Southern Cal won fewer games this season than in 2014, didn’t win the conference title game – hell, didn’t even win its division.
Still, Steve Sarkisian surveys all that he sees, and pronounces himself satisfied.
USC went 10-4 last year, and after Saturday’s game, Sarkisian was asked if winning nine games qualified as a successful season.
“It was a total success,” Sarkisian told reporters. “We won nine games, we were Holiday Bowl Champions.”
It’s all in how you set the bar, peeps.
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Last year USC got to play an extra game since they played Hawaii. That basically makes this year’s 9-4 the same record as last year’s 10-4 with the only real difference being trading 2013 win over BC for a 2014 win over Notre Dame.
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Man, I’m surprised Sark didn’t bring that up. 😉
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Well, damn, if you listened to Jesse Palmer during their game the other night you’d know that USC is winning it all next year.
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Jesse Palmer makes my ears bleed. I try not to listen to anything that idiot says.
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What’s awesome is that in the next 10 years, you’ll just be able to replace that statement with “we won nine games, made the playoffs, and gave the #2 seed a competitive game for three quarters on their home field, it has been a total success.”
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I Would find that kind of year more exciting than going to the Belk Bowl myself.
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How about when Georgia goes 13-0 only to lose to 9-3 Southern Cal on a fluke play in the first round of the 16-team playoff?
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Hey! He wasn’t fired on the tarmac, was he?
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9 wins in the second toughest conference with only 50 or so scholarship athletes dressing out each game (sanction hangover and injuries) ain’t bad. Especially when you realize that USC is a private school and the number of walk-ons is, therefore, fairly limited.
USC could have easily had 10 or 11 wins, they lost to Utah and ASU on the last play of the game; approximately 12 seconds away from 11 wins.
They should be better next year but the league schedule will be tougher and they will still be down 9 or 10 scholarship players, so a conference championship is a long shot.
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