... Lane Kiffin knows what Pete Carroll was up against last season.  Shoddy tackling and penalties had more to do with Carroll moving onto the NFL then the pending sanctions.

There was simply no way that Carroll could fix it. 

Starting with the second half of the Notre Dame game, key Trojan penalties put the defense on the spot and bogged down the offense.

By the end of the season, USC led the Pac-10 in penalties.  They probably led the conference in missed tackles as well, if the NCAA kept statistics for that.

So far, Kiffin’s tight brand of discipline has fared no better than Carroll’s football with fun ‘n games.  That was especially evident tonight a...

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