Pete Carroll's departure, plus which Big Ten coach could jump to the NFL
Southern California football coach Pete Carroll comments on leaving to become coach of the Seattle Seahawks, during a news conference in Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010.
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Gone to the Seahawks amid the specter of an NCAA investigation, former USC coach Pete Carroll told the Los Angeles Times he's still stunned by the turn of events.
"There's nothing easy about it," he said. "My body's in shock. My emotional side is in shock and I haven't slept in days."
Kicking off today's college links, here are the frontrunners to replace Carroll at Southern Cal, according to Bill Plaschke at the L.A. Times.
Who else were the Seahawks interested in? ESPN's Chris Mortenson reports the team reached out to Tony Dungy last month.
Recruiting fallout seems to be minimal after Carroll's departure, according to the L.A. Times.
In Seattle, they're hoping Carroll's hiring ends two years of dysfunction, says Danny O'Neal of the Seattle Times.
- Here's 34 things Tom Luicci of the Star-Ledger learned while watching 34 bowl games this season.
- How the next decade might play out under BCS rule. Jack Carey, USA Today.
- One prospective Michigan coach and one current Big Ten coach are on a Sporting News list of the 5 college coaches most likely to jump to the NFL.
- Mercy College snaps a 43-game slide, the longest in Division II.
- The biggest problem at DePaul? It's not the coach, it's the arena. The Aurora Beacon-News.
- Pot, meet kettle. Jerry Tarkanian calls the NCAA the 'crookedest' organization in society.
- Seth Davis at SI.com grades Pittsburgh, Vandy and more in his weekly mailbag.