So sorry: Carroll continued to take the blame for USC mistakenly choosing to kick off after losing the opening coin flip. That meant the Trojans also kicked off to start the second half.
"I totally take responsibility for that, it got screwed up," Carroll said. "That shouldn't happen. That was a bad mistake on our part."
Apparently, all of USC's captains went silent when the officials asked them if they were sure they wanted to kick off, unsure if it was the right decision.
Well, glad they were able to screw something up. <_<