Thamel: Sarkisian the wrong hire for USC

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http://www.si.com/college-football/2015/10/09/washington-beats-usc-steve-sarkisian-chris-petersen

This is unusual. USC is just coming off sanctions, Sarkisian is in Year 2, and he went 9-4 in his first season. That was a pretty close loss to Washington, too, was it not?

I know the standards are high at a program like USC, but this position seems a little extreme for a major national media outlet. Openly ripping USC and Sarkisian (9-4, 3-2) while saying Petersen (8-6, 3-2) should have had the job instead.

That said, it is kind of funny that USC turned down Petersen and went with yet another Pete Carroll offensive coordinator.

 
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Wow, good point. That hadn't occurred to me.

I also had forgotten about that alcohol incident. Definitely embarrassing.

 
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