Idiots of Troy

USC coach Lane Kiffin is on the fast track to becoming the most hated football coach in America. At any level. His brief career as head coach of the Oakland Raiders was enough evidence for me that he has zero clue as to how to be a decent human being. Nobody was disappointed when Al Davis finally fired him. Somehow he got the head job at Tennessee. Fortunately for everyone in Knoxville he wasn't there long. When Pete Carroll fled USC for the Seattle Seahwks to avoid NCAA sanctions Kiffin jumped at the chance to come back to Los Angeles. If there was ever a perfect match between school and coach, it's USC and Lane Kiffin. Everybody outside of USC hates USC. Every school in the Pac-12 hates USC. If Colorado and Utah don't hate USC yet, it's because they haven't been in the conference long enough. They will. Everybody hates USC. Some think that everyone hates USC because of their success, mostly in football. That's only the start. USC skips through their happy existence thinking that rules don't apply to them. At least none of the rules that apply to everyone else apply to them. Kiffin is the same way. His way is the only way. His needs are all that matter. His latest skirmish with decency took place this week in El Paso. His team is down there preparing for their New Year's Eve Sun Bowl game against Georgia Tech. USC and Kiffin have been a real joy for the city of El Paso. Trojans defensive lineman Leonard Williams tweeted that El Paso is a "shitty city." This is after linebacker Tony Burnett had to apologize for disparaging Georgia Tech and El Paso earlier this month. Kiffin and his team of brats topped that by showing up an hour late for a dinner with the Georgia Tech football team. Tired of waiting, Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson took his team and left. These ridiculous acts of USC really didn't really surprise me at all. With Kiffin leading the way I pretty much expect things like this.

You'd think that a team that just finished a two-year ban on bowl games would be more appreciative of being at one. Perhaps USC is pissy that they didn't get a bigger bowl. Perhaps they are taking those frustrations out on El Paso and Georgia Tech. Perhaps they should have turned down the Sun Bowl invitation if it didn't meet their standard. There's probably a bunch of teams that would have been honored to be in El Paso this week. USC could have avoided all these issues if they'd played closer to their expectations for this season. They were supposed to be great but they really weren't.