Pete’s on the Hot Seat

Remember that time Pete Carroll lost to Stanford at home?  No, no, the other time.

That’s right.  It happened TWICE.

Read more in The Losses.

As a USC football fan (and college football fan in general), I spend a lot of time on ESPN reading every bit of news, trivia, and biased opinion that I can find.  The other day, Ivan Maisel’s column pointed out a very interesting bit of information: “In just one game, UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel has measured up to USC coach Pete Carroll. The Trojans’ 14 losses over the course of Carroll’s seven-plus seasons have been by a total of 59 points. The Bruins needed only one loss for Neuheisel to tie Carroll.”

Now as much as we love seeing the ucla bRuins get blown out (by a Mountain West team!), what really caught our attention was the fact that Pete Carroll has lost 14 games.  For those of you keeping score at home, that averages out to two losses a season, and that kind of playing ain’t going to bring home anymore crystal balls.

After looking into it further, we learned some things that are worth pointing out.