socaljim242
Phantom Marine
While I think the NCAA did hammer em and very likely made them an example. Carroll didn't do the team any favors allowing celebs the access to them that he did. While some may argue it only upped SC's profile making it more desirable to go there and that's a valid rationale. It also put too much of a spotlight on SC all the time. You could see that was gonna wrong more than likely. No skin off Pete's nose though. He just moved on to the NFL and SC players he would never coach or who would attend SC while he was there. Holding the bag.
Celebs had nothing to do with what happened. Not even a donor, alum or booster. A couple of guys wanted a player to leave the school early and sign with them so they paid him and his family. But thanks for nothing.