USC manager fired for deflating game balls

http://usc.ocregister.com/2012/11/07/manager-fired-usc-fined-for-deflating-game-balls/112455/

 

Clearly a lack of institutional control.

Give them the death penalty.

 

Someone know what kind of competitive advantage there would be with slightly deflated game balls?

 

Doesn't each time use its balls on offense? Assuming that is correct, a slightly deflated game ball would be a bit harder to throw but easier to hold on to and catch ... I think

 

Can you secure a flat football as tightly as an inflated one when you are running with it?

 

A football with less air in it is easier to grip, which makes it easier to throw, catch and hold on to.

Oregon would have been using their own footballs to they would have had no idea the balls the Trojans were using were slightly deflated.

My guess is that they got caught because one of the officials noticed the difference in pressure while handling the balls during possession changes.

And given that nobody gets caught the first time USC has probably been doing this for awhile.

 

My, that is one ambitious and bold young man, slightly deflating the balls with absolutely no direction whatsoever from the coaching staff.

 

He's a self-starter and a stand-up guy at the same time!

 

What's wrong with weaker balls?

 

+1

 

I'm sure he was acting completely independently...

 

Are reporters allowed to ask about the employment status of student managers, or did Lane forbid that in his Code Of Conduct?