... the NCAA has placed severe sanctions on the Trojans, they did not restrict USC from having an extra month of Fall Camp.

Call it a gracious farewell from former Athletic Director Mike Garrett who approved the 2010 schedule a couple of years ago when the sanctions were thought to be nothing more than a mere bump in the Trojans fast lane to success.

But thank goodness Garrett chose to schedule Hawaii so USC could play 13 games and added Virginia (the second part of a home-and-home series), along with Minnesota, and opened conference play with Washington State, the weakest team in the Pac-10.

None of us, including Garrett, could see it at the time, but this schedule has been exactly what the ...

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