TEAMS LEERY OF USC PLAYERS?

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NFL Scouts Leery of USC Players?
Published 4/25/2008 by UHND.com at UHND.com Blog
ProFootballTalk.com had a post on its rumor mill tonight about NFL Scouts getting a little leery of USC proscpects . The concern is that too many of the players who emerge from the Trojan program love the SoCal lifestyle more than they love football. Though it’s always dangerous to generalize (but what the hell, we’ll do it anyway), there have been a surprising number of busts to emerge from Pete Carroll’s no-pay (by the school) paradise. In 2003, the Trojans sent a trio of solid players into the league:  Carson Palmer, Troy Polamalu, and Justin Fargas.  Since then, ...

Blog Jam: Coll. Wrestler Won’t Submit To Cancer
Published 4/25/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... “. • PRO FOOTBALL TALK sense concerns about Southern Cal, as they wonder if the NFL is getting tentative on taking Trojan players . • THE SPORTS HERNIA tries to translate what ...

Mike Patterson is a bust?
Published 4/25/2008 by JasonB at Bleeding Green Nation: Front Page Posts
... PFT seems to think so.  Florio wrote an article asking whether teams were become leery of USC players since in his mind so many have become busts. ...

The Decision to Stay
Published 4/27/2008 by Paragon SC <info@conquestchronicles.com> at Conquest Chronicles: Front Page Posts
... Of course there were the nay sayers that I got a kick out reading. Some of the USC detractors out there like Florio over at Pro Football Talk made me chuckle: ...