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I think this is happening because of the upcoming limit on scholies.
Here in 2010 USC is suffering, but 2011 will be worse. Â 2012 will be brutal, and 2013 will be walk-on city. Â Therefore, any incoming 2010 athlete really should not be used because they could have eligibility in the dark 2013 & 2014 period. Â In 2014, USC should have 25 athletes coming in, but they will all be Frosh.
Woods\' timeline was already blown. Â Undoubtedly, Woods and the staff know he is gone after the 2012 season. Â So they likely let him play this year. Â Who knows? Â It may have even been an unwritten condition of his recruiting process.
In any event, he is a member of the 2010 recruiting class and his elibility is lost already. Â Thanks to normal injuries during the season, USC\'s 2 Deep at DB positions are likely starting to include other 2010 recruiting class players. Â As bad as it was to throw Woods out there, it will be a disaster if a DB true Frosh, or true Soph that has not played this year, runs out on the field in a late game nickel package.
Ahhhh..but using Woods in that DB role would preserve 2013 & 2014 options for others. Â Woods is a 5 star WR, and undoubtedly has played some DB in his past. Â He is ideal for USC\'s crazy situation. Â He is fast, he has talent, and most importantly using him allows the staff to keep a 2010 Frosh off the field in 2010.
But I am just loving the Kiffin problems. Â 2010 should be a golden year for SC relative to 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014. Â If this is the type of thing USC needs to do in 2010, I can\'t wait for 2012-2014. Â The likely early departures to the NFL, transfers and academic casualties will only make things worse.
At least in the short-term playing SC every year will likely be a good thing. Â Maybe by 2015 the Pac-12 will become the Pac-16 and the inequities of the proposed divisions will be addressed through a new wave of expansion.