April Fool's Day at USC

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Spring Practice Update
Published 4/4/2008 by DC Trojan <info@conquestchronicles.com> at Conquest Chronicles: Front Page Posts
... too different from what people have said over the last couple of years, but to pick up on something from SMQ's comparison of Sanchez and Mustain, there are plenty of teams who would be thrilled to have the "drop off" performance of Booty after Leinart. Average by comparison to whom, oh anonymous NFL coach? _ Speaking of SMQ, he's been enjoying Pete Carroll's little April Fools gag on Everson Griffen, as has Orson over at EDSBS, and as has the Wizard of Odds: Just as long as ...

USC's Pete Carroll Pulls April Fool's Day Prank On Everson Griffen
Published 4/7/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... The Wizard of Odds found this rather hilarious video on Friday, but I sort of missed it. This is Pete Carroll pulling an April Fools Day prank on USC D-end Everson Griffen, who's picked up by police for "physically attacking a freshman." ...

Pete Carroll is a prankosaurus rex
Published 4/8/2008 by PostmanR at The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL.
... gifts on Christmas (or Hanukkah). (Disclaimer: Anyone privy to me getting fooled on April’s Fools would be a fool to leave comment about it, fool.) But see, Pete Carroll’s prank here is not lame. Because when you bring cops into the equation — even if they’re just actors dressed up as cops — shit gets real. You may say this was hard to hear and you were sort of confused what was going on; I’d say I agree with you. {Via FanIQ, Wiz of Odds.}

MLB All-Century Team
Published 4/9/2008 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
... Should we be boycotting the Beijing Olympics? [Signal to Noise] Philly-area high-schooler nailed by comebacker in the nads [FanIQ] Notre Dame pitcher takes comebacker off the dome [The Sporting Blog] Tim Duncan knows a broken hand when he hears one [True Hoop] Jay Bilas does not enjoy Dan Le Betard’s racial topics [Awful Announcing] In case you missed it, Pete Carroll is quite the prankster [Wizard of Odds] ...

Pete Carroll, Tim Floyd, USC and Scandal (3rd Update)
Published 5/15/2008 by Menelaus at Bruins Nation: Front Page Posts
... On April 1, 2008, USC head coach Pete Carroll, in an attempt to make light of the Trojan's extensive past history of criminality, invited members of the LAPD to play a prank on defensive end Everson Griffen, who was said to have "physically abused a freshman" and was ...