Filed under: LSU Football, USC Football, Pac 10, SEC, Los Angeles, New Orleans

USC coach Pete Carroll is sometimes in a world of his own, doing that whole recruiting and building a football team thing. So forgive him if he miraculously missed out on last week’s mud slinging at USC, the Pac-10 and most of college football by LSU coach Les Miles.

When finally briefed of the quotes by Los Angeles Daily News reporter Scott Wolf, Carroll is quoted thusly:

He’s really taking a shot at all the other schools we play. Maybe the comments should come from the coaches at the other schools, including Charlie (Weis) at Notre Dame. He didn’t slam us. He slammed all the other schools we play.

See what he did? He didn’t make it personal, and took the debate off USC’s porch-step. People can say a lot of things good and bad about Pete Carroll, but few coaches are more savvy at handling the media and controversies.

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