. They allowed three teams yard days for the first time since They surrendered 30 touchdown passes. Better depth should help there, as well.