12-19-2012, 10:08 AM
The part the article gets wrong is when the enmity started. I think the seeds were laid much earlier than the 2009 game. First when Harbaugh announced that Stanford would bow to no program and then followed up that claim with the greatest upset of all time. Second in 2008 when Stanford was losing by a couple of TDs at home and Stanford drove for a FG at the end of the end of the game. Carroll called a TO, presumably to ice the kicker, and coming out of the time out, Harbaugh sent Pritchard back on the field to throw a TD as time expired, ensuring that USC didn't cover the spread. Not much was made of that TD at the time because it didn't change the result, but I'm sure the two coaches perceived those last game choices as personal affronts.
The events of the past few weeks for the Seattle (throwing into the end zone late in the Arizona game up 50-0 and the fake punt when up by 30 last week) should serve as a reminder of what a hypocritical little git Carrol is. And all those U.SC fans who kept rationalizing that U.SC running up the score was somehow different in quality to that one 2-point attempt.
It's a fantastic rivalry. I hope Harbaugh continues to dominate it.
The events of the past few weeks for the Seattle (throwing into the end zone late in the Arizona game up 50-0 and the fake punt when up by 30 last week) should serve as a reminder of what a hypocritical little git Carrol is. And all those U.SC fans who kept rationalizing that U.SC running up the score was somehow different in quality to that one 2-point attempt.
It's a fantastic rivalry. I hope Harbaugh continues to dominate it.